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Simon Janin

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Co-founder & CTO at Sharelock
📍 Geneva Metropolitan Area, Switzerland

Simon is a technology entrepreneur with deep expertise in cybersecurity, SaaS, and secure protocols, backed by his education at ETH Zürich. As a three-time founder, he currently leads Sharelock as Co-founder & CTO, using AI to accelerate due diligence. Previously, he founded X80 Security to help companies quantify cyber risks in financial terms.

Outside of his entrepreneurial ventures, Simon is a strategic thinker who is passionate about the game of Go, in which he holds a 2 Dan rank, and uses its principles to enhance his focus. He draws parallels between the strategic foresight required in chess and the challenges of cybersecurity, reflecting a mind attuned to complex systems.

Unique fact: He co-authored a publication on fair and secure data exchange using blockchain technology, presented at an NBER conference.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Co-founder & CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Geneva Metropolitan Area, Switzerland
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AI in Due Diligence
As the Co-founder & CTO of Sharelock, his current professional focus is on accelerating company due diligence in private equity using artificial intelligence.
Quantifying Cyber Risk
He founded X80 Security to help companies understand cybersecurity risks by quantifying the potential financial impact of threats, a topic he discussed on a recent podcast.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Co-founder & CTO
Sharelock
4-2020
Founder & CEO
X80 Security
10-2019 - 6-2020
Founder in Residence (PA3)
Entrepreneur First
9-2018 - 9-2019
Chief Technology Officer
Leva
7-2017 - 9-2018
Chief Executive Officer
chainSolutions
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Education
2014 - 2017
Computer Science
ETH Zürich
2012 - 2013
Maturité Gymnasiale (passerelle)
EPSU Genève
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