# Francisco Fernandez

> Francisco Fernandez is a Series C investor at Avaloq (Zürich) backing Automotive and E-Commerce. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Avaloq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avaloq-2)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-fernandez-977533
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/FF_avaloq
- Website: https://x.com/FF_avaloq

Francisco Fernandez is a Series C investor at Avaloq in Zürich focused on Automotive and E-Commerce. Francisco Fernandez is the founder and chairman of Avaloq Ventures. He is also the Founder and Boardmember of Avaloq Ventures. previously he was Founder and Chairman at Avaloq.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carvolution | Carvolution is the next-generation mobility services provider reshaping car ownership through its fully digital subscription service.Carvolution makes choosing a new car exciting. As it removes the hassle out of ownership and the inflexibility out of leasing, it enables consumers to choose their dream car as a convenient monthly subscriptionservice instead of a long-term commitment. Their digitally-powered one-stop-shop streamlines everything from insurance to maintenance: saving customers time and money while enabling efficiencies for all connected parties. | $16.6M | Series C | Feb 25, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Armada Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/armada-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Die Mobiliar](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/die-mobiliar) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [redalpine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redalpine-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ringier Digital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ringier-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Avaloq

VC Fund · Zürich, Switzerland

Avaloq group is an international fintech company that digitizes the automation of financial services industry. With its core and digital banking software, the Avaloq Banking Suite, and its international network of BPO centres, Avaloq brings trustworthy and efficient banking to the world, delivered through great user experience. With itsintegrated BPO services, Avaloq is the only independent provider for the financial industry to both develop and operate its own software.

5 contacts available at Avaloq.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francisco Fernandez | Founder and Board member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francisco-fernandez-3 |
| Adrian Gostick | Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-gostick |
| Dean Gluyas | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dean-gluyas |
| Gaurav Kohli | Cloud Architecture Consultant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaurav-kohli-2 |
| Gregory Dyke | Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-dyke |

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## FAQ

### What does Francisco Fernandez invest in?

Francisco Fernandez invests primarily in Automotive, E-Commerce and Autonomous Vehicles startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Francisco Fernandez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Francisco Fernandez closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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