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Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Switzerland in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Food and beverage startups based in Switzerland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Food and beverage companies from Switzerland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Switzerland in February 2025

Investor	Food and Beverage Switzerland investments
SICTIC	8
Alpana Ventures	7
Polytech Ventures	6
Ralph Gygax	5
Blue Horizon Corporation	5
Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT)	5
Zürcher Kantonal Bank	4
Piton Capital	4
FJ Labs	4
Werner Hoffmann	4
Samaipata	4
Good Seed Ventures	3
redalpine	2
Adrian Bührer	2
EIT Food	2
Serena	2
TR Invest	2
CapHorn Invest	2
Clay Capital	2
Aravis Ventures	2
Lukas Böni	2
b2venture	2
3wVentures	2
HackCapital	2
Vorwerk Ventures	2
BackBone Ventures	2
Verve Ventures	2
Joyance Partners	2
Gullspång Re:food	2
ACE & Company	2
Technology Fund	2
PINC	2
Founderful	2
Swiss Startup Group	2
Lisa Schmidheiny	1
Nikolaus Wein	1
Eugenio Cassiano	1
Joyful VC	1
Swisscom Ventures	1
IDH	1
Navus Ventures	1
Nico Hribernik	1
HTGF \| High-Tech Gruenderfonds	1
Prediction Capital	1
Nucleus Capital	1
Be8 Ventures	1
Movendo Capital	1
Siddhi Capital	1
Raiffeisen Schweiz	1
Mica Ventures	1

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Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC) connects smart money investors to Swiss seed and early-stage tech startups.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Pelt8 — Pelt8 enables climate action through the platform with scalable processes and controls to collect sustainability-related data in an easy and traceable way.
Creaitor — Creaitor is the ultimate solution for content producers, offering a comprehensive suite of AI tools and integrated SEO features. Streamline your content creation process and optimize your online presence with our powerful platform.
Insurteam — Insurteam provides the benefits of its technology to all insurance companies that service the travel and leisure sector.

Alpana Ventures is a Swiss VC focusing on digital transformation.Since 2016 we backed 45 founder teams with 3 Funds, supporting them in their journey towards a positive impact.Committed to value creation, we discover deep tech solutions in Switzerland, Europe and the US.We invest to embed them into innovative business models and back them tobecome global market leaders.Applying ESG criteria, our portfolio companies help create a more sustainable future.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Switzerland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Sinay — Use the full potential of your data with intelligent solutions. Become more efficient on a daily basis and reduce your environmental impact.
Nezasa — Discover how to grow your business with Nezasa TripBuilder, the world's leading travel commerce solution for travel businesses.
Tinamu — Tinamu Labs has developed a technology that converts commercially available drones into camera equipment reaching professional standards.

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

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Switzerland, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

yamo — Frische Bio-Kindernahrung von yamo, so lecker wie selbstgemacht und kostenlos direkt zu dir nach Hause geliefert. Jetzt probieren und profitieren.
Relai — Relai - Buy Bitcoin Instantly
Earny — Payroll management built for Startups & SMEs. Swiss payroll service with no hidden fees & no hassle

Ralph Gygax is a Chief Administrative Officer at SWISS Gate AG. He attended KV, SVIT from 1999 to 2007.

Investment focus

Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

SWISS Gate AG — SWISS Gate AG is a family-run Swiss company founded in November 2019 by brothers Dominic, Marco & Michael Hoffmann with the support of their father Werner Hoffmann and uncle Ralph Gygax.SWISS Gate AG focuses with its positioning on the areas of Lifestyle & Wellbeing. The offered product assortment ranges from CBD Anti-Aging and Day Creamsto Skin Creams as well as Shampoo, Shower Gel or Conditioner to Hemp Foods like Hemp Tea or Hemp Seed Oils to CBD Hemp Flowers to CBD Hemp Oil for humans and animals.SWISS Gate AG exclusively distributes its products of the company-owned brands Herbalea and Old Donald's through selected resellers as well as through the company-owned e-commerce channel cbuy.ch - Alles Gute aus Cannabis.SWISS Gate AG manufactures all products together with exclusive partners from the cosmetics, food & consumer goods industry and has the exclusive production & distribution rights over the products.SWISS Gate AG has launched its Series A financing round in mid-September 2021 with the goal to raise CHF 5'000'000. Currently, CHF 200,000 of this amount has been raised. The financing round is currently open - interested parties can contact CEO Marco Hoffmann directly via the contact details.

Blue Horizon is accelerating the transition to a sustainable food system that delivers outstanding returns for the planet and people.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

WOW EARN — WOW EARN connects users to the blockchain, enabling them to mine, earn, and trade via decentralised mining, earning, and trading systems.
EV Biotech — We design and optimise your precision fermentation strains and processes, tailored to your success.
foodforecast — AI supported solution to reduce food waste.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
Switzerland, France

Portfolio highlights

Aspivix — ASPIVIX is developing a new generation of medical devices that make gynecological procedures gentler and safer for women and gynecologists. The first device, CAREVIX, is designed to prevent cervix bleeding using a suction technology to replace traumatic tenaculum (forceps).
Xemperia — Xemperia provides diagnostic solutions that helps to detect breast cancer and early diagnosis of relapses.
Ex Nunc Intelligence — Ex Nunc Intelligence provides professionals with thorough summaries of legal information, credible responses to legal issues, and automated legal document preparation features.

Zürcher Kantonalbank - as an independent, incorporated public-law institution - is wholly owned by the canton of Zurich.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Switzerland, Japan, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Somagenetix — Somagenetix is a new firm that wants to be a leader in gene therapy by developing first-in-class treatments for phagocyte-related illnesses. Somagenetix's mission is to use genetically modified phagocytes to treat patients suffering from immunodeficiency, neurodegeneration, and cancer with brain metastases.
Retinai — RetinAI optimises and simplifies clinics, research and pharmaceutical workflows to improve healthcare. To achieve this goal, the company builds tools to collect, analyze and organize health data, empowering healthcare professionals and patients with automatic image and data analysis supported by advanced machine learning. RetinAI has proprietarytechnology that provides unforeseen image quality enhancement, as well as automatic analysis of medical data for hospitals, private practitioners, pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers at similar level of performance as a human would produce.
Lymphatica Medtech — Lymphatica Medtech is a medical device development company developing a minimally invasive solution for chronic lymphedema.Lymphedema is the chronic swelling that generally occurs in the arms or the legs.Lymphedema is most commonly caused by the removal of or the damage to the lymph nodes as a part of cancer treatment. It results from ablockage in the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system. The blockage prevents the lymphatic system from draining excess fluids, and the fluid buildup leads to swelling, infections, and pain.Unfortunately, there is no cure for lymphedema. It can be managed with early diagnosis and diligent care of the affected limb, through daily compression, bandages, and manual drainage sessions. From the moment of the diagnosis, the life of lymphedema patients changes forever.Cancer and cancer-related interventions (i.e. surgery, radiotherapy) are frequent causes of lymphedema occurring both in the upper and lower limbs. Breast cancer survivors are at high risk for developing lymphedema, as well as patients treated for melanoma, pelvic and head and neck cancer or other cancer treatments that require lymph node dissection. Physical trauma can also result in lymphedema, a major cause of lymphatic disease among wounded veterans.Lymphedema is associated with significantly impaired quality of life, skin changes, increased risk of infection and in rare cases lymphedema itself may undergo malignant transformation.Lymphatica offers a permanent solution that will allow patients to regain their normal lifestyle.

Piton Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Piton focuses exclusively on network effects businesses (marketplaces, exchanges and platforms) as this provide one of the few moats or forms of defensibility to achieve dominance. There are several forms of great network effects businesses thataren’t marketplaces that include data network effects (including machine learning and AI), businesses that rely on user generated content, as well as SaaS businesses with the potential to layer network effects around it. The firm is a stage and style-agnostic and seeks to invest from seed to late stage (€200k to €15m).

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Internet
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Ovoko — Ovoko functions as an internet marketplace, uniting sellers of car parts, auto dismantlers, and recyclers with car dealers, mechanics, and avid enthusiasts.
Patient 21 — Patient21 believes that the doctor-patient connection is the cornerstone to good healthcare and that it is their responsibility to remove any impediments to it. They think that the greatest healthcare necessitates cross-specialty collaboration and universal data access. Always with one purpose in mind: to help patients and physicians make betterdecisions.In comparison to today's linked world, healthcare appears to be trapped in the past. It continues to use the same analogue and isolated processes. Patient21 is on a quest to usher healthcare into the twenty-first century. They use data to help doctors give the most personalized treatments possible. And, with the help of their professional network, they are attempting to give a comprehensive perspective of their client's health.
Gringo — Gringo is a car app that helps in monitoring vehicle and driver's licenses, licensing vehicles and dividing fines into installments.

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

nexos.ai — Introducing nexos.ai — a powerful model gateway that delivers game-changing AI solutions. With advanced automation and intelligent decision making, nexos.ai helps simplify operations, boost productivity, and accelerate business growth.
Baton Market — Small business owners & buyers, you're 10X more likely to close the deal with Baton Market than the competition. Get the modern, dedicated business brokerage experience you deserve.
Berry Street — Nutrition therapy by registered dietitians covered by insurance.

Professional experience: Expert for Risk Management and Public Relations Strategic & operational responsibility Compliance & Safety Management Decades of leadership experience as colonel & professional military pilot in the Swiss Air Force

Investment focus

Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics
Seed, Series A
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

SWISS Gate AG — SWISS Gate AG is a family-run Swiss company founded in November 2019 by brothers Dominic, Marco & Michael Hoffmann with the support of their father Werner Hoffmann and uncle Ralph Gygax.SWISS Gate AG focuses with its positioning on the areas of Lifestyle & Wellbeing. The offered product assortment ranges from CBD Anti-Aging and Day Creamsto Skin Creams as well as Shampoo, Shower Gel or Conditioner to Hemp Foods like Hemp Tea or Hemp Seed Oils to CBD Hemp Flowers to CBD Hemp Oil for humans and animals.SWISS Gate AG exclusively distributes its products of the company-owned brands Herbalea and Old Donald's through selected resellers as well as through the company-owned e-commerce channel cbuy.ch - Alles Gute aus Cannabis.SWISS Gate AG manufactures all products together with exclusive partners from the cosmetics, food & consumer goods industry and has the exclusive production & distribution rights over the products.SWISS Gate AG has launched its Series A financing round in mid-September 2021 with the goal to raise CHF 5'000'000. Currently, CHF 200,000 of this amount has been raised. The financing round is currently open - interested parties can contact CEO Marco Hoffmann directly via the contact details.

Samaipata is a specialized and pan-European venture capital fund investing in digital platforms with network effects at the early stage across Europe. With over $160M of assets under management, we start with investments of $750k to $2.5m and reserve up to $10m for future rounds, from pre-seed to Se

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
Spain, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Dcycle — Dcycle develops environmental intelligence tool.
synthavo — synthavo: Identifizieren Sie jedes Ersatzteil mit nur einem Smartphone-Foto in unter 2 Sekunden.
Genesy AI — Instantly aggregate real-time B2B data from 30+ sources and enrichment tools, and scale personalised outreach using our AI sales agent.

Good Seed Ventures is a Venture Capital firm that exclusively invests in sustainable food tech.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.
Libre Foods — MEAT, BUT MAKE IT MUSHROOMS. GET READY TO TASTE THE POWER OF FUNGI
Nosh Biofoods — We create nutritional and highly functional proteins from non-GMO fungi. Our proprietary ferementation process is minimal, scalable, and sustainable.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

9fin — 9fin is a leading provider of debt market intelligence and offers everything you need to analyse a credit, or win a mandate in one AI-powered platform
Apaleo — Transform your hospitality business with an open platform. Easily connect 3rd party applications to build a best-in-class tech stack for your hotel
OrthoPulse — OrthoPulse is a medical device manufacturer that produces dental care equipment, treatment control apps, and photo biomodulation solutions.

Adrian Bührer

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Subscription Service, Food and Beverage
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Switzerland, Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

yamo — Frische Bio-Kindernahrung von yamo, so lecker wie selbstgemacht und kostenlos direkt zu dir nach Hause geliefert. Jetzt probieren und profitieren.
UNOWN — Unown is a service and SaaS provider for the fashion industry. Our goal is to revolutionize the way we buy & sell clothing and thereby save 100,000 tons of CO2e every year. We believe that through our leasing, subscription and pre-loved services, we can use resources smarter and create higher value per asset.We enable brands to secure theirshare in the growing secondary markets. They lease out their assets through our revenue share model and get access to deep usage data. We enable customers to experience fashion with a completely new mindset. Our service allows them to rotate their wardrobe while maintaining an efficient and conscious lifestyle.
Farmy.ch — Farmy.ch is an online marketplace for local and organic food, directly from farmers and food makers. It places a lot of importance on the selection of producers and its uncompromising focus on quality and transparency. The company smart logistics and own fleet and e-mobiles deliver these goods incomparably fresh, emission-reduced, and time-savingdirectly to users’ front doors with its own fleet of e-mobiles.Farmy.ch provides online retailing of fresh and local food products with more than 10'000 hand-picked products from more than 1'000 authentic producers. It also offers products include fruits and vegetables, cheeses from Swiss dairies, meat, delicacies, and sweet temptations from real bakers and confectioners, as well as pantry and drugstore items. Farmy.ch was founded in June 2014 by Roman Hartmann and Tobias Schubert and is based in

EIT Food is a European Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), which was set up to transform our food ecosystem. By connecting consumers with businesses, start-ups, researchers and students from around Europe, EIT Food supports innovative and economically sustainable initiatives which improve our health, our access to quality food, and our environment

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
Grant, Funding Round, Seed
United Kingdom, Israel, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Gavan — Transforming the way proteins are delivered. Our technology extracts high purity proteins from source while maintaining their physical structure unharmed and preserving their high functionality.
Orbisk — One-third of all food produced (worldwide) is wasted. Orbisk helps professional kitchens to get a grip on their food waste.
New Wave Biotech — New Wave Biotech's AI Downstream Process Optimization Software empowering SynBio innovators to get to market quicker, better and at lower cost. By simulating bioprocesses, techno economic analysis and auto optimisation, we help precision fermented alternative protein and other industrial biotechnology products improve yield and scale production.

Serena is one of Europe's leading venture capital funds, with $750m under management. Founded in 2008, Serena invests at early stages, from seed to series B, and supports the success of innovative and ambitious entrepreneurs to service a better world. Born of the profound conviction that a venture capital fund should be at the service of itsportfolio companies, Serena has set up the largest operational support team in Europe and the most active startup community, the Serena Squad, with more than 550 active C-levels. Serena has a strong focus on AI, SaaS, Climate Tech, Digital Transformation, and Impact. Serena has invested in more than 100 startups with several international success stories such as Dataiku, Malt, The Fork, Electra, Descartes Underwriting, Accenta, Lifen, and AramisAuto. Combating climate change, protecting biodiversity, promoting sustainability, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of Serena's DNA.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
France, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Wecasa — Wecasa is a data-driven marketplace that revolutionizes care services by focusing on user experience for customers and professionalsWecasa's mission is to make care services simple and accessible for a better quality of life. Through its app, users can book in seconds a reliable Professional for care services at home: wellness (haircut,beauty, massage), cleaning, and childcare. Available in Paris, top cities in France, London, and more European cities to come. Wecasa is proud to help 100.000+ customers and increase the business of 3000 independent professionals.
Bitstack — Bitstack is a simple and automated bitcoin savings solution. Round up your purchases and save the spare change in bitcoin or schedule recurring purchases to save regularly.
Edgee — Edgee is a full-stack edge platform that aims to alter how workloads and data are processed on the internet. A variety of services are offered by the Edgee platform for edge-based applications.

Private Investment Company

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Apps
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Switzerland, Spain, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

CompPair — CompPair develops sustainable composites with an ultra-fast repair technology to extend their lifetime and reduce waste.
Pipra — PIPRA AG (Pre-Interventional Preventive Risk assessment) is developing a cutting-edge AI-based pre-operative test to assess a patient's risk of suffering from cognitive disorders after surgery.
Fidentity — Certified identification and signing solutions from fidentity. For better conversion rates. Maximum reliability and quick time-to-market.

CapHorn Invest is an independent Venture Capital Firm launched in 2010. The company invests in B2B digital companies. CapHorn Invest currently manages 180 million euros across two funds and has a portfolio of more than 20 companies. They invest in B2B startups that drive digital transformation. They mainly focus on Series A & B in roundsranging from 2 to 20M€.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
France, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Naboo — Give your teams the freedom to meet where they want, when they need
Faircraft — A sustainable, lab-grown alternative to animal leather.
Kranus Health — Kranus Health is a global provider for Men‘s Health Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs). Our therapies make millions of men live a better and longer life and enable doctors to treat their patients more efficiently.

VisVires New Protein is a pioneering investor focused on solving the persistent challenges of our food and feed system.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Health Care
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
France, Israel, Germany

Portfolio highlights

MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
Infinite Roots — Mushlabs is a biotech company using fermentation to create the next generation of sustainable foods from the roots of mushrooms.
Abolis Biotechnologies — Abolis is a biotech innovator providing sustainable, tailor-made solutions for food, health, cosmetics, and chemicals industries. Embrace biotechnology for a better future.

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.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Series C
Switzerland, United States, Denmark

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.

Lukas Boni is the Co-Founder at Planted.

Investment focus

Food Processing
Seed, Pre-Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Cultivated Biosciences — Cultivated - Creamy, dairy-free indulgence

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nelly — Nelly provides tool for medical practices that simplifies patient onboarding and payments.
1Komma5° — KOMMA5 ° offers all owners of electric vehicles free electricity, which we refinance through trading with so-called GHG quotas. 1KOMMA5 ° encourages to lead a self-determined and CO2-neutral life.
assemblean — assemblean goal is to construct the digital manufacturing infrastructure of the future. We want to make it possible for everyone to build physical items as readily as software.

3wVentures provides seed money and venture capital to international internet startups. As they focus on early stage projects and prototypes, our investments and co-investments target a volume of up to USD 250,000.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Series A
Switzerland, Spain, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Abionic — Abionic SA is ideally positioned at the boundaries of medical technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. As a spin-off from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland), Abionic uses these highly advanced technologies to provide the medical profession with a novel diagnostic tool designed to give patients personal allergyprofiles. Abionic aims to become an important international player in the field of personalized medicine, in particular in allergy detection.Abionic SA is a certified ISO 9001/13485 company, including research, development and commercialization of in vitro diagnostic devices for allergies detection. The standard ISO 13485 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization has to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements.Abionic SA is a privately owned high-tech company and is strongly supported by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), The Canton of Vaud and Venturelab.Abionic was founded by former scientists from the biomedical optics laboratory (LOB) at EPFL. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.Abionic appreciates the support it has received from:
GUURU — GUURU's Community Solution enables trustworthy and authentic live conversations between shoppers and your customer community.
Pregnolia — Pregnolia ensures that every woman can have a happy, healthy and informed pregnancy until term. Their team knows that the existing research about preterm birth assessment is very promising, but this alone does not guarantee success. Sabrina, Francisco and Annette are highly committed to develop the commercial version of the device, complete theclinical trial, follow the regulatory roadmap and execute on their business vision to successfully support gynaecologists in improving the preterm birth risk assessment and birth management.

Join FoodTech focused investors looking to back impact-driven founders shaping our food system

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

twig bio — twig bio operates as a bioengineering startup. twig bio using AI and robotics to find sustainable replacements for harmful ingredients.
RAAAM Memory Technologies Ltd. — RAAAM provides a unique on-chip memory technology that offers the highest-density embedded memory solution in any standard CMOS process.RAAAM develops a high-density memory technology that allows for up to 50% higher on-chip memory density with no cost, complexity, or performance-penalty.
Cultivated Biosciences — Cultivated - Creamy, dairy-free indulgence

Backing early-stage startups that drive positive impact for people and planet

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Descycle — Descycle e-waste recycling clean technology
CoCoach — CoCoach concentrated on developing a feature-rich web platform specifically for health coaches.
Spot My Energy — The uptake of PV, EVs, home storage, and heat pumps leads to a gigantic need for digital and intelligent metering and for the integration of millions of...

BackBone Ventures' focus are early-stage investments, primarly in the area of innovative ICT, FoodTech and disruptive technologies in DACH & Israel. Committed to achieve a positive impact for the next generation by empowering access to proficient ventures investments.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Switzerland, Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Cloudsquid — is an an artificial intelligence based revenue orchestration company intended for companies with usage-based pricing models.
CROWN — CROWN is modernizing procurement negotiations through ethical eAuctions.
Exakt Health — Exakt Health is the physio app for sports injuries. The Exakt Health app guides users through self-diagnosis for frequent sports injuries and then creates an individualized rehabilitation plan.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Switzerland, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

tozero — Truly bringing lithium-ion battery waste tozero by recovering all critical matierlas, like lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite.
Metafuels — Our breakthrough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology, aerobrew™, will make affordable net-zero aviation a reality. The technology is innovative, highly scaleable and able to tap into future global renewable energy systems efficiently. Starting from renewable feedstocks including green hydrogen, driven by renewable electricity, andsustainably sourced CO2, for example from direct air capture, aerobrew™ provides an efficient route to large-scale production of e-kerosene, overcoming the scale up challenges and high costs of alternative e-fuels technologies. aerobrew™ is also compatible with the biogenic route whereby the carbon required for the process is derived from renewable and sustainable cellulosic biomass which, does not compete with the food chain (wood, miscanthus, etc.). With a high carbon conversion, high selectivity and a high overall SAF yield, aerobrew™ leads to attractive production economics and cost leadership. With a rapidly growing demand for SAF, aerobrew™ stands to contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of global aviation and to support the achievement of net zero 2050 targets.
Orakl Oncology — Cultivated with love by the Orakl team.

Joyance Partners invests in companies that, through science and tech, cultivate joy to improve how we live, focusing on the health and consumer sectors from Pre-Seed to Series A.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Wellness
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

JOYA — JOYA is the first employee skincare and wellness benefit platform. The company's goal is to provide tailored access to services such as skin cancer screenings, skin condition treatment, anti-aging, acne, and hair loss care from reputable physicians at an accessible cost.
Kyan Health — Prioritise your employees' mental health and well-being with Kyan Health. Our evidence-based solutions address employees' mental well-being, stress at work & boost your workforce productivity.
World Class Health — Access top 1% global healthcare with World Class Health. Superior patient experience & reduced employer spend. Explore our Global Benefits today.

Gullspång Re:food makes enduring investments in entrepreneurs solving the food system’s structural problems for generations to come.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United States, Sweden, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

NewLeaf Symbiotics — NewLeaf Symbiotics is a bioagriculture company dedicated to sustainable agriculture, innovative research and product development.
Pow.bio — Pow.bio provides fermentation services for synthetic biology.
The Mediterranean Food Lab — The Mediterranean Food Lab merge traditional fermentation and cutting-edge science, to produce natural plant-based flavor-bases for a wide range of meat replacement needs.

ACE & Company (“ACE”), founded in 2005, is a global investment group specialized in private investments with total assets of over $1.6 bn across three investment strategies and investment solutions. With headquarters in Geneva and offices in London, New York, and Cairo, ACE’s global presence brings the company in direct contact with sourcingpartners, investment firms, as well as entrepreneurs and provides investors unparalleled access to a network of opportunities. ACE’s passion is for finding investment opportunities where we have an advantage through many years of relationship building, a carefully developed position of knowledge in the sectors which we are active, and a culture of efficiency to gain first mover’s advantage. ACE’s purpose is to offer investors a long-term and collaborative investment approach that values honesty, transparency and rigorous execution, so that our strategies not only provide unique access to value accretive, risk-managed deals, but fosters what we consider our bedrock—trust.ACE’s progress has been marked by a globally respected track record since the Company was founded in 2005. In the last four years we have increased our total assets by fivefold and in 2017 received the Swiss Financial Supervisory Authority (FINMA) authorization.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Roofr — The complete sales toolbox for roofers. From roof measurement reports to project-winning proposals.
DePoly — DePoly is a spin off out of the LSMO lab at EPFL- Valais that has developed a novel technology allowing for the chemical recycling of PET plastic back to its main two components ethylene glycol (EG) and terephthalic acid (TPA). Our approach turns low valued materials (PET waste) into high-valued chemicals like TPA creating a circular economy. Weexpect this process to generate revenue from chemically recycling PET to TPA/EG, which can be sold back to industry to make new virgin PET plastic and allowing for a sustainable source of TPA and EG on the market.
PatientPoint — PatientPoint is a leading digital health company that connects patients, healthcare providers and life sciences with health information at key moments of care.

Climate protection through innovative technologies. The Technology Fund offers loan guarantees to Swiss companies whose novel products contribute to a sustainable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Energy
Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
Switzerland, Italy, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Calopad — Calopad, awarded by the Swiss Confederation, offers a unique and the most holistic solution in pain therapy and muscle regeneration. The therapeutic deep heat of 42 degrees solves any muscle pain, muscle tension, or muscle spasms of chronic patients in the long term and in a highly efficient way through new forms of therapy. With the associatedapp, Calopad brings the physiotherapist digitally into any user's home and enables personalized all-around care in real time - utterly independent of time and place. In the future, the modular design will make it possible to combine different therapies such as heat, cold, or light with just one device, opening up the possibility of new therapeutic successes.
LEDCity — Mit dem intelligenten Beleuchtungssystem von LEDCity reduzieren Sie durchschnittlich 90% ihrer Energiekosten und CO2-Emissionen.
Selfrag — SELFRAG AG is specialized in the development of high voltage pulse power products, plants and systems for selective fragmentation of solid materials.

PINC invests in attractive start-ups leveraging four major consumer trends: Conscious Consumption, Holistic Health, Personalized Convenience, and Authentic Experiences.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Cooking, Children
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Sweden, France, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Amatera — Amatera is a biotechnology research company that leverages the latest techniques in biotechnology, to create coffee varieties. Amatera urges to make coffee varieties more sustainable and climate resistant to fill that massive demand. Founded by Omar Dekkiche and Lucie Kriegshauser in 2022 and is located in Paris, France.
EvodiaBio — Mirroring nature with pioneering bioscience for natural flavors
Kaffe Bueno — Kaffe Bueno upcycles coffee waste into active and functional ingredients for cosmetics, nutraceuticals and functional foods.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Oxyle — Destroy PFAS to below detection limits - permanently, sustainably and at scale. Book a pilot and lead the way to clean, safe waters.
Sallea — Sallea is dedicated to pioneering a sustainable future in meat and fish consumption by developing innovative structures for cellular agriculture. This approach allows cells to grow into textured and flavorful whole cuts, ensuring that the products are not only cruelty-free but also safe for consumers. By focusing on these unique methods, Salleaaims to transform the way we think about protein sources, making them more environmentally friendly and ethically produced.
Kyan Health — Prioritise your employees' mental health and well-being with Kyan Health. Our evidence-based solutions address employees' mental well-being, stress at work & boost your workforce productivity.

Swiss Ventures Group Website

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Seed
Switzerland, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lyfa — Lyfa offers home delivery of about 250 different products all completely waste-free in reusable packaging and collects empty packaging from customers during a subsequent delivery.
Pabio — Infinitely scalable B2B sales with AI: Grow your business exponentially with predictable, fully-automated sales using cutting-edge AI, backed by Y Combinator.
Supersapiens — Master your metabolism. A real-time glucose monitor optimising performance, recovery, and nutrition through glucose stability.

Lisa Schmidheiny is an angel investor.

Investment focus

Organic Food, Food and Beverage
Series A
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Luya Foods — Sustainable food, Plant-based, Circular food, Meat alternative, Alternative to meat, Okara, Food waste, and Fermentation

Nikolaus Wein

Investment focus

Software, Restaurants, Food and Beverage
Funding Round
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Lunchgate — Lunchgate is a restaurant rediscovery website where customers can look at menus, reserve tables, and check 360-degree views of restaurant interiors. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Eugenio Cassiano

Investment focus

SaaS, Mobile, Software
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

PowerAPI — Foodetective enables F&B businesses to integrate & manage their entire tech stack from a single OS & platform. Increasing online revenues and visibility as well as removing all operational & administrative tasks. Our vision is to become the intelligent OS & interface of the F&B industry.

Joyful Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in alternative protein sources.

Investment focus

Food Processing
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Cultivated Biosciences — Cultivated - Creamy, dairy-free indulgence

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.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Funding Round, Series B, Series A
Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

xFarm Technologies — The agricultural business is becoming more and more complex due to legal requirements and product certification. On the other hand, technologies evolve and create opportunity. xFarm is a startup that aims at the digitization of agriculture, providing innovative tools that can support farmers and food supply chain's stakeholders in themanagement of their companies. Created by farmers and tailored to the agricultural sector, its main focus is on ease of use, intuitiveness and complete adaptability to agricultural realities. The digital ecosystem includes a free agricultural application, available on both mobile and desktop and integrated with advanced premium modules, a dashboard Analytics dedicated to professionals and a line of IoT sensors selected, optimized and connected by xFarm.
ANYbotics — ANYbotics provides autonomous legged robots for industrial applications to provide high availability and reliability in automated routine inspections.
Kyan Health — Prioritise your employees' mental health and well-being with Kyan Health. Our evidence-based solutions address employees' mental well-being, stress at work & boost your workforce productivity.

IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative is a social enterprise that works with businesses, financiers, governments and civil society to realize sustainable trade in global value chains.

Investment focus

Water, AgTech, Farming
Seed, Funding Round, Debt Financing
Mozambique, Switzerland, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

LendXS — LendXS is a digital credit services platform which provides loan performance management tools for rural financial institutions
Koa Switzerland — Exploring the cocoa fruit's full potential with Koa. Craft delicious creations, packed with flavour and positive impact. Learn more about the 100% natural cocoa fruit products.
Chicoa Fish Farm — Rethinking the Potential of African Aquaculture

Navus Ventures B.V. (“Navus”) is a venture capital firm aimed at high-tech and sustainable start-ups and scale-ups, part of a family office and linked to Lely (farming innovators).Founded in 2013, Navus has invested across a range of sectors and is now primarily focused on the ongoing transitions in food and energy.As a family funded VC, Navusis not subject to entry or exit pressure, invests both in typical VC setup as well as for longer holding periods and has simple governance allowing for quick decisions.Navus draws from the knowledge and network of the Lely family business, with a longstanding history in high-tech product development and successful market entry of innovations (but is not linked to the Lely business strategy).Our approach is hands-on and pragmatic, as an independent fund we can respond well to changing situations and act quickly and we support our portfolio as active shareholders with short communication lines to support management on strategic and operational matters.We value transparency and honesty in our relationship with start-ups and fellow investors.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
The Netherlands, India, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Lgem — Lgem delivers reliable algae solutions at any scale, anywhere. Tap into our knowledge and experience today. Find out how easy algae cultivation can be.
Blue Radix — Blue Radix is a specialist in autonomous growing and creates automated intelligence for daily decisions and actions in greenhouses.
Cultivated Biosciences — Cultivated - Creamy, dairy-free indulgence

Nico Hribernik is the Founder at Wellster Healthtech Group.

Investment focus

Grocery, Organic, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Ólixir — Ólixir is an organic extra-virgin olive oil with a superior level of freshness, heart-protective polyphenols, fruitiness, and taste.

The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Pagent — Pagent develops AI systems.
AUDAVIS — AUDAVIS is developing the most innovative approach that will revolutionize auditing. With data-driven full automation by AUDAVIS and a new AI-based approach, every financial statement becomes a breeze with unprecedented efficiency.
Lindis Blood Care — Lindis Blood Care´s mission is to optimise the outcome of cancer surgeries by developing a Medical Device to remove cancer cells from blood during cancer surgeries to enable Autologous Blood Transfusion.

Prediction Capital is an early-stage ConsumerTech and FinTech investment firm. We are a young and dynamic team, acting eye-to-eye with our founders.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, EdTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

PowerAPI — Foodetective enables F&B businesses to integrate & manage their entire tech stack from a single OS & platform. Increasing online revenues and visibility as well as removing all operational & administrative tasks. Our vision is to become the intelligent OS & interface of the F&B industry.
Bling.de — The pocket money card and app that empowers children & teens to be money-smart. Safe, simple and educational.
House Of Change — House of Change is building the Sustainability Copilot to democratise sustainability expertise. Get on the waitlist for the best AI in sustainability.

Supporting purpose-driven founders solving systemic challenges to planetary health.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Information Technology, Food and Beverage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
Trilobio — Fully automated biology for everyone
Izote Biosciences — Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Solution

Be8 is a growth stage venture capital fund focusing on food & beverage chain (Innovative Food, E-Grocery, Retail & Gastro Tech, Packaging).

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
Seed, Series A, Series B
Sweden, Germany, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

Michroma — Michroma is a biotech platform producing natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way. We are using synthetic biology to unleash the potential of filamentous fungi and develop proprietary strains capable of producing high-performance ingredients in bioreactors.
Melt&Marble — Melt&Marble, formerly known as Biopetrolia, was founded patent holding firm for co-founder Professor Jens Nielsen’s research group.
Planted Foods — Planted is an ETH Spinoff that uses cutting-edge technology to turn four natural ingredients into plant-based meat that mimics the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional animal meat. It takes only the best raw materials from plants and creates that tasty, nutritious, high-protein, and juicy planted that the customers love.It was founded in2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

Movendo Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies. The firm seeks opportunities to support innovative businesses across various sectors.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Retail, Pet
Series A, Series B, Seed
Germany, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Foodji — Foodji is a company that makes vending machines that sell fresh food. For businesses, government agencies, and other institutions, the company offers a food vending machine and a smartphone application to purchase food, giving staff members, students, clients, and other visitors access to excellent, fresh food whenever they want it.
Petfolk — Petfolk's world-class animal hospitals & pet care centers offer virtual, in-person & urgent veterinary care with a pet-parent-focused approach. Learn more!
Soli Organic — Organic Living Herbs, Organic Lettuce, Fresh Organic Herbs

Siddhi Capital is the growth equity partner for convention-crushing food and beverage companies.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Liberation Labs — Liberation Labs believe that by innovating technology, It can free the world from the costs of industrialized agriculture and unlock a new era of accessible, healthy foods. The mission is to make precision fermentation by commercializing purpose-built manufacturing facilities for industrial biotech.
Mush Foods — Mush Foods is an Israeli-based food tech company, growing edible mushroom mycelium to create innovative and sustainable animal-free protein as an ingredient for the food and beverage industry. We harness the fantastic power and innate intelligence of mushrooms to face future global challenges and provide sustainable groundbreaking food solutions tothe food of the future.
Momofuku Goods — Established by Chef & Founder David Chang, Momofuku includes restaurants, home cooking products, and foods for nationwide shipping.

Raiffeisen Switzerland has a cooperatively structured group is one of Switzerland's leading retail banks.

Investment focus

Cannabis, Wellness, Cosmetics
Debt Financing
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

SWISS Gate AG — SWISS Gate AG is a family-run Swiss company founded in November 2019 by brothers Dominic, Marco & Michael Hoffmann with the support of their father Werner Hoffmann and uncle Ralph Gygax.SWISS Gate AG focuses with its positioning on the areas of Lifestyle & Wellbeing. The offered product assortment ranges from CBD Anti-Aging and Day Creamsto Skin Creams as well as Shampoo, Shower Gel or Conditioner to Hemp Foods like Hemp Tea or Hemp Seed Oils to CBD Hemp Flowers to CBD Hemp Oil for humans and animals.SWISS Gate AG exclusively distributes its products of the company-owned brands Herbalea and Old Donald's through selected resellers as well as through the company-owned e-commerce channel cbuy.ch - Alles Gute aus Cannabis.SWISS Gate AG manufactures all products together with exclusive partners from the cosmetics, food & consumer goods industry and has the exclusive production & distribution rights over the products.SWISS Gate AG has launched its Series A financing round in mid-September 2021 with the goal to raise CHF 5'000'000. Currently, CHF 200,000 of this amount has been raised. The financing round is currently open - interested parties can contact CEO Marco Hoffmann directly via the contact details.

Mica Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Sports, FinTech, Payments
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ecoo — Ecoo is a digital revolution. It is a conditional payment system that can be tailored for specific needs.
Supersapiens — Master your metabolism. A real-time glucose monitor optimising performance, recovery, and nutrition through glucose stability.
Planted Foods — Planted is an ETH Spinoff that uses cutting-edge technology to turn four natural ingredients into plant-based meat that mimics the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional animal meat. It takes only the best raw materials from plants and creates that tasty, nutritious, high-protein, and juicy planted that the customers love.It was founded in2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

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