Born in 1966 in Meyriez, holder of a Master’s degree in electricity from the EPFL, co-founder of 3 startups, Patrick Barbey has been the Director of Innovaud for 12 years. PME Magazine paints a portrait of him in its latest issue.
In this portrait, Patrick Barbey looks back on the creation of the Scale Up Vaud label and the Synergy and industry programs, but also on Innovaud’s desire to attract venture capital funds to the shores of Lake Geneva, the success Vaudois startups and numerous foreign companies established in the region.
“Talk to him about technologies and his eyes light up” also observes Yuliya Blaser, Head of Investment at Innovaud.
Patrick Barbey concludes: “By nature, business creators want to change the world. In this era of upheaval, entrepreneurs stand out as the main bearers of hope.
