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Switzerland's startup scene is quietly becoming a major player on the European stage. For founders looking to build here, finding the right financial partner is the first big step.
Some firms are quite active, with Tenity making over 300 investments and Verve Ventures close to 250. Others like Swisscom Ventures and Nextech Invest have helped more than 40 of their companies reach an exit.
Below is our list of the best 31 VC firms in Switzerland.
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Buy It For $97 $297 →As Switzerland's leading pre-seed fund, Founderful backs the country's most promising tech entrepreneurs. With a fast and founder-friendly approach, they help these early-stage companies grow into global market leaders.
Highland Europe invests in high-growth European software, internet, and mobile companies that have already scaled to over €10 million in annual revenue. By providing flexible capital for growth, acquisitions, or secondary transactions, they help build lasting businesses like food delivery service Wolt and mobile analytics platform Adjust.
Verve Ventures runs a digital investment platform that gives qualified private and institutional investors access to top-tier European startups. Backed by Zürcher Kantonalbank, their team vets thousands of companies to offer a curated portfolio of deals, making venture capital a more accessible asset class.
Seedstars invests in early-stage, industry-agnostic companies across emerging and frontier markets. They specifically back ventures using technology to solve key societal challenges like access to financial services, healthcare, and education.
Kickfund backs Swiss deep-tech startups at the pre-seed and seed stage, exclusively funding winners of the Venture Kick competition. Acting as a co-investor, the evergreen fund helps these companies through early equity rounds to strengthen the national innovation ecosystem.
As an Industrial Impact venture capital firm, Momenta backs early-stage innovators digitizing sectors like energy, manufacturing, and the supply chain. The firm's team of deep industry operators helps these founders scale their businesses to create a positive impact on critical industries and the environment.
Acting as the venture capital arm for Swisscom AG, they fund early-stage tech companies in areas from AI to deep tech. Beyond capital, they offer portfolio companies like Scandit direct access to the technical expertise and testing environments of the parent telecom operator.
Nextech Invest directs its global venture capital efforts exclusively toward oncology, funding companies that are developing transformative cancer therapies and diagnostics. They back entrepreneurs from early to late stages, requiring strong preclinical evidence for their drug or device and taking an active role through board positions in companies like Blueprint Medicines.
Redalpine empowers ambitious European entrepreneurs by combining financial investment with operational expertise and a vast international network. With over €1bn in assets under management, the firm has backed some of Europe’s most disruptive software and science companies, including N26, Taxfix, and Inkitt.
Tenity backs early-stage startups building the future of finance through its global innovation ecosystem. They provide seed funding and programmatic support to help founders launch and grow their companies.
Our top picks are just the beginning of the funding opportunities in Switzerland. The firms below have collectively invested in over 800 startups and guided more than 150 of them to an exit. This variety gives founders a wide range of potential partners to consider. Here’s a look at the other venture capital firms funding what's next in Switzerland.
| VC Firm | Year Founded | Nº Investments | Nº Exits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 44 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 43 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 93 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 78 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 107 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 3 | — | |
| 2021 | 8 | — | |
| — | 3 | — | |
| 2017 | 28 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 84 | 21 | |
| 2018 | 34 | — | |
| 2018 | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 2 | — | |
| 2016 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 25 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 23 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | — | |
| 2023 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 54 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 267 | 75 |
