
Our Team

Dr. Avi Rapaport
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Dr Avi Rapaport is an experienced investment professional with expertise in private markets and investment product structuring.
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PhD in financial economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, thesis supervised by Nobel laureates Eugene Fama and Lars Hansen.
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MBA from Chicago Booth and BA from Tel Aviv University with highest distinction.
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Worked as adviser to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the UBS Group in Zurich.
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Served in the Israeli Air Force as a Flight Controller.

Mr. Tobias Ruck
- Mr Tobias Ruck is an expert software developer and entrepreneur in the digital assets space.
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Currently working on TixTown.com as CTO and on eCash (XEC) as Developer.
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Worked as a developer for Bitcoin Cash, at the German Aerospace Center, and at Hewlett-Packard.
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B.Sc in Applied Computer Science from the DHBW in Stuttgart.
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Awarded the German Mathematicians Association, DPG Abitur, and the Ferry-Porsche Prizes.

Dr. Andreas Hediger
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CEO and co-founder of Academic Alpha AG, an investment advisory bringing innovative investment products based on cutting-edge academic research.
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Co-founder of Flybridge Marketing Partners, a business-consulting firm specializing in marking strategy.
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Dr. Andreas Hediger wrote his dissertation at the University of Bern on the topic of the impact of Brand Power on corporate and stock performance.
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Lecturer at the University of Bern.

Prof. Harley Krohmer
- Prof Harley Krohmer is a chaired professor and the director of the Institute for Marketing and Management at the University of Bern.
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Authored numerous publications in top scientific journals in the fields of brand management, success factors in marketing and more.
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Doctorate from the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences (WHU).
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Habilitation at the University of Mannheim.