Arijana (Rageth) Walcott

Arijana Walcott is the Founder and Managing Partner of DART Labs, an accelerator located in Zurich and San Francisco that invests in breakthrough technologies that positively impact people and the planet.

She is the Director of Studies in CAS Disruptive Technologies, a part-time certificate course that examines both existing (ready-to-use) technologies and those that have not yet reached market maturity (emerging), at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich HWZ.

With over 15 years of experience in technology, she has previously worked with several Fortune 500 companies, and is the Board member of many startups including Imverse, is a 3D/VR technology company and an EPFL spin-off, developing tools and solutions for 3D content creators; Birdly/Somniacs, a platform that creates an extremely vivid full-body experience with virtual reality (VR) and robotics technology SOMNIACS; and aiaibot.

She held several positions at Swisscom, where she served for more than 8 years. She is also a Board Member of Swiss Startup Association.

Arijana has contributed and appeared for mediums like Swiss National Television, NZZ Podium, and Blick.ch. She is involved in various speaking engagements including as a keynote speaker and panelist at many events, like VR World, London: State of XR (May 2017), European Investor Fair, Rueschlikon: AR/VR in Enterprise (Sept. 2018), and Digital Design Day, Business Edition, Geneva - Virtual Reality for social good (Feb. 2019), to name a few.

Arijana did her Bachelor of Applied Science in General Management from HSO Wirtschaftsschule Schweiz. She received her Venture Capital Certificate from the School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, and Startup Board Member Certificate from ZHAW School of Management and Law.