Steve Salom
Director/Board Member at Batgroup SA
Profile
Steve is a Partner and co-Head of Venture Capital at ACE & Company, leading the firm’s VC team, strategy, and investments.
He is a startup and scale-up operator with 20 years of experience at small to large-size organizations.
During the last two years, Steve has been an advisor to investors, startups, scale-ups, and Tech executives.
He was also an Operating Partner at ACE, where he helped ACE portfolio companies with their strategy and operations.
He has sat on ACE Investment Committee since 2021.
Previously, Steve launched and built Uber in Western Switzerland from 2014 to 2016, after which he became GM in France, Switzerland, and Austria until the end of 2020.
During his 6+ years at Uber, he built, scaled, and led a 200-people team and what became one of Uber’s largest businesses globally (35,000+ drivers, several millions of users, 50+ cities).
Before Uber, Steve was a Senior Manager at AppDirect focused on European expansion.
Before that, he spent over six years in Finance, with roles in M&A at Morgan Stanley in London and Investment Management at Rothschild.
Steve sits on the Boards of Alpian, Batmaid, and Gmelius.
He holds an MSc in Communication System Engineering from EPFL and an MBA from INSEAD.
Steve Salom active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Batgroup SA
Batgroup SA Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Batgroup SA provides home cleaning services. The company is based in Lausanne, Switzerland and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. | Director/Board Member | 2020-11-30 |
ACE & Company SA
ACE & Company SA Investment ManagersFinance ACE & Company SA (ACE & Company) is a private equity firm founded by Adam Said, Christopher Kile, Sherif Elhalwagy in 2005.The firm headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. | Private Equity Investor | 2022-11-30 |
Alpian SA
Alpian SA Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Alpian SA provides banking and investment services. The company is based in Carouge, Switzerland. The Swiss company was founded in 2019. The CEO is Schuyler Weiss. | Director/Board Member | 2020-11-30 |
Gmelius SA
Gmelius SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gmelius SA provides software solutions for transforming Gmail into company workspace. The company was founded by Florian Bersier in 2016 and is headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. | Director/Board Member | 2021-05-31 |
Former positions of Steve Salom
Companies | Position | End |
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Uber France SAS
Uber France SAS Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Uber Technologies, Inc., Uber France SAS is a French company that provides business support services. The company is based in Paris, France and was founded in 2012. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2020-09-29 |
Training of Steve Salom
INSEAD | Masters Business Admin |
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Graduate Degree |
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Batgroup SA
Batgroup SA Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Batgroup SA provides home cleaning services. The company is based in Lausanne, Switzerland and has subsidiaries in Switzerland. | Commercial Services |
ACE & Company SA
ACE & Company SA Investment ManagersFinance ACE & Company SA (ACE & Company) is a private equity firm founded by Adam Said, Christopher Kile, Sherif Elhalwagy in 2005.The firm headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. | Finance |
Alpian SA
Alpian SA Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Alpian SA provides banking and investment services. The company is based in Carouge, Switzerland. The Swiss company was founded in 2019. The CEO is Schuyler Weiss. | Finance |
Gmelius SA
Gmelius SA Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gmelius SA provides software solutions for transforming Gmail into company workspace. The company was founded by Florian Bersier in 2016 and is headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. | Technology Services |
Uber France SAS
Uber France SAS Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Part of Uber Technologies, Inc., Uber France SAS is a French company that provides business support services. The company is based in Paris, France and was founded in 2012. | Commercial Services |
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