# PM Equity Partner

> PM Equity Partner is a VC fund in Lausanne backing Wearables and Health Care. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Nov 2017
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pmep/about/
- Website: https://www.pmequitypartner.com/

PM Equity Partner is a VC fund in Lausanne focused on Wearables and Health Care. PM Equity Partner invest in entrepreneurs and growth companies that share Their vision of profitable sustainability and sustainable profitability. As a long-term investment partner Their support includes scientific substantiation, business development and marketing excellence in the following domains.They have travelled the world, speak manylanguages, and They are a no-nonsense team. They are the corporate venture capital and private equity investment arm of Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM). Meet the team that keeps its feet firmly on the ground and always aims high.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $6M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wearables | 2 | 33% |
| Health Care | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Fitness | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 2 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| France | 1 | 17% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jan Honore | Head of PM Equity Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-honore |
| Roman Yazbeck | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roman-yazbeck |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MyKronoz | Founded in January 2013, Kronoz LLC is a Swiss company that manufactures, designs and develops wearable devices intended to improve their increasingly mobile, connected and digital lifestyles. Under the MyKronoz brand, they strive to expand and facilitate the mobile-user experience with stylish, intuitive and functional techcessories. With a uniqueapproach to mobile tech, their goal is to offer a complete range of connected watches, catering to the needs and tastes of the world’s various user types. In order to release new wearable models every quarter, MyKronoz team develops continuous innovative technologies and creative designs. |  | Series B | Nov 14, 2017 |  |
| BOW Group | BOW Group is a fast-growing and consumer-driven global IOT company operating in the wearables, connected vehicles and smart home markets. OW (Be Over the World) Group is a fast-growing and consumer-driven IOT specialist, operating worldwide in the wearables, connected vehicles and smart home markets with 3 distinctive brands MyKronoz, RoadEyes andDeconnect. Among its recent successes, there is the launch of ZeTime, MyKronoz’s newest unique hybrid smartwatch introduced onto online crowdfunding platforms. With over $6,000,000 raised and goods already shipped out to more than 30,000 backers, ZeTime became the biggest 2017 project on Kickstarter and Indiegogo, and the largest one ever from a European company. In addition, MyKronoz, with its Swiss DNA and unique position of delivering stylish wearable devices at an affordable price, ranks as the best-selling IOT brand within the retail network of the leading French telecom operator Orange, boosting its ambition to duplicate this commercial success to many more mobile carriers around the world. More recently, MyKronoz has been selected by Amazon to join their Launchpad program, and is pleased to be considered as one of the strategic wearable brands by the world’s leading ecommerce platform. |  | Series B | Nov 14, 2017 |  |
| Biovotion | Biovotion has developed an accurate, wearable sensing technology, that allows for medical-quality vital sign monitoring (VSM) in daily life.The platform combines medical-quality VSM with design, wearability, convenience, and prices of the consumer market.The system (multi-sensor platform plus sophisticated algorithms) is intergrated intocloud infrastructures to provide users with data on par with standard hospital systems and can be stepwise expanded with additional physiological parameters. Current parameters include heart rate, blood oxygenation, blood perfusion, temperature and movement/activity. The first VSM generation is also expected to include heart rate variability, respiratory rate, energy expenditure, and sleep and stress monitoring.The management team is internationally recognised for its expertise in wearable monitoring.The company holds a broad IP portfolio. | $15.2M | Series A | Jul 11, 2017 |  |
| Comet Biorefining | Comet Biorefining is a leading provider of sustainable high-quality cost-competitive cellulosic glucose technology for applications in renewable biofuels and biochemicals. The company’s proprietary technology allows for the conversion of wood, wheat straw, bagasse, corn stover and other agricultural waste materials into high purity cellulosicglucose syrup. These non-food sources offer lower cost and price stability when compared to food sugar sources such as corn or sugar cane. Demonstrated at 5 dry tons per day scale, Comet is focusing on commercial scale up and development of commercial partnerships with applications in renewables industries. |  |  | Mar 02, 2017 |  |
| Zyl | Zyl is social mobile app that finds in your camera roll your best memories of your past and that everyday makes you re-experience one of them and let you share it with your friends to interact with them.5 years ago, everybody was sharing lots of photos on social medias. Today, we only share the top 1% of our memories. Why? The fear of judgement,the race to get more likes / views / comments, the fear of a privacy breach...And what do we do with the remaining 99% of our photos? Nothing!And yet, nowadays, we struggle to keep in touch with our loved ones. What if we could use the emotional power of our memories as daily icebreakers?Zyl leverages the intrinsic social graph of your photo library. Zyl is a place where all the memories of you and your friends are, automatically curated and sublimated. |  |  | Feb 28, 2017 |  |
| Blue Prairie | Blue Prairie Brands is introducing innovative ingredients and related food products rich in prebiotics, which in conjunction with probiotics, help maintain a healthy digestive system. It's flagship product is rich in the prebiotic inulin, yet Blue Prairie Brands delivers it in a whole-food, gluten-free, non-GMO form. The Company'sproprietary approach to production also provides farmers a profitable rotation crop that utilizes their existing equipment and experience. | $6M | Series A | Sep 09, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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- [Invest Nebraska](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-nebraska) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does PM Equity Partner invest in?

PM Equity Partner invests primarily in Wearables, Health Care and Apps startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is PM Equity Partner's check size?

PM Equity Partner typically joins rounds of $6M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds PM Equity Partner participates in.

### How do I contact PM Equity Partner?

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### Who are the partners at PM Equity Partner?

The team at PM Equity Partner includes Jan Honore (Head of PM Equity Partner) and Roman Yazbeck (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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