# Top 50 Gaming Startup Investors in Switzerland in May 2026

## SICTIC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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## Alpana Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

Alpana Ventures is a Swiss VC focusing on digital transformation.Since 2016 we backed 45 founder teams with 3 Funds, supporting them in their journey towards a positive impact.Committed to value creation, we discover deep tech solutions in Switzerland, Europe and the US.We invest to embed them into innovative business models and back them tobecome global market leaders.Applying ESG criteria, our portfolio companies help create a more sustainable future.

## Polytech Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 7
- 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

## Blue Horizon Corporation
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a new Sustainable Food System that delivers outstanding returns for investors and the planet.

## Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## 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.

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

## Piton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet

Piton Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Piton focuses exclusively on network effects businesses (marketplaces, exchanges and platforms) as this provide one of the few moats or forms of defensibility to achieve dominance. There are several forms of great network effects businesses thataren’t marketplaces that include data network effects (including machine learning and AI), businesses that rely on user generated content, as well as SaaS businesses with the potential to layer network effects around it. The firm is a stage and style-agnostic and seeks to invest from seed to late stage (€200k to €15m).

## Good Seed Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology

Good Seed Ventures is a Venture Capital firm that exclusively invests in sustainable food tech.

## Samaipata
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Internet, Real Estate

Samaipata is a specialized and pan-European venture capital fund investing in digital platforms with network effects at the early stage across Europe. With over $160M of assets under management, we start with investments of $750k to $2.5m and reserve up to $10m for future rounds, from pre-seed to Se

## Pluto Digital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Internet

Pluto Digital PLC (Pluto) is a crypto technology and operations company that makes Web 3.0 Decentralised Finance (DeFi) more accessible to all.

## 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

## LD Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

LD Capital is one of Asia's earliest organizations focusing on value investing in blockchain field. Owing to industrial resource advantages and professional investment research teams, LD Capital has successively discovered and invested in projects such as Qtum, Vechain and Eos which all achieved over 100 times return.Their teams spread overChina, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, and have accumulated rich experience in areas of traditional internet, Fintech, and advanced blockchain technology. They are committed to the globalization of blockchain and quality investment in the entire industry.LD Capital focuses on blockchain innovation projects within finance, games, content publishing, Internet of Things and other circuits, and we have been propelling broad layout of blockchain technology and infrastructure construction to facilitate the comprehensive development of the global blockchain ecosystem.

## TPS Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Gaming

We develop and deploy our own proprietary, state of the art trading algorithms to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities.

## SevenX Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

SevenX Ventures is a Research-driven Crypto Venture Capital founded in 2020.

## Profluent Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Gaming, Internet

Investment firm managed by AI.

## 3wVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herisau, Ausser-Rhoden, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Wingman Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Good Games Guild
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Good Games Guild is a gaming hub for play-to-earn games based on NFTs and collectible tokens.

## Genblock Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Genblock Capital invests exclusively in blockchain and cryptocurrency, with a focus on decentralized finance.

## Tokenomik Inc
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Gaming, Internet

Tokenomik Inc ( TMK ) is a blockchain-centric venture capital investor and launch advisor, focusing on helping clever crypto projects with our capital, industry connections, structuring and deal execution expertise

## Zürcher Kantonal Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Momentum 6
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Building momentum for ideas in WEB3.

## Verve Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## 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

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

## Axia8 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency

Axia8 Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in both digital asset and equity.

## PINC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Cooking, Children

PINC invests in attractive start-ups leveraging four major consumer trends: Conscious Consumption, Holistic Health, Personalized Convenience, and Authentic Experiences.

## CapHorn Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

CapHorn Invest is an independent Venture Capital Firm launched in 2010. The company invests in B2B digital companies. CapHorn Invest currently manages 180 million euros across two funds and has a portfolio of more than 20 companies. They invest in B2B startups that drive digital transformation. They mainly focus on Series A & B in roundsranging from 2 to 20M€.

## 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.

## Serena
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

Serena invests in bold ventures and provides them with an unrivaled level of expertise and operational resources.
In ten years, the firm has already contributed to the emergence of many success stories (Aramisauto - Acquired by PSA, The Fork - acquired by TripAdvisor, Cheerz -acquired by Cewe), and has currently 40 handpicked startups in itsportfolio such as Dataiku, Evaneos, Malt, iBanFirst, CybelAngel, or Lifen.

## DWeb3 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Financial Services

Digital fund focused on crypto & digital assets investments related to blockchain technology, Decentralized Finance DeFi, web 3, NFT, metaverse, Bitcoin, & more

## Joyance Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Wellness

Joyance Partners is the first venture fund supporting companies that deliver Delightful Moments derived from science - a new, transformative cycle of human experience that we see as one of the greatest investment opportunities in decades.

## Akatsuki
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Corporate Round
- Focus: Content, Media and Entertainment, Gaming

Akatsuki offers MobileSocialGame services. They utilize cutting edge technology and ideas to realize and deliver their ambitions to their users. They provide new value to society through the services we manage daily. Providing services throughout the world that brighten up everyone's daily lives.

## 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.

## 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. 

## TR Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tafers, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Software, Apps

Private Investment Company

## 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.

## b2venture (formerly btov Partners)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Vorwerk Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage

Vorwerk Ventures is an independent €150m Venture Capital Fund grown out of the Vorwerk Group in late 2019 and defines itself through a strong commitment towards consumer-facing digital businesses. Our unique direct selling experience in addition to an outstanding track record in Venture Capital provides added value for forward-thinkingentrepreneurs. Headquartered in Berlin Germany, we currently have more than €250m in assets under management and are constantly on the look-out for promising opportunities starting with Seed/Series A investments of €1m to €10m and ensuring continuous support reserving up to €15m for upcoming financing rounds. An outstanding founding team, an existing market presence and a well-defined exit strategy framed by a consumer-centric business model are key requirements to us when it comes to making an investment decision.

## 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.

## Redalpine
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

Redalpine is one of the leading European Venture Capital investors with a focus on highly scalable start-ups. The firm's mission is to help talented entrepreneurs turn an ambitious vision into reality by providing money, experience, coaching, and a strong network. The firm is focused on seed and early-stage investments in disruptivetechnologies in tech and health tech.
Redalpine launched its first fund (Redalpine Capital I) in 2007, following the founding partners’ track record of some excellent trade sales and IPOs as serial entrepreneurs and professional angel investors. In 2021 Redalpine closed its sixth fund (Redalpine Capital VI) and currently has approx. USD 1 Billion in AUM. The highly interdisciplinary Redalpine team supports more than 70 portfolio companies with operational and sector-specific expertise and with a rich international network.Redalpine started with its first fund (Redalpine Capital I) in 2007 based on the track-record of some excellent trade-sales and IPOs as serial entrepreneurs and professional angel investors. Redalpine sucessfully launched Redalpine Capital II in 2012 and Redalpine Capital III in 2016. The funds are registered in Luxemburg and backed by dozens of experienced entrepreneurs and investors representing various countries, and a broad range of industries.

## Deribit
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ermelo, Gelderland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech

World's biggest Bitcoin and Ethereum Options Exchange and the most advanced crypto derivatives trading platform with up to 50x leverage on Crypto Futures and Perps.

## Adrian Bührer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Subscription Service, Food and Beverage

Adrian Bührer

## AU21 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

## Swiss Founders Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology

Swiss Founders Fund is a seed and early stage investment fund based in St.Gallen, Switzerland. SFF invests in and builds companies globally.

## Aravis Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Aravis is the first independent Swiss on-shore private equity house, an established investor in the renewable energy and life science spaces. We are a "hands-on" investor taking leading positions and understanding the balance between finance, commercial assets and people. With this distinct and crafted approach, we are serving over 30leading investors including corporates, pension funds, government funds, insurance companies and family offices. Currently actively managing more than a quarter of a billion Swiss francs, we have a cumulative history of investments in over 100 companies. These have resulted in several noticeable exits including the divestment of several renewable energy companies and a number of life science reverse take-overs, listings and trade sales. Our many years of experience in the Swiss fund industry have enabled us to establish a platform with a comprehensive offering of investment, accounting, regulatory and reporting expertise. Located in Zurich, Aravis was founded in 2001.

## Nico Hribernik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Sustainability, Food and Beverage

Nico Hribernik is the Founder at Wellster Healthtech Group.

## EQT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totalling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totalling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totalling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris and San Francisco, taking a locals with locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.

## XPLA
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Developer Platform

XPLA, Universal Content Powerhouse for a Sublime Creative Experience. Layer 1 blockchain that serves as a hub for digital media content.

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