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Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Switzerland in October 2023

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Hardware startups based in Switzerland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hardware companies from Switzerland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Switzerland in October 2023

Investor Hardware Switzerland investments
Verve Ventures 32
Zürcher Kantonal Bank 24
SICTIC 23
Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) 17
GoBeyond 16
Serpentine Ventures 13
Swisscom Ventures 12
Alpana Ventures 11
3wVentures 9
High-Tech Grunderfonds 9
Momenta 8
Wingman Ventures 7
ACE & Company 7
VI Partners 7
Polytech Ventures 7
Earlybird Venture Capital 5
Privilege Ventures 5
Ariel Luedi 5
Soheila Yalpani 5
DAA Capital Partners 4
Danny Hayes 4
Lakestar 4
CNB Capital 4
Redalpine 4
FYRFLY Venture Partners 4
Spicehaus Partners 4
Penny Schiffer 4
EquityPitcher Ventures 3
David Sikorsky 3
SixThirty 3
b2venture (formerly btov Partners) 3
Acequia Capital (AceCap) 3
Mutschler Ventures AG 3
Atomico 3
EXTOREL 3
TiVentures 3
BackBone Ventures 3
Swisscom 3
Bettina Buechel 3
Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare 3
StartAngels Network 3
Gentian Investments 3
European Union 3
True Ventures 3
AM Ventures 3
ESA Business Applications 3
First Momentum Ventures 3
Translink Capital 3
Swiss Post 3
Hammer Team 2

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Verve Ventures
VC Fund · Zug, Zug, Switzerland · 16 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Switzerland, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

  • MedTrace Pharma — MedTrace develops a hardware platform (MT-100) that automates the production and injection of the gold standard tracer 15O-water into the patient. MedTrace also develops an analytical software platform to interpret the results from the PET scanner.By use of 15O-water, doctors will increase sensitivity in the analysis of the patient while at thesame time increasing patient throughput up to a factor of 4 compared to today's clinical workhorse.
  • Hylomorph — Hylomorph is a clinical-stage medical device company developing innovative materials designed to transform the biocompatibility of implantable medical devices.
  • Puraffinity — Puraffinity develops targeted materials for water treatment, focused on forever chemicals called PFAS. Our strategic intent is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030
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Zürcher Kantonal Bank
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 17 investments in the past 12 months

Zürcher Kantonalbank - as an independent, incorporated public-law institution - is wholly owned by the canton of Zurich.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Switzerland, Japan, Germany

Portfolio highlights

  • Helio — Carbon Aware Cloud Computing.
  • Tune Insight — Tune Insight orchestrates secure collaborations on sensitive data between multiple organizations to extract collective insights.
  • Nagi Bioscience — Enabling small organisms testing to any lab. Unleash unique datapoints efficiently at a high-throughput rate.
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SICTIC
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 6 investments in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Axom — Axom automating visual inspection through image analysis in the healthcare industry.
  • Gaia Tech — Gaia Technologies turns agricultural sidestreams into high-value ingredients for cosmetics, food, and feed manufacturers.
  • PeriVision — Perivision combines artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the cloud to build the next generation of systems to understand visual function. The company's systems improve workflow efficiency in practices and hospitals and provide deeper clinical insight into eye diseases.
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Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT)
VC Fund · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · 7 investments in the past 12 months

The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) has been helping startups since 1994, encourages entrepreneurship & supports innovation.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
  • Switzerland, France

Portfolio highlights

  • Voltiris — Voltiris filters natural sunlight to transmit it to plants and recycle the "wasted" sunlight into green electricity.
  • PeriVision — Perivision combines artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and the cloud to build the next generation of systems to understand visual function. The company's systems improve workflow efficiency in practices and hospitals and provide deeper clinical insight into eye diseases.
  • AdVentura Works — AdVentura Works is a Swiss technology company offering material handing as a service to logistics and industrial companies
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GoBeyond
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Medical, Software
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • LEND — LEND provides peer to peer lending in Switzerland. It connects investors with borrowers. Moreover, investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. The company is based in Switzerland and it was founded in 2015.
  • AVAtronics — AVA Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) Solution is a breakthrough in Audio Industry. AVA is the first and only TRUE WIDE-BAND ANC in the market capable of selectively cancelling all annoying noises we want to get rid of without compromising the quality of Music or speech.
  • Blumer — Blumer is a social networking platform that provides social networks that can monetize time by consuming advertisements, selling nfts, and making crypto transactions. It offers social networks, crypto, digital marketing, and blockchain.
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Serpentine Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 16 investments in the past 12 months

Serpentine Ventures (SERV) is the investment arm of the Swiss startup group. Serpentine refers to the meandering roads found across the Swiss Mountains. Unreachable mountain peaks become accessible by following the serpentine path.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Automotive
  • Funding Round, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Switzerland, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • DuraMon — DuraMon provides sensor for monitoring durability in concrete.
  • Arda Biomaterials — Arda Biomaterials transforms waste feedstocks into smarter, circular biomaterials for fashion, home goods, automotive and more.
  • Antefil Composite Tech — Microengineered hybrid fibres for lightweight structures. What are hybrid fibres? The fastest, most affordable, scalable, and high-quality solution for the production of energy-efficient lightweight structures. Hybrid fibres are glass reinforcement fibres which are individually coated with a meltable, recyclable plastic.They provide all the material needed to produce lightweight composites in a perfect mix - at
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Swisscom Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 7 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Series B, Series A
  • Switzerland, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

  • viboo — viboo offers self-learning predictive control on the basis of physics-informed Machine Learning as a cloud service to smart-thermostat and building automation companies.
  • ecoRobotix — ecoRobotix contributes to an agriculture that respects the environment, focusing on soil and hydrological resources conservation and using a minimum amount of energy. ecoRobotix aims to offer precise, safe, reliable and affordable robotic solutions that simplify farmers’ life to produce healthy food. In particular, its revolutionary solar-poweredweeding robot offers a more sustainable use of herbicides while reducing farmers costs.
  • AccelerComm — Our patented, market-leading IP solutions for 4G and 5G are configurable for quick, high-performance implementations across a wide range of applications.
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Alpana Ventures
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 5 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Switzerland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

  • Sinay — Use the full potential of your data with intelligent solutions. Become more efficient on a daily basis and reduce your environmental impact.
  • Nezasa — Nezasa’s travel booking solution empowers travel brands globally to combine all planning and booking related actions into one seamless end-to-end experience.Our tools, enable to plan and book any type of multi-product or multi-stop itinerary.TripBuilder Hyper-personalised packaging Real-time planning and booking of personalised itinerariesPowerful, easy to use and very interactive Deep integration possibilities into existing fulfilment landscapes Enterprise-grade, proven with large TO customersTripBooster Hyper-personalised In-Destination Upselling The extension of TripBuilder’s power throughout the entire travel lifecycle The perfect travel companion Seamless purchasing of perfectly fitting additional products Smart upselling recommendation, available in both a push and pull mode
  • Tinamu — Tinamu Labs has developed a technology that converts commercially available drones into camera equipment reaching professional standards.
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3wVentures
VC Fund · Herisau, Ausser-Rhoden, Switzerland

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Switzerland, Spain, Austria

Portfolio highlights

  • Abionic — Abionic SA is ideally positioned at the boundaries of medical technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. As a spin-off from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland), Abionic uses these highly advanced technologies to provide the medical profession with a novel diagnostic tool designed to give patients personal allergyprofiles. Abionic aims to become an important international player in the field of personalized medicine, in particular in allergy detection.Abionic SA is a certified ISO 9001/13485 company, including research, development and commercialization of in vitro diagnostic devices for allergies detection. The standard ISO 13485 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization has to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements.Abionic SA is a privately owned high-tech company and is strongly supported by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), The Canton of Vaud and Venturelab.Abionic was founded by former scientists from the biomedical optics laboratory (LOB) at EPFL. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.Abionic appreciates the support it has received from:
  • GUURU — Convert undecided shoppers into confident buyers with instant, authentic advice from your expert community.
  • Pregnolia — Pregnolia ensures that every woman can have a happy, healthy and informed pregnancy until term. Their team knows that the existing research about preterm birth assessment is very promising, but this alone does not guarantee success. Sabrina, Francisco and Annette are highly committed to develop the commercial version of the device, complete theclinical trial, follow the regulatory roadmap and execute on their business vision to successfully support gynaecologists in improving the preterm birth risk assessment and birth management.
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High-Tech Grunderfonds
VC Fund · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 64 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Inovedis — Inovedis offers innovative solutions in medical technology that contribute both to optimized patient care as well as time and cost reductions in the healthcare sector.
  • Resourcify — Mein Recycling is developed by Resourcify GmbH from Hamburg. The app is the easiest solution for businesses to easily manage all of their waste, collections, and recyclers in one app, and for waste management companies to seamlessly connect with their customers online. Their vision is zero-waste: enabled with the digital transformation of the wastesector as the foundation for the circular economy.
  • traceless materials — traceless materials offer a holistically sustainable alternative to plastics: 100% biobased on plant residues, compostable under natural conditions, and free of toxic chemicals. For a future free of pollution and waste!
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Momenta
VC Fund · Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland · 7 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • United States, Switzerland, Canada

Portfolio highlights

  • Pulse Industrial — Pulse Industrial is using IoT to reduce steam loss in industrial plants by remote monitoring of steam traps in real-time to detect failures.
  • Tvarit — Reduce Rejections in Casting with easy to use, secure & fast to implement industrial AI.
  • APERIO — APERIO validates operational data at scale to improve data accuracy, security, and value, allowing for smarter decisions based on real-time, superior data.
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Wingman Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 11 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Ascento — Secure, maintain, and inspect outdoor assets by reducing the intervention times and augmenting data capturing capability.
  • Tune Insight — Tune Insight orchestrates secure collaborations on sensitive data between multiple organizations to extract collective insights.
  • Saeki Robotics — Building the future of autonomous robotic manufacturing.
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ACE & Company
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 8 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • DePoly — DePoly is a spin off out of the LSMO lab at EPFL- Valais that has developed a novel technology allowing for the chemical recycling of PET plastic back to its main two components ethylene glycol (EG) and terephthalic acid (TPA). Our approach turns low valued materials (PET waste) into high-valued chemicals like TPA creating a circular economy. Weexpect this process to generate revenue from chemically recycling PET to TPA/EG, which can be sold back to industry to make new virgin PET plastic and allowing for a sustainable source of TPA and EG on the market.
  • ANYbotics — ANYbotics provides autonomous legged robots for industrial applications to provide high availability and reliability in automated routine inspections.
  • Pledge — Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to measure, reduce and offset the climate impact of their products.
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VI Partners
VC Fund · Altendorf, Schwyz, Switzerland · 3 investments in the past 12 months

VI Partners are Venture Capitalists successfully financing outstanding teams and innovations in the Healthcare and Technology space since 20 years.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Series A, Series C, Series B
  • Switzerland, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Vara — Vara develops a breast cancer screening platform powered by AI for radiologists, allowing them to focus on finding cancer early. While we provide. Vara also provides remote mammography reading services to those that lack the radiologists. Vara's mission is to make affordable diagnostics available all over the world by designing machinelearning-powered workflows that users love to work with.
  • Oculis — The Oculis drug delivery platform consists of a novel technique to facilitate drug absorption to both anterior and posterior parts of the eye. The advantage is a drug delivery system where diseases of the posterior part of the eye can be treated with a simple topical application. The Oculis drug delivery platform allows diseases such as DME(diabetic macular edema) at the posterior part of the eye to be treated with a non-invasive topical application. Furthermore, the technique has been demonstrated to allow diseases at the anterior part of the eye to be treated with a reduced number of topical applications compared to conventional eye-drops.
  • Xeltis — Xeltis is pioneering a restorative approach in cardiovascular therapy.
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Polytech Ventures
VC Fund · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

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

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Switzerland, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

  • yamo — Frische Bio-Kindernahrung von yamo, so lecker wie selbstgemacht und kostenlos direkt zu dir nach Hause geliefert. Jetzt probieren und profitieren.
  • Relai — Relai is a Bitcoin investment app that allows anyone to buy bitcoin within one minutes or set up an automated savings plan.
  • Earny — Payroll management built for Startups & SMEs. Swiss payroll service with no hidden fees & no hassle
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 23 investments in the past 12 months

Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Binalyze — Binalyze enhances all your digital forensics and incident response processes at max speed.
  • ColibrITD — Quantum Computing Software Algorithm
  • Re-Fresh Global — Re-Fresh Global brings sustainability innovation into the manufacturing industry. Our patented biotechnology transforms textile waste into recycled raw materials: nanocellulose, ethanol, and sanitized textile pulp.
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Privilege Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Privilege Ventures is the venture capital arm of Privilège Management and invest in seed and early stage companies. Geographical focus is Switzerland and the rest of Europe. Focus sectors are industrial-tech, med-tech, wearables and in general ICT.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Hardware, Software
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Switzerland, France

Portfolio highlights

  • Wyth — Wyth makes technologies that help humans create meaningful relationships by bringing emotions, stories and connections beyond the interface.
  • Smeetz — Smeetz is the future of a unified, data-driven and dynamic pricing-oriented commerce for attractions and cultural venues.
  • Avelo — Our mission is to save lives by bringing fast and actionable infectious disease diagnosis closer to the patient. Avelo's solution is a breath collection device. It works with existing molecular tests to detect multiple respiratory tract infections causing pneumonia
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Ariel Luedi
Angel · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Ariel Luedi is a Founder at Hammer Team - Growth Accelerator. He attended the ETH Zurich.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Switzerland, Austria, Australia

Portfolio highlights

  • CREAL — CREAL makes Hi-Fi light-field projector for smart eyewear which ultimately everyone will use everyday for everything from cooking to neurosurgery.
  • Squirro — Connect all siloed data sources to extract knowledge & insights through intuitive dashboards with the power of enterprise-ready generative AI
  • Fluent Commerce — Fluent Commerce, a leading order management system, improves the customer experience, optimizes fulfillment & solves inventory visibility issues. Learn more!
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Soheila Yalpani
Angel · Santa Monica, California, United States · 5 investments in the past 12 months

Soheila Yalpani is Co-Founder and COO at TerraScale. She attended The University of British Columbia.

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Investment focus

  • Consulting, Sustainability, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • 33 Agency — Strategic advice, unique insights and strong relationships to move your agenda forward. 33 Agency’s experienced team is adept at executing targeted marketing as well as government relations campaigns. We advise and represent clients in areas where business and government intersect. With a focus on sustainability-centric clients whose initiativessupport climate transition efforts. Our team members have led successful careers in infrastructure development, renewables, finance and technology and maintain strong connections with industry relationships and corporate partners. We bring to every engagement deep experience and extensive industry knowledge in order to better deliver on our client’s goals.33 Agency is a U.S. House of Representatives registered Lobbyist (Registrant ID #: 55868).
  • TerraScale — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
  • TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
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DAA Capital Partners
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Software, Film
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Wyth — Wyth makes technologies that help humans create meaningful relationships by bringing emotions, stories and connections beyond the interface.
  • Smeetz — Smeetz is the future of a unified, data-driven and dynamic pricing-oriented commerce for attractions and cultural venues.
  • Tinamu — Tinamu Labs has developed a technology that converts commercially available drones into camera equipment reaching professional standards.
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Danny Hayes
Angel · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Danny is the CEO and Co-Founder of TerraScale, a green technology company reinventing the future of global sustainable development models. Danny is committed to developing sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing energy and digital infrastructure challenges. He is currently leading various projects at the bleeding edge of technologicalinnovation and sustainable development, including Project Energos, TerraFinance, Global Vision 33, cybersecurity IP, MedTech, and more. In fact, his work as the developer of TerraScale’s flagship initiative, Project Energos, won the 2020 Platinum Outstanding Property Award London, the 2021 ICONIC Innovative Architecture Award, and the 2021 Golden Novum Design Award.Danny’s previous experience includes advising institutions, governments, corporations, and individual HNW clientele on developing smart, resilient infrastructure, master planning of industry development, large unit global sales, business negotiations with Fortune 500 companies, and lobbying political entities. He was also formerly a Metals Trader at Noble House Metal Trading. Danny’s decades of work in and around sustainable infrastructure, finance, and technology led to his 2021 appointment to the role of Global Program Manager of the United Nations ImPPPact Program within the C.R.E.A.M. European PPP Alliance. He also is a member of the World Association of PPP Units & Professionals, a Managing Partner of Hudson Capital Advisors, and is advised by Goldman Sachs.In 2020, Danny was appointed Director Emeritus of the non-governmental organization Green Cross. Green Cross is a consultative member of the United Nations on Climate Change and the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The Green Cross was founded in 1993 by Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev and boasts honorary board members such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Jane Goodall. Danny serves as an Advisory Board Member of the University of California, Riverside. He serves as a Financial Advisor to Ambri (backed by Bill Gates, Khosla Ventures, KLP Enterprises, and GVB), FlowCell (Founded by Dr. Max Narovlyansky) and Chaired by Dr. Umer Sayeed-Shah (COB of Terrascale)Danny is also a member and the (best) Gold (50,000 USD) Sponsor of Top Tier Impact, a global ecosystem of investors, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are focused on solving the critical issues of our time. Danny is also an (Incoming) Knight of Columbus (Knighted by Dominic Lanaway - Council: 611), a Catholic Fraternal Order founded in 1882, whose ranks have included prominent Americans such as President John F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, MLB Hall of Famer Babe Ruth, Governor Jeb Bush, Justice Samuel Alito, NFL Hall of Famer Vince Lombardi, and more. Committed to providing global charity and service, the Knights of Columbus have contributed $1.55 billion and 691 million volunteer hours to charitable projects over the past decade.

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Investment focus

  • Cyber Security, Aerospace, GreenTech
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Energos — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
  • TerraScale — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
  • TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
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Lakestar
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 12 investments in the past 12 months

Lakestar is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs. Early investments included Skype, Spotify, Facebook, and Airbnb. Since raising the first fund in 2013, Lakestar manages an aggregated volume of over EUR 1bn across three early-stage funds, and more recently a growth fund. The company has expandedand broadened its portfolio and holds investments in the likes of Opendoor, Oscar, GetYourGuide, Glovo, Sender, Eigen, Five, Revolut, and Hometogo to name a few. Lakestar has a presence in Berlin, Zurich, and London.Lakestar helps companies to identify new markets and expand into them rapidly, with a focus on the US and Europe. The team advises and supports portfolio companies in business development, recruitment, technology, and marketing. The investments range from early-stage companies to those in their growth stage.

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Investment focus

  • Software, FinTech, Information Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Mindgard — Mindgard rapidly uncovers cyber threats against Artificial Intelligence. Our product empowers businesses to securely deploy their mission-critical AI within an everchanging cyber landscape.
  • Neko Health — Neko Health is a Swedish health-tech business. Its ambition is to build a healthcare system that can help people stay healthy by focusing on prevention and early detection. Neko has created a new medical scanning technology concept that allows for comprehensive and non-invasive health data collection that is both convenient and economical for thegeneral people.
  • Dexory — Robotics, AI, automation, digital twin technology, data-led, inventory checks
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CNB Capital
VC Fund · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 2 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Electronics, Textiles
  • Series A, Funding Round, Seed
  • Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • sewts — Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, sewts GmbH provides cutting-edge perception software, pushing the boundaries of robotics in processing of easily deformable materials. sewts has developed and demonstrated a unique technology that uses high-precision finite element method (FEM) simulations to efficiently train machine learning algorithms. Theintelligent software solution enables countless applications in industrial automation like the handling of textiles in industrial laundries or the manufacturing of garment. sewts is backed by APEX Ventures, Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, UnternehmerTUM Initiative for Industrial Innovators and a couple of highly experienced business angels.
  • Neural Concept — Neural Concept is the first AI software for enhanced engineering. Leverage your historical CAD and CAE data to drastically shorten and improve your design cycles.
  • fruitcore robotics — fruitcore robotics is a robotic system that leverages intelligent software and innovative mechatronics.
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Redalpine
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 10 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Zealy — A simple, fun & creative way to join trendy communities, make an impact and earn rewards.
  • Genialis — Genialis is a precision medicine data science company focused on new ways to treat disease. Blending computational biology and AI-based methods, Genialis merges and models data at the intersection of clinical and translational medicine and drug discovery. Genialis is trusted by biopharma and big pharma alike, to validate targets, predict biomarkersand optimally position novel drugs. Together, Genialis and its partners are bringing improved solutions to drug discovery to change people's lives.
  • Umiami — Umiami Technologies is a leader in plant-based meat. Our proprietary technology allows us to create clean-label and incredibly tasty foods.
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FYRFLY Venture Partners
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 2 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • United States, Switzerland, France

Portfolio highlights

  • Nova — Automate & scale your customer acquisition with AI. Take your personalized marketing to the next level with Nova. Request a demo and discover how our platform can transform your business.
  • Portal AI — Unlock Brand Value with Intelligent Marketing.
  • Amplo — Amplo is a no code platform that allows industrial customers to automate their machine operations using accessible AI.
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Spicehaus Partners
VC Fund · Zug, Zug, Switzerland · 4 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Axom — Axom automating visual inspection through image analysis in the healthcare industry.
  • AICA SA — AICA believes programming robots should be at everyone's reach. We combine Artificial Intelligence & an intuitive interface, to help you relocate your production.
  • Klepsydra — Klepsydra Technologies is an embedded software in order to build advanced autonomous applications in a more efficient and reliable manner.
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Penny Schiffer
Angel

Penny Schiffer - CEO & Co-founder @ Raized.ai

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Medical, Finance
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Versameb — Versameb AG is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in Basel, Switzerland managed by an experienced scientific and business pharmaceutical industry team. The company’s focus is the development of novel RNA-based therapeutics. Versameb’s proprietary VERSagile technology platform enables efficient development of functional mRNAmolecules for customized protein expression and modification in multiple disease areas with high unmet medical need.
  • Enterprise Bot — Cost-effective Conversational AI solutions transforming customer interaction for global enterprises. Discover cutting-edge chat, email, and voice tech.
  • Scientific Visual — Scientific Visual supplies quality control workstations to visualize defects in non-polished sapphire such as watch covers, ingots and wafers.
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EquityPitcher Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 3 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Software, SaaS
  • Series A, Seed, Funding Round
  • Switzerland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

  • sewts — Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, sewts GmbH provides cutting-edge perception software, pushing the boundaries of robotics in processing of easily deformable materials. sewts has developed and demonstrated a unique technology that uses high-precision finite element method (FEM) simulations to efficiently train machine learning algorithms. Theintelligent software solution enables countless applications in industrial automation like the handling of textiles in industrial laundries or the manufacturing of garment. sewts is backed by APEX Ventures, Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, UnternehmerTUM Initiative for Industrial Innovators and a couple of highly experienced business angels.
  • vestr — Vestr facilitates the creation and life-cycle management of actively managed investment products and offers a software-as-a-service to its clients. The software engine handles everything from portfolio rebalancing to investor reporting and audit trails, so issuers and portfolio managers can focus on their core competencies. vestr is a pure playtechnology company and does not issue their own structured products.
  • Wingtra — WingtraOne is an easy-to-use drone that delivers consistent, high-quality survey data faster and at a lower cost than other surveying tools.
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David Sikorsky
Angel · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

David Sikorsky - Venture Partner @ JAL Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Software, Web Development, Mapping Services
  • Angel, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Planet Intus — French-Swiss since it inception, Planet Intus combines French expertise in telecommunication and software development along with Swiss entrepreneurial agility and quality requirements.The Planet Intus team is composed of a dozen engineers and technicians with skills in :- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Indoor Positioning technologies -Management of IT projects - Mobile apps development - Business Intelligence & Big Data Analytics
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SixThirty
VC Fund · St Louis, Missouri, United States · 6 investments in the past 12 months

At SixThirty, we connect bold early-stage companies in fintech, insurtech, privacy and digital health with corporate institutions to power growth.

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Investment focus

  • Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United States, Israel, Canada

Portfolio highlights

  • Angle Health — Digital-First Health Plans For The Modern Employee
  • Senniors — Trusted home care for the elderly and dependents. We combine humanity and technology.
  • Bloom — Bloom is a Canadian fintech that provides home equity release solutions to 55+ homeowners, allowing them to access the money they've accumulated in their houses to help finance their retirement needs.
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b2venture (formerly btov Partners)
VC Fund · Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland · 12 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • AI21 Labs — AI21 Labs is an AI lab & product company whose mission is to reimagine the way we read and write by making the machine a thought partner to humans.
  • Calvin Risk — We help companies manage the risks of their AI algorithms!
  • NVision Imaging Technologies — NVision Imaging Technologies is leveraging advances in quantum physics to enable the first routine, convenient and affordable use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for assessing early patient response to cancer treatment at the metabolic level.
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Acequia Capital (AceCap)
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 25 investments in the past 12 months

Acequia funds people building lasting value. AceCap can look for first investors, assist bridge rounds, and offer secondaries for partners.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

  • Rapidata — Rapidata is a data processing platform that offers human-verified innovative data labeling and data processing services at scale.
  • Windup Minds — Windup Minds is a game studio focused on creating VR and MR virtual pet experiences. The company runs a gaming studio that aims to bring virtual pet games to market.
  • Red Rover — We're on a mission to reimagine the multiplayer gaming landscape, with an emphasis on crafting groundbreaking survival experiences that champion player agency and drama.
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Mutschler Ventures AG
VC Fund · Baar, Zug, Switzerland · 1 investment in the past 12 months

Mutschler ventures has been actively investing in start-up or young internet companies in the areas of e-commerce and / or "matchmaking".

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Investment focus

  • Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • anybill — We provide technology and infrastructure to create smart added value for the connected POS of the future. anybill develops technology and software solutions based on the digital receipt to establish a contemporary and environmentally friendly alternative for receipt issuance. The aim is to use the receipt as the first digital touchpoint to thecustomer in stationary retail and to offer further smart and interactive added values. The anybill services can be integrated as white label modules into merchant apps, banking apps or used as a stand-alone solution.
  • Invenda — Invenda has the smart technologies to propel your automated retail business into the digital age.
  • Invenda Group — Invenda has the smart technologies to propel your automated retail business into the digital age.
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Atomico
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 13 investments in the past 12 months

Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

  • Corti — Corti offers a digital assistant, augmenting medics in improving patient outcomes and internal performance.
  • Strise — Strise is signaling a new era of enterprise software and organizational change, transforming how companies work and empowering individual growth through knowledge. We believe in the AI-enabled financial institution without data silos where users and data are working together to solve even the most complex business problems.
  • Opna — Opna is a financing platform for climate projects that remove carbon and protect natural ecosystems. Opna offers data, proprietary risk assessments, and efficient capital structures, helping companies to translate net-zero committed capital from financial institutions, and corporates into direct financing across a project's lifecycle.
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EXTOREL
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany

EXTOLL GmbH was founded in 2011 as a spin-off of the University of Heidelberg. The spin-off process has been significantly supported by the German EXIST program. The core technologies of the company were developed at the chair of computer architecture of Dr. Ulrich Brüning, who is a co-founder. The IP has been transferred to EXTOLL GmbH. Theresearch group has also developed a method for low-cost mass production of high-density Active Optical Cables (HD-AOC). Such HD-AOC enable signal transmission over longer distances than it would be possible with purely electrical interconnects. This IP has been exclusively licensed to EXTOLL GmbH. Consequently, EXTOLL GmbH has developed a complete product solution, necessary for interconnecting clusters with sizes ranging from a few nodes up to 64.000 nodes.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Hardware
  • Series A, Funding Round, Seed
  • Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Sintratec — Print your mind. Sintratec is Switzerland's premier provider of selective laser sintering 3D printers for production, prototyping, and more.
  • iThera Medical — Due to its spatiotemporal resolution, penetration depth, sensitivity and specificity, optoacoustic imaging (OAI) can be used for a multitude of applications.
  • Mr Beam Lasers — Industrial laser cutters are digital tools for cutting and engraving a variety of materials based on a digital design file. Mr Beam Lasers offers a desktop laser cutter with an integrated connected ecosystem. Our target group are small businesses, professional service providers, educational institutions and private customers, who enjoy creative andartistic crafting. Mr Beam reduces the entry barrier for digital, automated labeling, personalization and prototyping to an absolute minimum. Due to child’s play handling, integrated online designs, material shops and service hubs, the mass market gets the opportunity to use this technology which originally was only possible for the industry.
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TiVentures
VC Fund · Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland · 3 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Analytics, Renewable Energy
  • Seed, Series A
  • Switzerland, Italy, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • BigOmics — Get robust and reproducible results in a few clicks with Omics Playground: your user-friendly Omics Data Analysis Software.
  • Hive Power — Hive Power provides a SaaS platform to optimise your existing electrical distribution grid, both from the technical and economic points of view.
  • Gaia Turbine — Gaia Turbine creates a plug-and-play hydroelectric microturbine with an efficiency of over 90% that is perfect for aqueducts and the smallest necessary outflows. Gaia's two patent applications have been filed to protect the technology of the mini/micro hydroelectric turbine.
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BackBone Ventures
VC Fund · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland · 1 investment in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Information Technology, Financial Services, Robotics
  • Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
  • Switzerland, Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

  • Aepsy — Finde Psychologinnen oder Psychologen, die zu dir und deinem Anliegen passen. Freite Termine und kostenlose Intros jederzeit online.
  • Fermify — We are here to domesticate microorganisms and build simple and fully automated production platform to address the issue of large-scale milk protein production
  • Exakt Health — Exakt Health is the physio app for sports injuries. The Exakt Health app guides users through self-diagnosis for frequent sports injuries and then creates an individualized rehabilitation plan.
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Swisscom
VC Fund · Worblaufen, Bern, Switzerland

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
  • Seed, Grant, Funding Round
  • Switzerland, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

  • Ecoo2 — cablex and ECCO2 partner to deploy ECCO2 Building Intelligence
  • SmartHelio — SmartHelio wants to be the doctor for solar plants: we remotely diagnose existing problems, predict faults and prescribe solutions in real time. Our team is made up of highly skilled engineers and scientists with deep domain knowledge of solar technology and data science. The company has developed a cost effective Edge Computing IoT device(HelioHealth, FitBit for Solar), world’s first in its category, that collects and processes data at the panel level using its proprietary physics-based algorithms. SmartHelio provide a dashboard or fully integrate into the existing customers’ IT platform. SmartHelio is deploying AI on Edge devices to reduce the cost of data collection, storage, and processing without compromising the quality of analytics services. This empower energy developers and managers to maintain their assets consistently at a high-performance level with minimum human intervention. SmartHelio is able to generate 5% extra energy and optimize 30% of O&M effort.
  • Almer Technologies — Almer Technologies is a startup developing compact and lightweight augmented reality (AR) glasses to deliver effortless communication for frontline workers. Almer Technologies provides AR as a service, including hardware as well as software.
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Bettina Buechel
Angel · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

Bettina Büchel has been Professor of Strategy and Organization at IMD since 2000. Her current research topics include strategy implementation, new business development, strategic alliances and change management.She is Director of the public program Orchestrating Winning Performance as well as several partnership programs. She has workedextensively with companies such as Nestlé, Allianz, Evonik, Commerzbank, Nilfisk-Advance and others in developing strategic priorities, implementating strategic initiatives and managing change.Professor Büchel is of German origin. She received her bachelor of economics and public administration at the University of Constance, Germany, her Masters of Human Resources and Industrial Relations at Rutgers University, USA and her PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. After obtaining her PhD, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok where she was teaching MBA and PhD students from across Asia.

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Investment focus

  • Drones, Robotics, Security
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Flyability — Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.
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Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare
VC Fund · Villigen, Aargau, Switzerland

Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare is a rising innovation ecosystem in the Canton of Aargau that boasts large-scale, state-of-the-art research facilities. SIP innovaare creates the best possible conditions for industrial R&D. It offers companies of all sizes state-of-the-art high-end infrastructure (labs, cleanrooms, workshops, and offices)with unique properties such as temperature and humidity control and vibration-free environments; connect companies with the academia and industry experts, governmental officials, and a network of highly specialized suppliers to help them find the right partner faster; provides them tailor-made and need-oriented support program and promotion and funding opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Sensor, Aerospace, Electronics
  • Seed
  • Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Arc Power — ARC-Power offers standard radiation-tolerant hybrid DC/DC converter, export restrictions free, designed and manufactured according to European Space Agency standards. The compact hybrids, dedicated EMI filter design and in house customer support will reduce designers' effort and improve DC/DC converter board performances.
  • Lumiphase — We design and manufacture photonic engines that enable computing and networking chips to interact using light in the most efficient way.
  • CondenZero — Our cryo-TEM holders provide over 24 hours of uninterrupted cryogenic holding time at 5 Kelvin and allow for in-situ electrical measurements.
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StartAngels Network
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 2 investments in the past 12 months

StartAngels Network is a Zurich-based angel investment firm that provides investment consulting services.

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Investment focus

  • Medical Device, Health Care, Medical
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Switzerland, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

  • Medyria — Medyria is a Swiss medtech startup that engineers technologies for cardiovascular catheter navigation and sensing. They develop a unique guiding and sensing medical device based on proprietary Blood Flow Velocity Sensor technology. The TrackCath System is designed to be cost-effective and safe during EVAR procedures.Medyria's goal is todevelop devices that enable safer and more effective endovascular procedures. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Pipra — PIPRA AG (Pre-Interventional Preventive Risk assessment) is developing a cutting-edge AI-based pre-operative test to assess a patient's risk of suffering from cognitive disorders after surgery.
  • Hylomorph — Hylomorph is a clinical-stage medical device company developing innovative materials designed to transform the biocompatibility of implantable medical devices.
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Gentian Investments
VC Fund · Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland · 2 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Funding Round, Seed, Series A
  • Switzerland, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Wyth — Wyth makes technologies that help humans create meaningful relationships by bringing emotions, stories and connections beyond the interface.
  • Aleno — aleno is the most professional online reservations system for restaurants. Full access to all data. Your own branding and design.
  • aspaara AG — Algorithmic solutions for intelligent planning. Improve profitability and enhance strategic decision-making by gaining actionable business insights in real-time.
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European Union
VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 23 investments in the past 12 months

Discover how the EU functions, its principles, priorities; find out about its history and member countries; learn about its legal basis and your EU rights.

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Investment focus

  • Health Care, Information Technology, Medical Device
  • Grant, Seed, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

  • Atlante — The first EV Fastcharging Network enabled by renewables, energy storage and 100% grid-integrated.
  • Tesla — Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy with electric cars, solar and integrated renewable energy solutions for homes and businesses.
  • Mocean Energy — At the forefront of global wave energy industry, Mocean Energy pioneers technology for accessing the untapped potential of ocean waves.
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True Ventures
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 34 investments in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Portfolio highlights

  • Deduce — Deduce protects businesses and their customers from unauthorized account access, data leakage, and identity fraud. We eliminate fraud in real-time using risk algorithms and behavioral analytics across the most comprehensive network of consumer identity data. This empowers any organization to harness the value of collective identity-based threatintelligence and cybersecurity.
  • Lex — Lex is a modern writing tool that helps people think through their ideas and communicate more effectively.
  • Diligent Robotics — We build robots like Moxi that assist hospital staff with routine activities so they can focus on caring for patients.
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AM Ventures
VC Fund · Starnberg, Bayern, Germany · 1 investment in the past 12 months

We back trailblazing entrepreneurs who transform the world with industrial 3D printing.

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Investment focus

  • 3D Printing, Advanced Materials, Software
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Evove — Evove envisage a day when precision membrane technology underpins circular economies by recycling water & harvesting valuable resources.
  • SCRONA Inc — Scrona is all about simplifying micro- and nanotechnology, from the consumer- and industry-perspective. We offer solutions for convenient microscopic visualization and develop an ink-jet related printing technology that will revolutionize micro- and nanofabrication.
  • Headmade Materials — Headmade Materials is a provider of the 3D-printing process Cold Metal Fusion (´Metal SLS`) for the serial production of metal parts.
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ESA Business Applications
VC Fund · Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

ESA Business Applications is the go-to place for business ideas involving space in all areas of society and economy. Its mission is to support entrepreneurs in Europe in the development of business using satellite applications and space technology.The programme is designed to provide multiple entry points such as ESA Business Incubation Centres(ESA BICs), ESA Technology Transfer Brokers, ESA Business Application Ambassadors and the ESA Business Applications programme. It can also support ideas of transferring space technology into non-space markets or vice versa.

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Investment focus

  • Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Spain, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

  • Wegaw — Through the power of geospatial fusion, we optimize assets by better monitoring and forecasting water and snow resources.
  • Sentrisense — We help power transmission and power distribution companies to perform predictive maintenance, by digitizing the most geographically distributed human infrastructure on earth, the power lines!
  • Aitonomi TeleRetail: Automation & Electrification — Aitonomi TeleRetail makes self-driving electric transport vehicles to automate logistics in cities, rural areas and in industrial environments.
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First Momentum Ventures
VC Fund · Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 4 investments in the past 12 months

Pre-Seed B2B Tech VC - Engineers at heart, investors by choice

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

  • Turn2x — TURN2X decarbonizes the industry by producing Renewable Natural Gas with a unique methanation process.
  • Daedalus — Daedalus develops reconfigurable production capacity that can be retooled instantly. Its robotics and AI technologies enable agile manufacturing for any process, volume, and part complexity.
  • Software Defined Automation — Factory Control Solution
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Swiss Post
VC Fund · Bern, Bern, Switzerland · 2 investments in the past 12 months

Swiss Post works in accordance with clear principles and is fully aware of its social and ecological responsibility. It provides high-quality, innovative, marketable services and makes every effort to satisfy the high expectations of its customers.

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Investment focus

  • Software, E-Commerce, Logistics
  • Series A, Funding Round, Seed
  • Switzerland, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Seenons — Heb je bedrijfsafval, vervoer of verwerk je afval? Ontdek ons platform - een totaaloplossing voor duurzaam afvalbeheer.
  • GUURU — Convert undecided shoppers into confident buyers with instant, authentic advice from your expert community.
  • Seven Senders — Excellent international delivery is a competitive advantage. Connect with Seven Senders and benefit. Find out more now!
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Hammer Team
VC Fund · Cham, Zug, Switzerland

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.

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Investment focus

  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

  • Zoovu — Zoovu is the next generation digital commerce search platform that merges context and meaning across channels to help brands and retailers have rich, personalized conversations with their customers. Zoovu’s proprietary AI naturally understands and speaks the customer’s language by turning technical specs into an easy-to-understand conversation.Ultimately adapting to the customer’s conversation style to help better engage, educate and empower them in making purchase decisions in the moments that matter. With Zoovu's world-class semantic library you can easily interpret the context and intent behind your customers' every search.More than 3,500 brands and retailers use Zoovu to engage, educate and empower shoppers to find and buy the right product, including Amazon, P&G, Whirlpool and Microsoft. Zoovu operates worldwide in 500+ product categories, across all languages.
  • Imverse — Imverse is an EPFL spin-off and a 3D graphics software company providing volumetric software components for tech companies creating products and services for the markets of installations, live broadcasting, and telepresence. Using their proprietary patent pending voxel engine, Imverse envisions to enable the 3D future of content & communicationthrough groundbreaking graphics technology.
  • Syntheticus — Generate high-quality and compliant synthetic data at scale, that perfectly mimics real-world data tailored to your business and analytics needs.
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