1) Novartis Novartis is a pharmaceutical firm that develops products to meet the changing requirements of patients around the world.
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City: Basel Started in: 1996 Founders: Alexander Clavel, Joerg Reinhardt, Johann Rudolf Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical Number of investments: 52 Number of exits: 20 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 7 You can find their website here .
2) Venture Kick Venture Kick is a charity project that gives pre-seed investment to university-based entrepreneurs in Switzerland.
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City: Schlieren Started in: 2007 Founders: Beat Schillig, Jordi Montserrat, Pascale Vonmont Number of investments: 1,241 Number of exits: 41 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 39 You can find their website here .
3) Rejuveron Life Sciences Rejuveron Life Sciences is a fully integrated biotechnology platform firm focused on developing medicines by investing in people and ideas.
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City: Schlieren Started in: 2019 Founders: Christian Angermayer, Matthias Steger Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here .
4) Seedstars Seedstars is a global venture capital firm with over 50 portfolio businesses that invest in early-stage tech startups in emerging nations.
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City: Geneva Started in: 2012 Founders: Adrien de Loes, Michael Weber, Pierre-Alain Masson Industries: Impact Investing, Incubators Number of investments: 77 Number of exits: 2 You can find their website here .
5) F10 F10 is a global innovation and accelerator platform that connects the greatest entrepreneurs with the top financial service companies.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2016 Founders: Andreas Iten, Markus Graf Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Incubators, InsurTech, Mobile Payments, Payments, Venture Capital Number of investments: 27 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 26 You can find their website here .
6) Hemex Hemex AG provides assistance to its clients in the development of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
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City: Liestal Started in: 2015 Founders: Pascal Winnen, Paul Hadváry Industries: Angel Investment, Life Science, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical Number of investments: 9 You can find their website here .
7) MassChallenge Switzerland MassChallenge Switzerland is a business accelerator that links entrepreneurs with the resources and experts they need to succeed.
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City: Renens Started in: 2016 Industries: Business Development, Finance, Venture Capital Number of investments: 98 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
8) Virtual Network Since 1997, the Swiss Internet Group has been developing, financing, and incubating digital projects.
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City: Nyon Started in: 1997 Founders: Stephane Pictet Industries: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Food and Beverage, Internet Number of investments: 32 Number of exits: 9 You can find their website here .
9) FONGIT FONGIT, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is a startup incubator that helps high-tech enterprises.
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City: Geneva Started in: 1991 Industries: Incubators, Non Profit Number of investments: 30 You can find their website here .
10) DART Labs I Ventures DART Labs is an Incubator for teams working on technologies that will make the future more human.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2018 Founders: Arijana Walcott, Sophie Lamparter Industries: Consulting, Incubators Number of investments: 7 Number of exits: 1 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 52 You can find their website here .
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11) Venturelab The Swiss Innovation Agency Agency mandated Venturelab to launch the National Entrepreneurial Training initiative in 2004.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2004 Founders: Beat Schillig, Jordi Montserrat Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital You can find their website here .
12) Pioneering Ventures Pioneering Ventures specializes on the incubation and development of large-scale, vertically-integrated agri-food companies.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2004 Number of investments: 3 You can find their website here .
13) Hammer Team Hammer Team assists software startups in their early stages of development and growth.
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City: Cham Started in: 2014 Number of investments: 4 You can find their website here .
14) BaseLaunch The BaseLaunch accelerator is designed specifically for health-tech entrepreneurs.
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City: Allschwil Started in: 2017 Industries: Biotechnology Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here .
15) Swiss Start Up Factory The Swiss Start Up Factory, founded in 2014, is a Zurich-based accelerator that seeks for successful digital entrepreneurs.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2014 Founders: Max Meister, Mike Baur, Oliver Walzer Industries: Incubators Number of investments: 2 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here .
16) NIVALIS Group Acquires and invests in high-tech startups focused on automation, robotics, additive manufacturing, and artificial intelligence.
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City: Villaz-saint-pierre Started in: 2002 Number of investments: 27 Number of exits: 3 You can find their website here .
17) Schweizer Kapital Global Impact Fund AG Since the beginning of 2018, the first specialized impact investor for exclusively disruptive business models has been active in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2018 Founders: Umut Ertan Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Construction, E-Commerce, Impact Investing Number of investments: 2 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
18) Windmill Ventures Experts in VC, incubators, design thinking, and software development
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City: Baar Started in: 2016 Industries: Apps, Finance, Information Services, Information Technology, Software You can find their website here .
19) Fintech Fusion Starting in October 2015, with ten entrepreneurs in Geneva, Switzerland's first fintech accelerator was launched. There is no equity. Performance-based.
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City: Carouge Started in: 2015 Founders: Guillaume Dubray, Laurent Bischof Industries: Banking, Big Data, Financial Services, FinTech, Incubators, Insurance You can find their website here .
20) BlueLion Incubator Zurich-based incubator for ICT and Clean Tech firms.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2011 Industries: Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Information Technology You can find their website here .
21) Atrinum. | Ventures Because we believe in doing work rather than making it, we rely heavily on process. Significant business investments
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City: Zug Started in: 2018 Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Incubators, Venture Capital Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
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22) TREA Ventures TREA Ventures is backing the Proptech startup based in Zurich.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2017 Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
23) DayOne accelerator DayOne invests in emerging businesses that bring together cutting-edge technology, healthcare knowledge, and entrepreneurial energy.
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City: Basel Industries: Financial Services, Health Care, Innovation Management You can find their website here .
24) Xandance & Partners GmbH Co-Investment Boutique for Family Offices
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City: Stäfa Started in: 2018 Founders: Werner Schünemann Industries: AgTech, Biotechnology, Consulting, Food and Beverage, Health Care, SaaS You can find their website here .
25) Toilet Board Coalition The Toilet Board Coalition is a business-led collaboration and platform that works to alleviate the worldwide sanitation challenge.
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City: Geneva Started in: 2014 Industries: Health Care, Lifestyle, Wellness You can find their website here .
26) Global Changemakers Global Changemakers is an international youth organization that has been a pioneer in promoting youth-led sustainable development around the world.
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City: Zürich Started in: 2007 Industries: Non Profit, Training Number of investments: 1 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here .
27) Tugboat Tugboat provides individuals with unique access to high-risk/high-return investments through investments in start-up firms.
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City: Zürich Founders: Rico Chandra, Stephan Habegger Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
28) Hatch CoLab Hatch CoLab gives entrepreneurs the tools they need to create Impact Ventures that address humanity's grand challenges and create long-term change.
Details of the startup:
City: Carouge Started in: 2017 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 20 You can find their website here .
29) FONGIT Innovation Fund The FONGIT Innovation Fund is a financial vehicle created through a partnership between FONGIT and the Geneva State.
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City: Geneva Started in: 2021 Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here .
30) Digitourism Digitourism helps Valais tourism businesses speed their digital transformation.
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City: Sion Number of investments: 5 You can find their website here .
31) InnoPeaks Groupe Mutuel has supported InnoPeaks, a next-generation innovation hub.
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City: Martigny Industries: Finance, Financial Services You can find their website here .
32) Zurich Innovation Championship Zurich Innovation Championship is a global startup competition for entrepreneurs and startups with innovative ideas and bold thinking.
Details of the startup:
City: Zürich Industries: Angel Investment, Financial Services, Venture Capital You can find their website here .