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Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Switzerland

Last updated: Sep 2024 A list of 50 angel investors and VC 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

Investor	Food and Beverage Switzerland investments
SICTIC	8
Alpana Ventures	8
Polytech Ventures	7
Ralph Gygax	5
Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT)	5
Blue Horizon Corporation	5
Good Seed Ventures	4
Piton Capital	4
Werner Hoffmann	4
Samaipata	4
Zürcher Kantonal Bank	4
FJ Labs	4
Founderful	2
BackBone Ventures	2
PINC	2
Verve Ventures	2
Clay Capital	2
Aravis Ventures	2
TR Invest	2
b2venture	2
Swiss Startup Group	2
Joyance Partners	2
3wVentures	2
HackCapital	2
Vorwerk Ventures	2
ACE & Company	2
Adrian Bührer	2
Lukas Böni	2
CapHorn Invest	2
Serena	2
Luigi Matrone	1
Filippo Catalano	1
Eugenio Cassiano	1
Swisscom Ventures	1
Raiffeisen Schweiz	1
Nico Hribernik	1
Nucleus Capital	1
Jaime Martin Chocano	1
Landscape Resilience Fund	1
Fredrik Jung Abbou	1
Haltra Group	1
Gekko Group	1
Dario Fazlic	1
Square One Foods	1
High-Tech Grunderfonds	1
XAnge	1
Serge Schoen	1
Astanor Ventures	1
IDH	1
Maximon	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

Billte — Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Billte is a FinTech startup that specializes in digitizing the invoicing for both, businesses and consumers. For businesses Billte reduces the time and cost spent on billing. Billte makes paying invoices fast and convenient providing the user with different payment methods; bank transfer, credit card, andinstallments. Billte is an online end-to-end invoicing software that does not need installation or maintenance.
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.
Health Yourself — Health Yourself is making routine healthcare services available digitally and from home. So far, we are offering lab tests from home, medication subscriptions and personalised supplements for health concerns ranging from sexual health to prevention.

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 is the easiest way to invest in Bitcoin for the long-term investor. A simple and intuitive app that allows users to buy and sell Bitcoin directly from their bank account within 1 minute, without registration, KYC verification or deposits. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
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.

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.

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, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

WOW EARN — WOW EARN is a decentralized DeFi platform offering Web3 applications including staking, mining, NFT minting, DEX, GameFi, DAO governance, and multi-chain support. Join the future of decentralized finance.
New School Foods — Whole-muscle, plant-based seafood
Basecamp Research — Novel proteins from nature. We sample the most extreme and exciting places on the planet to build the world's largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity.

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.

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.

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Nory AI — Revolutionise your restaurant with Nory's restaurant management software. Streamline operations, boost profits, and enhance decision-making in one platform.
Veremark — A leading online background checking platform that is scalable, secure and fast. Featured Checks - Criminal Record Check, Reference Check, Employment Check.
Imperia — We provide to our clients tools for managing and optimizing their processes in the area of operations through an innovative, advanced and user-friendly software solution. Analytics Demand Planning (ADP) is a complete solution to support the demand forecasting process, based on two key pillars: 1. Easy-to-use: the solution is fully integrated inExcel, providing great ease of use and minimum implementation times. “If you know how to use Excel, you know how to use ADP”. 2. Collaborative planning: the tool is developed under a collaborative environment in which all members of the organization can be involved in the process, improving the decision-making process.Furthermore, it has great computing power based on statistical models and a wide range of advanced functionalities that add extra value to the product. Such as reference segmentation, intelligent cleaning of historical data series and integrated dashboards for sales and forecast analytics.

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

DataHow — DataHow is specialized in data analytics and bioprocess modeling
Drone Harmony AG — Drone Harmony was founded in 2016 by a team of problem solvers with a passion for drones, software and automation. From their very early days, they have set out to tackle the mathematical and engineering challenges of enabling cost-effective deployment of drone technology in industries, where existing technologies were unable to deliver.DroneHarmony reinvents the way people fly drones commercially. Its 3D flight planning software turns anyone with a drone into an inspection professional. Sophisticated algorithms reduce complex industrial inspection tasks to automated and scalable workflows.
Synthara Technologies — Synthara is a Zurich-based artificial intelligence (AI) company that provides system-level solutions for businesses to enhance their products or services with smart features. The company portable and wearable gadgets such as virtual reality headsets, small wireless monitoring cameras, sensor networks, have limited smart features because computingpowerful algorithms cannot be run on them. Synthara IPs provide server-class performance with an extremely low energy requirement for neural networks (10 TOPs/Watt).

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

Comun — The Neo Bank for Latino families
Ziina — Pay and get paid fast. Ziina is the easiest way to send and receive money in the UAE. Accept cashless payments anywhere with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.
The Rounds — Zero-waste deliveries and refills of sustainable staples. Philadelphia | DC | Miami | Atlanta

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

Apheros — Apheros is a metal foam cooling solutions company. It offers a patent-pending, easily scalable manufacturing approach for metal foams with unique cooling qualities.
EthonAI — The EthonAI Manufacturing Analytics System is a powerful software suite to achieve operational excellence at scale.
NetFabric — NetFabric is developing a next-gen network observability platform

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, Financial Services, Health Care
Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
Switzerland, Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

SQUAKE — We help your business to create sustainable products. Made for travel and logistics companies.
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.
Adon Health — Adon Health is to create a future where innovation, compassion, accessibility, and high-quality medicine revolutionize men's healthcare.

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.
Improvin' — Improvin' is a sustainability performance platform that helps agri-food companies measure, report and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in their own value chain.
EvodiaBio — EvodiaBio is a bio-industrial firm that creates natural, sustainable scents for the food and beverage industries. Founded in 2021 and is based in Copenhagen, Capital Region.

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, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

Cubbit — Cubbit is secure encrypted cloud storage with a difference. A distributed cloud that is 100% private and green. Join the Swarm.
Axelera AI — To accelerate computer vision in edge devices, we offer a powerful, energy-efficient, cost-effective, user-friendly AI hardware and software platform.
Puraffinity — Puraffinity develops targeted materials for water treatment, focused on forever chemicals called PFAS. Our strategic intent is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030

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

Cook-e — Cook-e's robotic kitchen automatically prepares warm dishes such as bowls, pastas, woks, from fresh ingredients. Recipes can be entered in the software controlling the robot. The robot can cook up to 100 dishes/hour.
Infinite Roots — Mushlabs is a biotech company using fermentation to create the next generation of sustainable foods from the roots of mushrooms.
TOOPI Organics — TOOPI Organics is specializing in using human urine for agriculture and industry

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.

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 — Fidentity wants to inject trust from the real world into online interactions.

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, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Healx — At Healx we use AI drug discovery to develop new treatments for rare diseases. We bring treatments from prediction to patient.
Orus Energy — Orus Energy leverages the power of AI to unlock potential of electrical flexibility in commercial buildings.
SamanTree Medical — SamanTree Medical has developed the Histolog Scanner, a confocal microscopy device intended for imaging the surface of excised human tissue specimens to visualize morphological microstructures. Easy-to-read images are available immediately, providing decision-making support at the point of care.

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.

Joyance Partners is the first venture fund supporting companies that deliver Delightful Moments derived from science - a new, transformative cycle of human experience that we see as one of the greatest investment opportunities in decades.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Mae Health — Mae is a maternal health platform that connects expectant mothers with critical resources to drive positive pregnancy outcomes.
Lilac — A modern, cloud native Payer Analytics Stack toDrive better business & health outcomes
Sunnyside — Cutback Coach is a developer of an alcohol tracking app to help people build healthier habits around their drinking. It offers a custom plan based on current drinking habits and goals, then set a daily reminder via text message that help users set the limit of their drinking habit.

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

Vorwerk Ventures is an independent €150m Venture Capital Fund grown out of the Vorwerk Group in late 2019 and defines itself through a strong commitment towards consumer-facing digital businesses. Our unique direct selling experience in addition to an outstanding track record in Venture Capital provides added value for forward-thinkingentrepreneurs. Headquartered in Berlin Germany, we currently have more than €250m in assets under management and are constantly on the look-out for promising opportunities starting with Seed/Series A investments of €1m to €10m and ensuring continuous support reserving up to €15m for upcoming financing rounds. An outstanding founding team, an existing market presence and a well-defined exit strategy framed by a consumer-centric business model are key requirements to us when it comes to making an investment decision.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Sunhero — Sunhero delivers custom-built solar panel solutions. Sunhero offers consumers a hassle-free method of installing customised photovoltaic solar systems on their homes, be that either purchasing outright or renting for a 20 year period.
CarbonPool — Innovative carbon credit insurance which pays claims in carbon credits, not cash. See how we can help you.
Sorella Care — Sorella is the first network of multidisciplinary health places for women. Sorella ensures that every woman, regardless of age, has access to a comprehensive care pathway offered by women's health specialists.

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.
Pledge — Pledge makes it simple for businesses of every size to measure, reduce and offset the climate impact of their products.

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

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

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

EODev — EODev develops and industrialises sustainable, reliable and accessible energy solutions using hydrogen.
Naboo — Give your teams the freedom to meet where they want, when they need
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.

Serena invests in bold ventures and provides them with an unrivaled level of expertise and operational resources. In ten years, the firm has already contributed to the emergence of many success stories (Aramisauto - Acquired by PSA, The Fork - acquired by TripAdvisor, Cheerz -acquired by Cewe), and has currently 40 handpicked startups in itsportfolio such as Dataiku, Evaneos, Malt, iBanFirst, CybelAngel, or Lifen.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
France, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Odaseva — Odaseva is the leading enterprise data platform for Salesforce. Industry leaders rely on Odaseva to keep data protected, compliant, and agile.
Metrobloks — Metrobloks is revolutionizing data infrastructure in major metro areas across North America. With a focus on providing low-latency, high-capacity data solutions for AI/ML, IoT, Gaming, Streaming and other data intensive services, Metrobloks delivers future-proof multi-tenant colocation facilities to underserved urban markets. Founded by adiverse team of industry veterans, Metrobloks is committed to shaping the future of digital connectivity.
Kelvin — Comment réussir à multiplier par 10 le nombre de rénovations énergétiques performantes des logements individuels ?Entre les aides compliquées à comprendre et la multitude des possibilités de travaux (isolation par l'intérieur, par l'extérieur, installation d'une VMC, d'une PAC, etc.), les projets sont coûteux, risqués, etparfois peu efficaces.kelvin permet aux professionnels des travaux et de l’immobilier d’accompagner efficacement les projets de rénovation énergétique des particuliers grâce à des études énergétiques fiables et pertinentes.A partir d’une adresse et des photos d’un logement, kelvin estime à distance la performance énergétique d’un logement et génère des recommandations travaux chiffrées et adaptées pour une amélioration du DPE garantie.Basée sur un moteur d’IA et de la reconnaissance visuelle par ordinateur, le logiciel kelvin propose une expérience révolutionnaire pour qualifier les projets de rénovation énergétique.Découvrez comment nous transformons la rénovation énergétique sur go-kelvin.com.

Luigi Matrone

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.

Filippo is the Chief Digital Operations Officer of Nestlé, where he is leading Innovation, Development, and Operations for the Global Digital Platforms (Digital Marketing, CRM, Social, eCommerce). He is based at the company's Global HQ in Vevey, Switzerland. Prior to joining Nestlé, Filippo had been with Procter & Gamble for 16 years,based in Rome, Geneva and Cincinnati, leading various innovation and digital initiatives.

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.

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.

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

rready — Boost internal innovation and engage employees with ready-to-use programs, accompanied by experts in intrapreneurship.
Pexapark — We make PPAs for renewables simple. Master your wind and solar power purchase agreements and get the tools to manage merchant risk.
Spacetek Technology AG — Our process control instruments measure gases in real time, delivering a full quantitative chemical analysis up to ten times per second.

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.

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.

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

Jaime Martin Chocano is an individual investor.

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 LRF aims to mobilize finance for climate adaptation projects for sustainable agricultural & forestry supply chains & that improve the resilience of smallholder farmers in developing countries.

Investment focus

AgTech, Farming, Organic Food
Debt Financing
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

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.

Fredrik Jung Abbou is a CCO & Co-founder of KRY.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Apps, Grocery
Pre-Seed, Seed
Kenya, Sweden, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Asilimia — Asilimia is a simple, fun mobile app for sending money through M-PESA quickly and without any transaction fees. Simply deposit money to your M-PESA, download Asilimia and send money for free to any other M-PESA account.
HackCapital — Join FoodTech focused investors looking to back impact-driven founders shaping our food system
Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.

HALTRA,THE BEST IS YET TO COME. The world belongs to our children and future generations. We are committed to building a sustainable future with them and for them, listening to their expectations.

Investment focus

AgTech, Farming, Organic Food
Series A
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

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.

Provide all the BtoB environment hotels distribution platforms & loyalty tools they need

Investment focus

Chemical, Collaboration, Consumer Goods
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Covalo — Covalo™ is disrupting how formulation-driven products are developed in the 3 trillion euro consumer goods industry so brands can reduce time to market by scouting ingredients and packaging, collaborating on projects, and purchasing -- all from one place. . Today it's one of the largest beauty ingredient search platforms that connects beautybrands with suppliers of ingredients, packaging, and services such as contract manufacturing, formulation, regulatory, compliance and testing. It also arms suppliers with the tools and real-time industry insights needed to effectively market products. Covalo launched in 2021 and is based in Switzerland.

Dario Fazlic has 2 current jobs as Founder and Member of the Board at Immozins and Founder & CRO at wefox.

Investment focus

Baby, EdTech, Children
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Switzerland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

yamo — Frische Bio-Kindernahrung von yamo, so lecker wie selbstgemacht und kostenlos direkt zu dir nach Hause geliefert. Jetzt probieren und profitieren.
Evulpo — Evulpo is a free learning website that provides an instructional videos, summaries, and practice units for curriculum-related topics. Evulpo provides assistance with all relevant curriculum in the primary, secondary, high school, and BMS levels.
CNC24 — The leading manufacturing-as-a-service platform for high quality precision parts in Europe.

Square One Foods supports founders in building tomorrow's food brands and food tech startups...

Investment focus

Health Care, Pet, Food Delivery
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

HackCapital — Join FoodTech focused investors looking to back impact-driven founders shaping our food system
Epigenics — Epigenics supports health with the latest findings from Longevity research.
HelloBello — HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..."

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a seed investor that finances high-potential, tech-driven startups. With EUR 895.5 million in total investment volume across three funds and an international network of partners, HTGF has already helped forge more than 500 startups since 2005. Driven by their expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion, its teamof experienced investment managers and startup experts help guide the development of young companies. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech startups in a range of sectors, including software, media, internet, hardware, automation, health care, chemistry, and life sciences.To date, external investors have injected over EUR 2 billion into the HTGF portfolio via about 1,400 follow-on financing rounds. HTGF has also successfully sold interests in more than 100 companies. Investors in this public-private partnership include the Federal Ministry For Economic Affairs and Energy, the KfW Banking Group, and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V., as well as the companies ALTANA, BASF, BAYER, B.Braun, Boehringer Ingelheim, Robert Bosch, BÜFA, CEWE, Deutsche Post DHL, Dräger, Drillisch AG, EVONIK, EWE AG, FOND OF Haniel, Hettich, Knauf, Körber, LANXESS, media + more venture Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT, Postbank, QIAGEN, RWE Generation SE, SAP, Schufa, Schwarz Gruppe, STIHL, Thüga, Vector Informatik, WACKER and Wilh. Werhahn KG.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

BTRY — BTRY is a spin-off of EMPA and ETH and is developing the industry's first energy-dense solid-state battery, using sophisticated semiconductor manufacturing technologies.
SKY ENGINE AI — About Sky EngineSky Engine is an advanced data science technology and research company that develops innovative software solutions to improve computer vision. The company markets the Sky Engine deep learning platform, which is the next-generation of self-learning AI system for image and video analysis applications. The company was founded as aresearch and scientific spin-off in UK.About Sky Engine PlatformThe Sky Engine evolutionary AI platform for the deep learning in virtual reality is designed to overcome the complex object recognition challenges of modern machine/computer vision. It represents the future of self-learning in artificial intelligence technology, supporting efficient and cost effective workflows. Many image recognition tasks require acquisition of large amounts of data and manual data labelling. Sky Engine is designed to replace that. Sky Engine efficiently drives self-learning processes and offers advanced features for object discrimination, workflow automation and adaptive deep learning. Sky Engine is designed for tomorrow’s requirements in advanced analytics and decision support enabling AI business transformation.About Sky Engine client solutionsSky Engine creates flexible and innovative AI vision solutions tailored to customer needs and supports a wide range of industries, providing systems for a variety of data science needs, ensuring business partners get greater value from existing equipment.
BOX ID Systems — BOX ID Systems develops and offers an end-to-end location & process mining solution to cost effectively track millions of logistics assets digitally throughout the industrial supply chain across Europe and the World - including site-to-site, on-premises and indoor buildings digital twin of supply chain processes. The system is built on aspecialized analytics software platform, sensorik tracking devices and efficient data-, device- and user-management tools, including functions to support process automation and optimization. Industrial and automotive production customers benefit from making their logistics processes more efficient and cost optimized, with 100% transparency within their critical processes throughout the entire supply chain.

For 20 years, XAnge has been a key venture capital fund in Europe. With 70 startups in its portfolio, XAnge invests early in innovative tech companies.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
France, Germany, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

airfocus — airfocus is the first modular product management software: Manage and communicate your product strategy, prioritize your roadmap, and solve the right problems.
Vertuoza — Developed by and for professionals, Vertuoza construction software makes your life easier and allows you to focus on the essentials of your business. With a single click, you can edit estimates, work schedules, site follow-up and invoicing, wherever you are.Much more than a software Vertuoza is inspired by the words "virtuous" and"virtuose" both in its name and in its philosophy. It's more than just a construction software or a site management application: it's the key to a perfect fit between the different elements of your business.What's more, Vertuoza is a win-win situation. The contractor gains time and efficiency, the client benefits from better service and the architect sees his project in the spotlight.
Sirona Technologies — Pioneering direct air capture (DAC) technology with a focus on speed, scalability and a low capex design.

Founding Partner and Chairman of Ambrosia Investments, a Founding Partner and Chairman of EightStone Private Limited and EightStone Family Office, Member of the Board of Cofco International Limited, Director of Itsu Limited, and Member of the Executive Board of the MIT Business School (Sloan). Served as the Chief Executive Officer of Louis DreyfusCompany from 2005 to mid 2013 and as Executive Chairman of Louis Dreyfus Company Holdings B.V.

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.

Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on entrepreneurs regenerating the food, blue ocean economy, and agriculture sector. The firm targeting technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain, leveraging disruptive technologies to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, trusted, and ultra-fresh. Itrings together capital, deep sector knowledge, and a strong network of entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food lovers to give rise to a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and delicious.Astanor Ventures was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Investment focus

Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Robovision — Take control of your AI vision with Robovision's award-winning platform to manage vision intelligence in smart marchines
ProducePay — ProducePay provides a wide array of payment solutions to the fresh produce industry and its agents. Produce Pay was first conceived at Cornell University. With strong support from experienced faculty and the student body, it was able to rapidly gain momentum. Produce Pay obtained recognition from Cornell’s entrepreneurial community and was soondubbed "The Next Johnson Start-Up," in reference to Cornell’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Reshape Biotech — Fully digital microbiology developed by Reshape Biotech

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

Maximon empowers entrepreneurs to build impactful, science-based and scalable companies providing healthy aging and rejuvenation solutions. "longevity"

Investment focus

Health Care, Fitness, Hospital
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Switzerland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Avea Life — Discover how to harness Vitality, Energy, and lasting health through safe-to-use and science-based SUPPLEMENTS formulated by leading longevity experts.
Biolytica — A unique tool for prevention-focused clinicians and longevity professionals to create data-driven health optimization experiences for their clients.
Frieda Health — Frieda Health helps carefully designed digital products, we help you confidently navigate the problems of menopause. Your health insurance provider will pay all or all of the expenses.

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