# Johannes Suter

> Johannes Suter is a seed investor at Helvetica Capital backing Solar and Medical. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Helvetica Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helvetica-capital)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-suter-1520615
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonny.suter

Johannes Suter is a seed investor at Helvetica Capital focused on Solar and Medical. Johannes Suter is the Founder and CEO of Helvetica Capital. He previously worked at Credit Suisse as a CEO. Johannes Suter attended the University of Zurich.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$5.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 1 | 33% |
| Medical | 1 | 33% |
| Computer | 1 | 33% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Perovskia | Perovskia digitally prints custom solar cells based on patent-protected technology, operating at the intersection of printed electronics, photovoltaics, and material science. | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 18, 2024 |  |
| Microcaps | Microcaps develops a novel technology that enables the scalable production of precise microcapsules and microparticles based on microfluidics. Microcaps aims to provide an upscalable, fully-automated encapsulation micro-factory, that enables size control, precise dosing and increased stability of the microcapsules and microparticles. | $10.4M | Series A | Jun 05, 2024 |  |
| Microcaps | Microcaps develops a novel technology that enables the scalable production of precise microcapsules and microparticles based on microfluidics. Microcaps aims to provide an upscalable, fully-automated encapsulation micro-factory, that enables size control, precise dosing and increased stability of the microcapsules and microparticles. | $5.6M | Seed | Jan 26, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ETH Zurich Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eth-zurich-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zürcher Kantonal Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/z%C3%BCrcher-kantonalbank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [D&FG Elements](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d-fg-elements) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EMPA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/empa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kickfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kickfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lichtsteiner Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lichtsteiner-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Helvetica Capital

VC Fund · Zürich, Switzerland

Helvetica Capital is an independent, entrepreneurial investor focusing on Swiss companies.

1 contacts available at Helvetica Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Johannes Suter | Founder, Managing Partner and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johannes-suter |

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## FAQ

### What does Johannes Suter invest in?

Johannes Suter invests primarily in Solar, Medical and Computer startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Johannes Suter's check size?

Johannes Suter typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$5.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Johannes Suter participates in.

### When did Johannes Suter last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Johannes Suter closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 3 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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