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Welcome to a new universe of investment possibilities

cosmofunding is a digital platform for the money and capital markets, bringing together investors and issuers quickly, transparently, and efficiently.

The digital solution for facilitating financing

cosmofunding is an execution-only platform that automates processes for private placements, loans, and publicly traded bonds. We shorten time-to-market, and generate advantages for investors and issuers.

Our expertise for your investment

Open, accessible, efficient: The experienced, specialized team at cosmofunding provides you with all of the advantages of a digital platform, within the reliable framework of established banking processes.

The vision of cosmofunding: An employee is leaning against a window and ponders something.

Our vision

We provide acces to the financing market, bringing investors and issuers together. By doing so, we make the market more accessible, efficient, and transparent, reducing friction along the way.

The mission of cosmofunding: Two employees sitting at a desk and are looking into a computer screen.

Our mission

At cosmofunding, personal contact is our focus. Innovative, co-created product development generates direct added value; recurring processes are digitalized and automated. Thanks to our financing ecosystem, cosmofunding users find each other quickly, transparently, and efficiently with the help of our experts and technology.

cosmofunding – what is behind it?

cosmofunding was launched in late 2018 by Vontobel as a digital financing platform, and has been delivering product innovations to investors and issuers continuously ever since.

With a rapidly increasing number of users and corresponding growth in annual financing volume, cosmofunding is on course for success in the financing market.

> 1000 projects

have already been financed via cosmofunding.

> 150 investors

are already registered with cosmofunding.

> CHF 40 billion total volume (as of June 2024)

all investments made up to the present.

Our experts for you

Benefit from the financial market and platform expertise from Vontobel.

We are here for you:

  • direct accessibility
  • qualified financial market specialists
  • extensive expertise from Vontobel
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Stefan Pomberger

Head cosmofunding, Bank Vontobel AG

Over 12 years of experience at Vontobel, and currently acting as the co-founder and Head of cosmofunding. Driven by the purpose of creating a win-win digitally enabled financing ecosystem. In the course of my career, I spent two years in portfolio management, served in investment banking for almost a decade as a financial engineer, and developed products and programming, as well as front-office pricing and risk management engines as the Head of Quant Group Fixed Income. I helped with the LIBOR transition to SARON and its related products as part of the Swiss National Bank’s working group.

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Marc Schulthess

Deputy Head cosmofunding

Over 15 years of experience in fixed income markets for the benefit of cosmofunding stakeholders. I am happy to present investors and issuers with the new opportunities that cosmofunding provides.

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Viktoria Thalmeier

Relationship & Account Manager cosmofunding

10 years of experience in customer support and a strong focus on service. In my role as a Client Relationship Manager at cosmofunding, I support our customers through all processes, from onboarding to deal closing. As an absolute team player, collaborating with people every day is what keeps me motivated.

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Daniel Zubler

Co-Head Origination cosmofunding

Daniel Zubler spent more than 20 years as Head of Syndications at a cantonal bank, where he was responsible for risk assessment and interest rate risk management for fixed income and equity linked transactions. During this time, he trained many of today's talents and was an integral part in successfully positioning the bank as one of the leading Swiss houses in the new issue business of national and international issuers. Prior to that, he spent 7 years in corporate banking at a major bank in Zurich, New York and Venezuela. In his role as Co-Head Origination, he now accompanies Swiss issuers on their way to the capital market.

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Matthias Jordi

Co-Head Origination cosmofunding

Prior to my current position at cosmofunding, I spent 6 years at Basler Kantonalbank, including one year as Head of Trading Product Sales and five years as Head of Capital Markets (Origination & Syndicate). During this time, I played a key role in developing BKB into a major player in the CHF bond market. Prior to that, I was Sales Manager at Cembra Money Bank AG, where I was responsible for the bank's refinancing. My professional career began at Zürcher Kantonalbank, where I spent 15 years in various management positions. I currently share the position of Co-Head Origination at cosmofunding with Daniel Zubler and support issuers on their way to the capital market.

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Salvatore Croce

Origination & Product Specialist cosmofunding

Before joining Vontobel 5 years ago, my career unfolded in London where I spent 16 years. I held positions as a trader at Goldman Sachs on proprietary trading desks and in new issue fixed income, I also worked there as an operational risk manager. Additionally, I gained valuable experience as a trader at a hedge fund and as a business risk manager at Unicredit. Currently, I am part of the origination team, working alongside Daniel Zubler and Matthias Jordi, providing support to issuers on their way to the capital market.

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Silvia Stalleicken

Relationship Manager cosmofunding

Over three years of experience working in fintech and finance. I currently work as a Client Relationship Manager at cosmofunding, and my mission is to provide the best financing solutions to our clients. I have an international background and I am fluent in Italian, German, English, Spanish and Romanian.

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Bernard Voirol

Head Client Collaboration cosmofunding

Over 30 years spent covering large institutional clients, 25 at Vontobel and 15 years at UBS. I currently hold the role of Head Client Collaboration cosmofunding where I continue to cover large institutional clients and lead our client development efforts. After many years in equity brokerage, I am very excited to be able to bring clients together in a completely new way on the fixed income side, as we deepen our client relationships and offer them new and innovative products, such as our PPP partnership with Inergia. I look forward to meeting you and learning more about what your needs are.

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Pierre-Antoine Cottier

Senior Relationship Manager cosmofunding

5 years experience building up the private placement business in a private bank. Prior to that, 10 years experience in investment banking, active in structuring and marketing cross-asset derivatives-based solutions.

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Dominik Wittlin

Head of Product & Technology, Bank Vontobel AG

Over 15 year of experience in financial services, project & product management as well as developing innovative business models and digital products.

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Sabrina Rutishauser

Business Management cosmofunding

Over 5 years of experience at Vontobel, currently working in business management. With my different insights, among others on the customer and marketing side, I pursue with our team in different projects the goal of developing the platform in the best possible customer-oriented and innovative way.

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Manuel Juan

Fixed Income Sales cosmofunding

With over 14 years of experience in the financial sector, I am an accomplished capital market expert. I currently work at Bank Vontobel, where I specialise in the sale of fixed income securities to institutional investors. For the last 6 years I worked at Credit Suisse and UBS where I gained valuable experience in sales and trading. I am known for my ability to communicate effectively with clients and provide sound market analyses. As an accomplished negotiator, I am a strong advocate for my clients' interests. My commitment to client service and my in-depth understanding of the capital markets make me a trusted advisor in all capital market matters.

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Géraldine Good

Senior Account-Based Marketing & Distribution Specialist cosmofunding

With more than 15 years of experience in marketing and sales, including 10 years in asset management, I currently work at cosmofunding. In my role, I am responsible for the marketing and distribution activities, with the aim of positioning cosmofunding and creating outstanding customer experiences.

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Matteo Patisso

Senior Java Developer cosmofunding

With over five years of experience in the FinTech sector, I currently work as a Senior Software Engineer at Cosmofunding. My daily goal is to further develop the platform in an innovative and customer-centred way. As a full-stack developer, both the customer experience and the stability of the overall system are important to me. Quality is my top priority.

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Gabriele Polenta

Senior Software Engineer cosmofunding

In addition to several years of experience as a software engineer in the fintech industry, I also hold a CFA Charter which empowers me with a deeper understanding of the underlying financial product and the business requirements. Currently, as a Senior Software Engineer at cosmofunding, I am committed to advancing the platform, ensuring code quality, and fostering long-term maintainability.

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Sebastian Kohler

Senior Software Engineer cosmofunding

As a Software Engineer with over a decade of experience in FinTech, my focus is on backend development and architecture, supported by full-stack experience. I am dedicated to writing clean, readable, and maintainable code and building systems that are as complex as necessary and as simple as possible.

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Oana Osanu

Frontend Developer cosmofunding

Oana has been dedicated to creating financial web apps. Her goal is to design and implement intricate features addressing modern financial requirements.

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