Patrice Berclaz
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- Full Name
- Patrice Berclaz
- Title
- Director / Administrative Director (Directeur Administratif); previously Director of Risk Management & Finance (Directeur Gestion des risques et Finance)
- Firm
- Banque Thaler SA (Geneva private bank; absorbed by CA Indosuez Wealth Management (Switzerland) SA in December 2025)
- Firm Type
- Boutique Swiss private bank / wealth management (note: the stub classification of "Angel Investor" could not be independently verified — see Background)
- Investment Stage
- Not independently verifiable (stub lists "Seed Round"; no supporting evidence found)
- Location
- Thônex, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland (place of origin: Venthône, Valais)
Background
Patrice Berclaz is a Swiss private-banking executive whose documented career is with Banque Thaler SA, a boutique private bank headquartered at Rue Pierre-Fatio 3, 1204 Geneva. Banque Thaler positioned itself as a firm dedicated exclusively to wealth management for private clients — deliberately not engaging in investment banking, commercial lending, or mortgage business. Within that institution Berclaz rose from sous-directeur (sub-director) to directeur (director), holding signing authority collectively by two, and is recorded in reference sources as Administrative Director and Director of Risk Management and Finance — corporate control and finance functions rather than a client-facing investment or venture role.
According to Swiss commercial-register (business-monitor / SHAB) records, Berclaz's signing powers at Banque Thaler were revoked around October 2021, indicating a departure or change of role at that time. He is listed with place of origin Venthône (Valais) and residence in Thônex, in the Geneva area.
Banque Thaler itself underwent a major corporate change: it was acquired by CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA on 1 September 2025 and absorbed by merger on 15 December 2025, after which it ceased to exist as an independent legal entity, with its activities continued by CA Indosuez Wealth Management (Switzerland) SA. The email domain in the stub data (`banquethaler.ch`) is therefore now under CA Indosuez control.
Important accuracy note: The stub data describes Patrice Berclaz as an "Angel Investor" investing in seed rounds. Extensive searching of the web, venture and startup databases, and financial-register sources produced no evidence to support an angel-investing profile, a startup portfolio, or seed-stage deal activity for this individual. The verifiable public record describes a private-bank administrative/risk/finance director, not an active venture or angel investor. The "Angel Investor / Seed Round" labels appear to originate from an unverified lead-aggregator classification and should be treated with caution.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- No stated personal investment thesis, check size, sector focus, or geographic mandate could be located from any primary or reputable secondary source.
- His documented professional focus is institutional risk management, finance, and administration within a Geneva private bank (Banque Thaler), serving private wealth-management clients — not direct startup or seed investing.
- The stub's "Seed Round" stage and "Angel Investor" firm type are not corroborated by any evidence found and are omitted here as unverifiable rather than restated as fact.
Notable Investments
- No verifiable angel or venture investments, portfolio companies, or deals attributable to Patrice Berclaz could be found in any public source. This list is left empty rather than populated with unverified or fabricated entries.
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