Andreas Widmer

Active Investor

Founder & Partner at Westhive Coworking Ecosystem

Switzerland

Andreas Widmer, Founder & Partner at Westhive Coworking Ecosystem is an active investor based in Switzerland. This profile covers what Andreas Widmer backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Andreas Widmer is a Co-Founder & serves as Partner & Board Member at Westhive. He is an Angel Investor. He has served as the CEO of Futurecom, Wunderman (Switzerland), and Y&R Group Switzerland. He r founded his first company in 1996. After his studies of sociology, he created Futurecom interactive AG, one of the first interactive agencies in Switzerland. Futurecom quickly became one of Switzerland's largest digital consultancies. In 2003, he took also charge of Futurecom's sister company Wunderman, and in 2008, he became CEO of the Swiss branch of Y&R, one of the world's largest communications agencies. This was the birth date of the Y&R Group Switzerland AG, merging Futurecom's digital prowess with the communications expertise of Y&R and Wunderman. He headed Y&R Group as CEO until 2017, leading it to be one of Switzerland's most successful and renowned digital marketing consultancies. In 2017, he founded Westhive together with Bruno and Claus. He is president of the Swiss Chapter of the International Advertising Association IAA and holds various board of directors' mandates, among them the MCH Group/Art Basel and renowned real estate broker Walde & Partner.

Investor type: AngelVCPEAcceleratorIncubator
Stages: Early Stage VentureSeed
Invests in: SaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailMarketing & AdTech
Location: Switzerland
Typical check: $375K
Past investments: 6

Notable investments

Casa BrancaiaMCH Group Ltd.Walde & Partner Immobilien AGVintra SARayneerSelma

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