# Top 50 Community Startup Investors in Switzerland in October 2023

## Zürcher Kantonal Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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: 6
- 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.

## Ralph Gygax
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bachenbülach, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics

Ralph Gygax is a Chief Administrative Officer at SWISS Gate AG. He attended KV, SVIT from 1999 to 2007.

## SICTIC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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

## Werner Hoffmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bachenbülach, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics

Professional experience:
Expert for Risk Management and Public Relations
Strategic & operational responsibility Compliance & Safety Management
Decades of leadership experience as colonel & professional military pilot in the Swiss Air Force

## Wingman Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Polytech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Polytech Ventures are an early stage VC firm based in Switzerland with a strong international focus. Their strategic location at EPFL in Lausanne grants us access to one of the most dynamic and recognized innovation centers in the world

## Athos Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Athos Capital is a venture capital firm.

## ACE & Company
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

ACE & Company (“ACE”), founded in 2005, is a global investment group specialized in private investments with total assets of over $1.6 bn across three investment strategies and investment solutions. With headquarters in Geneva and offices in London, New York, and Cairo, ACE’s global presence brings the company in direct contact with sourcingpartners, investment firms, as well as entrepreneurs and provides investors unparalleled access to a network of opportunities. ACE’s passion is for finding investment opportunities where we have an advantage through many years of relationship building, a carefully developed position of knowledge in the sectors which we are active, and a culture of efficiency to gain first mover’s advantage.
ACE’s purpose is to offer investors a long-term and collaborative investment approach that values honesty, transparency and rigorous execution, so that our strategies not only provide unique access to value accretive, risk-managed deals, but fosters what we consider our bedrock—trust.ACE’s progress has been marked by a globally respected track record since the Company was founded in 2005. In the last four years we have increased our total assets by fivefold and in 2017 received the Swiss Financial Supervisory Authority (FINMA) authorization.

## Shasta Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

Shasta is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on enterprise technology like SaaS, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data intelligence & camera vision. 

## Swisscom Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Nauta Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile

Nauta Capital is a Venture Capital firm investing in early stage technology companies. Main areas of interest include B2B Software propositions, disruptive Digital Media companies, and enabling technologies for Mobile and the Internet. Nauta has over €300 million under management and invests across Europe. Nauta operates from London (UK), Barcelona(Spain) and Munich (Germany).

## Gentian Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## New Enterprise Associates
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

New Enterprise Associates, Inc. is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors, and geographies. With over $19 billion in cumulative committed capital since the firm’s founding in 1977, NEA invests in technology and healthcare companies at all stages in a company’slifecycle, from the seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record of successful investing includes more than 210 portfolio company IPOs and more than 360 acquisitions.

## Technology Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Grant
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Energy

Climate protection through innovative technologies.
The Technology Fund offers loan guarantees to Swiss companies whose novel products contribute to a sustainable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

## Joachim Schoss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Social Media, Music

Mr. Schoss has a history of founding successfulcompanies, including TellSell Consulting and Telcare, which merged with Sykes Enterprises. In 2004 his latest company, Scout24, was acquired by T-Online for $221 million. He was named 2002’s “Business Angel of the Year” in Switzerland.In addition to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Mr. Schoss also has extensive investment experience, going back to the 1990s. From 2000-2003, he was the Chief Excecutive for Beisheim Holding Schweiz, and is currently the cornerstone investor of 6S Capital, a quantitative hedge fund firm.Mr.Schoss is President of the charitable foundation MyHandicap.com, and the Chapter Chair of the Young Presidents Organisation in Zurich.Source: 

## 4FO Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Medical

4FO Ventures

## Sofinnova Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Sofinnova Partners is a leading European venture capital firm in life sciences, specializing in healthcare and sustainability. Based in Paris, London and Milan, the firm brings together a team of professionals from all over the world with strong scientific, medical and business expertise.

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

## Anorak Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence

Anorak Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco investing in seed-stage technology companies.

## EVA Basel
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical Device, Medical

EVA is sparring partner for new entrepreneurs in the Life Sciences with planned base in north-western SwitzerlandThey support start-ups by helping to bridge the gap between their business idea and the successful commercialization of their life sciences projects, innovations and technologies.They provide thorough coaching and activelyencourage contact with their wide-ranging network of experts and investors as well as providing seed-phase investments.In science and technology transfer, they act as the link between researchers, universities’ scientific liaison offices, potential investors and the market.

## Loyal VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce

Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.

## AET Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Gaming

AET Fund envisions a Heart Driven World by making the world a colorful place through entertainment.

## Endeavour Vision
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology

Endeavour Vision is a venture capital and growth equity firm investing in transformative healthcare technologies.

## Partech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

## Dennis Liu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Communities

Dennis Liu

## BB Biotech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

BB BIOTECH VENTURES is a healthcare-dedicated venture capital fund, focused on companies that develop and market drugs and medical devices. The Guernsey–based fund is advised by the Bellevue Asset Management Group, which has operations in Curaçao, Boston/USA and Kusnacht/Zurich, Switzerland. BB BIOTECH VENTURES has a dedicated teamof investment advisors and an advisory board. In addition, it is supported by all of the Group’s health care investment experts, and an extensive network of specialists and advisors. Our goal is to maximize the returns to our investors. To achieve this goal, we combine hard working, experience, networking, and focus on value creation.

## Investinor
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Manufacturing

Investinor invests in Norwegian based, high potential companies that are internationally oriented and in the phases ranging from early growth to expansion. The company has BNOK 4.2 ($500 m) under management and focus on companies within the internet, software, semiconductors, energy, cleantech, marine and life sciences sectors.

## Norselab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Analytics

Norselab is a leading European impact investment house. We are dedicated to proving that impact is the future of investing across asset classes.

## Jürg Marquard
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Travel, Rental, Leisure

Jürg Marquard

## Raiffeisen Schweiz
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics

Raiffeisen Switzerland has a cooperatively structured group is one of Switzerland's leading retail banks.

## Eclosion SA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care

Eclosion assists entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to bridge the gap between their laboratories and the stage where the start-up

## aldeA Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care

Aldea is a venture capital platform based in Barcelona, investing in next generation technology leaders across Europe

## Finnvera Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuopio, Eastern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Finnvera makes direct investments in early-stage enterprises through Seed Fund Vera Ltd. Finnvera's goal is to cover shortcomings existing on the market between product development funding and private equity investments. Finnvera does not compete with private financiers; instead, it strives to supplement the financial market.Finnvera'sinvestments enable, start and accelerate growth and internationalisation among investment targets. Enterprises are developed to make them attractive targets for further financing by other investors and industrial actors. Investments are made in technology enterprises at an early stage and in technology-intensive or innovative service enterprises that have potential for developing into international growth enterprises.Finnvera is also known as a specialised financing company owned by the State of Finland. It provides its clients with loans, guarantees, venture capital investments and export credit guarantees.

## IRIS
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile

Iris Capital is a European VC specialized in digital, fueling entrepreneurs from early stage to growth since 1986. From Paris, Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Dubai, Iris Capital supports start-ups and scale-ups in their global expansion with the unique support on its multi corporate partners, including Orange, Publicis, Valeo andBRED.Iris Capital invests in various industries, from platforms to Saas, AdTech, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, IoT, robotics and mobile services, and is always looking for ambitious industry disrupters led by unique entrepreneurs across the world.

## Siraj Khaliq
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Ivo Petrov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Events, Software, Broadcasting

chairman

## Creathor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

We have been investing at the frontier of technology and science for over 30 years. We know what it takes to succeed.

## SV Stars Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, MOOC, Music

Angel tickets in Europe

## Edouard Lambelet
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Communities, Blogging Platforms

Edouard is Chairman Finity SA and Paper.li. Prior to this new initiative, he founded MNC, a leading international mobile application and service provider that has been acquired by Alcatel- Lucent in 2004 (now Nokia). Edouard focused then on developing Alcatel-Lucent activities in the Mobile Media Market enabling business.Edouard holds a Masterin Business Administration from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, for which he also collaborated as lecturer in Financial Strategy and Enterprise Service Strategy.

## Social Discovery Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Mobile

Social Discovery Group is the world's largest group of social discovery companies. It unites more than 40 brands, an investment fund and a venture studio.

## Adrian Bührer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Subscription Service, Food and Beverage

Adrian Bührer

## ASI Reisen
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Natters, Tirol, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel and Tourism, Community and Lifestyle

ASI Reisen is one of the leading travel platforms for sustainable active and adventure travel worldwide.

## Loic Amado
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

Loïc Amado is the founder of Loic Amado. Loic Amado attended Harvard Business School Executive Education in 2018.

## R-301 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery Service, Automotive

R-301 Capital They are an independent technology venture capital firm. They invest in early stage busineses leveraging disruptive web and mobile technologies in a variety of sectors. As experienced tech entrepreneurs They combine expertise with cash to best support Their portfolio companies. They move quickly and decisevily in funding innovatorsThey believe in.

## BioMedPartners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

BioMedPartners is one of the leading European venture capital firms providing private equity and mezzanine financing to early- and mid-stage healthcare and human life science companies. They target the entire industry with special focus on pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, diagnostics and medical technology.

## LG Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pfaffikon, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Dating, Aerospace

LG Capital is a venture capital specialist that focuses on identifying, coaching, and investing in founding teams and supporting them on their journey towards building truly great companies.

## Atlas Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Atlas Venture is an early-stage venture capital firm that creates and invests in biotech startup companies led by promising entrepreneurs focusing on life sciences innovation. Its seed-led venture creation strategy rigorously selects and focuses investment on compelling opportunities to build scalable businesses and realize value.

## Ndoto
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel and Tourism, Community and Lifestyle

Ndoto

## Debioinvestment
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Apps, Communities, Blogging Platforms

Debioinvestment was added in 2013.

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