# Top 50 Artificial intelligence Startup Investors in Switzerland in October 2023 ## SICTIC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 20 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence How to Invest in Swiss Startups That Last The Investor community of the Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC) helped to fund to more than 160 Swiss tech startups to date. While doing so, they learned a lot about what to watch out for and how to foster success. Read more Get your FREE angel handbook ## Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 17 - Stages: Debt Financing, Grant, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) has been helping startups since 1994, encourages entrepreneurship & supports innovation. ## Zürcher Kantonal Bank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology Zürcher Kantonalbank - as an independent, incorporated public-law institution - is wholly owned by the canton of Zurich. ## Verve Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 16 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology Verve Ventures has invested in more than 140 science and technology startups. We support visionary and resilient entrepreneurs from day one and are a reliable partner for the entire journey. We typically invest EUR 1-3m in early as well as later stage rounds of European high tech startups. ## Wingman Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 14 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We dedicate our know-how, experience and energy to the new generation of startup founders, helping them navigate the skies on their way to success. ## Swisscom Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 8 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Swisscom Ventures is an venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, that specializes in early stage tech investments founded in 2007.Swisscom Ventures invests in growth companies with emerging business models and technologies of strategic relevance to Swisscom's core business. As a value-add investor, Swisscom brings its investees the technicalexpertise and strategic insights of an incumbent telecom operator. We act as a bridge to Swisscom's operational business units, which portfolio companies can also leverage as a test environment for their products and services.Swisscom Ventures seeks minority stakes in companies related to the information/communications/entertainment space. ## Spicehaus Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence We are a Swiss venture capital investor, investing in early-stage tech start-ups from Switzerland. Are you looking for private equity? Join our network now. ## High-Tech Grunderfonds - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a seed investor that finances high-potential, tech-driven startups. With EUR 895.5 million in total investment volume across three funds and an international network of partners, HTGF has already helped forge more than 500 startups since 2005. Driven by their expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion, its teamof experienced investment managers and startup experts help guide the development of young companies. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech startups in a range of sectors, including software, media, internet, hardware, automation, health care, chemistry, and life sciences.To date, external investors have injected over EUR 2 billion into the HTGF portfolio via about 1,400 follow-on financing rounds. HTGF has also successfully sold interests in more than 100 companies. Investors in this public-private partnership include the Federal Ministry For Economic Affairs and Energy, the KfW Banking Group, and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V., as well as the companies ALTANA, BASF, BAYER, B.Braun, Boehringer Ingelheim, Robert Bosch, BÜFA, CEWE, Deutsche Post DHL, Dräger, Drillisch AG, EVONIK, EWE AG, FOND OF Haniel, Hettich, Knauf, Körber, LANXESS, media + more venture Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT, Postbank, QIAGEN, RWE Generation SE, SAP, Schufa, Schwarz Gruppe, STIHL, Thüga, Vector Informatik, WACKER and Wilh. Werhahn KG. ## b2venture (formerly btov Partners) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Btov Partners is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. With investment teams in Digital and Industrial Tech, Btov invests EUR 50m per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m. ## VI Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Altendorf, Schwyz, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Series C, Series B - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device VI Partners are Venture Capitalists successfully financing outstanding teams and innovations in the Healthcare and Technology space since 20 years. ## 4FO Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Medical 4FO Ventures ## SIX FinTech Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain SIX invests in global early stage start-ups, focusing on companies that provide value to the Swiss financial center. ## Momenta - Type: VC Fund - Location: Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence Momenta is the leading Digital Industry venture capital + growth firm. We accelerate entrepreneurs and leaders devoted to the digitization of energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and supply chains. Since 2012, our team of deep industry operators have made over 100 investments in entrepreneurs and helped scale over 150 industry leaders via ouraward-winning executive search and strategic advisory practices. ## Acequia Capital (AceCap) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seattle, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence We are a leading early-stage investment platform. We are at the center of a global ecosystem that attracts and fuels the technical founders and product teams building the next wave of global businesses. ## Session.vc - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence At session we back early-stage companies in the Software and Consumer space. As active investors, we can only partner with a few companies. When we do, we roll up our sleeves and get to work, providing entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building. ## GoBeyond - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Medical, Software GoBeyond is a FinTech company transforming angel investing into a new scalable asset class for small and large, novice to experienced investors. It offers a unique deal platform, portfolio tools, syndication/pooling, due diligence, investment monitoring services, training and certified deal leaders.Its clients are individuals, familyoffices, professional groups and corporations. It is active in the EU, Switzerland and the US. GoBeyond also offers educational training modules for angel investors in 11 categories. ## BackBone Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Robotics BackBone Ventures' focus are early-stage investments, primarly in the area of innovative ICT, FoodTech and disruptive technologies in DACH & Israel. Committed to achieve a positive impact for the next generation by empowering access to proficient ventures investments. ## Gentian Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Gentian is an early-stage investment company founded by the Entrepreneurs Elian Kool and Gerhard Gerner. We focus on investments in SaaS platforms, Mobile, Robotics/Drones and adjacent areas we have a passion for.Based in Switzerland, most of our investments are in the DACH region, but with a clear focus on a global market.We investexclusively in enthusiastic teams, which we support with our experience as entrepreneurs as board member or advisor. ## Seed X Liechtenstein - Type: VC Fund - Location: Schaan, Schaan, Liechtenstein - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, SaaS Seed X is a European-focused venture capital firm with strong roots in Liechtenstein. We help driven startups scale by providing a strong network of experienced entrepreneurs and industry leaders. ## DAA Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Film DAA Capital Partners is a Swiss-based private equity firm founded with the ambition to make a difference. We believe in creating value through long-term partnerships with talented entrepreneurs, managers and investors, and supporting them by leveraging our multidisciplinary expertise and our global network ## EquityPitcher Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS EquityPitcher is an Early-Growth Venture Capital firm that supports promising startups from the DACH region. Through close cooperation with renowned industry experts, investors and exit partners, we pave the way for entrepreneurs to attain the three decisive success factors: know-how, contacts and capital. ## True Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm focused on early stage technology startups. We invest in brilliant people who bring ideas that matter to life. ## TiVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, Renewable Energy TiVenture is a seed investment fund owned by the Fondazione Centenario Banca Stato that invests in early stage companies with innovative technologies and high growth potential, principally in southern Switzerland. TiVenture is actively looking and ready to support exceptional founders and entrepreneurs developing scalable products for the globalmarket. TiVenture has a diversified portfolio of companies and is mainly active in the life science, medical, high-tech and IT sectors. ## Daniel Gutenberg - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Daniel joined VI Partners in July 2003 as a Venture Partner focusing on IT. He started his career as Chairman and CEO of Gutenberg Communication Systems AG, a company he founded in 1991. Subsequent to selling Gutenberg Communication Systems AG to the Telindus Group in 2000, he became Country Manager of Telindus for Switzerland, Austria andHungary during the next two years, and he was also a member of the Executive Board. Since 2002 he has been taking consulting and advisory board assignments for various companies. ## Flavio Pfaffhauser - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Flavio is Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Beekeeper, Entrepreneur and Early Stage Investor in B2B SaaS companies. ## Alex Ott - Type: Angel - Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, CAD Alex Ott founded CrossContinentalVentures in 2002. He is a veteran in the enterprise software industry with operational and board level experience on four continents.He has been partnering with many entrepreneurs in the US, Europe and Israel in building thought leading technology enterprises that seek to make a difference such as QlikTech whomhe was an investor and is a current board member.Before founding CrossContinentalVentures, Alex was a member of the Executive Committee of Siebel Systems, where he was responsible for building a major presence in EMEA as VP and General Manager, growing revenues, customer and employee base tenfold in just two years. He then ran the Americas geography, Siebel’s largest market with revenue responsibilities of over $1B.Prior to Siebel Systems, Alex played key executive roles within SAP AG (member of the extended global board) and SAP America (Executive Committee member) for almost a decade. Latterly, he held the position of CEO SAP International and Senior VP of Latin America, dramatically growing revenue and profitability through a sustained increase in SAP's Latin American infrastructure and the establishment of new subsidiaries.Alex holds a degree in Economics and Business Management from University BA of Mannheim, Germany. ## CNB Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Electronics, Textiles CNB Capital believes in the power of technology-driven entrepreneurship. We understand real innovation creates moat and defensibility. We provide long-term commitment, building an enduring partnership without the usual exit pressure. ## FYRFLY Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Fyrfly Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on data and intelligence. The firm prefers to invest in startups and early-stage companies in the information technology sector. ## Hasler Foundation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bern, Bern, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, GPS, Drones The purpose of the Hasler Foundation is to promote information and communications technology (ICT) for the well-being and benefit of Switzerland as an intellectual and industrial center. The Foundation aims to play an active role in ensuring that Switzerland continues to take a leading position in science and technology in the future.TheFoundation provides its support by financing or co-financing selected educational, research and innovation projects and undertakings in the field of ICT. The Foundation is politically and religiously neutral and free of any commercial interests. Although it is a non-profit-making organisation, it is not a charity, in that its support is always results-based, in keeping with the purpose of the Foundation. ## Wingman Campus Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics Wingman Campus Fund aims to educate students and support entrepreneurs to disrupt the startup culture on campuses, producing the next generation of tech leaders, and creating more value for society. ## La Famiglia - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS We are an early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US ## 3wVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herisau, Ausser-Rhoden, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology 3wVentures provides seed money and venture capital to international internet startups. As they focus on early stage projects and prototypes, our investments and co-investments target a volume of up to USD 250,000. ## Swiss Startup Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence Swiss Ventures Group Website ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Third Sphere - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Real Estate, Transportation Early-stage fund focused on rapid, scalable climate action and targeting outsized impact and outsized returns. ## Penny Schiffer - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Finance Penny Schiffer - CEO & Co-founder @ Raized.ai ## Boğaziçi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Video Games Boğaziçi Ventures has been established in 2015 with the purpose of supporting entrepreneurship to take their global success to a next level. We aim to invest in technology start-ups which have talented teams by providing business models and looking for funds and mentoring support for future exponential growth.BV Growth fund will only focus on thetechnology startups established in Turkey at the growth stage while having the ambition to get into the global market.BV Crypto fund will be closed with a minimum fund size of $50M to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. People are interested in investing in cryptocurrency, especially new initial coin offerings (ICO), but they don’t know which one is reliable. We have an extremely capable team dedicated to cryptocurrency. Our analysts search hundreds of ICO projects, follow their communication, investigate the commitment of their teams, make interviews and if they have a chance, even visit them at their locations to give a much better decision. ## Aslanoba Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Aslanoba Capital is an early stage investor in tech startups in Turkey and the US. The company invests in startups pursuing disruptive ideas in areas such as marketplaces, e-commerce, mobile, classifieds, content, and SaaS with a consideration of investment between $0.25 million and $2 million.Aslanoba was founded in 2013 and is based inIstanbul, Turkey. ## Conny & Co - Type: VC Fund - Location: Wollerau, Schwyz, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Insurance We are an international investment company with the mission of backing promising startup companies in the most exciting high-growth markets. ## PostFinance - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bern, Bern, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance It is the fifth largest retail financial institution in Switzerland. ## ASTARA Innovation & Venture Lab (formerly B4Motion) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Automotive, Apps, Transportation We are a Mobility Lab. We research, invest and build. ## Ringier Digital Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Are you a digital startup with a clear unique selling proposition looking for investment? Find out how to partner with us. ## Rebel Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care Rebel Fund is powered by an elite team of top Y Combinator alumni partners to support the world's most promising technology startup founders ## Siraj Khaliq - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Logistics Siraj is a Partner on the investment team at Atomico. As a former computer scientist and co-founder/CTO of the successful Atomico investment The Climate Corporation, Siraj now continues his love for entrepreneurship “on the other side of the table” as a venture capitalist. He focuses on companies enabled by machine learning, AI and computervision, (particularly in intelligent assistants), IoT, Agtech, and works with a number of portfolio companies.Siraj founded The Climate Corporation in 2006, a company that pioneered the use of machine learning in helping farmers to optimize crop yield. Climate (acquired by Monsanto in 2013 and now a subsidiary) still sits at the vanguard of precision agriculture, an industry that is expected to play a key role in delivering the yield boosts needed to feed humanity in the decades ahead.Prior to this, Siraj was an early engineering hire at Google in 2001, and one of the founding engineers for the Google Book search project. He holds an MS degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, and a BA Hons in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, UK. Siraj speaks fluent English, advanced Urdu, and just enough German to be dangerous.An enterprising child, Siraj taught himself to code in C at age 13, and wrote and sold his first piece of software, a database for medical research, at 15. He is a fan of functional programming languages, and still enough of a geek to spend the occasional weekend trying out new languages and frameworks. ## Promus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Investing in early-stage deep-tech software/hardware companies run by visionary and tenacious founding teams. ## First Momentum Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Pre-Seed B2B Tech VC - Engineers at heart, investors by choice ## Swisscom - Type: VC Fund - Location: Worblaufen, Bern, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telecoms company and one of its leading IT companies, is headquartered in Ittigen, close to the capital city Berne. Swisscom’s international activities are concentrated mainly in Italy, where its subsidiary Fastweb is one of the biggest broadband providers. Around 21,500 employees achieve a revenues of CHF 2.89billion to the end of the 1st Quarter 2016. Swisscom is one of the most sustainable companies in Switzerland and Europe. ## Hammer Team - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cham, Zug, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS The “Hammer Team” is the investment vehicle of Ariel Luedi. The mission is to support software companies during their startup and growth phase. Hammer Team provides its companies with venture capital but also with expertise in different areas required to grow a company (Sales Ops, Product Management, Customer Success, Finance, Marketing, Legal, Taxor Branding). Ariel and his team have created a platform for those companies to communicate openly, leverage synergies and find new ways of solving challenges. ## Boundary Holding - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Drones, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence Boundary Holding is a European deep tech investment firm with presence in Luxembourg and France that invests in technologies enabling 4th industrial revolution. ## Next Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Apps, FinTech Next Ventures - UK-based Fintech Venture Capital, Fintech, Entrepreneur, Bulent Tekmen, Venture, Capital # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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