Keynote by Dr. Christoph Kausch on Investing in Digital Health from a Growth-Equity Perspective, 13 June 2024
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 4.15 pm CET
About Dr. Christoph Kausch
Christoph is an experienced healthcare investor, entrepreneur, and strategic leader. After founding MTIP, he built the company to where it stands today and is actively involved in the deal execution and portfolio management. Previously he led Syngenta’s global strategy department for several years. Prior to that, Christoph was Managing Director at Hafiba AG, a boutique investment firm, where he remains a member of its board of directors.
He began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in private equity and life sciences. Christoph studied mechanical engineering at Technical University of Munich and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned a PhD in innovation & technology management from the University of St. Gallen and Harvard Business School.
About the Lecture
Digital health is an attractive market segment with strong growth prospects. This presentation addresses the role a private equity investor plays in bringing innovation successfully to the market and scale-up in a sustainable way. The following questions will be discussed: Who is investing in which maturity level of a company? How does an investor assess and value a company? How does an investor identify a potential new investment? In which ways supports an investor a digital health company?
We are pleased to invite you to join this guest lecture, which is part of our CDHI Lecture Series Digital Health Forum. Registration is not required. Please be aware that we will be recording this guest lecture and will be making it available in our teaching library. If you have any questions, please contact Victoria Brügger (victoria.bruegger@unisg.ch) prior to the start of the guest lecture.
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch, Associate Professor for Digital Health Interventions, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich; Director, School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen (HSG); Scientific Director, Centre for Digital Health Interventions (CDHI), ETH Zurich & HSG; Principal Investigator, Future Health Technologies programme, Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore
Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch, Professor of Information Management, ETH Zürich; Professor of Technology Management, University of St.Gallen; Advisory Board Member, CDHI, ETH Zürich & University of St.Gallen; Principal Investigator, Future Health Technologies programme, Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore
Prof. Dr. Florian von Wangenheim, Professor of Technology Marketing, ETH Zurich & Advisory Board Member, CDHI; Principal Investigator, Future Health Technologies programme, Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore
