Our philosophy
Founding a successful start-up based on a new lab technology or an innovative service concept is a difficult but often doable task. It requires adressing a real market need, assembling a great team and minimizing risk every step of the way.
We see ourselves as enablers and risk-removers.
As enablers our goal is to ensure that young start-ups find the required support to move ahead at full speed- in terms of contacts, financial support or specialized skills.
As risk-removers, we ensure start-ups, and particularly first-time founders, benefit from accumulated experience. Reducing technical, commercial or financial risks as rapidly as possible is key to success. Risks can and need to be carefully managed.
Founder 
startup-boost was founded in 2007 by Jean-Philippe Lallement who has over 20 years experience in strategic consulting, general management and entrepreneurship primarily within the Information and Communication Technology sectors.
Jean-Philippe holds master degrees in IT / telecoms from Ecole Polytechnique and Telecom Paris in France, and an MBA from Insead. He started his career in management consulting with McKinsey & Co and in investment banking with a subsidiary of Crédit Agricole, then moved into corporate strategy and general management of worldwide business units at SITA, the global leader of telecommunication and IT services to the air-transport industry.
In 2001 Jean-Philippe co-founded an innovative high tech company providing online monitoring solutions for industrial equipement, a permanent health-check of critical industrial installations used by a dozen multinational corporations. The company received several innovation awards and raised over 5 million euros in funding.
From mid 2006, Jean-Philippe began advising innovative start-up companies in France and Switzerland on their business models, strategic partnerships and fund-raising processes. He is the Managing Director of the EPFL Science Park Foundation (PSE) near Lausanne, the Chairman of Prediggo SA and a CTI Start-up coach.
Thoughout his career, Jean-Philippe has been involved in the set-up of several new ventures and business lines, the execution of over ten successful M&A / private equity deals, as well as the negotiation of numerous partnership agreements with technology providers and distributors.
Partners
startup-boost relies on a network of independent experts who are entrepreneurs as well as experienced consultants to start-ups. Their expertise covers technology audits, accounting and financial matters, marketing and sales, and project management.
