# Avaloq Ventures

> Avaloq Ventures is a VC fund in Zürich backing Software and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Avaloq Ventures is a Venture Capital Firm.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $8M–$9.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 67% |
| FinTech | 3 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 50% |
| Banking | 2 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 33% |
| Austria | 1 | 17% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francisco Fernandez | Chairman & Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francisco-fernandez-3 |
| Minho Roth | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minho-roth |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coinfirm | Coinfirm is the recognized global leader in blockchain regtech. Their mission is to provide technology for regulatory compliance, bringing new levels of transparency and trust to the world of digital currencies. Their aim is to serve as a foundation for the safe adoption of blockchain by all actors in the economy, including traditional financialinstitutions, governments, regulators as well as ordinary citizens. They do that by applying regulatory technology for blockchain that solves a variety of compliance challenges. Their proprietary solutions streamline compliance to near-automation. Taking anti money laundering effectiveness form around 1% as it is in the current traditional system and take it to over 90% effectiveness. They provide anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) services for virtual currencies and blockchain actors. They enable traditional financial institutions and regulators to safely engage with the crypto world.Their Trudatum product gives users the ability to register and authenticate any type of data, providing instant, secure online confirmation of the authenticity of documents and other files. | $8M | Series A | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Blockpit | Blockpit has developed a cross-platform monitoring solution that is intended for both companies and private crypto currency traders. This enables a clear calculation of the taxable crypto income and an acceptance of the tax return by tax consultants.Crypto traders are often unaware of taxes on profits. Regular trading makes it difficult to keeptrack of the individual trades. This is mainly because every single transaction, including the exchange within crypto currencies, must be valued as a taxable event. If the tax office requests a declaration or proof, it will be difficult to provide this afterwards.This is where Blockpit's software solution can help. The monitoring platform automatically records all sources of income and creates a clear log. Every single transaction is imported and guarantees a daily documentation of all trades. In addition, the user receives an overview of the development of his portfolio and information on taxable profits and speculation periods. | $9.9M | Series A | Jul 07, 2021 |  |
| OptioPay | OptioPay operates a fully serviced open banking solution without IT integration for businesses from various industries. End-customers receive value-added products and services in return for their bank account data to save time and money through exclusive cashbacks, higher-value vouchers, contract optimisation, offers for sustainable consumption andCO2 compensation, as well as discounts and other personalised recommendations. In addition to well-known partners such as AboutYou, Adidas, Amazon, Douglas, Ikea, Lieferando, Otto, Rewe, Reebok and Zalando, OptioPay’s top 100 corporate clients include DZ Bank, Comdirect Bank, Sparkasse, Commerzbank, HDI, AXA, Gothaer, Fonds Finanz, Blau Direkt, Deutsche Post, BS Energy and Basler Kantonalbank. OptioPay was founded in 2014 in Berlin by CEO Marcus Börner and COO Oliver Oster. It employs more than 65 people from 24 countries and currently operates in the DACH-region and The Netherlands. | $13.2M | Series B | May 04, 2021 |  |
| Raquest | Raquest is a software provider that helps banks process foreign withholding taxes digitally. |  |  | Feb 15, 2021 |  |
| OptioPay | OptioPay operates a fully serviced open banking solution without IT integration for businesses from various industries. End-customers receive value-added products and services in return for their bank account data to save time and money through exclusive cashbacks, higher-value vouchers, contract optimisation, offers for sustainable consumption andCO2 compensation, as well as discounts and other personalised recommendations. In addition to well-known partners such as AboutYou, Adidas, Amazon, Douglas, Ikea, Lieferando, Otto, Rewe, Reebok and Zalando, OptioPay’s top 100 corporate clients include DZ Bank, Comdirect Bank, Sparkasse, Commerzbank, HDI, AXA, Gothaer, Fonds Finanz, Blau Direkt, Deutsche Post, BS Energy and Basler Kantonalbank. OptioPay was founded in 2014 in Berlin by CEO Marcus Börner and COO Oliver Oster. It employs more than 65 people from 24 countries and currently operates in the DACH-region and The Netherlands. | $5.3M |  | Sep 18, 2020 |  |
| Assetmax | Assetmax AG is the Swiss based company behind Assetmax. Assetmax AG has been founded in 2013 and employs more than 20 people in R&D, Backoffice, Business Development and On Boarding projects. Assetmax AG is among the fastest growing companies in the Swiss service sector for independent asset managers. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 26, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Avaloq Ventures invest in?

Avaloq Ventures invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Avaloq Ventures's check size?

Avaloq Ventures typically joins rounds of $8M–$9.9M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Avaloq Ventures participates in.

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### Who are the partners at Avaloq Ventures?

The team at Avaloq Ventures includes Francisco Fernandez (Chairman & Founder) and Minho Roth (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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