Lino Finini
About Lino Finini
Lino Finini spent more than 20 years at Swissquote Group, the Swiss online bank. According to his LinkedIn profile as reported by finews, he joined in 2001 as head of the back office for banking applications. He became an executive director and board member in June 2015 and Chief Operating Officer in March 2019. He stepped down from the executive management at the end of 2023 to retire. Earlier, from 1992 to 1996, he was Associate Director of IT Operations at Banque Indosuez (Switzerland Branch).
Outside Swissquote, MarketScreener lists him as a director of Swissquote Financial Services (Malta) from 2015, a director of Groupement Hospitalier de l'Ouest Lémanique from 2019, and a director of the car insurance platform Kasko2Go from 2021 to 2022. From 2017 to 2019 he was deputy chapter head in Lausanne for the Swiss Finance + Technology Association. He co-authored a book in Italian on how to develop a successful digital bank. He is based in Gland, Vaud.
The public record we found shows one AI investment: Cigno. Cigno is a Swiss startup building AI infrastructure for management consulting. It closed a CHF 1.5M first round, listed on the Lounge deals desk as a seed round in June 2026. The round was closed only with leaders and entrepreneurs from consulting, finance and tech. Finini is named as an investor, and he joins Cigno's board.
Explaining his decision, Finini pointed to a team that built a real product while it was fundraising. He also pointed to an architecture designed to integrate into firms' workflows instead of bypassing them. He tied this to his twenty years building Swissquote's technology infrastructure.
There is little public information on his investment criteria. The only documented deal is a seed-stage, B2B vertical AI company serving financial services and consulting firms in Switzerland and Europe. His own comments on Cigno stress product execution and deep integration into client workflows. His check size, his target ownership and any other portfolio are not public, so they are not stated here.
- Cigno: Swiss AI infrastructure for management consulting, sold mainly to financial services consultancies in Switzerland and Europe. Finini joined its CHF 1.5M seed round (2026-06) and its board.
- finews.com/news/english-news/72238-cigno-artificial-intelligence-start
- startupticker.ch/en/news/chf-1-5m-to-build-cigno-s-leading-ai-infrastr
- finews.com/news/english-news/56269-swissquote-announces-executive-chan
- linkedin.com/in/lino-finini-51aa165
- marketscreener.com/business-leaders/Lino-Finini-0M4HY1-E/biography
- marketscreener.com/insider/LINO-FININI-A2YDA8
Investing activity
Lino Finini appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $2M. The most recent is Cigno (Seed, CHF1.5M, Jun 2026).
Lino Finini most often invests alongside Hazem Mulhim, Pasha Bakhtiar, Niresh Rajah and Arnaud Denis, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Lino Finini
Who is Lino Finini?
Lino Finini is a Swiss technology and banking executive. He was Group COO of Swissquote until he retired at the end of 2023, and he now invests in startups.
Has Lino Finini invested in AI startups?
Yes. He invested in Cigno, a Swiss vertical AI company for management consulting, in its CHF 1.5M seed round (2026-06). He also joined its board.
What is Lino Finini's check size?
His check size is not public. Press coverage of the Cigno round gives only the total round size of CHF 1.5M, not individual amounts.
What does Lino Finini look for in a startup?
On Cigno he cited a team that built a real product while fundraising, and an architecture that integrates into client workflows. This is a comment on one deal and not a published investment thesis.
Does Lino Finini take board seats?
At Cigno he joined the board alongside his investment. Whether he does this in other deals is not public.
Where can founders contact Lino Finini?
He has a public LinkedIn profile. We found no personal website and no X account.
Is Lino Finini an angel investor?
Yes. Lino Finini invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Lino Finini invested in?
Lino Finini's AI investments include Cigno. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Lino Finini invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Lino Finini has invested at Seed, with a median round of $2M.
Who does Lino Finini co-invest with?
Lino Finini's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Hazem Mulhim (1 deal), Pasha Bakhtiar (1 deal), Niresh Rajah (1 deal) and Arnaud Denis (1 deal).