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Zürich is a prominent European hub for deep tech and finance startups, attracting significant investment capital. The local ecosystem shows a strong focus on specialized technology sectors.
For example, Climeworks has raised $946.1M for its carbon removal technology. The city is also a center for robotics, with companies like Auterion and ANYbotics leading the field.
Below is our list of 43 Zürich startups worth keeping an eye on.
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Get the Sheet for $50Auterion develops an open-source operating system that powers drones and other autonomous systems for enterprise and government clients. The platform unifies different types of robots, payloads, and applications, creating a common standard for complex operations.
ANYbotics builds autonomous, legged robots that perform inspections in complex industrial environments. These robots are engineered to automate routine data collection and monitoring, helping to increase safety and productivity at large-scale operational sites.
Teylor built a digital lending platform to provide fast and flexible financing for small and medium-sized businesses. They also license this technology as a software solution, helping financial institutions digitize their own lending processes from application to risk assessment.
Climeworks builds and deploys direct air capture machines that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. They offer this carbon removal as a measurable service, allowing businesses and individuals to permanently store CO₂ underground.
Cutiss bio-engineers personalized skin tissue to help patients recover from severe skin defects, such as large burns. Their regenerative therapies create permanent skin grafts from a patient's own tissue, resulting in minimal scarring.
RIVR is building a fleet of autonomous robots that use physical AI to handle last-mile delivery. The company’s system automates the final step of the shipping process to get packages to customers more efficiently.
SIX operates the core infrastructure for the Swiss financial market, providing comprehensive services in securities, financial information, and payment transactions. Their services form the backbone of the nation's financial system, ensuring the stability and efficiency of trading, settlement, and payment processing.
Veezoo develops an analytics solution that allows teams to get business insights from cloud databases using natural language questions. Their platform makes data exploration accessible to non-technical users, removing the need to write complex code or SQL queries.
Loft Dynamics builds advanced virtual reality simulators to make pilot training more realistic and accessible. Their technology provides a safe and cost-effective alternative to traditional flight training, allowing pilots to practice in a variety of scenarios.
The team at 21Shares builds crypto Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) that make it simple to invest in digital assets using a conventional bank or broker. They launched the world's first physically-backed crypto ETP, creating a transparent and accessible way for investors to add cryptocurrency to their portfolios.
Our top ten picks are just a small slice of what’s happening in Zürich. Dozens of other founders are building new companies, and together they have raised well over a billion dollars.
You'll see a lot of focus on AI and healthcare, with many of these startups only a few years old. Here’s a look at the rest of the companies shaping the city's startup scene.
| Startup | Industry | Year Founded | Amount Raised | Last Funding Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare | 2010 | CHF70M | Series C | |
| AI | 2012 | $15.5M | Private Equity | |
| Enterprise | 2012 | $181.5M | Venture Round | |
| Hardware | 1900 | $24.2M | Grant | |
| Crypto | 2018 | $15M | Series A | |
| AI | 2021 | $11.1M | Seed | |
| AI | 2022 | $32.9M | Series A | |
| Healthcare | 2020 | CHF3.3M | Convertible Note | |
| Analytics | 2016 | $34M | — | |
| Robotics | 2014 | $81M | Series B | |
| Fintech | 2017 | $33.4M | Series B | |
| Fintech | 2005 | £3M | Equity Crowdfunding | |
| Media | 2009 | $273.1M | Series D | |
| Healthcare | 2018 | $25M | Venture Round | |
| Biotech | 2019 | $43.4M | Grant | |
| Mobility | 2015 | $43.9M | Series B | |
| Media | 2020 | $21.8M | Series A | |
| AI | 2021 | $5M | Seed | |
| AI | 2019 | $107.8M | Series B | |
| Data | 2019 | $26.2M | Grant | |
| Mobility | 2016 | $72.5M | Grant | |
| Education | 2020 | $21.7M | Series A | |
| Hardware | 2017 | $3.6M | Seed | |
| SaaS | 2021 | CHF1M | Pre-Seed | |
| Energy | 2017 | $320M | Private Equity | |
| Healthcare | 2016 | CHF10.2M | Series A | |
| AI | 2021 | $7.4M | Seed | |
| Robotics | 2018 | CHF340k | Grant | |
| SaaS | 2024 | CHF5M | Seed | |
| Enterprise | 2019 | $4M | Series A | |
| Biotech | 2018 | CHF14.4M | Series A | |
| AI | 2022 | $3M | Seed | |
| SaaS | 2021 | $6.3M | Series A |
