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Top 50 Biotech Startup Investors in Switzerland (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Switzerland Biotech startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Switzerland Biotech startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Series B round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Zürcher Kantonal Bank
VC Fund
36 Switzerland, Germany, Japan Seed, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device $1.2M–$13M
Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT)
VC Fund
31 Switzerland, France, United States Debt Financing, Grant, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $13k–$1.2M
BioMedPartners
VC Fund
19 Switzerland, Germany, France Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $4.9M–$83M
Verve Ventures
VC Fund
17 Switzerland, Germany, France Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Software, Biotechnology $1.4M–$45M
VI Partners
VC Fund
14 Switzerland, Germany, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $1.3M–$41M
M Ventures
VC Fund
12 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $2.4M–$100M
EQT Life Sciences
VC Fund
12 United States, The Netherlands, Switzerland Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $6.9M–$165M
Eclosion SA
VC Fund
11 Switzerland Seed, Series C Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care $1.6M–$28M
Novartis Venture Fund
VC Fund
11 United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $5.1M–$120M
Schroder Adveq
VC Fund
10 Switzerland, United States, India Series B, Series C, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $5.6M–$100M
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund
10 Germany, Switzerland, United States Seed, Series A Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology $1.1M–$33M
Sofinnova Partners
VC Fund
10 France, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $6.6M–$109M
SICTIC
VC Fund
9 Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $302k–$3M
redalpine
VC Fund
9 Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $1.6M–$60M
Bernina BioInvest
VC Fund
8 Switzerland Seed, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $1.7M–$65M
Kinled Holding
VC Fund
8 United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $500k–$43M
Kickfund
VC Fund
8 Switzerland, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical $110k–$5.7M
Versant Ventures
VC Fund
8 United States, Switzerland, Canada Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $4.7M–$108M
GoBeyond
VC Fund
7 Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Information Technology, Medical, Software $544k–$10M
Novo Holdings
VC Fund
7 United States, Denmark, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $9M–$135M
4FOX Ventures
VC Fund
7 Switzerland Series A, Seed, Series B Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology $2.1M–$69M
Index Ventures
VC Fund
7 United States, United Kingdom, France Series A, Series B, Seed Software, E-Commerce, Internet $1.4M–$100M
Lichtsteiner Foundation
VC Fund
6 Switzerland Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $1.6M–$6.8M
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
VC Fund
6 United States, Germany, Switzerland Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $1.8M–$50M
Pureos Bioventures
VC Fund
5 France, Switzerland, United States Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Medical $6.6M–$125M
Pfizer Venture Investments
VC Fund
5 United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $10M–$123M
Founderful
VC Fund
5 Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.2M–$24M
Swisscom Ventures
VC Fund
5 Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A Software, SaaS, Information Technology $1.8M–$60M
Omega Funds
VC Fund
5 United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $14M–$208M
Fongit Seed Invest
VC Fund
4 Switzerland Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $1.2M–$3.7M
Polytech Ventures
VC Fund
4 Switzerland, United States, Spain Seed, Series A Financial Services, FinTech, Software $1M–$9.7M
Broadview Ventures
VC Fund
4 United States, Switzerland, Canada Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device $1M–$45M
Neomed Management
VC Fund
4 Switzerland, United States, Italy Series B, Series C Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $10M–$65M
Gilde Healthcare
VC Fund
4 United States, The Netherlands, Germany Series B, Series C, Series A Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $8.8M–$135M
Aravis Ventures
VC Fund
4 Switzerland, United States, Denmark Series A, Series B, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics $4.4M–$80M
Penny Schiffer
Angel
4 Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Medical, Health Care, Finance $544k–$9.3M
New Enterprise Associates
VC Fund
4 United States, India, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Health Care, Biotechnology $5.4M–$103M
OrbiMed
VC Fund
4 United States, China, Israel Series B, Series A, Series C Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $10M–$151M
Endeavour Vision
VC Fund
4 United States, Switzerland, France Series C, Series B, Series A Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology $2.1M–$115M
Aargauische Kantonalbank
VC Fund
4 Switzerland Series B, Seed, Series A Medical Device, Dental, Medical $1.6M–$3.6M
Forty51 Ventures
VC Fund
3 Switzerland Seed, Series A Therapeutics, Medical, Health Care $3.5M–$3.5M
Privilège Ventures
VC Fund
3 Switzerland, Italy, France Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Hardware $1.2M–$7M
Initiative Capital Romandie
VC Fund
3 Switzerland Series A, Series B, Series E Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device $6.8M–$10M
BB Biotech Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, Switzerland, Italy Series C, Series A Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical $1.1M–$109M
Inserm Transfert Initiative
VC Fund
3 France, Switzerland, United States Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care $1.1M–$60M
EVA Basel
VC Fund
3 Switzerland Seed, Series A Biotechnology, Medical Device, Medical $1.9M–$3.6M
Aglaia BioMedical Ventures
VC Fund
3 The Netherlands, United States, Switzerland Series A, Series B, Seed Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical $5.2M–$23M
BlueOcean Ventures
VC Fund
3 Switzerland, India, France Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Medical, Personal Health $1M–$20M
b2venture
VC Fund
3 Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.3M–$52M
Wille Finance
VC Fund
3 France, Germany, Switzerland Series A, Seed Health Care, Software, Biotechnology $396k–$36M
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Zürcher Kantonal Bank
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 36 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Zürcher Kantonalbank is an independent, incorporated public-law institution is its public service mandate. Enshrined in law, it governs the bank's economic, social, and environmental commitment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 195
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6M; Series A $2.3M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Riverkin — Riverkin builds rugged, low-cost water sensor systems for rivers that measure turbidity and temperature in real time. Our platform turns field data into clear insights and decision making tools.
  • QualySense — QualySense is a Swiss start-up company focused on innovative high-throughput grain, beans and seeds sorting technology. QualySense develops a high-speed multi-tons per hour sorting device, which will change how grains, beans and seeds are processed and valued worldwide by assessing the biochemical quality of grains one by one. The QualySensesorters will enable customers to separate grain batches into different biochemical quality classes and sell the corresponding premium products at higher average prices. Food processors will be able to considerably increase the production value, and produce higher quality products in a non-interrupted process.
  • Pearltec AG — Headquartered in Schlieren / Zurich, Pearltec AG develops, produces and delivers solutions for the optimal storage, fixation and positioning of patients. Their products are based on unique, patented technology developed in collaboration with ETH Zurich and renowned university hospitals.They have set theirselves the goal to use the technologycompetence of Pearltec AG for the benefit of humans, animals and industry and to create added value for their customers by excellent quality and convincing application advantages.Pearltec AG is certified according to ISO standard 13485. This certification certifies that their quality management system for the development and manufacture of medical devices meets the highest international standards.
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Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT)
VC Fund · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · 31 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups, 29 in the past 12 months

The Foundation for Technology Innovation gives financial assistance to creative and technological projects at various phases of development. FIT funds projects in energy and the environment, information and digital technology, life sciences and health, precision industries, and nutrition and agriculture.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, France, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 196
  • Round size: Seed $117k–$1.2M; Grant $13k–$125k; Debt Financing $107k–$583k
  • Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MyStones — MyStones turns athlete health and performance data into actionable insights, preventing injuries and strengthening collaboration between athletes, coaches, and physiotherapists.
  • Skilder Ai — skilder is an Agent Skills Management Platform that organizes and governs how teams use AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot.
  • Isospec Analytics — Isospec Analytics SA is a life science company that aims at simplifying molecular identification. We are unlocking the potential of glycomics and metabolomics in disease biomarker discovery and for the development of safer nutritional and pharmaceutical products.
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BioMedPartners
VC Fund · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland · 19 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

BioMedPartners is one of the leading European venture capital firms providing private equity and mezzanine financing to early- and mid-stage healthcare and human life science companies. They target the entire industry with special focus on pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, diagnostics and medical technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Series A $5.5M–$31M; Series B $4.9M–$83M; Series C $5.8M–$48M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $113M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • T-CURX — T-CURX is a biotechnology company focused on the development of personalized cancer immunotherapies. Utilizing a proprietary platform, T-CURX aims to advance the field of T cell therapies to address the challenges faced in treating various cancers. The company's innovative approach involves the creation of a new generation of T cells designedto improve patient outcomes. As a spin-out from the University Clinics Würzburg, Germany, T-CURX leverages the expertise of its co-founders, including Prof. Michael Hudecek, to pioneer in the area of CAR-T cell-based medicines. With a commitment to transforming cancer treatment, T-CURX is at the forefront of developing targeted therapies that offer hope for a more effective and personalized approach to cancer care.
  • iDEL Therapeutics — iDEL Therapeutics is advancing a new class of cancer medicines by delivering therapeutic payloads directly into the cytosol of tumor cells through a unique, pan-cancer uptake mechanism.
  • ImmunOs Therapeutics — ImmunOs Therapeutics AG is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing next generation and novel human immunomodulatory proteins with a role in both innate and adaptive immunity.Their mission is to develop the next generation of novel therapeutics that will improve the lives of patients with serious disease.
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Verve Ventures
VC Fund · Zug, Zug, Switzerland · 17 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

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

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 273
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$12M; Series A $2.6M–$18M; Series B $4.2M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $66M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Kiutra — We provide cryogen-free cooling systems that simplify low-temperature research. Our solutions offer fast cooldowns, automated control and millikelvin performance ideal for quantum technologies and material science.
  • Sleepiz — Sleepiz is a Zürich based startup with the aim to enable the medical community to take healthcare into the home environment. Sleepiz provides an easy and comfortable to use solution with a device that is simply placed on the bedside table. The device operates in a non-contact fashion and measures movements originating from heart contractions andbreathing patterns as well as body motions with medical grade accuracy.By making use of wireless millimeter wave technology, sensor fusion and artificial intelligence Sleepiz will in the future not only able to diagnose sleep disorders, but also to perform long-term monitoring. Thereby, the progression of chronic diseases can be monitored to allow faster intervention and better treatment.
  • Clinpal — Backed by over 30 years of scientific discovery and validation, Cambridge Cognition offers the end-to-end platform for CNS clinical trials.
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VI Partners
VC Fund · Altendorf, Schwyz, Switzerland · 14 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Vi Partners is a venture capital firm backing exceptional founders in healthcare and technology across Switzerland and Europe for over 25 years.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6.5M; Series A $3.7M–$24M; Series B $3.3M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $117M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Equippo.com — Used construction equipment marketplace. Easy and safe. Only inspected machines. Worldwide delivery. Money Back Guaranteed. Buy Now, Pay Later!
  • Nexthink — Discover what your employees need, see what they experience, know how they feel. Deliver IT that delights.
  • Pay by Shopping (deal united) — paybyshopping.com Domain Name is available to Buy. Grab this great Domain from Daaz. Daaz has the lowest transaction fees in the industry. See our list of GTLD's,CCTLD's, New GTLD's,3N's, 6N's, 3L's, 6L's etc.
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M Ventures
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 12 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Merck Ventures is the strategic, corporate venture capital arm of Merck. Its mandate is to invest in innovative technologies and products with the potential to significantly impact Merck‘s core business areas. From its headquarters in Amsterdam and offices in the US and Israel we invest globally in transformational ideas driven by greatentrepreneurs. Merck Ventures takes an active role in its portfolio companies and teams up with entrepreneurs and co-investors to translate innovation towards commercial success. Merck Ventures has a significant focus on early-stage investing and company creation including the creation of spin-offs to leverage Merck‘s science and technology base.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 171
  • Round size: Seed $2.4M–$22M; Series A $5.6M–$49M; Series B $15M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • iOnctura — Our mission is to develop high impact, low disruption therapies that extend healthspan. We do this by disrupting the dynamic interplay at the heart of the
  • Future Fertility — OUR AI-POWERED ASSESSMENTS GUIDE PERSONALIZED FERTILITY TREATMENT DECISIONS IN OVER 180 CLINICS ACROSS 32 COUNTRIES
  • ApoGen Biotechnologies — ApoGen Biotechnologies, Inc. is focused on the development of new class of therapeutics targeting drivers of cancer genomic mutation.As the arsenal of available cancer therapies has grown and evolved from cytotoxic chemotherapy to targeted therapy to immunotherapy, one fact has unfortunately remained constant nearly all cancer drug therapieseventually fail due to the development of drug resistance. Mutation of cellular DNA is central to the formation of cancer, and chronic mutation of the cancer genome is a primary cause of cancer evolution and drug resistance, resulting in ineffective therapy, cancer recurrence and metastasis, and decreased overall survival.
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EQT Life Sciences
VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 12 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Providing capital plus strategic, clinical, operational, financial, and commercial support to deliver the added value inventors seek.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, The Netherlands, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 182
  • Round size: Series A $6.9M–$77M; Series B $12M–$110M; Series C $12M–$165M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $266M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • LUMA Vision — OneProjects is an Irish-German cardiac imaging specialist.
  • Neurent Medical — Discover NEUROMARK, a minimally invasive solution for Chronic Rhinitis that targets the posterior nasal nerve to provide lasting symptom relief.
  • Rotation Medical — Rotation Medical Inc. manufactures and markets a collagen scaffold for rotational cuff disease in Minnesota. The company was formerly known as Denali Medical Inc. and changed its name to Rotation Medical Inc. in March 2010. Rotation Medical was founded in 2009 and headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota.
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Eclosion SA
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 11 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Eclosion assists entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to bridge the gap between their laboratories and the stage where the start-up

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series C
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$2.7M; Series C $20M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KYLYS — KYLYS is an innovative Swiss company based in Geneva founded in March 2017. KYLYS provides people and patients with highly effective and safe products based on biomolecules.
  • Genkyotex — Genkyotex is dedicated to the development of innovative drugs which block enzymes that produce oxygen radicals. Such novel drugs will allow the treatment of oxygen-radical mediated acute and chronic diseases, with improved specificity, safety, and efficacy over existing antioxidants therapy, giving them a significant competitive advantage.Genkyotex targets its technology initially to the therapeutic areas of cardiovascular, metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases.
  • MPC Therapeutics — MPC Therapeutics develops a novel class of compounds with application in Immunotherapy and Metabolic diseases
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Novartis Venture Fund
VC Fund · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland · 11 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Learn about the approach the Novartis Venture Fund takes to investing in innovative life science companies developing biotechnology and biopharmaceutical therapeutics that address unmet patient needs.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 217
  • Round size: Series A $5.1M–$81M; Series B $11M–$120M; Series C $9M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $200M in 2009

Portfolio highlights

  • Splice Bio — Splice Bio is a gene therapy company based on technology developed in the Muir Lab at Princeton University. The company is developing novel gene therapies based on its proprietary intein platform technology to treat patients that suffer from incurable genetic diseases. The company’s platform has the potential to address two existing limitations ofadeno-associated viruses (AAVs), both by increasing the size of the cargo gene that can be delivered and by expanding the range of tissues that can be targeted.
  • Bionano Genomics — Discover how Bionano is striving to elevate health and wellness for all through optical genome mapping (OGM) solutions that transform the way the world sees the genome.
  • Protego Biopharma — Protego Biopharma develops therapeutics based on the clear human genetic link, excellent human safety profile, proof-of-principle efficacy. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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Schroder Adveq
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 10 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Schroders Capital provides investors with access to a broad range of private asset investment opportunities, portfolio building blocks and customised private asset strategies. With over $65 billion assets under management, we offer a diversified range of investment strategies, including real estate, private equity, secondaries, venture capital, infrastructure, securitised products and asset-based finance, insurance-linked securities and impact investing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Series A $5.6M–$23M; Series B $11M–$83M; Series C $15M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $113M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Bizongo — Bizongo is a Tech-Enabled B2B Platform for Packaging, Apparels & Other Customised Goods. We digitally transform vendor management & supply chain.
  • HAYA Therapeutics — Pioneering next-generation therapies for fibrotic diseases. Learn more about our approach here.
  • Memo Therapeutics — Memo Therapeutics AG translate immune responses into superior medicines. Our best-in-class antibodies transform lives of patients with viral infections & cancer
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HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 10 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

High-Tech Grunderfonds finances startups with growth potential. Its team of investment managers supports young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion. The company focuses in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, and related business areas. It also focuses on financial services in varioussectors.

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  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 587
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.3M; Series A $3.5M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $522M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Selfapy — Selfapy offers a therapy support tool that helps recognize negative patterns of thought and train new behavior. Selfapy is your guided, self-help online course against depression with a personal psychologist as a companion.
  • Verovaccines — VEROVACCiNES discovers and develops innovative vaccine solutions, to protect animals against infectious diseases. Key is a novel, broadly applicable, yeast-based technology to generate subunit marker vaccines. This technology has been validated by demonstrating protection of several target animal species against different viral diseases(proof-of-concept).VEROVACCiNES GmbH is a spin-off company of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany in 2017. The company exclusively took over IP, brand, team, products and know-how from the former BMBF GO-Bio-funded VEROVACCiNES project at Halle University. VEROVACCiNES GmbH is eligible for follow-up phase 2 funding from the same BMBF GO-Bio program. They cooperate closely with veterinary pharmaceutical companies, universities and research institutes, and they are eager to initiate new collaborations.
  • OMEICOS Therapeutics — OMEICOS Therapeutics is developing a novel, first-in-class, small molecule utilizing a new Mode of Action. OMEICOS' novel therapeutic strategy is based upon the discovery of natural metabolites of omega-3 fatty acids that mediate a strong anti-arrhythmic effect. In contrast to all other anti-arrhythmic drugs, OMEICOS' substances activatean endogenous cardio-protective signaling pathway that not only stabilizes the heart rhythm but shall provide curative effects to the diseased organ by preventing its electrical and structural remodeling.
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Sofinnova Partners
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 10 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Sofinnova Partners is a leading European venture capital firm in life sciences, specializing in healthcare and sustainability. Based in Paris, London and Milan, the firm brings together a team of professionals from all over the world with strong scientific, medical and business expertise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 319
  • Round size: Series A $6.6M–$70M; Series B $10M–$109M; Series C $12M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Myricx Bio — Myricx Pharma is a small molecule drug discovery company engaged in developing novel proprietary inhibitors of human N-myristoyltransferases (NMT), with a primary focus in oncology but also exploring potential applications across other diseases.
  • GFBiochemicals — GFBiochemicals is the only company to produce levulinic acid at commercial scale directly from biomass.In 2008, a group of biobased chemical experts saw the significant potential of levulinic acid to replace petroleum-based products across a range of market sectors. GFBiochemicals was founded to develop the production technology needed for thisrevolution in chemicals and biofuels.GFBiochemicals demonstrated these breakthrough technologies in the Caserta plant, in partnership with the University of Pisa and the Polytechnic University of Milan. This commercial-scale plant was retrofitted with new conversion, recovery and purification technology.
  • Forth Therapeutics — Forth Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to advancing precision treatments for fibrosis.
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SICTIC
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 9 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

SICTIC is the leading angel investor network in Switzerland with the largest Swiss seed-stage startup dealflow.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 210
  • Round size: Seed $583k–$3M; Pre-Seed $302k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Agrinorm — Agrinorm is a Swiss deep tech company leveraging cutting edge machine learning techniques for the optimization of fruits and veg supply chains.
  • hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
  • Get More Brain — Digital learning platform connecting learners and their employers with teachers and schools, publishers and EdTech companies. Marketplace for learning content and learning related services.
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redalpine
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 9 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

redalpine is a thesis-driven vc with deep expertise in software and science. since 2006. we believe in the power of big ideas and in empowering game changers. we don't just invest, we co-create a better tomorrow. together with you.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 191
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$13M; Series A $3.2M–$31M; Series B $15M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $25M in 2013

Portfolio highlights

  • 9fin — The leading AI-powered debt market intelligence platform. Real-time news, data, and analytics across LevFin, private credit, and distressed debt.
  • Luya Foods — Sustainable food, Plant-based, Circular food, Meat alternative, Alternative to meat, Okara, Food waste, and Fermentation
  • Carvolution — Carvolution is the next-generation mobility services provider reshaping car ownership through its fully digital subscription service.Carvolution makes choosing a new car exciting. As it removes the hassle out of ownership and the inflexibility out of leasing, it enables consumers to choose their dream car as a convenient monthly subscriptionservice instead of a long-term commitment. Their digitally-powered one-stop-shop streamlines everything from insurance to maintenance: saving customers time and money while enabling efficiencies for all connected parties.
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Bernina BioInvest
VC Fund · Zug, Zug, Switzerland · 8 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Bernina BioInvest is an investment Firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$20M; Series A $17M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

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.
  • HAYA Therapeutics — Pioneering next-generation therapies for fibrotic diseases. Learn more about our approach here.
  • Synendos Therapeutics — Synendos Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that aims to develop breakthrough safe and effective therapies for unmet needs in neuropsychiatric disorders through modulation of a new drug target in the endocannabinoid system that enables restoration of natural functioning of the brain.
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Kinled Holding
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 8 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Kinled was founded in 1980 to retain the investment assets of the Aisher family.In 1990, the investment focus shifted to a portfolio of early stage investments applying Kinled’s company development experience alongside the endurance and passion of family owned investments together with the strategic focus of venture capitalists.Since then,Kinled has taken 8 companies to public markets and many more to successful trade sales at significant multiples.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 133
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$11M; Series A $2M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Esper — Esper is the first cloud-based platform to help governments proactively manage public policy with better data and transparency.
  • Varda — Expanding the economic bounds of humankind with the world's first orbital manufacturing & reentry platform.
  • PreComb — PreComb develops technologies to optimally adapt the therapies to each patient for difficult to treat cancers to increase the success rates in cancer therapy. Only an efficient use of healthcare resources can lead to a maximum improvement in the quality of life of patients.
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Kickfund
VC Fund · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland · 8 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups, 16 in the past 12 months

Kickfund is a Venture Capital fund that systematically backs companies that successfully complete Venture Kick.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $335k–$4.4M; Convertible Note $110k–$118k
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SolidWatts — We electrify industrial process heating by creating the new state-of-the-art in microwave and radio frequency power sources for industry.
  • Cosaic — Cultivated - Creamy, dairy-free indulgence
  • BLEEDnFIRE Therapeutics — BLEEDnFIRE Therapeutics: At BLEEDnFIRE Therapeutics, we are pioneering innovative siRNA-based therapies for hemophilia, Von Willebrand disease & other rare bleeding disorders (RBDs) by developing BnF-001. Our mission is to transform patient care and improve quand improve quality of life through targeted ...
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Versant Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 8 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Versant partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build and fund breakthrough biotechnology companies around the globe.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 287
  • Round size: Series A $4.7M–$84M; Series B $10M–$105M; Series C $12M–$108M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Graphite Bio — Graphite Bio is a next-generation gene editing company focused on therapies that harness targeted gene integration to treat or cure serious diseases
  • Lycia Therapeutics — Lycia Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on developing technology that utilizes lysosome-targeting chimeras. The company was founded by Carolyn R. Bertozzi in 2019 and is based in San Diego, California, USA.
  • Nested Therapeutics — Nested Therapeutics is a Cambridge-based VC-backed stealth biotech company. The company's focus is on finding and creating new precision oncology small-molecule drugs targeted toward cancer genes. Nested Therapeutics was established in 2021 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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GoBeyond
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 7 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

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

  • Industry: Information Technology, Medical, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 163
  • Round size: Seed $544k–$5M; Series A $1.2M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Fastree3D — Fastree3D imaging sensors help recognize and measure distance to fast moving objects in real-time, enabling driving assistance or autonomous navigation. Fastree3D SA is a fabless semiconductor company, spin-off from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland founded in September 2013 (UID CHE-291.330.490). The company subsidiary Fastree3D B.V. performs researchwith TU-Delft, Netherlands (KvK 58866973).
  • Spyra One — Single Shot Technology | Tactical display | Automatic Refill | Power Shot SpyraTwo - the world's strongest water gun! Start epic water battles with the only water gun in the world that features our patented Single-Shot-Technology, fully automatical pump, a hightech tactical display and the Power Shot for extra impact.
  • DomoHealth — Join us in revolutionizing patient care using the power of AI-assisted digital health platform and safety solutions. Enhancing digital health with the best platform, application and devices for the direct benefits of patients and healthcare professionals.
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Novo Holdings
VC Fund · Hellerup, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 7 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Novo Holdings is a world-leading life science investor with a focus on creating long-term value.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Denmark, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 351
  • Round size: Series A $9M–$125M; Series B $13M–$135M; Series C $30M–$118M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $165M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Biosyntia — Biosyntia is a biotech startup within synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. We develop biocatalysts at an unprecedented speed and efficiency by employing our patent pending high-throughput screening technology.By developing tailored processes based on biocatalysis, Biosyntia enables production of complex chemical compounds byfermentation. Biocatalysis may substantially reduce both production costs and environmental impact compared to other processes such as chemical synthesis. We partner with manufacturers of fine chemical compounds (flavors, fragrances, APIs, pigments, additives, intermediates, and more) in order to establish more sustainable manufacturing processes for a greener tomorrow.Biosyntia is located at the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) Center for Biosustainability in Hørsholm, 25 kilometers north of Copenhagen.
  • IVERIC bio — IVERIC bio is a science-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel treatment options for retinal diseases with significant unmet medical needs. The Company is currently developing both therapeutic product candidates for age-related retinal diseases and gene therapy product candidates for orphan inheritedretinal diseases.
  • Nkarta Therapeutics — Nkarta seeks to improve upon the efficacy of cell therapy, making it more potent, better tolerated and more rapidly available to a broad population of patients with a variety of hematologic and solid tumor malignancies.While T-cell therapy, often known as CAR-T, has proven successful in certain cancer indications, its promise has been limited toa few hematologic malignancies and the side effects can be severe. Natural Killer cells are the immune system’s first responders against diseases and pathogens. Unlike T cells, they have an inherent ability to target tumor cells without genetic alteration, and therefore hold significant promise in the development of potent therapies that can be used more readily for diverse tumor types. Nkarta’s differentiated cell therapy approach is designed to boost and enhance the inherent power of Natural Killer cells to target and destroy tumor cells, while also offering a better tolerated safety profile.
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4FOX Ventures
VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg · 7 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

4FO Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$3.6M; Series A $2.1M–$15M; Series B $6.4M–$69M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Positrigo — NeuroLF is an ultra-compact brain Positron Emission Tomography system. Our technology makes functional imaging accessible for people worldwide.
  • 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.
  • Neo Medical — Neo aims at transforming the current approach to spinal surgery by providing a unique answer to the worldwide strive for healthcare cost optimization through efficient, versatile and high quality systems.
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Index Ventures
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 7 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1177
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$16M; Series A $5M–$38M; Series B $10M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $117M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Ready — Join over 2 million Argent users and get the best of Ethereum at a fraction of the cost. Easily buy, earn, stake and invest in crypto on Starknet.
  • Persona — Online ID verification service to help any business, from any industry, collect, verify, and manage user identities throughout a customer lifecycle.
  • The Cambridge Satchel Company — Beautiful leather satchels and music bags in a variety of sizes, colours - backpack or shoulder strap styles. Made in England, the traditional school satchel is back and looking better than ever.
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Lichtsteiner Foundation
VC Fund · Berne, Bern, Switzerland · 6 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Boosting health pioneers. We invest in early stage start-ups in different sectors: medtech, life science, biotech, mental health, public health, well-being.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6.8M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hemostod — Developing universal platelets and next-generation diagnostics
  • DigeHealth — DigeHealth's approach to monitoring gut health using bowel noises and body measurements could provide some really valuable insights into digestive well-being.
  • Allegria Therapeutics — Allegria Therapeutics operates as a biotech company.
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Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
VC Fund · Ingelheim Am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · 6 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Discover Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund. We invest in groundbreaking science to transform care. Explore our mission and join us in advancing medicine

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 101
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$20M; Series A $3.8M–$34M; Series B $11M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $250M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Perfood — Perfood is a digital therapeutic startup that identifies what actions need to take on a personalized level, to prevent or fight diseases. Using sensors, lab results, and holistic analyses, they derive therapeutic angles and deliver them in a slick, easy-to-use way, making them accessible for all patients. They call this approach digitaltherapeutics. A digital solution that is just as effective as a drug. But without side effects.
  • ArrePath — ArrePath is an anti-infective drug discovery company addressing the global health challenge of drug resistant infections.
  • Brainomix — Since launching as a spin-out from the University of Oxford in 2010, Brainomix has developed award-winning, AI-powered imaging biomarkers, assisting physicians across the world to make better life-saving decisions. Brainomix seminal product, e-Stroke is a collection of tools that use state-of-the-art AI algorithms to support doctors by providingreal-time interpretation of brain scans to help guide treatment and transfer decisions for stroke patients, allowing more patients to get the right treatment, in the right place, at the right time.
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Pureos Bioventures
VC Fund · Küsnacht, Zurich, Switzerland · 5 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Venture capital for companies developing innovative therapeutics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: France, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Series A $15M–$123M; Series B $6.6M–$100M; Series C $22M–$125M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $205M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Adcytherix — Adcytherix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel antibody drug conjugates (ADC) to treat high unmet need diseases such as cancer.
  • Tavo Biotherapeutics — Tavo Biotherapeutics is a biotech company that develops injection therapies for eye diseases.
  • PulseSight Therapeutics — PulseSight is an ophthalmology drug development company creating novel, non-viral gene therapies with minimally invasive delivery technology to address the unmet need for treatments against severe retinal diseases leading to blindness.
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Pfizer Venture Investments
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 5 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Pfizer Venture Investments is a corporate venture capital firm that invests in areas of current or future strategic interest to Pfizer. It aims to remain at the forefront of life science advances. It identifies and invests in emerging companies that are developing transformative medicines and technologies that have the potential to enhance Pfizer’spipeline and shape the future of its industry.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 174
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$100M; Series B $20M–$123M; Series C $15M–$102M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $600M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • VitaDAO — Join VitaDAO, a community owned collective funding early stage longevity research. We fund and commercialize longevity therapeutics.
  • Ixchelsis — Ixchelsis Ltd is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing an oxytocin receptor antagonist (IX-01) for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE). IX-01 is a clinical stage asset that has the potential to be the best in class pharmacological approach for the treatment of PE. To date IX-01 has completed a Phase 1 single ascending dose studyin healthy male volunteers and is currently being progressed through to clinical proof of concept (POC). Ixchelsis is funded by TVM Life Sciences Ventures VII and is lead by an excellent Management team with extensive experience in pharmaceutical R&D, particularly in the male sexual health therapeutic area.
  • Flexion Therapeutics — Flexion Therapeutics advances drug candidates through clinical proof of concept and beyond, in partnership with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. By providing expertise and sharing risk, Flexion effectively expands the portfolios of its partners.
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Founderful
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 5 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Founderful operates as a venture capital firm and a Switzerland’s leading pre-seed fund.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 101
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$16M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$3.8M; Series A $3.4M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $85M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • AVIAN
  • Calvin Risk — We help companies manage the risks of their AI algorithms!
  • Stellar Alpina — Stellar Alpina is a Zurich-based space propulsion startup developing rotating detonation rocket engines for mobility after launch.
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Swisscom Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 5 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

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

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 143
  • Round size: Series A $1.8M–$23M; Series B $2.3M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Apono — Apono makes permission management to applications, infrastructure, and data repositories simple, secure and compliant.
  • Billogram — Since its start in 2011, Billogram has revitalized the outdated invoicing process by offering companies with recurring payments an intelligent digital platform. Using smart technology, we help companies strengthen their customer relations while also automating payment processes in a way that lowers costs, increases revenue, and reduces churn. Theresult is a payment that pays off for everyone.
  • Bring! Labs — Bring! Labs is an app for multi-device use that accompanies the user through all aspects of shopping for groceries and other everyday items. It offers grocery shopping for millions of people with shared shopping lists, integrated recipes, online shopping, local offers, and loyalty cards. Bring! Labs offers innovative mobile advertising platforms tocompanies in the retail and FMCG.
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Omega Funds
VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 5 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

We aim to invest in exceptional founders and entrepreneurs and impactful products and platforms across multiple therapeutic areas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 154
  • Round size: Series A $16M–$197M; Series B $35M–$162M; Series C $14M–$208M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Attenua — 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Hassle-free shopping. We help you find the right domain name.
  • Ousia Pharma — Ousia Pharma is paving the way for novel therapeutic strategies using peptide-drug-conjugates
  • Andrew Alliance — OneLab is laboratory software to design and execute liquid handling protocols. Pipette+ for manual liquid handling pipetting and Andrew+ the pipetting robot
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Fongit Seed Invest
VC Fund · Plan-les-ouates, Geneve, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Fongit Seed Invest (FSI) is the leading Seed Money Fund of Switzerland for young technology companies. It provides smart seed capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$1.4M; Series A $2.3M–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • EBAMed — EBAMed SA is a Swiss startup based in Geneva whose mission is to enable safe and effective non-invasive treatments of heart arrhythmias with protontherapy. The company is currently developing a medical device to enable non-invasive heart motion imaging and real-time synchronization of the therapeutic beam. This device consists in both hardware andsoftware components and expands treatment possibilities for existing protontherapy centres, enabling them for the first time to treat heart patients.
  • Gmelius — Gmelius is the world's first 360 email collaboration platform designed for Gmail and your company's daily apps. Join the async movement!
  • Annaida Technologies — Empowering fertility providers and researchers with AI-driven metabolomic platforms. Non-invasive, real-time insights at the microscale for personalized medical treatments.
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Polytech Ventures
VC Fund · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

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

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, United States, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5M; Series A $2.3M–$9.7M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $40M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Relai — All you need to get started is to download our award winning Relai app, complete a simple verification and start buying with as little as 50 CHF/EUR.
  • Hemostod — Developing universal platelets and next-generation diagnostics
  • Earny — Payroll management built for Startups & SMEs. Swiss payroll service with no hidden fees & no hassle
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Broadview Ventures
VC Fund · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Broadview Ventures, Inc. (Broadview) was established in 2008 as a new program conceived by the Leducq family. Through Broadview, the trust will work to accelerate the development of promising technology in cardiovascular and neurovascular disease through targeted investment in and support of early stage technology ventures.The FoundationLeducq, based in Paris, France, is the beneficiary of a charitable trust. In order to further the Foundation Leducq's mission in cardiovascular and neurovascular disease, the trust has made funds available to Broadview to develop a program which will promote early state technology in these fields through investments, licensing agreements and consortium funding arrangements, as well as professional, management and consulting support.With this initiative the trust joins other leaders in the venture philanthropy movement in seeking creative solutions to the problem of what is commonly referred to as the 'translational gap', a significant component of which is a lack of funding at a critical moment in the development of new technology and science.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Series A $1M–$30M; Series B $7M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Adient Medical — Medical Devices that Automatically Vanish - Adient Medical is leading the development of an absorbable vascular filter for the prevention of pulmonary embolism.
  • HAYA Therapeutics — Pioneering next-generation therapies for fibrotic diseases. Learn more about our approach here.
  • Mosanna Therapeutics — Mosanna is a Biotech company based in Basel with a commitment to improving patient outcomes and quality of life in high unmet need diseases, applying a precision medicine approach.
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Neomed Management
VC Fund · Oslo, Oslo, Norway · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

NeoMed Management is an international venture capital investment firm, exclusively focused on the healthcare industry. Founded in 1997, NeoMed has established five funds to date.NeoMed invests in emerging companies with outstanding growth prospects. These companies are developing innovative and proprietary medical products that addresssubstantial market opportunities in the pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics industries.NeoMed has a multi-stage investment approach and invests at all stages of development from start-up to later stage growth financings. Since inception, NeoMed has successfully invested in more than 30 companies in Europe, including Scandinavia, Switzerland, Germany and the UK, and in North America.From offices in Norway and Switzerland, NeoMed’s experienced investment team works closely with its entrepreneurs and a broader industry network to support the growth of its portfolio companies.NeoMed is currently focusing on NeoMed Innovation IV L.P. and NeoMed Innovation V L.P.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Switzerland, United States, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Series B $20M–$65M; Series C $10M–$44M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sonendo — Sonendo developing innovative technologies to transform dentistry by Saving Teeth Through Sound Science®. The GentleWave® System shows significant improvements in clinical efficacy and practice efficiency when compared to standard root canal treatment.1,2, 3 Sonendo is the parent company of TDO® Software, the developer of the most widely usedendodontic practice management software in the world, designed to simplify practice workflow. TDO software seamlessly integrates practice management, imaging, social media, referral reporting, CBCT imaging, and offers built-in communication with the GentleWave System.
  • Oxular — Oxular is a clinical-stage retinal therapeutics company that is developing technology to transform the treatment of retinal disease, offering patients life-changing solutions to their unmet needs.
  • JenaValve Technology — Redefining what it means to treat patients with severe aortic regurgitation.
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Gilde Healthcare
VC Fund · Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups, 7 in the past 12 months

Gilde Healthcare is a specialized European healthcare investor managing two business lines: a lower mid-market buy-out fund and a venture & growth capital fund. It has over €800 million ($900 million) under management and is actively looking to lead new investments in digital health, diagnostics, medical devices, therapeutics and healthcareservices. Gilde successfully builds healthcare businesses across Europe and US, investing up to €35 million in a single portfolio company.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, The Netherlands, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 130
  • Round size: Series A $8.8M–$65M; Series B $15M–$135M; Series C $21M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $786M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Big Health — Our mission is to help millions back to good mental health. Our digital therapeutics are safe and effective non-drug alternatives for mental health.
  • GT Medical Technologies — GT Medical Technologies is a medical technology company focused on improving outcomes for patients with brain tumors through treatment solutions. It was established by to address unmet needs in neuro-oncology and advance the standard of care for patients with operable brain tumors. The company's flagship product, GammaTile®, is an FDA-cleared,bioabsorbable collagen implant embedded with radiation seeds that delivers targeted radiation therapy directly to the surgical cavity immediately following tumor removal. By providing localized treatment at the time of surgery, GammaTile is designed to target residual cancer cells while reducing radiation exposure to surrounding healthy brain tissue. This approach aims to help prevent tumor recurrence and improve patient outcomes.
  • Endovascular Engineering — Endovascular Engineering is a preclinical stage company developing novel mechanical thrombectomy solutions to address peripheral indications.
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Aravis Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Aravis is the first independent Swiss on-shore private equity house, an established investor in the renewable energy and life science spaces. We are a "hands-on" investor taking leading positions and understanding the balance between finance, commercial assets and people. With this distinct and crafted approach, we are serving over 30leading investors including corporates, pension funds, government funds, insurance companies and family offices. Currently actively managing more than a quarter of a billion Swiss francs, we have a cumulative history of investments in over 100 companies. These have resulted in several noticeable exits including the divestment of several renewable energy companies and a number of life science reverse take-overs, listings and trade sales. Our many years of experience in the Swiss fund industry have enabled us to establish a platform with a comprehensive offering of investment, accounting, regulatory and reporting expertise. Located in Zurich, Aravis was founded in 2001.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: Switzerland, United States, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Series A $4.4M–$80M; Series B $6.8M–$33M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bird Rock Bio — We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of proprietary cannabinoid derivatives for the treatment of glaucoma and other diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Our innovative approach to drug development combines strong science with the drive to find solutions where the need is the greatest.
  • Synaffix BV — Synaffix BV is a clinical-stage, Netherlands-based biotech company that has established a proprietary antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology platform that enhances efficacy and tolerability compared to all 3 major clinical-stage ADC technologies. We have a 'one-stop' technology offering (including 4 different ADC payloads) thatenables the development of proprietary ADCs from any antibody and our patent portfolio provides patent protection of resulting Products through at least 2035.Our business model is technology out-licensing and we regularly engage in research collaborations with other companies that are interested in developing highly competitive ADC products for their own pipelines.Disclosed partnerships to date include those with ADC Therapeutics and Mersana Therapeutics
  • Hedera-22 — Hedera-22 expanded its scope to include the identification of natural products through the use of in-house bio-informatic prediction technologies.
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Penny Schiffer
Angel · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Health Care, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $544k–$9.3M; Series A $1.2M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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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New Enterprise Associates
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Foundational partners to ambitious founders at every stage of company-building.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1581
  • Round size: Series A $5.4M–$60M; Series B $10M–$77M; Series C $14M–$103M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2.8B in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • IonQ — Working to build the world's best quantum computers to solve the world's most complex problems
  • Spyglass Ophthalmics — A vision towards a higher quality of life!
  • Xenon Pharmaceuticals — A leading neuroscience company forging new paths for those living with neurological and psychiatric disorders.
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OrbiMed
VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Leading Global Healthcare Platform with Deep Proprietary Resources and Global Industry Coverage.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
  • Geography: United States, China, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 615
  • Round size: Series A $10M–$140M; Series B $24M–$151M; Series C $15M–$131M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Avedro — Avedro is a privately held medical device and pharmaceutical company advancing the science and technology of corneal cross-linking. Avedro recently completed its US‐based, multi-centered, Phase III studies of corneal cross-linking for the treatment of progressive keratoconus and corneal ectasia following refractive surgery. Outside the UnitedStates, Avedro has commercialized both VibeX and its KXL System for performing Lasik Xtra and accelerated cross-linking. Additionally, Avedro is developing the science of Thermo‐biomechanics for therapeutic medical applications. The Keraflex® refractive correction procedure is the first technology developed from the Thermo‐biomechanics platform and is a non‐invasive, incision‐less ophthalmic procedure for flattening the cornea without the removal of tissue. Keraflex offers the unique ability to induce refractive change without weakening the cornea’s biomechanical integrity, as happens with Lasik and other refractive correction procedures. Keraflex is commercially available outside of the United States.
  • Windward Bio — Windward Bio is a clinical-stage, drug development company committed to improving outcomes for people living with advanced immunological diseases.
  • EDDA Technology — EDDA Technology offers computer assistance to the patient care management cycle and enables early detection and diagnosis of diseases.
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Endeavour Vision
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Endeavour Vision is an investment advisory firm focused on transformative healthcare technologies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series C, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 70
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$30M; Series B $7M–$45M; Series C $12M–$115M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $375M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Nalu Medical — Nalu Medical is an early-stage company that develops a range of medical devices. Their vision to modernize and improve the technology in medical devices, thus improving the lives of people.The Nalu neurostimulation system is a battery-free, micro-implantable pulse generator (iPG) currently cleared by the FDA for both Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) for mitigating chronic pain. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Carlsbad, California.
  • Venture Med Group — Create a dynamic website for your electrical services with Avada & WordPress. Showcase your expertise, services, and attract clients with engaging designs.
  • Kestra Medical Technologies, Inc. — Kestra Medical Technologies is a wearable medical device and digital healthcare company that protects patients with diagnostic and therapeutic technologies that are intuitive, and mobile. They provide intuitive medical technologies to protect and support at-risk patients.
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Aargauische Kantonalbank
VC Fund · Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Aargauische Kantonalbank (AKB) is a classical universal bank for private and corporate clients and institutional investors. They offer comprehensive services in all areas of banking. Their strengths include the needs-based, personalized and comprehensive advice and a comprehensive and competent care. The AKB has 31 offices in the canton of Aargauand the adjacent area Solothurn Olten-Gösgen-Gäu. Their company has about 790 employees and about 79 students. They serve approximately 230,000 customers. The AKB has been awarded by the rating agency Standard & Poor's AA + rating.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical Device, Dental, Medical
  • Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$3.6M; Series B $1.6M–$2.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mesh — MESH is automating rebar fabrication and construction processes using robotics and software. Our mission is to bring modern robotics to rebar industry.
  • Pearltec AG — Headquartered in Schlieren / Zurich, Pearltec AG develops, produces and delivers solutions for the optimal storage, fixation and positioning of patients. Their products are based on unique, patented technology developed in collaboration with ETH Zurich and renowned university hospitals.They have set theirselves the goal to use the technologycompetence of Pearltec AG for the benefit of humans, animals and industry and to create added value for their customers by excellent quality and convincing application advantages.Pearltec AG is certified according to ISO standard 13485. This certification certifies that their quality management system for the development and manufacture of medical devices meets the highest international standards.
  • ELDICO Scientific — Shaping the future of crystallography Electron Diffraction (ED) is gaining momentum in science and industry. The application of ED for performing nano-crystallography is a disruptive innovation that will open fascinating new perspectives in particular for organic compounds required in the fields of chemical, pharmaceutical and advanced materials research. Form III being the commercial most stable
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Forty51 Ventures
VC Fund · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Discover the unmet need of patients with uveitic glaucoma, an end-stage disease comprised of two serious eye conditions: non infectious uveitis and glaucoma. %

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Therapeutics, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $3.5M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ferrosa Therapeutics — Ferrosa Therapeutics is a Basel, Switzerland-based biotechnology company developing a first-in-class bispecific antibody to treat anemia of inflammation.
  • Mosanna Therapeutics — Mosanna is a Biotech company based in Basel with a commitment to improving patient outcomes and quality of life in high unmet need diseases, applying a precision medicine approach.
  • Allegria Therapeutics — Allegria Therapeutics operates as a biotech company.
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Privilège Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Where Entrepreneurs Thrive Rooted in reality, reaching for the extraordinary over five decades of combined investment experience Where Entrepreneurs Thrive Rooted in reality, reaching for the extraordinary Authentic, dedicated, disciplined, and goal-oriented, our team drives meaningful and lasting success About Team

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Hardware
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, Italy, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5.3M; Series A $4.1M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Xsensio — Xsensio develops the unique Lab-on-Skin™​ sensing platform to sense in real-time biochemical information at the surface of the skin, providing unprecedented real-time information about our health and wellness, in a simple and non-invasive way.The Xsensio Lab-on-Skin™ sensing chip relies on a unique, highly-miniaturized sensing platform developedat the Nanolab of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. By leveraging semiconductor properties, our sensing platform unleashes a whole new set of possibilities in continuous health monitoring.
  • ENANTIOS — ENANTIOS specializes in creating benchtop analytical instruments that provide industries, research institutions, and academic facilities.
  • Hydromea — Hydromea is a Swiss company with core expertise in underwater robotics, through-water wireless communication networks and underwater navigation.
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Initiative Capital Romandie
VC Fund · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Initiative Capital Romandie is a private equity fund that focuses on technology companies based in Western Switzerland.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Series E
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Series A $6.8M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • PicoDRILL — PicoDRILL generates technology leadership for its partner/customers through cutting-edge technology for drilling needs in the nanotechnology field. picoDrill is a private company located in Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Diagnoplex — Diagnoplex has been founded in 2005 supported by seed financing fron the Novartis Forschungsstiftung, Swiss Confederation CTI project, Canton de Vaud FIT and the Gebert Rüf Stiftung. The company has performed a 140 patient prospective pilot study demonstrating technical and clinical feasibility of its colorectal cancer screening test COLOX as wellas its high sensitivity and specificity.
  • Aleva Neurotherapeutics — Aleva Neurotherapeutics develops the next generations of implantable Deep Brain Stimulation systems, based on a MEMS technology. Our unique microfabricated devices enable Target Specific Stimulation and optimization of current therapies. They will also permit targeting new areas of the brain and the measurement of neurophysiological activity,translating into faster, more certain surgical placement of electrode leads. The first application will be in Deep Brain Stimulation for indications such as Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor.To maximize the value it can capture from its technology, Aleva intends to develop a series of two therapeutic products, while eliminating technological and clinical development risks at each stage.Our first product, directSTIM, an intelligent directional electrode connected to a best-in-class Deep Brain Stimulation system, has successfully completed an acute clinical trial at the Inselspital in Bern, Switzerland. It is currently further developped for a long term use.Aleva has been was founded in 2008 in Lausanne, Switzerland. It has raised 42 MUSD to date from prominent VCs, private investors and a strategic investor. The company is ISO13485 certified.
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BB Biotech Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

BB BIOTECH VENTURES is a healthcare-dedicated venture capital fund, focused on companies that develop and market drugs and medical devices. The Guernsey–based fund is advised by the Bellevue Asset Management Group, which has operations in Curaçao, Boston/USA and Kusnacht/Zurich, Switzerland. BB BIOTECH VENTURES has a dedicated teamof investment advisors and an advisory board. In addition, it is supported by all of the Group’s health care investment experts, and an extensive network of specialists and advisors. Our goal is to maximize the returns to our investors. To achieve this goal, we combine hard working, experience, networking, and focus on value creation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
  • Stage:Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 32
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$24M; Series C $3.3M–$109M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Arvinas — Arvinas is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of patients suffering from debilitating and life-threatening diseases through the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies that degrade disease-causing proteins.
  • Molecular Templates — Molecular Templates is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered toxin bodies (ETBs) for the treatment of cancers.
  • Rivus Pharmaceuticals — Rivus Pharmaceuticals, a leader in mitochondrial biology, is developing a new class of medicines to address a primary driver of cardio-metabolic disease: obesity.
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Inserm Transfert Initiative
VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Inserm Transfert Initiative is a seed stage life science vehicle currently managing about €4.2M for the financing of new biotech companies. Inserm Transfert Initiative is the new investment vehicle of INSERM in France.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: France, Switzerland, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$3.6M; Series A $1.1M–$35M; Series B $2.2M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Eyevensys — Eyevensys is a address critical unmet needs in ophthalmology by providing a much better way of delivering ophthalmic drugs that overcomes the limitations of current options, such as intravitreal injections, surgery, intravitreal implants and biodegradable formulations. All of these current options have their drawbacks, given they are invasiveprocedures. Eyevensys’ goal is not only to improve short and long term therapeutic outcomes, but also to enhance compliance, improve ocular bioavailability and tolerability.They plan to build a high value product pipeline by enabling sustained production of therapeutic proteins in the eye that will deliver improved clinical outcomes while reducing the burden of frequent intravitreal or systemic injections and other invasive procedures.
  • VectivBio — Explore Ironwood Pharmaceuticals' commitment to GI health with innovative therapies, patient-focused research, and a vision to improve digestive disease treatment.
  • Step Pharma — Step Pharma is a spin-off of Imagine Institute stemming from Pr. Alain Fischer’s research on genetic immunodeficiencies. Step Pharma is a joint venture between Imagine, a research and innovative healthcare institute, Sygnature Discovery, a leading provider of integrated drug discovery resource and expertise, and Kurma Partners, a major player inthe funding of healthcare and biotechnology in Europe.
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EVA Basel
VC Fund · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

EVA is sparring partner for new entrepreneurs in the Life Sciences with planned base in north-western SwitzerlandThey support start-ups by helping to bridge the gap between their business idea and the successful commercialization of their life sciences projects, innovations and technologies.They provide thorough coaching and activelyencourage contact with their wide-ranging network of experts and investors as well as providing seed-phase investments.In science and technology transfer, they act as the link between researchers, universities’ scientific liaison offices, potential investors and the market.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Medical Device, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.9M–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AOT - Advanced Osteotomy Tools — AOT AG is a privately owned Swiss Robotic Surgery company, which spun out of the University Hospital and the University Basel (Switzerland) in 2011 and was first funded in 2012. The company is dedicated to the development, manufacturing and sales of medical devices for osteotomy pursuing the vision of contact-free bone surgery using laser,robotics and navigation systems to re-invent bone surgery (osteotomy).
  • POLYNEURON — Polyneuron is a developer of novel therapeutics intended to facilitate the treatment of antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases. The company's biodegradable glycopolymers-based therapeutics selectively eliminate the pathological autoantibodies, while leaving the rest of the immune system intact, enabling medical practitioners to treat patientswith immune disorders in a safe and effective manner.
  • Memo Therapeutics — Memo Therapeutics AG translate immune responses into superior medicines. Our best-in-class antibodies transform lives of patients with viral infections & cancer
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Aglaia BioMedical Ventures
VC Fund · Bilthoven, Utrecht, The Netherlands · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

Aglaia is founded on the principle that the willingness to take risks on the very early stage ventures of today results in opportunities that may grow into the winning companies of tomorrow. As such, we are typically the first provider of capital for startup and early stage companies and a driving force behind product development. Since thenumber of technological discoveries in the biomedical field is growing fast, specialized knowledge regarding the translation of these discoveries into novel products is a prerequisite for success. Aglaia's focus on oncology is considered to be a differentiating asset. We invest in novel tools and technologies as well as components of contemporary drug development.Opportunities may be derived from research centers as well as from corporate spinouts. We select, develop and commercialize promising technologies up to a level where the technology becomes attractive to larger investors or pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: The Netherlands, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Series A $5.2M–$16M; Series B $20M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2014

Portfolio highlights

  • Inthera Bioscience — Inthera Bioscience is a Switzerland-based private biopharmaceutical company developing targeted small molecule therapies for solid tumors. It is focused on developing inhibitors of intracellular protein-protein interactions employing a proprietary technology platform. The company is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.
  • InteRNA Technologies — A Dutch clinical-stage biotech company InteRNA Technologies is a Dutch clinical-stage biotech company developing a pipeline of proprietary RNA therapeutics targeting key processes in initiation and progression of human diseases, with a focus on cancer. Selected through its leading microRNA (miRNA) discovery and functional validation technology platform and enabled with a 3rd-generation drug delivery
  • Sapreme Technologies — Enabling endosomal escape
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BlueOcean Ventures
VC Fund · Plan-les-ouates, Geneve, Switzerland · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

BlueOcean Ventures SA provides capital, operational and company development advisory support (mentoring, company management, divestment experience, network, negotiation support) to entrepreneurs in Switzerland. BlueOcean Ventures is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical, Personal Health
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Switzerland, India, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3M; Series A $2.3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Augurix — Just another WordPress site
  • Mikajaki — Mikajaki is an innovative automated multi-patient ocular diagnostics platform. The platform enables the use of digital technology, robots, AI, and data, allowing patients and eye specialists access to the specific treatment they require. Mikajaki is currently collaborating with ophthalmology clinic groups across the world to test and implementEyeLib.
  • official.fm — At Official.fm, they develop powerful music promotion tools for you, whether you're an emerging artist or an accomplished label.They make it easy to manage a few tracks or a large catalog, create pages and players that look like you and share them across your favorite promotion platforms and social networks, all the while collectinginsightful analytics. Improving your workflow is their top priority.Promoting your music with official.fm will always be free. Music promotion is an investment for you and it is one for us too. Now you also have the ability to sell directly music to your fans. Soon they will offer more ways for your to generate revenue from your music.
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b2venture
VC Fund · Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

B2venture is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. B2venture invests EUR 100m+ per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 235
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $4M–$22M; Series B $8M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $135M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Kiin Bio — Drug discovery is a system problem, where every inefficiency amplifies the next. We have the solution.
  • Kubermatic — Easily manage multiple Kubernetes clusters with the automation power of the Kubermatic platform. Scale your business with reliability.
  • Calvin Risk — We help companies manage the risks of their AI algorithms!
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Wille Finance
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 3 investments in Switzerland Biotech startups

An international, Swiss-based family office, focusing on private equity (venture & buy-out), real estate and listed assets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: France, Germany, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $396k–$5.2M; Series A $6M–$36M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Edflex — Edflex est une solution SaaS qui connecte les entreprises avec les meilleurs contenus de formation (MOOC, vidéos, podcasts, articles…).
  • Newronika — Newronika restores brain and body functions with innovative technologies. We translate our deep knowledge on biosignal decoding into clinical practice, with the aim of improving treatments, health, and wellness. With our revolutionary brain devices, the patient receives the right stimulation at the right moment, thus becoming able to perform normaldaily activities and improve quality of life. Newronika is the spin-off company of two leading research institutions in Italy, the Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Hospital and the University of Milan. ​ Newronika comprises a multidisciplinary team formed from Neuroscience research groups and involves scientists with expertise in neurophysiology, neurology, biomedical engineering, neuropsychology, bioinformatics, and biotechnologies.
  • Happydemics — Measure and benchmark Brand lift across TV, DOOH, display, audio & more. Get proven insights to optimize every ad channel with Happydemics.
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Biotech Investor funding in Switzerland at a glance

Stats across 862 deals from 714 investors.

714
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in Switzerland Biotech startups
862
deals
in Switzerland Biotech startups
$3.6M
median round
in Switzerland Biotech startups
47%
lead investors
lead at least one round
23%
Grant
most common funding stage
93/7
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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