Philippe Bernet
Founding Partner @ BackBone Ventures
Zürich, Switzerland
Philippe Bernet is a seed investor at BackBone Ventures in Zürich focused on Robotics and Software. Philippe Bernet joined BackBone Ventures as Founding Partner.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Philippe Bernet invests in
Stages Philippe Bernet invests in
Countries Philippe Bernet invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Robotics 2 (29%)
- Software 2 (29%)
- Biotechnology 2 (29%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (29%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (57%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (43%)
Country
- Switzerland 3 (43%)
- Germany 2 (29%)
- Austria 1 (14%)
- United Kingdom 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Immitra Bio
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At Immitra Bio, we are developing a unique genetic medicine platform that combines two of the most powerful biomedical technologies: hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. Our novel technique allows for precise and long-lasting gene alterations within blood stem cells, resulting in transformational treatments for uncommondiseases with significant unmet medical needs. | $2.8M / Pre-Seed / Jul 21, 2026 | |
eternal.ag
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eternal.ag develops robotics and AI solutions for greenhouse farming. It builds autonomous robots, like its flagship Harvester for tomatoes, to address labor shortages and enable year-round fresh produce production. | $9.3M / Seed / Mar 19, 2026 | |
Zeeg
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Zeeg is a SaaS startup that combines smart scheduling capabilities with a built-in CRM to streamline appointments, lead tracking, and client workflows. Its platform allows users to create a personalized link that serves as a digital business card and booking page, syncing with Google or Microsoft calendars, automating bookings 24/7, androuting leads via forms or round-robin distribution. Zeeg offers CRM features tailored to booking events: booked contacts are automatically converted into CRM entries with custom fields and workflows, making it easier to track prospects from first meeting through conversion. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 29, 2025 | |
Evoralis
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Evoralis is an enzyme development company that specializes in the discovery and development of plastic-depolymerizing enzymes. It is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge. | $3.3M / Seed / Sep 17, 2024 | |
Proofcheck
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Proofcheck is a multilingual AI proofreading platform and a collaborative in-browser workspace for PDFs and epubs. Their next-generation AI workflow and collaboration tool helps content creators quickly catch costly mistakes before they reach audiences. Proofcheck is headquartered in Vienna, Wien and was founded in 2022. | $539.9K / Pre-Seed / Feb 02, 2024 | |
Voliro
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Voliro is developing advanced flying robots to perform Inspection and Maintenance tasks more safely, cost-effectively and faster than traditional methods. Voliro aims to provide innovative UAVs with unique capabilities. We promote the concept of omnidirectional aerial vehicles, where position and orientation of the flying platform are completelyindependent. This ability is crucial to achieve robust and reliable interaction with the environment.With its tiltable rotor system, Voliro expands the abilities of service drones from “fly and see” to “fly, see and touch”. The flying robot can be equipped with a variety of payloads, such as Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) sensors. The unique 360° drone design of the platform allows inspection of curved and sloped surfaces. No other flying inspection robot boasts these capabilities. | $2.3M / Seed / Sep 22, 2020 | |
Alaya
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Alaya is a global software provider enabling companies to build a purpose-driven culture and engage employees to make an impact, one act at a time. It easily manages its purpose-driven CSR and employee engagement programs, through volunteering, giving, or taking simple actions to support sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion, andwellbeing. | $2M / Seed / Apr 23, 2020 |
Co-Investors
Zürcher Kantonal Bank
2 deals together
Alpana Ventures
1 deal together
Angel Invest
1 deal together
another.vc
1 deal together
Archipelago Ventures
1 deal together
Cambridge Ventures
1 deal together
About BackBone Ventures
Backbone Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Zurich and Frankfurt am Main. Founded in 2018, Backbone has a track record of 28 investments with already three successful exits so far. With a pioneering investment- and a strong ecosystem approach, Backbone’s mission is to achieve a positive impact for the next generation bysupporting outstanding entrepreneurs to reach new levels of success and to become the trusted partner for founders and investors in pre-seed/seed venture capital in Germany and Switzerland.
BackBone Ventures Contacts
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Marcel Kubli
Investor & Venture Partner
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Miklos Stanek
Founding Partner & Chairman
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Philippe Bernet
Founding Partner
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Dirk Schuran
Venture Partner & Investor
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Jan Claudio Munoz
Partner
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FAQ
What does Philippe Bernet invest in?
Philippe Bernet invests primarily in Robotics, Software and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Philippe Bernet last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Philippe Bernet closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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