Venture Capital in Switzerland
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btov Partners
btov Partners (now operating as b2venture) is a European venture capital firm founded in 2000 in St. Gallen, Switzerland, managing approximately €510 million across institutional, partner, and private investor funds from offices in Zurich, Berlin, Munich, and Luxembourg. The firm invests in early-stage digital and industrial technology companies across Europe, with ticket sizes of €250,000 to €3.5 million and roughly €50 million deployed per year. Notable portfolio companies include DeepL, SumUp, Raisin, and Blacklane.
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Creathor Ventures
Creathor Ventures is a pan-European venture capital firm founded over 30 years ago, managing more than €230 million across funds with offices in Bad Homburg and Zurich. The team has financed over 200 companies as lead or co-lead investors, with more than 20 portfolio companies reaching international stock exchanges. It focuses on deep tech and digital health, investing in areas such as AI, IoT, precision medicine, medtech, and cloud technology, primarily in Germany and Switzerland.
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Lakestar
Lakestar is a Zurich-headquartered venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Klaus Hommels, one of Europe's most prolific and publicly visible technology investors, whose pre-Lakestar angel track record included early bets on Skype, Spotify, and Facebook in Europe. The firm runs a multi-stage strategy spanning early-stage funds, growth funds, and public/crossover vehicles, with offices in Zurich, Berlin, London, and Zug. Notable portfolio companies include Revolut, N26, Mister Spex, Blockchain.com, GetYourGuide, FlixBus, and Opendoor. Lakestar manages over EUR 2 billion across funds and has been a vocal advocate at the EU level for scaling up European technology sovereignty, having been involved in initiatives like the European Tech Champions Initiative and the Scale-Up Europe pledge. It is one of the few continental European VCs that operates across the full venture lifecycle at significant scale.
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Lightrock
Lightrock is an impact-focused growth equity platform backed by LGT Group, the private banking and asset management group owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein. Founded in 2019 as a spin-out from LGT's direct private equity activities, Lightrock deploys growth equity tickets of €10–50M into companies demonstrating measurable positive impact across climate, health, and financial inclusion. The firm operates from London with offices in Basel, New Delhi, São Paulo, and other cities, giving it an unusually broad emerging-market reach alongside its European portfolio. Notable portfolio companies include Bima, Karma Kitchen, and Proxona. Lightrock occupies a distinctive position in European impact investing: it combines the balance sheet credibility of a century-old royal banking group with a focused mandate, operational on-the-ground presence, and a willingness to invest in geographies and sectors that conventional growth equity skips. For Swiss and European founders building in healthcare access, climate solutions, or financial inclusion, Lightrock is one of the few growth-stage investors that evaluates impact metrics alongside financial ones.
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Redalpine
Redalpine is a Zurich-based multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Michael Sidler and Peter Niederhauser, and has grown into one of the most active Swiss VCs by number of early-stage checks across the DACH and wider European technology landscape. The firm invests from seed through Series B across digital health, fintech, deep tech, climate tech, and software, and is best known as an early backer of N26, Taxfix, Inkitt, 9fin, and Proxima Fusion. Redalpine closed its sixth fund at EUR 300+ million in 2023 and has built one of the larger Swiss-based venture teams, typically writing checks between EUR 1-15 million into companies it then follows through multiple rounds. It is a reference fund for Swiss and DACH founders looking for a locally anchored lead investor with international reach.
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Swisscom Ventures
Swisscom Ventures is the strategic corporate venture arm of Swisscom, Switzerland's largest telecom and ICT operator, and is one of the most active corporate venture investors in the Swiss ecosystem. Founded in 2007 and operating with offices in Bern, Zurich, and Silicon Valley, the firm invests in early- and growth-stage technology companies across cybersecurity, digital health, cloud infrastructure, AI, and network-adjacent deep tech, with particular interest in startups that can leverage Swisscom's distribution, data, or network assets. Portfolio companies have included Cato Networks, Mirakl, Scandit, Digital Asset, and Exeger. Swisscom Ventures pairs well with the traditional Swiss financial-VC bench by providing strategic commercial partnerships, regulatory navigation, and European telecom channel access alongside capital, which is particularly valuable for founders in regulated infrastructure categories.
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Wingman Ventures
Wingman Ventures was a Zurich-based pre-seed venture capital firm founded in 2019, known for closing what was described as Europe's largest debut seed fund at that stage. The firm backed founders across B2B software, industrial tech, robotics, and climate tech, with notable exits including Insightness (acquired by Sony) and Bring! Labs (acquired by Swiss Post). In February 2024 the firm rebranded as Founderful and launched a Fund II targeting $120 million, with typical check sizes of $1–2 million.
