# Center for Emerging Risk Research

> Center for Emerging Risk Research is a VC fund in Basel backing Generative AI and Foundational AI. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://emergingrisk.ch/

Center for Emerging Risk Research is a VC fund in Basel focused on Generative AI and Foundational AI. Center for Emerging Risk Research conducts and coordinates research on how to improve the quality of life of future generations as comprehensively as possible.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Generative AI | 1 | 50% |
| Foundational AI | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anthropic | Anthropic conducts AI research and develops AI products, including the Claude AI model family. The company focuses on building AI for human well-being, emphasizing safety in its research, policy work, and product design. Anthropic offers various Claude models, such as Opus and Sonnet, for AI-powered applications and custom experiences, supportingcoding and AI agents. | $580M | Series B | Apr 29, 2022 |  |
| Anthropic | Anthropic conducts AI research and develops AI products, including the Claude AI model family. The company focuses on building AI for human well-being, emphasizing safety in its research, policy work, and product design. Anthropic offers various Claude models, such as Opus and Sonnet, for AI-powered applications and custom experiences, supportingcoding and AI agents. | $124M | Series A | May 28, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Augurey Ventures — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DNX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dnx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FTX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftx-exchange) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Qualcomm Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qualcomm-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Rolls Chain Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Center for Emerging Risk Research invest in?

Center for Emerging Risk Research invests primarily in Generative AI, Foundational AI and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Center for Emerging Risk Research last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Center for Emerging Risk Research closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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