Spiegel Ventures was founded in 2003 and is led by Lesley Spiegel.
Lesley established a dedicated company offering technology-oriented start-up enterprises
and venturing platforms essential tools and skills to realize their growth potential.

Lesley has intensively been involved as a promoter of high-tech start-ups in Switzerland and abroad (Israel) for the last ten years. Her set of experiences bases on complementary pillars: As coach Lesley has been working in a hands-on approach with over 250 young technology ventures on their growth path. As former CEO of the Foundation TECHNOPARK® Zurich she was responsible for handling all tasks associated with running a large technology transfer centre, including the development of new promotion platforms and projects for innovative ventures. As member of several key institutions in the venture branch she has a solid network and knowledge of Switzerland’s high-tech start-up ecosystem.

For five years (2004-9), Lesley acted as CEO of the Foundation TECHNOPARK® Zurich, Switzerland's largest technology transfer centre. She worked for Ernst & Young Corporate Finance in Zurich and Tel Aviv and for McCann-Erickson as strategic planner. Lesley holds a B.A. from Haifa University and a M.Sc. in Management from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. As an entrepreneur she is CTI Start-up coach, executive board member of two microcredit funds (Go! and Volkswirtschaftsstiftung) and acts as advisory board member for the startupticker.ch and the Hub Zurich, a future-oriented incubator. Lesley is member of a business angel network and acts as visiting lecturer at ETH Zurich dedicated to technology transfer.