# Groundshift

> Groundshift is a VC fund in Zürich backing Software, FinTech and Financial Services. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fivet-fintech/
- Website: https://fivet.com/fivet-fintech

Groundshift is a VC fund in Zürich focused on Software and FinTech. VC focused on fintech

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $641k–$11M |
| Series A | $5.3M–$17M |
| Series B | $5.3M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 44% |
| FinTech | 9 | 36% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 36% |
| Blockchain | 7 | 28% |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 20% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 32% |
| Series A | 5 | 20% |
| Series B | 3 | 12% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 10 | 40% |
| United States | 5 | 20% |
| Germany | 3 | 12% |
| Austria | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Storyline | Storyline is an Data Infrastructure and Analytics firm offering AI based transformation of raw data into content. | $2M | Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Wyden | AlgoTrader is the global institutional leader in algorithmic trading and execution infrastructure for both digital and traditional assets. With its advanced software solutions, AlgoTrader gives banks, hedge funds, brokers, crypto funds and other financial institutions an end-to-end platform for best execution and event-driven alpha generation. Thecompany's offering includes WIRESWARM, a digital asset trading and connectivity platform for banks and brokers, AlgoTrader QUANT, an end-to-end quantitative trading solution with automated trade signal generation and order execution, and AlgoTrader OEMS, a state-of-the-art Order and Execution Management System for systematic and discretionary buy-side institutions with managed connectivity to over 400 liquidity venues. AlgoTrader’s interdisciplinary team of quantitative strategy developers, senior software engineers and financial and crypto experts is shaping institutional trading. Founded in Switzerland and based in Zurich, New York and Singapore, AlgoTrader operates globally. | $16.9M | Series B | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| Crypto Valley Exchange | CVEX is a decentralized exchange that provides cryptocurrency holders with futures and options trading, using specific bid-offer dynamics to undercut other trading platforms. | $7M | Seed | Apr 16, 2024 |  |
| Rulematch | Rulematch is a financial technology platform designed to facilitate the trading of digital assets. The company's platform is a trading platform with on-premise and cloud components that provide financial institutions with a trading system that is specifically tailored to their needs. |  | Seed | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| Supra | SupraOracles develops a blockchain network that uses real-time data on the financial markets for a secure interface & Defi smart contracts. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 28, 2023 |  |
| yeekatee | theme-based social media platforms | $641K | Seed | Sep 11, 2023 |  |
| Numarics | Numarics® is Switzerland’s first 100% digital accounting ecosystem, with a consistent mobile-first approach. Accounting, payroll, tax returns, invoicing, document management are now streamlined via the Numarics Ecosystem in the app or on the web, and make business management for entrepreneurs simple, accessible and transparent.Numarics wasdeveloped in 2020 by experts in the fields of accounting, digitalization, artificial intelligence and auditing with the vision of seamlessly integrating accounting into the lifestyle of today's entrepreneurs. | $11.2M | Seed | Jul 06, 2023 |  |
| Enterprise Bot | Enterprise Bot provides enterprises with a powerful AI-powered conversational automation tool to not only enhance customer experience but also . The multi platform messenger takes care of a wide range of customer needs and queries for call centers reducing costs by 85% and wait time by 90-95%. | $2.8M | Debt Financing | Jun 23, 2023 |  |
| Proof of Impact | Proof of Impact (POI) is the leading B2B SaaS ESG and Impact Data Intelligence Platform. The company incorporates a micro-services architecture to collect, visualize, and analyze ESG and impact data. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. | $6M | Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| Utopia Music | Utopia Music is a Swiss-based technology company that leverages big data in order to enhance the global music industry through increased revenues, reduced costs, accelerated payment cycles and improved insights while creating an ecosystem where music & tech foster creativity & joy. |  | Series B | May 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Avaloq Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avaloq-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [NN Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nn-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Fabric Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabric-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FiveT Capital AG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fivet-capital-ag) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LeadX Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leadx-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Neosfer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/main-incubator-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Groundshift invest in?

Groundshift invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Groundshift's check size?

Groundshift typically joins rounds of $641k–$11M at Seed, $5.3M–$17M at Series A and $5.3M–$17M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Groundshift participates in.

### When did Groundshift last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Groundshift closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 25 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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