I help founders build, scale and exit successfully.
I founded Creoptix AG and co-led it from foundation to a successful exit. Now I guide startups, innovators, and boards—helping them scale faster, protect customer-relevant technology, and put efficient processes and proper governance in place from day one.
Services
Four ways I help founders, executives, boards and investors.
Startup Advisory
- Strategy, scenarios, business model & execution plans
- Fundraising prep & investor due diligence
- Product-market fit & scaling frameworks
- Team evolution & guidance on leadership
- Exit strategy & preparation
Innovation Management
- Best practices from idea to industrialization
- Prioritized innovation pipeline
- Agile development for shortening time to market
- Systems engineering best practices
- Partnering guidance
- Customer-relevant IP protection
Technology Assessment
- Feasibility & market-fit evaluation
- Technical due diligence for investors & boards
- Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assessment
- Analysis of validation and critical performance parameters
- Compliance & risk, IP & opportunity analysis
- Assessment of roadmaps & budgets
Board Governance
- Hands-on, founder-minded oversight
- Lean and proper governance structures from day one
- Stakeholder Management
- Support for CEOs & leadership teams
- Skin in the game
About Me
I'm Kaspar Cottier, and I simply enjoy working with startups.
As founders, you are smart and you are on a mission - it's inspiring to interact with you, and I learn every day.
I’ve lived the full startup journey myself, from foundation to successful exit.
Today, I share that experience and give back to the startup ecosystem by helping founders, boards and investors navigate growth, technology, and governance.
Having served in the leadership teams of both small and large companies and in different domains and industries, I bring the necessary breadth to guide with clarity and confidence.
- Building, scaling, and exiting a deep-tech venture
- Translating technology into customer value
- Thriving on tough challenges
- Having excellent analytical and strategic skills
- Leading by example, empowering and motivating with a can-do attitude
- Building high-performing teams
- Thinking outside the box
- Sharpening the product-market fit and business strategy
- Protecting technology & IP that is linked to the actual value proposition
- Ensuring proper corporate governance early
- Putting systems and processes in place that maximize efficiency
- Adhering to best practices and not reinventing the wheel
- Growing and leading high performing teams
Why Work With Me
What I bring- Practical, founder-to-founder insights
- Proven startup success—from foundation to acquisition
- Cross-functional depth: strategy, tech & innovation, operations, governance
- Ecosystem mindset — mentoring & giving back
- A positive and light-hearted approach
- You don't repeat the mistakes I've done
- Adherence to best practices instead of reinventing the wheel
- Faster learning curves & quicker time-to-market
- Stronger technology defensibility & IP strategy
- Scalable governance & smoother due diligence
Let’s Talk
Ready to free your mind from problems that have already been solved? Send me a note and I’ll get back to you.