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Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in Switzerland in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Hardware startups based in Switzerland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hardware companies from Switzerland. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in Switzerland in January 2025

Investor	Hardware Switzerland investments
Soheila Yalpani	5
Danny Hayes	5
Ariel Luedi	5
Penny Schiffer	4
Andreas Pfluger	3
Bettina Buechel	3
David Sikorsky	3
Remy Lazarovici	2
Bruno Glaus	2
Fritz Mumenthaler	2
Sandeep Raju	2
James Isilay	2
Manfred Petri	2
Niklas Ostberg	2
Mihai Faur	2
Stef van Grieken	2
Mehdi Ghissassi	2
Christian Wenger	2
Tegan Kline	2
Matt Iannelli	1
David Studer	1
Simon Michel	1
Lucian Wagner	1
Joeri van Geelen	1
Marco Milone	1
Ursula Soritsch-Renier	1
Philippe Bubb	1
Christopher Jentzsch	1
Yuri Gurski	1
Laurent Dassault	1
Patrick Delarive	1
Nathan Kaiser	1
Thomas Kunz	1
Professor, “Emeritus” Robert Dibble	1
Heinz Schwyter	1
Tobias Redlin	1
Zürcher Kantonalbankand	1
Tej Tadi	1
Richard Melville Hall	1
Patrick Spaulding Ryan	1
Jens Hilgers	1
Michael Vaughan	1
Rand Hindi	1
Ralph Mogicato	1
Daniel Kottlarz	1
Martin Strobel	1
Dieter R. Streuli	1
James Sowers	1
Gregor Gregersen	1
Anonymous	1

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oheila is an entrepreneur with C-team leadership experience on project management and pre-master planning of large-scale smart, resilient green infrastructure projects.

Investment focus

Consulting, Sustainability, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Mountain Gate — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Climate Transition Swiss AG — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.

As the CEO of Climate Transition Swiss AG, I lead a Swiss company that develops and finances green, resilient infrastructure projects across North America, Europe, and Japan. With over 20 years of international business experience, I have a strong track record of delivering sustainable energy solutions that create positive environmental and socialimpact.In addition to my role as CEO, I am also a Lobbyist for Climate Policy at the U.S. House of Representatives, where I focus on influencing environmental initiatives in Japan and Europe. I am passionate about advocating for climate action and fostering global collaboration on this urgent issue. I am also a member of the Forbes Business Council and a regular contributor to their climate section, where I share my insights and expertise on green business and policy.

Investment focus

Clean Energy, Cyber Security, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Climate Transition Swiss AG — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Climate Transition Development — Climate Transition Development Corporation (CTD) is leading the Green Snow Project – an innovative hybrid renewable energy venture in Northern Japan. The company's mission is to revolutionize Japan’s renewable energy sector by harnessing the abundant low to medium-heat geothermal resources available in the region.Together with ourdevelopment partners, TerraScale Inc. and Global Family, the company is committed to tackling the challenges of the geothermal energy sector and transforming the way Japan generates power. The company's work forms an integral part of the Japan-US collaboration on geothermal energy development and aims to significantly reduce fossil fuel reliance and cut carbon emissions.

Ariel Luedi is a Founder at Hammer Team - Growth Accelerator. He attended the ETH Zurich.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Augmented Reality
Seed, Series A, Angel
Switzerland, Austria, Australia

Portfolio highlights

CREAL — CREAL makes Hi-Fi light-field projector for smart eyewear which ultimately everyone will use everyday for everything from cooking to neurosurgery.
Squirro — Elevate your enterprise operations, accelerate innovation, and enhance human performance with reliable and accurate generative AI that employees trust.
Fluent Commerce — Fluent Commerce, a leading order management system, improves the customer experience, optimizes fulfillment & solves inventory visibility issues. Learn more!

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

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Finance
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Versameb — Versameb AG is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company located in Basel, Switzerland managed by an experienced scientific and business pharmaceutical industry team. The company’s focus is the development of novel RNA-based therapeutics. Versameb’s proprietary VERSagile technology platform enables efficient development of functional mRNAmolecules for customized protein expression and modification in multiple disease areas with high unmet medical need.
Enterprise Bot — Cost-effective Conversational AI solutions transforming customer interaction for global enterprises. Discover cutting-edge chat, email, and voice tech.
Scientific Visual — Scientific Visual supplies quality control workstations to visualize defects in non-polished sapphire such as watch covers, ingots and wafers.

Andreas Pfluger is a Director at JUMI Enterprises.

Investment focus

Software, Retail Technology, Information Technology
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Invenda — Invenda has the smart technologies to propel your automated retail business into the digital age.
Invenda Group — Invenda has the smart technologies to propel your automated retail business into the digital age.

Bettina Büchel has been Professor of Strategy and Organization at IMD since 2000. Her current research topics include strategy implementation, new business development, strategic alliances and change management.She is Director of the public program Orchestrating Winning Performance as well as several partnership programs. She has workedextensively with companies such as Nestlé, Allianz, Evonik, Commerzbank, Nilfisk-Advance and others in developing strategic priorities, implementating strategic initiatives and managing change.Professor Büchel is of German origin. She received her bachelor of economics and public administration at the University of Constance, Germany, her Masters of Human Resources and Industrial Relations at Rutgers University, USA and her PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. After obtaining her PhD, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok where she was teaching MBA and PhD students from across Asia.

Investment focus

Drones, Robotics, Security
Seed, Series A, Series B
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Flyability — Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.

David Sikorsky - Venture Partner @ JAL Ventures

Investment focus

Content, Software, Education
Series A, Angel, Pre-Seed
Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Planet Intus — French-Swiss since it inception, Planet Intus combines French expertise in telecommunication and software development along with Swiss entrepreneurial agility and quality requirements.The Planet Intus team is composed of a dozen engineers and technicians with skills in :- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Indoor Positioning technologies -Management of IT projects - Mobile apps development - Business Intelligence & Big Data Analytics
Copyleaks — Instantly detect plagiarized content, AI generated content & more with Copyleaks, the only AI-based platform used by millions worldwide.

Remy Lazarovici

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, PaaS, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed
Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Userled — Userled is a no-code interface and AI-powered platform that automates the distribution of personalizing marketing experiences across all ad and email platforms, empowering revenue teams with person-level engagement insights without cookies. Customers can deploy multiple personalized campaigns across all their target platforms from email, Linkedin,Meta, and more.
viso.ai — The end-to-end computer vision infrastructure to train, develop, deploy and operate computer vision at scale.
viso.ai — The end-to-end computer vision infrastructure to train, develop, deploy and operate computer vision at scale.

Bruno Glaus

Investment focus

Drones, Computer, Robotics
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Flyability — Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.
Komed Health — Komed Health integrates seamlessly with existing healthcare systems to push actionable, real-time patient data at your fingertips, on the go.

Fritz Mumenthaler - Chairman @ Komed Health AG (PLC)

Investment focus

Drones, Computer, Robotics
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Flyability — Flyability is an EPFL spin-off dedicated to creating safe, collision-tolerant robotics to access inaccessible places, replacing dangerous human operations with unmanned devices.
Komed Health — Komed Health integrates seamlessly with existing healthcare systems to push actionable, real-time patient data at your fingertips, on the go.

Sandeep is a co-founder at Samaaru India. As Chief Investment Officer at Pioneering Ventures, he co-led the incubation of Samaaru as a PV group company and serves as a board member overseeing platform services, new business incubation, and investor relations. Sandeep earlier served in P&L leadership, M&A, investments and incubation rolesat Infosys and Wipro. He learnt venture development skills by training on board-sponsored projects at Infosys including the Life Sciences Practice (incubation lead and first employee), Lodestone ($350 mn acquisition), OnMobile (NSE: ONMOBILE), Yantra (now IBM), Stratify (now Iron Mountain), CiDRA, Workadia and Infosys China. Over two decades, he has learnt from stressed venture and market situations during three downturns. As an executive, entrepreneur or lead investor, he has helped create ~1000 new jobs, led multi-cultural teams of ~1500 associates, worked on venture transactions worth ~$0.5 billion, delivered ~6x growth over 6 years as a P&L leader, and co-created ~7x value with co-investors in recent years.

Investment focus

Semiconductor, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence
Funding Round
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Synthara — Synthara is a Swiss semiconductor startup revolutionizing the compute performance of embedded chips by orders of magnitude. We are working on a new breed of energy-efficient computational AI chips that are hand-crafted for smart sensor applications such as hearing aids, wearables, biomedical monitoring, and AR/VR. Our flagship product,ComputeRAM, is a drop-in replacement for conventional SRAM that performs complex calculations directly in memory. This drastically reduces CPU workload, boosting system performance and delivering exceptional efficiency, especially for AI workloads. With ComputeRAM, we help chipmakers and device manufacturers lower costs, shorten time to market, and unlock new opportunities for innovation.
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).

James Isilay - CEO @ Cognism

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Isle of Man

Portfolio highlights

viso.ai — The end-to-end computer vision infrastructure to train, develop, deploy and operate computer vision at scale.
viso.ai — The end-to-end computer vision infrastructure to train, develop, deploy and operate computer vision at scale.
Hyperbound — Scale sales training by simulating AI role-plays for cold calls, warm calls, discovery calls, & more. Customize AI buyers for your ICP. Close your skill gaps.

Manfred Petri was named managing director of mpnewco GmbH, a small private equity holding company since 2004. He has been investor and advisor in renewable energy companies. Prior to joining mpnewco GmbH, he was the Managing Director of Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in Hof. He has over 20 years of executive level experience in designing,manufacturing and selling power accessories. During his leadership he oversaw the expansion of company activities to Australia, New Zealand, USA and Eastern Europe encompassing a territory with 600 customers in 52 countries. He founded/acquired the subsidiaries in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Poland, which led to increase product development that led to several international patents. He was responsible for the vertical integration of the business segments and enormous growth of the company that made the family owned business Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG most attractive to integrated health solution that ties health education, nutrition, community health worker training, telemedicine and e-medical record keeping together to increase access to health and reduce health stresses in different communities several international buyers including Nexans S.A. (French cable manufacturer), which ultimately acquired Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in 2002. His career started by joining the Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in Hof/Germany, a family owned business designing, manufacturing and selling power accessories (cable connectors, cable lugs etc.). Petri received his MA from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich/Germany, and his PhD/Dr. phil. (Dissertation supported by "Studienstiftung des Dt. Volkes"). He is fluent in German, English, Latin and has basic knowledge in French

Investment focus

Video, Mobile, Sports
Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Fastree3D — Fastree3D imaging sensors help recognize and measure distance to fast moving objects in real-time, enabling driving assistance or autonomous navigation. Fastree3D SA is a fabless semiconductor company, spin-off from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland founded in September 2013 (UID CHE-291.330.490). The company subsidiary Fastree3D B.V. performs researchwith TU-Delft, Netherlands (KvK 58866973).
Smart Mobile Labs — Welcome to the Real Real-Time

Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Östberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Delivery Hero. He holds a Master of Industrial Engineering & Management from Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm & ETH Zurich.Following five years as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman, Niklas co-founded Pizza.nu (later OnlinePizza.se) where he served as afull-time chairman. After winning the Swedish market he was responsible for building up market leading companies in online food ordering in Poland, Finland and Austria. In late 2010, Niklas convinced Team Europe to develop the concept to the German market under the name of Lieferheld (Lieferheld.de) and got the license to use the technology and know-how from the original Swedish company.After a successful market entry into the competitive German market, Niklas Östberg and his team decided to launch the business model internationally under the name of Delivery Hero in May 2011. The company has since then expanded the concept organically and through acquisitions into 34 international markets, and is today the largest global platform for online food ordering with 200,000+ local restaurants in its network, processing more than 10m orders monthly.What initially was a small vision narrowed to the Swedish market has today expanded into a global vision to provide a platform of choice, convenience, reliability and quality. Or, in essence, an entire food court in your pocket.Niklas’ vision is to transform the industry. Therefore services of Delivery Hero will reflect changing eating habits just as new opportunities in technology and logistics.

Investment focus

SaaS, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Boxhub — Buy new & used shipping containers with Boxhub. We make buying a shipping & storage containers easy - get it delivered right to your door. Shop today!
WorkMotion — WorkMotion offers Global HR Solutions to help companies navigate the New Ways of Working. Solutions fully compliant.
Confetti — Discover and book from hundreds of exclusive team building, DE&I, and professional development experiences. For virtual, hybrid, and in-person teams!

Mihai Faur

Investment focus

PaaS, SaaS, Software
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

viso.ai — The end-to-end computer vision infrastructure to train, develop, deploy and operate computer vision at scale.
viso.ai — The end-to-end computer vision infrastructure to train, develop, deploy and operate computer vision at scale.

Stef van Grieken serves as a co-founder and CEO at Cradle.

Investment focus

PaaS, SaaS, Software
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

viso.ai — The end-to-end computer vision infrastructure to train, develop, deploy and operate computer vision at scale.
viso.ai — The end-to-end computer vision infrastructure to train, develop, deploy and operate computer vision at scale.

Mehdi Ghissassi serves as the Head of Product Management at DeepMind.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.
Biolevate — Accelerating Therapeutic Innovation: AI-Enhanced Workflow Automation
Graph Therapeutics — Graph is a precision immunology techbio that leverages perturbation modeling from primary patient cell samples combined with multi-omics data to deliver transformative targeted therapies and biomarkers for immune-driven diseases. Graph believes that due to an incomplete understanding of complex immune-mediated diseases, millions of people are leftwithout adequate treatment options - and AI trained with complex disease data can solve this.

Christian Wenger - Chairman @ Startup INVEST

Investment focus

SaaS, Internet, Software
Seed, Series A
Switzerland, Germany, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Aktiia — Founded in Switzerland in May 2018 out of a passion to turn insights into action in the fight against hypertension, Aktiia’s groundbreaking medical technology provides people and their physicians comprehensive insights into blood pressure patterns that will inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Now available in the United Kingdom,Aktiia has received its CE Mark as a Class IIa medical device - signifying that the device has been assessed to meet high safety, health and environmental protection requirements in Europe. To learn more, visit Aktiia.com.
Kollabo — Kollabo - the deep job platform for skilled blue collar workers. Thanks to our large network of temporary offices & our qualified team, we excel at finding the perfect match for job seekers and staffing agencies. Never before has the recruiting process been so easy and hassle-free for everyone involved. The goal is to digitally enable allstakeholder, generating a win-win-win situation. It can be that simple with Kollabo – We make work easy.
ExpressSteuer — ExpressSteuer is building AI-powered software that simplifies and automates the process of filing a german tax return which is considered to be the most complex and complicated in the world.

Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and CEO at Edge & Node, working to make The Graph the Internet’s unbreakable foundation of open data to create a world powered by individual autonomy shared self-sovereignty and limitless collaboration. She was on the initial team that launched The Graph. The Graph is Edge & Node’s first protocol, an indexing andquery protocol organizing the world’s open blockchain data and making open data a public good. Tegan helps leaders and innovators connect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem. Tegan made Forbes 30 under 30’s class of 2022. The Information’s 30 Most Powerful People in Crypto List. Tegan Kline is the former International Business Development Manager and Investor Relations Lead for an A16z and Sequoia backed blockchain company that created tools and protocols for users to obtain digital freedom and an open and accessible internet. Tegan has launched 3 unicorns in her lifetime. Tegan began her career on Wall Street in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Swaap — We we build & operate onchain trading systems.
EthSign — EthSign is an e-signing platform that utilizes blockchain technology to offer a decentralized, customizable and transparent version of traditional signature service. EthSign aims to tackle data security issues caused by an over-reliance on centralized providers and build back trust in electronic signature services. With its Web3 technology(decentralized Identity, smart contract platforms and decentralized storage networks), the platform enables users to comment on, edit and access each version of an electronic agreement seamlessly and securely.
RISC Zero. — RISC Zero is revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers around the globe to build zero-proof software.

Matt Iannelli previously served Netorian as CEO and Sr. systems engineer for over 11 years.

Investment focus

Finance, Sustainability, Project Management
Seed, Funding Round
Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Mountain Gate — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
Climate Transition Swiss AG — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.

David Studer

Investment focus

Information Technology, SaaS, Social
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Moodtalk — Moodtalk is an employee engagement platform to help companies improve teamwork, communication and employee wellbeing. Our software helps companies understand employees and identify ways to improve employee engagement. Sign up now.
contactify — Are you ready to enrich your interactions and networking with digital content? biz.card by contactify is your platform for efficient data exchange & contact management.
CareerLunch — CareerLunch is a recruitment platform that pairs potential hires with employees through informal exchanges over lunch. It was founded in 2019 by Simon Hofer and Konstantin Nesterov.

Mr. Simon Michel has been the Chief Executive Officer of Ypsomed Holding AG since July 2014. Mr. Michel serves as a Senior Vice President of Marketing & Sales for Ypsomed Holding AG and is responsible for the business development and marketing of the injection, infusion and blood glucose meters as well as pen needles. He has been working withYpsomed since October 2006 and has been a Member of management since 2008. He served as a Finance Director of International, MIM at New Look Group Limited. He served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Ypsomed Holding AG since October 2006 and also served as its Senior Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Michel served as Head of the Infusion Business Division at Ypsomed Holding AG. From 2003 to 2006, he worked for Orange Telecommunications in Zurich and Lausanne, was responsible for, among other things, the introduction and marketing of UMTS. Mr. Michel has been a Director of Sphinx Werkzeuge AG since 2006. He has been a member of executive committee of the local trade and industry association since 2008. He studied Masters with a focus on Media and Communications Management and Economics at the University of St. Gallen.

Investment focus

Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device
Series A
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

LEM Surgical — We are developing the next generation of spine surgical robotic systems

Lucian has a truly global outlook with an extensive set of contacts in North America, Europe, and Asia. Lucian is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur with several successful start-ups to his credit. He has 20 years of semiconductor industry experience. Lucian was born in Germany, educated in the French school system, and went on to earn a B.Sc.in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (with a minor in Russian) and an MBA from INSEAD.

Investment focus

Skiing, Sports, Fitness
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Adiposs — Adiposs is a Swiss biotech start-up company developing medical imaging products and technologies for early detection of cachexia.
Snowcookie — Ski tracking sensors by bode miller for racers and coaches

Joeri van Geelen is the managing director of Prysm Group. It is an economic consulting firm led by Harvard PhD economists specialized in distributed ledger and blockchain technology. Taking a first-principles approach, Prysm Group uses the tools of contract theory, game theory, market design, social choice theory, and monetary economics to designcustomized solutions for distributed ledger technology and blockchain-based projects.Prysm Group’s areas of expertise include consortium governance, consensus governance, token economics, incentive design, and market structure. Prysm Group counts among its Senior Advisors former Chief Economist at Microsoft and Nobel Prize-winning Harvard economist; the firm’s research has been presented at DARPA, Federal Reserve, IBM, Microsoft, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Harvard, MIT, NBER, and Stanford.

Investment focus

Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Portal — The only custody-less interoperability protocol for Bitcoin. Swap native BTC, Ordinals, Runes with L2s and L1s
IPOR Labs — Enter the Credit Hub of DeFi. Lend and borrow at the best defi rates and earn a competitive yield on your crypto, fixed with on-chain interest rate derivatives.
Zest — Zest helps create and manage Investment DAOs, backed by a real-world LLC. We're a full-suite concierge, offering DAO tooling alongside back-office and compliance support. We remove the inherent complexities surrounding Investment DAOs so members can form a global community that compliantly coordinates capital to maximize investmentopportunities together.

After a long experience in the cultural industry, aimed at developing independent comics and cinema sector, he decided to leverage the skills gained through his studies in Economics and Commerce, followed by General Management to study and operate in the startup industry. Marco is driven by a wide variety of interests and is a successfulinstitutional investor in various Italian and international startups.

Investment focus

Internet, Blockchain, Video Games
Pre-Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

The Nemesis — The Nemesis is the playground for play-to-earn games and adventures in virtual worlds. Accessible on both mobile and desktop.

Ursula Soritsch-Renier is the Chief Digital and Information Officer at Saint-Gobain.Ursula Soritsch-Renier attended Executive Eduction at Harvard.

Investment focus

SaaS, Messaging, Information Technology
Angel
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

RELE.AI — RELE.AI is a Swiss & Israeli startup in the instant messaging space, having developed a SaaS product offering. Bring enterprise systems to WhatsApp, build customized workflows, manage client conversations and share information with teams in a secure and intuitive way without leaving the Personal WhatsApp and any other instant messenger. Fuseany enterprise system: our development framework provides all the tools to bring any system to WhatsApp and other instant messengers. RELE.AI's instant messaging micro application processes and connects any relevant data with the users.

Philippe Bubb is the Founder at session.vc. Philippe Bubb attended at University of St.Gallen - University of Economics, Law and Social Sciences.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Financial Services
Pre-Seed, Series A, Seed
Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

bexio — Bexio is a Swiss-based company that helps small businesses with cloud-based business and accounting software to grow their businesses. It develops and sells accounting software for small and medium companies. Bexio was founded in 2013 and is based in Rapperswil, Zurich.
Dagsmejan — Dagsmejan changed this by introducing the technology from the sportswear to sleepwear sector. The company has launched two product lines – BALANCE, adjusting to the natural temperature of the sleeper, - and STAY WARM.
Verity — Our automated inventory tracking system powered by self-flying inventory drones makes the zero-error warehouse a reality.

Christopher Jentzsch

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, iOS, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed
Switzerland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

seventhings — By digitizing all business assets and connecting all relevant data and processes from existing systems into one platform, we help companies to easily track their long-lived assets and to establish a climate neutral inventory management.
ZenOwn — All your products in one place. Collect invoices, track warranties and sell what you no longer need. Declutter your home with ZenOwn.
Gelato — Build scalable, custom enterprise-grade Rollups with Gelato's Web3 Services natively integrated

Yuri Gurski is a founder and CEO of Palta, visionaire and engine in all portfolio companies. Yuri Gurski has been building global tech and media businesses for many years as an executive, entrepreneur, investor and startup mentor.Yury is the co-founder and president of Flo Inc., the most popular female health app worldwide, with over 137 millionusers and Peter Thiel (Founders Fund) among investors. Tech companies that Yuri founded, invested in and advised have been acquired by Google (AIMATTER, neural network-based AI platform and SDK to detect and process images in real time, 2017), Facebook (MSQRD live selfie video filtering, 2016), Russian internet giant Mail.Ru (maps.me navigation services, 2014) and the world’s largest online gaming firm Playtech (mobile fitness pioneer sport.com, 2013). Yuri holds an eMBA degree from Kozminski University. He’s been repeatedly recognized as Entrepreneur-of-the-Year and Startup Mentor-of-the-Year in Belarus.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Belarus, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

MAPS.ME — MAPS.ME (MapsWithMe) are offline maps of the whole world. Map of the USA: New York, San Francisco, Washington. France Paris. Italy: Rome, Venice, Florence, Rimini. Spain: Barcelona, Madrid. Japan, Great Britain, Turkey, Russia, India. For Android and iOS devices.
Masquerade — Masquerade allows users to record video selfie animations, change the way you look and send it to friends via your favorite messengers and social networks.
Cherry Labs — Founded by serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits to Facebook, Google and Apple, Cherry Labs works on making our homes the safer. Cherry employs over 20 engineers, AI scientists and product designers in Cupertino, Berlin, Moscow and Shenzhen.

Born July 7, 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Laurent Dassault is the son of Serge Dassault (1925). Married to Martine de Souza Lambrey Dassault in 2002. He Has two sounds, Julien and Adrien, from His previous wedding with Martine Raych.After 13 years in banking, Laurent Dassault in 1991 joined the group founded by his grandfather Marcel Dassault. AtDassault Investissements, he handles indirect compensation involved in military aeronautical contracts.He has also developed—and increased the value of—the firm’s investments in the arts and vineyards. Profoundly forward-looking and business oriented, Laurent Dassault enjoys creating, innovating and building. He is also deeply involved in many charitable and humanitarian organizations.Laurent Dassault today sits on some 30 boards involved principally in the financial, industrial and artistic sectors.

Investment focus

SaaS, Cyber Security, Professional Services
Seed, Series A, Angel
France, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Respaid — Respaid is a fintech startup that is revolutionizing debt recovery for businesses. Our platform combines the expertise of amicable debt collectors with AI technology to deliver a faster, more efficient, and more personalized debt recovery process. With a success rate of 50% in just 20 days, Respaid's platform is 3 times more efficient and 6times faster than traditional debt recovery agencies. We offer transparent pricing based on successful debt recovery, making it easier for businesses to manage their cash flow.But we're more than just a debt recovery platform. At Respaid, we are committed to making a positive social impact by donating a portion of our revenue to families in financial hardship through our partnership with charitable organization. This helps us give back to the community and create a sustainable, long-term solution for families in need.Join Respaid in revolutionizing debt recovery and making a positive impact on society. Whether you're a small business or a large corporation, we have the expertise and technology to help you recover unpaid debts quickly and efficiently.
Manager.one — manager.one offers you a fixed monthly rate with an online business account and unlimited Visa Corporate cards.
Carré d'Artistes —

Patrick is a businessman active in real estate, wealth management, show business, hospitality, education and private equity, benefiting from a strong network. At Biowatch since November 2015.

Investment focus

Security, Wireless, Wearables
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Biowatch — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!

Nathan Kaiser is a Swiss and Taiwan dual national, admitted as an attorney-at-law and foreign lawyer at the Zurich, Berlin and the Taipei bar association, as well as a member of the Hong Kong Law Society. He speaks at and hosts events pertaining to law & tech, and legal issues related to the digital economy and Asia. He advises companies ondigital and policy issues, and their international market presence, bridging Asia, Switzerland and the US.Nathan spent two decades practicing law in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Taipei. Nathan is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center of Harvard University in Cambridge, MassachusettsOriginally from Solothurn, Switzerland, Nathan studied in Lausanne, Strasbourg and St. Gallen.

Investment focus

Computer, Software, Analytics
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

BigOmics — Get robust and reproducible results in a few clicks with Omics Playground: your user-friendly Omics Data Analysis Software.

Thomas Kunz is an angel investor.

Investment focus

SaaS, Retail, Shopping
Angel, Convertible Note
Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

RELE.AI — RELE.AI is a Swiss & Israeli startup in the instant messaging space, having developed a SaaS product offering. Bring enterprise systems to WhatsApp, build customized workflows, manage client conversations and share information with teams in a secure and intuitive way without leaving the Personal WhatsApp and any other instant messenger. Fuseany enterprise system: our development framework provides all the tools to bring any system to WhatsApp and other instant messengers. RELE.AI's instant messaging micro application processes and connects any relevant data with the users.
Pure Beauty — Pure Beauty is an e-commerce platform that offers products in different categories.

Professor R. W. Dibble is the principal investigator of the Combustion Analysis group. His main area of research is the internal combustion engine. He is also the leading scientist behind the development of the Argon Power Cycle technology.Research Description:Laser diagnostics in turbulent reactive flows, generation of “green” fuels frombiomass, including ethanol and bioDiesel mitigation of greenhouse gases, highest efficiency and lowest pollution combustion of fuels derived from biomass, combustion issues related to global warming, conversion of waste heat to power via Organic Rankine Cycle ( ORC ), spectroscopy, chemical kinetics, turbulent combustion, optics and electronics. Combustion in turbine engines, combustion of oxygenates and biodeisel fuel in diesel engines. Combustion in new engine concept of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI).

Investment focus

Aerospace, Consulting, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Pre-Seed
Switzerland, United States

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Mountain Gate — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.
TerraScale Systems — Accelerating the transition to a more sustainable planet through global green infrastructure deployment.

Heinz Schwyter - Member of the Board @ The eLocations Ltd

Investment focus

Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed
Switzerland

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POP UP SHOPS — POP UP SHOPS is an online marketplace for retailers and brands to find and rent retail space. Reinventing Retail. Set up Pop Up Shops.

Tobias Redlin - Founder @ iGo3D

Investment focus

Robotics, Computer Vision, Industrial Engineering
Pre-Seed
Switzerland

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Ascento — Secure, maintain, and inspect outdoor assets by reducing the intervention times and augmenting data capturing capability.

Zürcher Kantonalbankand

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Geospatial
Seed
Switzerland

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matriq — matriq offers innovative solutions for the part-individual marking of plastic components of all kinds. With the DynamicMold technology, marking takes place directly in the manufacturing machine, whether in injection molding, blow molding or thermoforming. Besides the application for traceability, the DynamicMold technology also offers thepossibility to integrate product protection.
Gilytics — Speed-up planning routing HV | accelerate planning routing HV | GIS planning infrastructure design | Railway optimal routing GIS

Tej Tadi is an Electronics Engineer and has pursued an advanced master in Virtual Reality & Computer Graphics at The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland. During his PhD (EPFL), he set up an immersive virtual reality system in combination with state-of-the-art brain imaging technologies enabling trans-disciplinary work incognitive psychology, neuroimaging, and virtual reality. His research has led to important and highly visible scientific publications (Science) and awards (Pfizer Award for Neuroscience in 2009). Through his research, he has built a strong multi-disciplinary base spanning computer science, systems biology, neuroimaging, and computational and cognitive neuroscience. He founded MindMaze in 2011 to design and develop novel applications in Neuro-Rehabilitation, Game training & Interfaces. The technology platform from MindMaze will help in the neurology, psychiatry and sports rehabilitation.

Investment focus

Robotics, Neuroscience
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Metaphysiks — Metaphysiks is a groundbreaking immersive technology company combining world leading neuroscience and robotics to create multisensory experiences.

Richard Melville Hall

Investment focus

Software, Augmented Reality, Consumer Electronics
Seed
Switzerland

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Mictic — Mictic AG is a fast-growing startup dedicated to developing innovative user experience in Audio Augmented Reality. The Zurich-based company applies unique technology to profoundly change the way people interact with music and their own movements. Its mission is to make musical interaction more accessible to the masses. Never picked up an instrumentbefore? No problem. Already a Rock Star? We got you. Rock, Hip-Hop, EDM, Classical, Jazz: Get ready to make REAL music out of thin air!

Patrick Spaulding Ryan is the Co-Founder, Fractional CFO and CLO of Always Blue Games. He previously worked at TikTok as a Lead Technical Program Manager, Security + Web3 R D. Patrick Spaulding Ryan attended Stanford University.

Investment focus

Information Technology, FinTech, Mobile Apps
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
United States, Mexico, Canada

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CurveCatch — CurveCatch brengt de voordelen van een kleine lingerie speciaalzaak en online shoppen samen. Enerzijds nemen we je bij de hand en nemen we alle complexiteit rond maten en pasvormen weg door deze voor jou uit te kiezen o.b.v. 15 jaar ervaring. Anderzijds ben je op 5min klaar met bestellen en kan je thuis lingerie passen alvorens deze te betalen. Je betaalt achteraf alleen wat je houdt. Bestel nu jouw box en ervaar deze nieuwe manier van shoppen!
Arrenda — Arrenda is a fintech startup that provides market-specific insurance and financial products to the real estate markets of Latin America. It also offers advance payments to landlords upfront to lower barriers to renting in the country. Arrenda was founded in 2021 and is based in Mexico City.
My Little Mascara Club — Meet the little mascara everyone is subscribing to, exclusively at My Little Mascara Club. Seriously smudge proof, packed with clean ingredients, and just the right size for you to always have a fresh, clump-free mascara. Delivered!

Jens Hilgers a serial entrepreneur with His primary interest in esports, videogames and online technologies. Having build his first videogame online tournaments, lan-events and gameserver farms as early as 1997 he had consider myself a veteran in the eSports industry. Building companies and making ideas become reality is what he really loves.Outstanding user experience, agility, transparency and sustainability are the core principles of his daily work. He is a creative thinker, problem solver and quick learner. He has team up with ambitious and smart people of upright character.For 22 years now he has been building and managing international games&tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe aswell as in Asia. Since 2012 he is also actively investing in and supporting selected startups.

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, eSports
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Dorian — Turn your story into a game and earn money with no coding!
femtasy — At femtasy, you'll find the largest selection of sensual audio stories. Make your self-love even more exciting!
Unicorn Workspaces — Unicorn offers work solutions for teams of all sizes with flexible terms and independent of high market rental prices. It is a fast-growing shared office provider, with 21 workspaces in Berlin, Potsdam, Cologne, Munich, Hamburg, and LisbonTheir vision of “Workspace as a Service” is reflected in their all-inclusive offer, and support fromcommunity baristas. They combine their coffee expertise and community manager knowledge to provide seamless work experience. With their friendly attitude and eagerness to help, members and visitors will receive good advice and assistance.Each of their workspaces is equipped with a modern café, where they offer organic direct trade coffee and hot beverages for all of their members and guests. They also offer a small selection of cold drinks, salads, and desserts. The café functions as a central meeting point for their community.

Michael Vaughan is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Vera Equity. He previously worked at Stem Disintermedia Inc. as a Board Member. Michael Vaughan attended The Wharton School.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Brazil, Germany

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Flip — Transfer uang, top up e-wallet & kirim uang ke luar negeri lebih mudah dengan Flip. Bayar pulsa, listrik, BPJS, PDAM, dan pembayaran lainnya bisa lebih hemat.
Trust Software — The corporate card, made social. Trust is the only corporate card that helps startups grow smarter, together. Learn more at trust.co
Maplerad — Maplerad is a fast, safe and easy way to send and receive money with friends, family or others you trust. You can receive and send money directly into any Nigerian bank account in minutes using Bitcoin, US Dollars, and Naira.

Dr Rand Hindi is an entrepreneur and investor in 50+ deeptech and web3 companies. He is the CEO at Zama, a homomorphic encryption startup. Rand started coding at the age of 10, created a social network at 14, and started his PhD at 21. He then created Snips, the first private-by-design voice assistant, which was acquired by Sonos. He was electedan MIT TR35, a Forbes “30 under 30”, and was a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris as well as a member of the French Digital Council.He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Bioinformatics from University College London (UCL).

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
France, United States, Germany

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Giza — Streamline blockchain complexity through autonomous agents.
Twin — Agentic AI, made actionable.
Usual — Usual Labs operates as a decentralized finance(DeFi) protocol.

Ralph Mogicato - Vice President @ SICTIC

Investment focus

Information Technology, FinTech, PaaS
Seed, Funding Round
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Apiax — Apiax offers regulatory technology solutions that empower financial institutions to realise business opportunities, bring down costs and minimise risks.
Imburse — Duck Creek Payments. We are a leading provider of comprehensive P&C insurance software and services for insurers of all sizes worldwide.

Daniel Kottlarz is a founder of MYBOTSHOP.

Investment focus

Robotics, Computer Vision, Industrial Engineering
Pre-Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Ascento — Secure, maintain, and inspect outdoor assets by reducing the intervention times and augmenting data capturing capability.

Martin Strobel - Non Executive Director @ msg life

Investment focus

PaaS, SaaS, FinTech
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Allthings — Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau.
Imburse — Imburse solves the integration problem between companies and the global payments ecosystem, ensuring any payment technology (collect or payout), any payment system (consumer, inter-bank, voucher) can be brought online in minutes, at zero cost. This helps accelerate deployment of payment technology and reduce the costs associated with deployment.Through Imburse, companies are reducing costs, increasing efficiencies, modernising systems and better engaging consumers.We help CFOS, COOs and CMOs to better engage customers and to drive business efficiency topics.The Imburse platform is an enterprise SaaS solution that supports multi-tenancy deployments.

Dieter R. Streuli

Investment focus

Hardware, Medical Device, Electric Vehicle
Funding Round
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

DAAV — At DAAV we are working on providing mobility services for people with reduced mobility in indoor environments.

James Sowers is a Korean-American businessman and philanthropist. He is a former singer/songwriter who was abandoned at birth who had his music career tragically ended by a reckless driver in a car accident. He is currently a Director @ the GreaterGoodSociety . James is An experienced ICO and blockchain advisor.He has angel invested in over 40startups and initial coin offerings. He is also a contributor to Known Blockchain publications and has been featured in other well known financial publications.James has already made a very positive impact on the project, his vision and professionalism along with his great personality traits complement the SafeCrypt.io team in a very positive way.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Secondary Market
United States, Switzerland, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

BitPay — BitPay provides enterprise-grade bitcoin payment solutions for businesses and organizations. It offers RESTful API, a bitcoin paymet gateway API; and native payment protocol support, signed payment request, direct payment communication, and BIP 73 support solutions. BitPay also provides Copay, a bitcoin wallet solution with Intel hardwaresecurity integration that allows users with hardware-level protection, including private key generation, transaction signing, and private keys. It has a strategic processing relationship with Aliant Payment Systems, Inc. Anthony Gallippi and Stephen Pair founded BitPay on May 1, 2011. It has its headquarters in Atlanta in Georgia.
Aave — Aave is an Open Source Protocol to create Non-Custodial Liquidity Markets to earn interest on supplying and borrowing assets with a variable or stable interest rate. The protocol is designed for easy integration into your products and services.
Yield Guild Games — Explore the best crypto games, meet people who love the same games you do. Play for free, go on adventures, and win rewards with your crew!

Gregor Gregersen

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Retail Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed
Singapore, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Little Bit — Little Bit provides technology and blockchain solutions for the bullion industry.
Daenerys & Co — Crytpocurrency trading and ATMs
Invenda Group — Invenda has the smart technologies to propel your automated retail business into the digital age.

Anonymous

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United States, Egypt, India

Portfolio highlights

Aethir — Aethir is an Egyptian company that manufactures lighting equipment for professionals and amateurs in film making & Broadcasting industry.
ellipse — Ellipse is a technology company specializing in EMV-integrated card security code solutions to reduce CNP fraud and false declines. It offers a battery-free display card technology that allows card manufacturers to incorporate display cards into their products with existing equipment.
Mirage Line Entertainment — We're a passionate team of indie developers fueled by a deep love for crafting breathtaking worlds and unforgettable experiences.

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