“It is good people who make good places.”

Bruno Stauffacher

Venture Partner, Guangzhou& Zurich

Key Facts

  • Originally from Zurich, Switzerland
  • Speaks 5 languages
  • Lived in 5 Countries

Biography

Bruno Stauffacher has over 10 years of experience in the Chinese market and as an entrepreneur. He has worked and cooperated with a multitude of brands while in China such as Pepsi, Mini Cooper, Mercedes-Benz, HSBC, Parkway, and Paulaner.

His passion for technological innovations began at 14 when he established his first computer company providing customers with assembly and installations. By his third year he had grown his business to 250K in revenues. Four years later in 2002, he founded E-creations & Redsun providing consulting for enterprises on server, network development and marketing services focused on clients in Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong and China.

In 2007, Bruno started his journey in China helping enterprises find and engage with foreign investments while working for Foshan Rhine Enterprise Services Co. Ltd. allowing him to deepen his business network between the EU and Asia. By 2013, through the management of an M&A, he acquired and founded in Guangzhou Swiss advertising agency SwissTank Media by integrating E-creations & Redsun’s marketing business. In 2016 he spun off SwissTank Media’s domestic marketing division to grow the business center focused on helping Chinese brands promote overseas as well provide them with merger and acquisitions services.

In 2017, Bruno joined MassAffect as a venture partner responsible for international market strategy in addition to cross border commerce between China and markets such as the EU and the US. Fluent in Mandarin and 4 more languages, he holds a BS in International Management and MS in Entrepreneurship from the University of Liechtenstein Switzerland in addition to an MBA from the National Chengchi University Taiwan.