Role Models

A spin-off from University of Basel

Aninas deep conviction is that the insurance sector needs a transformation towards fair products and truly convenience solutions. She leads by the principles of self-responsibility and teamwork. Each and every team member shapes the vision of the company and actively contributes to the overall goal, since they are deeply convinced to revolutionize the traditional insurance market with their digital and embedded insurance products.
Calingo developed an innovative B2B2C insurance model offering tailored risk protection at the point of sale. Integrated in the customer journey of the primary product, the customer benefits from convenient insurance solutions, when renting an apartment, buying a pet or a new e-bike.
Anina actively shows that women are able to raise millions entirely independently and conduct negotiations in the finance industry. And that is what she spreads within the fintech scene.

A spin-off from University of Basel

Dr. sc. med. Elena Gross has a BSc in Psychology (University of York), an MSc in Neuroscience (University of Oxford) and PhD (Dr. sc. med) in Clinical Research (University of Basel). She is the founder and CEO/CSO of KetoSwiss AG. Elena used to be a chronic migraine patient and due to the lack of tolerable and efficacious treatment options, she pursued an MSc in Neuroscience (University of Oxford), where she discovered the key role of metabolism in migraine, which changed her life. She initiated & funded the first ever clinical trial using exogenous ketone body salts in the world as her PhD project at the University of Basel and partly University of Harvard Medical School. She later founded KetoSwiss to bring side-effect free and efficacious preventative solutions to other patients. Elena is particularly passionate about the therapeutic benefits of ketosis and other nutritional interventions, mitochondrial functioning and energy metabolism, brain health and neurological diseases (migraines in particular) and increasing health span via disease prevention. Her start-up KetoSwiss has been awarded several prizes, she has publications in high-ranking journals (such as Nature Neurology) and she is the inventor of four patents. She additionally completed several Bio Business / entrepreneurship courses and two project management in medicine development courses and started studying entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge.