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Top 50 Hardware VC Funds & Investors in Switzerland (September 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in Switzerland Hardware startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Switzerland Hardware startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
SICTIC
VC Fund
46 Switzerland, Germany, Tanzania Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $264k–$3.7M
Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT)
VC Fund
41 Switzerland, France, United States Debt Financing, Grant, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence $20k–$2.5M
Verve Ventures
VC Fund
39 Switzerland, Germany, France Series A, Seed, Series B Health Care, Software, Biotechnology $1.2M–$45M
Zürcher Kantonal Bank
VC Fund
34 Switzerland, Germany, Japan Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device $1M–$20M
Founderful
VC Fund
18 Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $810k–$24M
Swisscom Ventures
VC Fund
18 Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom Series B, Series A, Series C Software, SaaS, Information Technology $2M–$80M
Serpentine Ventures
VC Fund
15 Switzerland, Germany, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Automotive $110k–$6.3M
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund
14 Germany, Switzerland, United States Seed, Series A Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology $850k–$31M
GoBeyond
VC Fund
12 Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, Information Technology $495k–$5M
Momenta Ventures
VC Fund
11 United States, Switzerland, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Automation $1M–$60M
Privilège Ventures
VC Fund
10 Switzerland, Italy, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Wearables $667k–$7M
Alpana Ventures
VC Fund
10 United States, Switzerland, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Health Care $729k–$45M
Spicehaus Partners
VC Fund
9 Switzerland, Czech Republic Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $883k–$2.6M
Lakestar
VC Fund
9 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $2.2M–$91M
EquityPitcher Ventures
VC Fund
9 Switzerland, Germany, Canada Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, SaaS $1.5M–$11M
DAA Ventures
VC Fund
9 Switzerland, France Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Health Care $1.2M–$49M
Founderful Campus
VC Fund
8 Switzerland, Bulgaria, United States Pre-Seed, Convertible Note, Seed Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software $21k–$2.9M
Acequia Capital (AceCap)
VC Fund
8 United States, United Kingdom, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $500k–$25M
redalpine
VC Fund
7 Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Series B Biotechnology, Health Care, Software $1.6M–$125M
VI Partners
VC Fund
7 Switzerland, Germany, United States Series A, Series B, Series C Health Care, Biotechnology, Software $3.2M–$100M
3wVentures
VC Fund
7 Switzerland, Spain, Austria Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Health Care, Search Engine $50k–$8M
ACE & Company
VC Fund
7 United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, FinTech $687k–$24M
Polytech Ventures
VC Fund
6 Switzerland, United States, Spain Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Financial Services, FinTech $500k–$10M
Mutschler Ventures AG
VC Fund
6 Germany, Switzerland, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Health Care, FinTech $2.3M–$90M
b2venture
VC Fund
6 Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Health Care, Information Technology $1.4M–$52M
BlueYard Capital
VC Fund
5 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Biotechnology, Blockchain $1.5M–$47M
ETH Zurich Foundation
VC Fund
5 Switzerland Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant Medical, Software, 3D Printing $152k–$5.6M
Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund
5 Germany, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.5M–$75M
Bloccelerate VC
VC Fund
5 United States, Switzerland, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech $3M–$41M
Session.vc
VC Fund
5 Switzerland, Germany Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $659k–$18M
Translink Capital
VC Fund
5 United States, China, South Korea Series A, Series B, Series C Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $4.1M–$58M
QBIT Capital
VC Fund
5 Switzerland Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Manufacturing, Internet $1M–$7.8M
Technology Fund
VC Fund
5 Switzerland, Italy, Germany Debt Financing, Grant, Seed Software, Energy, Information Technology $1.1M–$8.3M
SOSV
VC Fund
4 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
TiVentures
VC Fund
4 Switzerland, Italy, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Energy $583k–$3.3M
CNB Capital
VC Fund
4 Germany, Austria, Switzerland Series A, Seed Software, Machine Learning, Information Technology $1M–$18M
AM Ventures
VC Fund
4 Germany, United States, Switzerland Seed, Series A Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Software $411k–$6.9M
Sika
VC Fund
4 Switzerland, Canada, Finland Seed, Corporate Round Construction, Software, Sensor $1.1M–$3.6M
seed + speed Ventures
VC Fund
4 Germany, Austria, Switzerland Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $625k–$20M
First Momentum Ventures
VC Fund
4 Germany, Switzerland, United States Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $980k–$17M
another.vc
VC Fund
4 Germany, Switzerland, France Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $1.2M–$20M
Kickfund
VC Fund
4 Switzerland, France, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing $110k–$5.7M
Innosuisse
VC Fund
4 Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device $16k–$16M
FYRFLY Venture Partners
VC Fund
4 United States, Switzerland, France Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence $1.3M–$21M
Gentian Investments
VC Fund
4 Switzerland, Germany, United States Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning $857k–$15M
Vsquared Ventures
VC Fund
3 Germany, United States, Switzerland Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, Manufacturing
True Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $1.2M–$50M
21Celsius Ventures
VC Fund
3 Switzerland, Spain Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
SixThirty
VC Fund
3 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software $140k–$20M
BackBone Ventures
VC Fund
3 Switzerland, Germany, Israel Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $578k–$105M
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SICTIC
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 46 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 299
  • Round size: Seed $504k–$3.7M; Pre-Seed $264k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
  • Carewell — Carewell is influencing the way people work in healthcare by providing flexible digital solutions tailored to their specific needs.
  • Ionic Wind Technologies — Ionic wind technologies, which use an internationally patented concept, alter the way airflow is generated. Instead of conventional rotating machinery, we move air with electric fields.
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Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT)
VC Fund · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · 41 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 31 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 257
  • Round size: Seed $100k–$2.5M; Grant $20k–$125k; Debt Financing $99k–$530k
  • Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SixtineAI — is an AI-driven clinical documentation and workflow assistant specifically designed for healthcare providers.
  • Nextrainers — Nextrainers is a sports technology company that provides AI-powered football training sessions, tactical analysis, and player progression.
  • Documenter AI — Complete AI copilot platform for enterprise project management, compliance automation, and business process automation. Deploy intelligent agents, automate workflows, and ensure compliance across all industries.
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Verve Ventures
VC Fund · Zug, Zug, Switzerland · 39 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Verve Ventures has invested in more than 140 science and technology startups. We support visionary and resilient entrepreneurs from day one and are a reliable partner for the entire journey. We typically invest EUR 1-3m in early as well as later stage rounds of European high tech startups.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 301
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$11M; Series A $2.1M–$18M; Series B $3.9M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $61M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Axelera AI — Axelera AI is a company that delivers purpose-built hardware and software platforms designed to accelerate artificial intelligence tasks, particularly in edge computing. The company's flagship product, the Metis™ AI Platform, integrates both hardware and software components to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient AI inference solutions.This platform has been recognized for its innovation, notably being named a CES® 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree.Incubated in 2019 by the emerging technologies leader Bitfury and joined by the leading nano-technology group imec in early 2020, Axelera AI launched as a new company in 2021. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Axelera AI has R&D offices in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. Its team of experts in AI software and hardware hail from top AI firms and Fortune 500 companies.
  • Aylight — Aylight develops semiconductor laser and photonics platforms designed to improve optical connectivity in AI datacenters and related infrastructure. The company focuses on frequency modulated comb laser technology that generates multiple stable wavelengths from a single InP-based laser cavity. Its architecture produces an equidistant, RF-lockedwavelength grid that aligns with dense wavelength-division multiplexing requirements and reduces control complexity and power consumption. Aylight targets use cases in AI datacenter interconnects, quantum computing hardware, precision metrology, and communication equipment. Its products aim to integrate with terabit optical links and wavelength-division multiplexing systems while remaining compatible with existing fabrication processes.
  • Atana Elements — Atana is accelerating the exploration and development of flowing critical minerals and industrial gases. Atana uses a proprietary tech stack to identify and mature mineral resources quickly and effectively.
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Zürcher Kantonal Bank
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 34 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 205
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6M; Series A $2.1M–$13M; Series B $1.9M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $150M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Riverkin — Riverkin builds rugged, low-cost water sensor systems for rivers that measure turbidity and temperature in real time. Our platform turns field data into clear insights and decision making tools.
  • QualySense — QualySense is a Swiss start-up company focused on innovative high-throughput grain, beans and seeds sorting technology. QualySense develops a high-speed multi-tons per hour sorting device, which will change how grains, beans and seeds are processed and valued worldwide by assessing the biochemical quality of grains one by one. The QualySensesorters will enable customers to separate grain batches into different biochemical quality classes and sell the corresponding premium products at higher average prices. Food processors will be able to considerably increase the production value, and produce higher quality products in a non-interrupted process.
  • Pearltec AG — Headquartered in Schlieren / Zurich, Pearltec AG develops, produces and delivers solutions for the optimal storage, fixation and positioning of patients. Their products are based on unique, patented technology developed in collaboration with ETH Zurich and renowned university hospitals.They have set theirselves the goal to use the technologycompetence of Pearltec AG for the benefit of humans, animals and industry and to create added value for their customers by excellent quality and convincing application advantages.Pearltec AG is certified according to ISO standard 13485. This certification certifies that their quality management system for the development and manufacture of medical devices meets the highest international standards.
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Founderful
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 18 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 15 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 111
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$14M; Pre-Seed $810k–$4.3M; Series A $3M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $143M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Fusionality — Fusionality is a Swiss fusion-technology company focused on measurement, control, and data systems for fusion devices.They combine expertise in fusion physics, control engineering, AI/ML, simulation, diagnostics, and real-time software.Their goal is to help fusion companies and research labs operate devices more efficiently and accelerate thedevelopment of commercial fusion energy.
  • Stellar Alpina — Stellar Alpina develops modular lunar landers and the RDRE propulsion modules that power them, combining rapid hardware iteration with a scalable platform approach for reliable missions from Earth orbit to the Moon.
  • Exclaim Robotics — Autonomous mobile robots for the AI data center.
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Swisscom Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 18 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Swisscom Ventures is an venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, that specializes in early stage tech investments founded in 2007.Swisscom Ventures invests in growth companies with emerging business models and technologies of strategic relevance to Swisscom's core business. As a value-add investor, Swisscom brings its investees the technicalexpertise and strategic insights of an incumbent telecom operator. We act as a bridge to Swisscom's operational business units, which portfolio companies can also leverage as a test environment for their products and services.Swisscom Ventures seeks minority stakes in companies related to the information/communications/entertainment space.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 156
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$22M; Series B $2M–$60M; Series C $8.6M–$80M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $300M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Apono — Apono makes permission management to applications, infrastructure, and data repositories simple, secure and compliant.
  • CDDS — CDDS is a defense technology firm producing AI-powered autonomous interceptor drones for countering unmanned aerial systems.
  • Aylight — Aylight develops semiconductor laser and photonics platforms designed to improve optical connectivity in AI datacenters and related infrastructure. The company focuses on frequency modulated comb laser technology that generates multiple stable wavelengths from a single InP-based laser cavity. Its architecture produces an equidistant, RF-lockedwavelength grid that aligns with dense wavelength-division multiplexing requirements and reduces control complexity and power consumption. Aylight targets use cases in AI datacenter interconnects, quantum computing hardware, precision metrology, and communication equipment. Its products aim to integrate with terabit optical links and wavelength-division multiplexing systems while remaining compatible with existing fabrication processes.
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Serpentine Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 15 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Serpentine Ventures (SERV) is the investment arm of the Swiss startup group. Serpentine refers to the meandering roads found across the Swiss Mountains. Unreachable mountain peaks become accessible by following the serpentine path.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Automotive
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $110k–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Correntics — Our vision is to make global supply chains future-proof. With our data-driven approach, a deep understanding of risks, we help our clients to reduce risks in their value chains. Through our expertise, we support our clients to improve their operations and their financial resilience in the face of climate change and emerging risks while ensuring thesustainability of their business activities.
  • 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.
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HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund · Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany · 14 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 739
  • Round size: Seed $850k–$7M; Series A $3.1M–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $515M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Zimory — Founded in 2007, Zimory provides carrier-grade cloud infrastructure management software that allows service providers, enterprises and cloud brokers to fully leverage the power and elasticity of cloud computing. Zimory’s intelligent Cloud Suite simplifies, automates and expedites the creation, launch and management of all types of cloudenvironments – whether public, private, virtual private or hybrid. Zimory software is also a key enabler of cloud marketplaces for enterprise services, applications and infrastructure. Headquartered in Berlin, Zimory has development centers in Erfurt, Germany and Minsk, Belarus, a subsidiary office in New York City and is expanding its expertise and presence globally.
  • Alteva — Alteva develops battery cells for the decarbonisation of the global transport sector, and focus on high-energy density battery cells with high safety profiles specifically designed for the aviation and heavy-duty transport sectors.
  • Smartblue — Smartblue develops and runs software and processes to monitor and optimize zero emission energy systems. As a hardware independent specialist Smartblue delivers a software service for the maintenance, life-cycle management, production forecasting and remote control of photovoltaic and energy storage systems all together in one centralized “SmartControl” Operations and Control Center web application. We help our customers drive down overall operational cost through automation, smart failure detection and big data analysis on imminent defects.
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GoBeyond
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 12 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

GoBeyond is a FinTech company transforming angel investing into a new scalable asset class for small and large, novice to experienced investors. It offers a unique deal platform, portfolio tools, syndication/pooling, due diligence, investment monitoring services, training and certified deal leaders.Its clients are individuals, familyoffices, professional groups and corporations. It is active in the EU, Switzerland and the US. GoBeyond also offers educational training modules for angel investors in 11 categories.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 190
  • Round size: Seed $495k–$5M; Series A $1.2M–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Stylect — Stylect is a mobile app to to help women discover their perfect shoe. They aggregate products from multiple websites and based on users' preferences (that they gather through a hot-or-not interface), they recommend better products. Their users are able to keep track of and buy the products they like and receive notifications whenever a productthey love goes on sale. Finally, They use geolocation to let their users know when a shoe is selling in a store nearby.
  • LockStyler — LockStyler is a hair locks coloring device used by hairdressers for hair highlighting and lowlighting. It is composed of an applicator, cartridge, and base. LockStyler was launched in 2014 and is manufactured in Montreux, Switzerland.
  • Blumer — Blumer is a social networking platform that provides social networks that can monetize time by consuming advertisements, selling nfts, and making crypto transactions. It offers social networks, crypto, digital marketing, and blockchain.
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Momenta Ventures
VC Fund · Engelberg, Obwalden, Switzerland · 11 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Momenta is the leading Industrial Impact® venture capital firm, accelerating industrial innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and the supply chain. For over a decade, our team of deep industry operators has helped scale industry leaders and innovators to improve critical industries, the environment, and people's quality oflife. PitchBook has ranked Momenta as one of the ten best-performing venture capital firms for 2023 in its prestigious Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, and the firm is the only European-headquartered VC to secure a Top 10 spot on the list.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Automation
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 109
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.7M; Series A $2.5M–$23M; Series B $20M–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • AKUA — AKUA is a subscription data service delivering actionable, real-time, and secure business intelligence directly to cargo owners. Their flexible IoT platform provides persistent environmental monitoring and tracking solutions for intermodal cargo containers with no new equipment to buy or manage. AKUA IoT gateway devices, sensors, and devicelogistics are included in the subscription, and any existing IoT sensors can also be integrated into the system. AKUA combines the industry's most advanced tracking devices, tamper-resistant and tamper-evident multi-layer security, and in-transit analytics into a seamless cloud-based solution.
  • DataHow — DataHow is specialized in data analytics and bioprocess modeling
  • Luffy AI — Discover Luffy AI's Neuroplastic AI for rapid, adaptive industrial control in robotics, drives, automotive, and more. Enhance system performance and reduce calibration needs. Replace or complement PID loops with Adaptive Control for your Physical AI usecase.
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Privilège Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 10 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Wearables
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, Italy, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$5.9M; Pre-Seed $667k–$1.6M; Series A $4.1M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $21M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Xsensio — Xsensio develops the unique Lab-on-Skin™​ sensing platform to sense in real-time biochemical information at the surface of the skin, providing unprecedented real-time information about our health and wellness, in a simple and non-invasive way.The Xsensio Lab-on-Skin™ sensing chip relies on a unique, highly-miniaturized sensing platform developedat the Nanolab of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. By leveraging semiconductor properties, our sensing platform unleashes a whole new set of possibilities in continuous health monitoring.
  • ENANTIOS — ENANTIOS specializes in creating benchtop analytical instruments that provide industries, research institutions, and academic facilities.
  • Develop Players — Supporto clinico per ADHD e DSA online. Aiutiamo adulti, bambini e ragazzi con screening, potenziamento e percorsi psicologici personalizzati.
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Alpana Ventures
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 10 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 103
  • Round size: Seed $729k–$4M; Series A $2.1M–$14M; Series B $3M–$45M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sinay — Sinay provides numerous solutions for maritime sector stakeholders, such as collecting and analysing maritime data.
  • Nezasa — Discover how to grow your business with Nezasa TripBuilder, the world's leading travel commerce solution for travel businesses.
  • Tinamu — Trusted inventory intelligence delivered in real-time
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Spicehaus Partners
VC Fund · Zug, Zug, Switzerland · 9 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Spicehaus Partners is a Swiss seed-stage VC backing B2B technology companies built to scale internationally.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Switzerland, Czech Republic

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $883k–$2.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.1M–$2.2M
  • Lead/follow: 72% lead, 28% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $51M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • KEMARO AG — KEMARO GmbH, headquartered in Eschlikon, Switzerland, was founded in August 2016 by three engineers specializing in the development and production of autonomous industrial robotics. Our first product, the KEMARO-800, is the world's first dry fully autonomous cleaning robot for industrial use, demonstrating our expertise internationally as aleader in artificial intelligence and robotics.
  • xorlab — xorlab offers machine-intelligent email security that stops advanced phishing, business email compromise, and other emerging threats at first sight.
  • Logmind — Logmind is an AI-accelerated log data analytics platform for the visibility and automated insights into unstructured log data. It aims to enable modern companies to easily analyze unstructured log data generated from a complex IT infrastructure.Logmind uses its IT operations and DevOps teams to automatically detect applications issues. This helpsclients to run their applications bug-free and allows them to identify and avoid costly incidents on time.
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Lakestar
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 9 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Lakestar invests in founders and technologies shaping Europe's future, helping build resilience, sovereignty, and long-term growth in a changing world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 247
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$19M; Series A $6.7M–$65M; Series B $16M–$91M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $300M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Swan — Use Swan's APIs to embed white-labeled banking features like accounts, cards, and IBANs into your workflows and UX.
  • Vertice — The SaaS purchasing platform that gives finance leaders cost control, efficiency and flexibility.
  • Cambridge Aerospace — Our mission is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe.
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EquityPitcher Ventures
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 9 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

As active investors, Equity Pitcher carry out a needs and network analysis as part of the due diligence process and thus evaluate the added value we can offer the founders.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 56
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$5.5M; Series A $3M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.8M–$9.9M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $47M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • xorlab — xorlab offers machine-intelligent email security that stops advanced phishing, business email compromise, and other emerging threats at first sight.
  • Enzo — Enzo is a Heidelberg based InsurTech startup offering modern and smart insurance coverage for homeowners. Instead of just reacting to claims, Enzo takes a proactive customer-focused approach to prevent damages from happening at all. Thus, Enzo is leading a paradigm shift in a €100+ billion market that has barely improved customer experience forover 100 years. Our Goal is to become Europe's smartest homeowners insurance.
  • Jaipur Robotics — Jaipur Robotics focuses on developing AI software for waste recycling ecosystem.
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DAA Ventures
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 9 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

DAA Capital Partners is a Swiss-based private equity generating significant returns on technology-driven companies and real estate opportunities

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Switzerland, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.8M; Series A $4.1M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.2M–$49M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Largo.ai — We make the data-driven movie-making accessible to the market through our high level film understanding technologies. Largo has developed data-driven intelligence, which can be introduced much earlier in the life of a film project, right from script choice and development, through filming, post-production and theatrical release. Largo empowersproduction companies with data-enhanced ROI uplift and reduction of risk.
  • Touch Sensity — Touch Sensity is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of IoT and sensors.
  • Cognitive Design Systems — Cognitive Design Systems (CDS) is a software company enabling designers and engineers to automate and accelerate their design process using AI. Our software converts concept designs into manufacturable, sustainable and economically viable products using machine learning algorithms.
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Founderful Campus
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 8 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Founderful Campus aims to educate students and support entrepreneurs to disrupt the startup culture on campuses, producing the next generation of tech leaders, and creating more value for society.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Convertible Note, Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Bulgaria, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$2.9M; Pre-Seed $21k–$2.7M; Convertible Note $21k–$31k
  • Lead/follow: 74% lead, 26% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Forgis — Forgis is leading the next industrial revolution by introducing industrial intelligence into factories, which boosts the competitiveness of Western manufacturing.
  • Impact.build — Impact Build transforms excavated earth into low-carbon building elements using advanced robotic manufacturing, delivering circular construction that competes on both cost and performance.
  • Recreate — Mix - multimodal agents SDK
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Acequia Capital (AceCap)
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 8 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

We are a leading early-stage investment platform. We are at the center of a global ecosystem that attracts and fuels the technical founders and product teams building the next wave of global businesses.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 398
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.3M; Series A $3.3M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $2.9M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Rapidata — Fast and reliable data labeling that powers your AI. Define your label needs now and get the results in minutes.
  • Devplan — Devplan is an AI-powered workspace for product development teams, transforming ideas into execution-ready plans by integrating with tools like GitHub, Linear, Jira, and company docs.
  • Applied Atomics, Inc. — Powering the next 1,000 years of advanced industry with co-located nuclear power plants.
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redalpine
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 7 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 19 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 201
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$13M; Series A $3.2M–$33M; Series B $16M–$125M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $200M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • microagi — Accelerating embodied AGI
  • telli — A world where every interaction is worth having. https://t.co/Qa65ENaxKL
  • Arlequin AI — Unlock actionable insights from complex social data to drive strategic decisions using our AI models.
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VI Partners
VC Fund · Altendorf, Schwyz, Switzerland · 7 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 113
  • Round size: Series A $3.2M–$23M; Series B $3.3M–$41M; Series C $7M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $110M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Nexthink — Discover what your employees need, see what they experience, know how they feel. Deliver IT that delights.
  • Pay by Shopping (deal united) — paybyshopping.com Domain Name is available to Buy. Grab this great Domain from Daaz. Daaz has the lowest transaction fees in the industry. See our list of GTLD's,CCTLD's, New GTLD's,3N's, 6N's, 3L's, 6L's etc.
  • Sonic Emotion — Sonic Emotion Absolute 3DTM sound technology provides an innovative unique solution for an immersive natural 3D sound reproduction by implementing audio products with sound field control from only 2, 3, 4 or 6+ channels using a single compact device (and an optional subwoofer internal or external).
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3wVentures
VC Fund · Herisau, Ausser-Rhoden, Switzerland · 7 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Search Engine
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, Spain, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $50k–$3.5M; Angel $583k–$2.1M; Series A $1.2M–$8M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $100M in 1999

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 Solutions — Discover how community-powered advice can turn your PDPs into trusted, high-converting content and get cited in AI search.
  • 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.
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ACE & Company
VC Fund · Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland · 7 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

ACE & Company is a Geneva-based private equity and venture capital firm with more than $2.0 billion in assets under management and over 20 years of experience.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 191
  • Round size: Seed $687k–$6.4M; Series A $3.4M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $143M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Roofr — The complete sales toolbox for roofers. From roof measurement reports to project-winning proposals.
  • Vennre — Build wealth through vetted private market opportunities from $5k. GCC-first, globally accessible. Regulated, Sharia-compliant, digital-first.
  • DiPonio Contracting — DiPonio Contracting is an infrastructure maintenance and construction company. It offers new and replacement upgrades for aged and existing water, wastewater, and storm sewer systems.
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Polytech Ventures
VC Fund · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland · 6 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Polytech Ventures are an early stage VC firm based in Switzerland with a strong international focus. Their strategic location at EPFL in Lausanne grants us access to one of the most dynamic and recognized innovation centers in the world

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 53
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$3.5M; Series A $2.1M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $40M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Relai — All you need to get started is to download our award winning Relai app, complete a simple verification and start buying with as little as 50 CHF/EUR.
  • Hemostod — Developing universal platelets and next-generation diagnostics
  • Earny — Payroll management built for Startups & SMEs. Swiss payroll service with no hidden fees & no hassle
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Mutschler Ventures AG
VC Fund · Baar, Zug, Switzerland · 6 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Mutschler ventures has been actively investing in start-up or young internet companies in the areas of e-commerce and / or "matchmaking".

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$8.2M; Series A $2.5M–$27M; Series B $18M–$90M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Predium — Every building owner, real estate portfolio holder, developer and investor faces the challenge that data on buildings, energy consumption, CO2 emissions, tenants and climate risks is either not available or scattered in different places. They also lack the tools to act on their ambitions to become sustainable while remaining profitable.Predium’send-to-end platform empowers you to efficiently manage key building data and cost-effectively identify renovation opportunities. Our proprietary technology helps you to:1) Automate data collection and monitor portfolio-wide ESG data in one dashboard 2) Prioritize renovation opportunities and identify subsidy and financial incentives 3) Track and communicate progress according to industry standards
  • telli — A world where every interaction is worth having. https://t.co/Qa65ENaxKL
  • Invenda Group — Smart vending software and hardware by Invenda Group AG that powers connected devices, turns transactions into insights, and drives revenue for brands, operators, and retailers.
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b2venture
VC Fund · Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland · 6 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 272
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$8.8M; Series A $3.4M–$23M; Series B $6.9M–$52M
  • Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $179M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Everlab — The preventative health service of the future. Detect disease early, improve wellbeing, and optimise performance.
  • Flyboard — Human-level AI voice agents at a fraction of the cost. Transform your customer engagement with intelligent automation.
  • Kiin Bio — Accelerate drug discovery with Virtual Scientists. Unified platform integrating 100+ specialized tools into one intelligent workflow.
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BlueYard Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 5 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

BlueYard backs founders building the interconnected elements that can become the fabric of our future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Blockchain
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 115
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$13M; Series A $7M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.8M–$29M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • boxd — Persistent, forkable and suspendable virtual machines for agents and agentic workloads.
  • Rapidata — Fast and reliable data labeling that powers your AI. Define your label needs now and get the results in minutes.
  • Chomp — Chomp is a social network platform that focuses on on question-and-answer with prediction-based systems.
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ETH Zurich Foundation
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 5 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

ETH Zurich Foundation is an independent, non-​profit-making foundation under private law for the promotion of education and research at ETH Zurich.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Software, 3D Printing
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.6M; Grant $152k–$175k; Pre-Seed $473k–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Soverli — Soverli is a cybersecurity technology firm that provides advanced protection technologies for smartphones.
  • Immitra Bio — Developing scalable in-vivo genomic medicine for blood disorders
  • Tethys Robotics — Tethys Robotics develops AI-powered application oriented robotics system that enables professionals in carrying underwater search & recovery to inspection & surveillance.
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Earlybird Venture Capital
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 5 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European VC investor backing tech-enabled companies and investing in their growth and development. Funds include Earlybird, Earlybird Health, Growth Opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 394
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$14M; Series A $4.4M–$35M; Series B $6M–$75M
  • Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $422M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Avrea — Avrea is the CI/CD platform built for the age of AI, helping teams ship software faster, more often, and with higher quality.
  • Hilo — Get stress-free readings round the clock with Hilo's clinically validated blood pressure monitor. Learn more
  • Neuracore — The robot skill creation engine: collect demonstrations, curate datasets, train imitation and reinforcement learning policies, and deploy them on real robots, all on one platform.
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Bloccelerate VC
VC Fund · Seattle, Washington, United States · 5 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Bloccelerate VC Investment Thesis Enterprise Blockchain Focus Areas Team Writings

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 38
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$10M; Series A $6M–$16M; Series B $15M–$41M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $25M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Rover — Bitcoin Liquid Staking on @BotanixLabs
  • Interstate — Interstate is an Ethereum pre-confirmation protocol. It aims to make Ethereum transactions near-instant and allow applications to self-order while maintaining full composability with L1.
  • Cloudburst Technologies — Crypto, Crypto Threat intelligence, OSINT, Open source intelligence
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Session.vc
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 5 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

At session we back early-stage companies in the Software and Consumer space. As active investors, we can only partner with a few companies. When we do, we roll up our sleeves and get to work, providing entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 24
  • Round size: Seed $659k–$16M; Pre-Seed $1M–$2.7M; Series A $3.3M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Saporo — Improve cyber resistance by prioritizing and reducing user access risk.
  • Cerrion — Cerrion is a visual AI that helps production teams react faster to process deviations, automate root cause analysis, and implement targeted improvement actions. They believe that process transparency enabled by AI and computer vision is key to achieving more autonomy and sustainability in manufacturing. Their software is built and designed withproduction teams from all over the world in the loop.
  • deskbird — Most intuitive and people-centric - deskbird's hybrid workplace solution that employees will love. For all flexibe companies, from startup to corporate.
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QBIT Capital
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 5 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

We are QBIT Capital, an early stage venture capital firm focused on founders in Switzerland.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.8M; Pre-Seed $1M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 93% lead, 7% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Qala — Qala AG continuously connects policy intent with operational reality, helping organisations detect data and AI risk, policy drift and control gaps in real time.
  • CCRAFT — CCRAFT is a manufacturer of thin-film lithium niobate and photonic integrated circuits.
  • DuraMon — DuraMon is the developer of an embeddable wireless multifunctional sensor designed for monitoring relevant parameters for corrosion and durability. The company's sensor combines sensor technology, data interpretation, and data analysis techniques to obtain reliable corrosion diagnoses and forecasts and recommend the repair urgency.
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Technology Fund
VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 5 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Technology Fund offers loan guarantees to Swiss companies whose novel products contribute to a sustainable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Energy, Information Technology
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Italy, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8.3M; Debt Financing $1.2M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Distran — Distran is a spin-off from the Autonomous System Lab, ETH Zurich, developing advanced acoustic sensors for industrial applications.Distran's goal is to reduce risks for industrial workers and the environmental impact of the industry through the use of sound sensing and technology.Workers use their ears every day, consciously orunconsciously, to assess machine conditions. Traditional acoustic sensors have been used for long for that purpose but are limited by the background sounds that are present in usual industrial environments. Phased-array sensors developed by Distran overcome this limitation by spatially filtering the sounds. It becomes possible to locate defects, such as leaks or discharges, while being at a safe distance.
  • TVP Solar — Our target Industrial Process Heat is the largest energy sink Urgency Industrial decarbonization has yet to be addressed and is critical to achievingESG targets. TVP cuts industrial fossil fuel use
  • AgroSustain — AgroSustain is a one-stop-shop solution for biological plant protection. It aims to reduce food waste and support organic food production by developing farm to fork solutions, like biological fungicides and coatings.
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SOSV
VC Fund · Princeton, New Jersey, United States · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 75 in the past 12 months

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates. HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1482
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
  • unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
  • Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.
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TiVentures
VC Fund · Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

TiVenture is a seed investment fund owned by the Fondazione Centenario Banca Stato that invests in early stage companies with innovative technologies and high growth potential, principally in southern Switzerland. TiVenture is actively looking and ready to support exceptional founders and entrepreneurs developing scalable products for the globalmarket. TiVenture has a diversified portfolio of companies and is mainly active in the life science, medical, high-tech and IT sectors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Energy
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, Italy, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $583k–$2M; Pre-Seed $800k–$1.4M; Series A $1.9M–$3.3M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • InkVivo — InkVivo provides clinicians and healthcare providers with a product delivery system that optimizes treatments. Their manufacturing approach allows users to design implantable patches, tablets, and injectable biomaterials.
  • BigOmics — Get robust and reproducible results in a few clicks with Omics Playground: your user-friendly Omics Data Analysis Software.
  • Jaipur Robotics — Jaipur Robotics focuses on developing AI software for waste recycling ecosystem.
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CNB Capital
VC Fund · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

CNB Capital believes in the power of technology-driven entrepreneurship. We understand real innovation creates moat and defensibility. We provide long-term commitment, building an enduring partnership without the usual exit pressure.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Machine Learning, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 30
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$3.2M; Series A $1M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hydrogrid — All-in-one solution for optimizing hydropower plants. Increase revenues by up to 18%, reduce spill by up to 12%, and save valuable time with Hydrogrid Insight.
  • watttron — Watttron invents a revolutionary heating system that can heat up surfaces heterogeneously.Watttron develops an innovative heating technology that can be used in various industrial processes. It is superior to current heating systems in many ways and offers a number of advantages. On the following pages, you will find information about possibleapplications and opportunities.The company is located in the Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Freital – a technology and start-up center on the outskirts of Dresden, the state capital of Saxony.
  • Neural Concept — Neural Concept is the first AI software for enhanced engineering. Leverage your historical CAD and CAE data to drastically shorten and improve your design cycles.
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AM Ventures
VC Fund · Starnberg, Bayern, Germany · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

We back trailblazing entrepreneurs who transform the world with industrial 3D printing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $411k–$3.3M; Series A $2M–$6.9M
  • Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Soil Connect — Soil Connect Marketplace is a digital platform created for construction professionals who work with soil and aggregates on a regular basis. Its platform connects those who have it with those who need it.
  • Additive Drives — A new generation of electric motors: simpler, better and more sustainable!
  • Headmade Materials — Headmade Materials is a provider of the 3D-printing process Cold Metal Fusion (´Metal SLS`) for the serial production of metal parts.
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Sika
VC Fund · Baar, Zug, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Sika AG manufactures construction materials and offers related services. The Company produces concrete and mixtures, mortar, sealants and adhesives, tooling resins, anti-static industrial flooring, acoustic materials for automobiles, and waterproof membranes. Sika also offers specialized contracting services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Construction, Software, Sensor
  • Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Switzerland, Canada, Finland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DuraMon — DuraMon is the developer of an embeddable wireless multifunctional sensor designed for monitoring relevant parameters for corrosion and durability. The company's sensor combines sensor technology, data interpretation, and data analysis techniques to obtain reliable corrosion diagnoses and forecasts and recommend the repair urgency.
  • Mesh — MESH is automating rebar fabrication and construction processes using robotics and software. Our mission is to bring modern robotics to rebar industry.
  • Giatec Scientific — Giatec is a global company revolutionizing the concrete industry by bringing smart testing technologies and IoT solutions to every jobsite.
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seed + speed Ventures
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Empowering visionary founders with pre-seed and seed funding for B2B software innovation. Partner with us to turn your aspirations into thriving businesses. Our expert support ensures your journey to success.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $625k–$3.9M; Series A $2.5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $107M in 2026

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.
  • SOUS — One easy-to-use tool to grow traffic, make online sales, seamlessly handle orders and drive retention. Built for food entrepreneurs, built with taste.
  • Promptwatch — PromptWatch is a platform designed for SEO professionals and digital marketers who want to stay ahead in the age of AI-driven search. As Generative AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity increasingly influence how users discover information, PromptWatch helps businesses ensure their brand is visible and relevant within these AI-generatedanswers. Our tool enables users to monitor mentions of their brand across leading AI engines, uncover where and how their business is referenced, and identify optimization opportunities to improve visibility. By tapping into Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), PromptWatch empowers marketers to adapt their strategies beyond traditional search engines—ensuring their content gets surfaced in the conversations and answers that matter most. PromptWatch is your essential toolkit for thriving in the next wave of search.
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First Momentum Ventures
VC Fund · Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Pre-Seed B2B Tech VC - Engineers at heart, investors by choice

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 66
  • Round size: Seed $3.7M–$12M; Pre-Seed $980k–$4.7M; Series A $10M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $40M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • encosa — encosa helps commercial and industrial customers cut electricity costs with battery storage systems and software. It plans, finances, installs, and operates these systems as a complete service. The company also uses energy optimization and electricity trading to improve system returns.
  • SuperPlane — SuperPlane lets AI agents fully automate routine development work, with the rules, verification and visibility engineering teams need.
  • Quantum Diamonds — Bringing diamond-based quantum technology around the globe, empowering the next quantum leap.
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another.vc
VC Fund · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

We're just another venture capital firm. We invest as soon as you made up your mind to start a company. Sometimes even before that.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 54
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$6.7M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$3.6M; Series A $9M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ark Climate — Ark Climate is a climate-tech company that develops software to support municipal climate protection planning and execution.
  • Cleavr — Cleavr is the first AI partner that automatically takes your money. which is linked to your ERP, takes care of everything on its own
  • Immitra Bio — Developing scalable in-vivo genomic medicine for blood disorders
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Kickfund
VC Fund · Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 15 in the past 12 months

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
  • Geography: Switzerland, France, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $335k–$4M; Convertible Note $110k–$118k
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $80M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Bewelab SA — Bewe is a mobile game designed to reduce cravings, using neuroscience to automatically retrain your brain and effortlessly reclaim your health.
  • Immitra Bio — Developing scalable in-vivo genomic medicine for blood disorders
  • Carewell — Carewell is influencing the way people work in healthcare by providing flexible digital solutions tailored to their specific needs.
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Innosuisse
VC Fund · Berne, Bern, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Innosuisse’s role is to promote science-based innovation in the interests of industry and society in Switzerland.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 236
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$16M; Grant $41k–$2.5M; Pre-Seed $16k–$4.3M
  • Lead/follow: 79% lead, 21% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Actival — Actival is driven by innovation and the integration of AI tools in dentistry. It is committed to precision and oral health.
  • Precise Health — Why replace antibiotics when we can make them work better? AI reads the bacterial genome, matches the adjunct. Phages first.
  • BLEEDnFIRE Therapeutics — BLEEDnFIRE Therapeutics: At BLEEDnFIRE Therapeutics, we are pioneering innovative siRNA-based therapies for hemophilia, Von Willebrand disease & other rare bleeding disorders (RBDs) by developing BnF-001. Our mission is to transform patient care and improve quand improve quality of life through targeted ...
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FYRFLY Venture Partners
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Fyrfly Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on data and intelligence. The firm prefers to invest in startups and early-stage companies in the information technology sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 44
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $3.4M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.5M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $2M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Kadoa — Kadoa is the web data layer for finance. Our AI agents build, monitor, and maintain mission-critical web data pipelines that produce verified datasets for investors.
  • Poetiq — Poetiq develops an AI meta-system that builds self-improving reasoning agents on top of existing large language models. The system discovers task-specific reasoning strategies, optimizes multi-step knowledge extraction, and synthesizes fragmented information into reliable answers. It focuses on recursive self-improvement, allowing agents to learnfrom solved tasks to perform better on new ones. Poetiq applies this approach to benchmarks like ARC-AGI and real-world workflows, improving accuracy and cost across models from multiple providers. The company works with partners to address complex AI reasoning and retrieval challenges in practical applications.
  • PolyGone Systems, Inc — Building the first portable, affordable, natural microplastic filter
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Gentian Investments
VC Fund · Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland · 4 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Gentian is an early-stage investment company founded by the Entrepreneurs Elian Kool and Gerhard Gerner. We focus on investments in SaaS platforms, Mobile, Robotics/Drones and adjacent areas we have a passion for.Based in Switzerland, most of our investments are in the DACH region, but with a clear focus on a global market.We investexclusively in enthusiastic teams, which we support with our experience as entrepreneurs as board member or advisor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Switzerland, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $857k–$10M; Series A $2.1M–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Yeastup — Yeastup transforms brewer's yeast into proteins & fibers for food & supplements. Contact us for sustainable ingredient solutions.
  • Sunflower Labs — Fully autonomous AI-powered drone security with thermal imaging and real-time threat detection for commercial, industrial, and residential properties.
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Vsquared Ventures
VC Fund · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 3 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups, 8 in the past 12 months

Vsquared Ventures invests in early-stage deep-tech companies that are tackling society's most pressing challenges, with a focus on quantum and novel computing, green energy, robotics, AI/ML, new space, synthetic biology, and healthcare. It is committed to a partnership and will go to any length to help accelerate and scale vision,unlocking all seemingly impossible possibilities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 57
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Lendurai — Lendurai enables drones to operate without GNSS using computer vision and AI. Providing autonomous navigation solutions for defence and public sector UAVs.
  • Arlequin AI — Unlock actionable insights from complex social data to drive strategic decisions using our AI models.
  • Snowcap Compute — Snowcap Compute develops advanced artificial intelligence computing chips that leverage superconducting technology for faster processing and greater energy efficiency.
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True Ventures
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 3 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

Founded in 2005, True Ventures is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology startups. With more than $3.8 billion under management, True provides seed and Series A financing to entrepreneurs in some of today's growing markets. With more than 40 team members including special advisors, operationsprofessionals, and founders-turned-investors, True represents one of the largest and most experienced teams dedicated to the ecosystem. The True team believes creativity flourishes when founders are supported fully and empowered to pursue brave ideas. To that end, the True Platform offers programs that inspire professional and personal growth. To date, True has helped more than 350 companies launch and scale their businesses, creating over 85,000 jobs worldwide. True was awarded Venture Firm of the Year by the National Venture Capital Association in 2018. To learn more, visit www.trueventures.com.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 743
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Series A $2M–$26M; Series B $5M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $885M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • SaveUp — SaveUp is the first free rewards program for saving money and reducing debt. Users earn SaveUp credits for every dollar saved or debt reduced and can use these credits to play for prizes ranging from travel, cars to even a $2M jackpot. While using SaveUp users are provided financial education, suggestions to improve their financial circumstancesand better financial services. SaveUp can be used with 18,000 financial institutions in the US including rewards for savings accounts, 401k, IRA, or reducing debts like credit cards, car loans, student loans and mortgages.
  • Smarterer — Individuals and Fortune 500 companies use Smarterer to help close the gap between the skills they have and the skills they need. Their dynamic assessment engine leverages the freshest crowdsourced tests around, to rapidly pinpoint skill level with a credible score. In November 2014, Pluralsight, the global leader in online learning for serioussoftware developers, IT specialists and creative technologists, acquired Smarterer. As the world's largest curated e-learning library for professionals, the company offers instant access to more than 3,500 courses authored by top experts. Smarterer will continue to power crowdsourced assessments for freelancer marketplaces, e-learning providers and enterprise companies anywhere people need to prove their skills to connect with professional opportunities. The Smarterer community has answered over 56 million during 1.7 million test sessions, across hundreds of tests.
  • Diligent Robotics — We build robots like Moxi that assist hospital staff with routine activities so they can focus on caring for patients.
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21Celsius Ventures
VC Fund · Baar, Zug, Switzerland · 3 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

21Celsius Ventures is an investment company based in Zug, Switzerland led by independent, lateral thinkers who aim to help their partners overcome financial and operational hurdles and grow alongside them. At 21Celsius, we operate in a straightforward, honest and laser-focused manner.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Internet, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Switzerland, Spain

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • C Wire — C WIRE is an Advertising Platform delivering great ad formats exclusively on the best websites with a cookieless by design technology.
  • 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.
  • Vibrant Life Group — A long-term group who strives to give you the best quality products. We import raw material as Trade Bridge Atlantic and develop 2 brands: Okami Bio & Your Karma foods
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SixThirty
VC Fund · St Louis, Missouri, United States · 3 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

At SixThirty, we connect bold early-stage companies in fintech, insurtech, privacy and digital health with corporate institutions to power growth.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 197
  • Round size: Seed $140k–$5.3M; Series A $3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $66M in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Lama AI — Lama AI provides AI-native loan origination infrastructure for community and regional banks. Its platform helps automate intake, borrower assistance, document collection, underwriting preparation, decisioning workflows, closing, and portfolio monitoring, enabling banks to scale lending operations while reducing manual work. Trusted by leadingcommunity and regional banks, Lama AI helps lenders move faster, improve borrower experience, and preserve the credit discipline, oversight, and compliance standards required in regulated lending. Lama AI is on a mission to expand access to fair, profitable capital for small businesses and beyond. Headquartered in NYC with an R&D center in Tel Aviv, Lama AI is reshaping the future of business lending.For more information visit us at: https://lama.ai/
  • hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
  • Diameter Pay — Diameter Pay is a financial service company that provides financial inclusion, fintech, blockchain, and social entrepreneurship services.
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BackBone Ventures
VC Fund · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland · 3 investments in Switzerland Hardware startups

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.

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Investment focus

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

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 74
  • Round size: Seed $966k–$4M; Pre-Seed $578k–$2.8M; Series A $5M–$105M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • eternal.ag — We help greenhouses overcome labor shortages through autonomous harvesting robots so they can keep operations running, every day, at scale.
  • Immitra Bio — Developing scalable in-vivo genomic medicine for blood disorders
  • NextBusiness — NextBusiness makes tools for founders in Switzerland. We build the AI-first business software infinity.swiss.
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Hardware VC funding in Switzerland at a glance

Stats across 1.2k deals from 910 investors.

910
investors
in Switzerland Hardware startups
1.2k
deals
in Switzerland Hardware startups
$900k
median round
in Switzerland Hardware startups
43%
lead investors
lead at least one round
28%
Grant
most common funding stage

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