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Arnaud DsAD

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About Arnaud

I am a venture leader with 15 years of experience building and scaling businesses at the intersection of media, technology and enterprise.

I have co-founded and led companies from first idea through fundraising, commercial validation and early scale, negotiating partnerships with global players, structuring deals, and making capital allocation decisions under uncertainty. My background combines entrepreneurial execution with a strong financial foundation (HEC Lausanne, London School of Economics).

Across ventures in media and AI-driven enterprise solutions, I have developed a practical instinct for identifying early signals, spotting cultural and technological shifts, and turning promising concepts into structured, investable propositions.

I bring creative and strategic sensibility, understanding how brand, product and distribution must work together to generate something meaningful.
A distinctive strength of mine is also high-level representation, from events participation to pitches, partnership negotiations, public panels and stakeholder engagement

I am interested to contribute as fractional leader, or in strategic advisory roles, working closely with founders, investors or venture studios to help conceive, structure and grow ambitious and creative companies

If you are building or scaling something that deserves clarity, momentum and conviction-backed execution, I would be glad to connect.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Basic

Can work on-site
Genève (up to 50km)

Experience

  • GenLots
    Co-founder & Co-CEO
    January 2017 - Today (9 years and 5 months)
    Swiss Enterprise SaaS, built with proprietary Reinforcement Learning at its core, optimizing purchasing operations
    • • I co-founded and scaled the company from concept to multi-million-CHF revenue with global multinationals (Merck, AB InBev, Givaudan, Nestlé).
    • • Led execution end-to-end: enterprise sales (Business Development to negotiation), marketing, hiring/managing an 8-person team, contribution to product building
    • • Managed finance and investor relations, raising CHF 1.5M from Tier 1 European and US VCs
    Business Plan Development Corporate Strategy Levée de fonds Sales funnel Lead generation
  • SwissTV
    Commercial Director, Managing Director, CEO
    January 2010 - January 2016 (6 years)
    I joined SwissTV a few months after its creation as Commercial Director, contributing first to content acquisition (securing distribution deals with the likes of NBCUniversal, Warner, Sony Pictures, etc.). I progressively undertook additional responsibilities:
    • • First, at the financial level (key contributor to the fundraising process, helping raise ~CHF 12 M funds in total)
    • • Then at a strategic level (steered SwissTV from a B2C-centric business to a B2B solution provider to customers like Orange)
    • • Finally, I took over CEO role in 2014, launching additional products and services and managing a diverse 15 people team
  • Syz Bank
    Funds of funds analyst
    April 2010 - October 2010 (6 months)
    I could leverage my analytical skills and funds accounting knowledge (NAV, equalization) in this role

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Education

  • MSc in Accounting and Finance
    London School of Economics (LSE)
    2008
    MSc in Accounting and Finance
  • BSc in Management
    HEC Lausanne
    2007
    BSc in

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