About
Anker Ventures LLC is a NYC based provider of international technology expansion services for high-growth companies and governments. We are experts in the fields of technology scouting, corporate partnerships, growth marketing and foreign direct investment.
Anker Ventures was founded in 2015 by Lukas Sieber, working for more than a decade at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, marketing and diplomacy. Lukas has a track record of helping dozens of high-growth companies to successfully expand from the U.S. into Switzerland and raising the profile of governments and locations. Today, Lukas is leading the North American operations of the Greater Zurich Area Ltd., the official investment support agency of Zurich and surrounding cantons in Switzerland, in the role of an Executive Director, overseeing the work of 8 contractors across the United States. In the past 5 years, Lukas and his team increased tech and life sciences expansion projects from North America into the Greater Zurich Area by more than 300%. In addition to the mandate for the Greater Zurich Area, Lukas is Head of Marketing of Aisot Technologies AG, an ETH Zurich Spin-Off transforming asset management with AI. In 2017, Lukas co-founded the Mindfire Foundation in Zug, Switzerland to develop human-level artificial intelligence to empower humans. Today, Mindfire’s Lab42 in Davos, Switzerland is on track to become one of the most influential AI labs in Switzerland and beyond. In the past, Lukas has worked for Burson Marsteller in Europe, and for the Swiss Embassy in Washington, DC as Head of Public Diplomacy. Lukas holds a master’s degree from the University of Zurich in Political Science and Geography and earned a Masters in International Business Management from Georgetown University. Lukas lives in Brooklyn, NY, and is an active runner, rock climber and paragliding pilot.
Lukas speaks frequently at international technology events and conferences. Selected speaking engagements include:
World Economic Forum (Infosys, ETH Zurich, Klosters Forum)
Digital Economic Forum (Zurich)
Blockchain Summit (Zug)
START Summit (St. Gallen)
Urban Future Lab (Brooklyn)
URBACT (European exchange & learning program promoting sustainable urban development, San Sebastian)
Meetups on blockchain & AI (Washington DC, New York)
Mindfire Mission-1 (Davos)
Greater Zurich Honorary Ambassador Celebrations (Boston & San Francisco)
Europe Days (Tel Aviv)
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