# Ringier Digital Ventures

> Ringier Digital Ventures is a VC fund backing E-Commerce and Internet. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ringier
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rd_ventures
- Website: http://www.ringier.com/en/about-ringier/activities/ventures
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/domoringier

Ringier Digital Ventures is a VC fund in Zürich focused on E-Commerce and Internet. Ringier Digital Ventures AG is a venture capital firm and focuses on investments in innovative digital start-ups.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3.4M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 27% |
| Internet | 3 | 20% |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 20% |
| Fitness | 2 | 13% |
| Wellness | 2 | 13% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 33% |
| Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 6 | 40% |
| Germany | 2 | 13% |
| Austria | 1 | 7% |
| Finland | 1 | 7% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Hug | Investment Advisor | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-hug |
| Thomas Kaiser | Investment Advisor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-kaiser-7c28 |

## 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. | $16.2M | Series D | Oct 12, 2022 |  |
| Regimen | Regimen is the first effective digital therapeutic for men's most intimate health issues – starting with erections. | $2.3M | Seed | Aug 25, 2021 |  |
| 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 |  |
| yamo | yamo is on a mission to give parents healthier and easy food choices for their children. Its products are available online via a direct to consumer subscription model and through grocery stores. The latter includes Coop in Switzerland and select Edeka and Rewe stores in Germany. | $11.1M | Series A | Jul 09, 2020 |  |
| Archilyse AG | Archilyse, founded in 2017, is a PropTech start-up that offers holistic numeric architecture analysis as an easy to use Software-as-a-Service solution. By doing so, Archilyse provides information necessary for optimising a multitude of processes in every step of the real estate lifecycle. To produce knowledge based on data Archilyse uses fourgeneric power-simulations, such as view, geometrical, connectivity and physical analysis, from which countless others can be derived. Their results provide the most comprehensive view on architecture currently available worldwide. This is how it works: 2D floor plans in the form of PDFs or building image files are converted to 3D BIM-Light models and geo-referenced. Using API (Application Program Interface) calls, professional users can analyse building models drawn from algorithms which translated the latest scientific findings into formulas. The results are presented to users in easy-to-read heatmaps or can be exported in the form of key figure tables for further processing. This process renders portfolio digitalisation profitable for the first time. Archilyse uses the underutilized potential of digitization in the real estate industry and thus eliminates the prevailing information imbalance between real estate professionals and layman, thereby enabling the maximization of benefits for all stakeholders in real estate. | $4.1M | Series A | Feb 25, 2020 |  |
| Blok | Blok, a Digital real estate agent and one of Finland's biggest startup sensations. Blok aims to make apartment and house sales more cheap and efficient through an automated service. Through its online platform, Blok takes care of most routine tasks related to apartment sales, such as valuation (where the AI comes in), photographing, marketingand handling of documents. The seller only has to arrange viewings for potential buyers. Blok has attracted both sellers who prefer brokers as well as those who would normally sell their own flats. | $3.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 21, 2020 |  |
| N-Dream AG (AirConsole) | N-Dream is the company behind AirConsole is a cloud-based multiplayer game console that uses smartphones as gamepads.They are building a next-gen online game console. | $3.4M | Series A | Nov 21, 2019 |  |
| Skoove | Skoove is a fun music learning platform offering the world’s first interactive online piano lessons. Designed for beginner and returning pianists, the app works via web browser and delivers expertly designed lessons, giving real time feedback and adapting to your pace. Just plug in a keyboard or e-piano to get started. With Skoove, you learn how toplay piano with hundreds of interactive, high-quality online piano lessons for beginner, intermediate, and advanced players. Their unique method guides you with real-time feedback as you play, letting you improve faster and learn everything you need to become a complete piano player. | $3.3M |  | Apr 16, 2019 |  |
| checkyeti | CheckYeti is the largest online platform to book activities in 1000+ mountain and beach destinations across Europe - including skiing & snowboarding, rafting & canyoning, mountain biking, paragliding & ballooning, diving & surfing, jet skiing, boat trips and many more. With 12 000+ offers in 16 countries, CheckYeti enablesholidaymakers and outdoor enthusiasts to experience summer and winter activities with their ideal guide. | $4M | Series A | Dec 01, 2018 |  |
| Archilyse AG | Archilyse, founded in 2017, is a PropTech start-up that offers holistic numeric architecture analysis as an easy to use Software-as-a-Service solution. By doing so, Archilyse provides information necessary for optimising a multitude of processes in every step of the real estate lifecycle. To produce knowledge based on data Archilyse uses fourgeneric power-simulations, such as view, geometrical, connectivity and physical analysis, from which countless others can be derived. Their results provide the most comprehensive view on architecture currently available worldwide. This is how it works: 2D floor plans in the form of PDFs or building image files are converted to 3D BIM-Light models and geo-referenced. Using API (Application Program Interface) calls, professional users can analyse building models drawn from algorithms which translated the latest scientific findings into formulas. The results are presented to users in easy-to-read heatmaps or can be exported in the form of key figure tables for further processing. This process renders portfolio digitalisation profitable for the first time. Archilyse uses the underutilized potential of digitization in the real estate industry and thus eliminates the prevailing information imbalance between real estate professionals and layman, thereby enabling the maximization of benefits for all stakeholders in real estate. |  | Seed | Nov 13, 2018 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Ringier Digital Ventures invest in?

Ringier Digital Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Internet and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ringier Digital Ventures's check size?

Ringier Digital Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.4M–$11M 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 Ringier Digital Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Ringier Digital Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Ringier Digital Ventures?

The team at Ringier Digital Ventures includes David Hug (Investment Advisor) and Thomas Kaiser (Investment Advisor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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