Scala Ventures
VC Fund
Lugano, Switzerland
Scala Ventures is a VC fund in Lugano focused on Mobile and E-Commerce. Scala Ventures provides and participates in growth opportunities in the Digital Media Sector. They help build outstanding companies with innovative strategies and technologies to offer unique service propositions. Due to their extensive market and product knowledge, they are able to identify future winners at an early stage and help these companies and executives to achieve ambitious targets and objectives. Their main investment and product partnership focus is on US / European companies having achieved a high penetration level in their respective markets, thus providing stronger upside and a lower or better control of risk enabling us to maximize the ROI for all stakeholders.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Scala Ventures invests in
Stages Scala Ventures invests in
Countries Scala Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $2M–$2.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 2 (40%)
- E-Commerce 2 (40%)
- Advertising 2 (40%)
- NFC 1 (20%)
- Fashion 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (20%)
Country
- Denmark 2 (40%)
- Germany 2 (40%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sacha Carton
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
|
Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Ulrich Schmidt
CEO and Managing Partner
|
CEO and Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| prettysocial media is the European Social Media Service Provider and Network enabling clients and publishers to monetize their Social Media appearance. By creating sophisticated Content Marketing concepts and formats and distributing those in all relevant social channels, brands communicate, engage and interact with their audience. Combiningcutting edge technology with excellent business intelligence the company delivers insight, strategy and results in all social and digital marketing channels.prettysocial’s Native Avenue Platform is providing a unique and innovative technology to book complex Content Marketing concepts into its Premium Publisher Network, connecting sophisticated Brand Advertising concepts with the reach and engagement of 100’s of leading local, national and international newspaper and magazine publishers. | $2M / Series A / Jan 01, 2016 | ||
| Atosho has created a new way for digital Publishers to tap into eCommerce revenue and sell products without users ever leaving the site, at the same time providing a unique sales channel for eCommerce retailers.Atosho’s proprietary platform for Distributed eCommerce, the only one of its kind, enables consumers to buy a product directly out of apublisher’s editorial content – whether that’s an article, a product review, an image, or any other digital content that creates demand – and the user completes the purchase right on the site.Atosho manages and delivers the full shopping experience to the publisher, from providing an extensive product catalogue to handling payments, admin, and customer comms – at no cost to the publisher.Retailers are enabled to sell products within premium editorial content, opening up highly sought after media to eCommerce for the first time. | $2.3M / Series A / May 26, 2014 | ||
| adQuota is a Copenhagen, Denmark-based premium mobile advertisement platform. adQuota provides publishers of mobile websites and applications with a platform and tools to monetize their mobile publications, and creates rich mobile advertising experiences. It focuses on Rich Media formats for apps and web sites on both mobile devices andtablets. adQuota adStudio provides creative and technical production of Display Banner Ads, Rich Media Ads and Coupon Campaigns.More than 200 publishers use adQuota, which reaches more than 35 million readers and app-users monthly. | $3.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 17, 2014 | ||
| prettysocial media is the European Social Media Service Provider and Network enabling clients and publishers to monetize their Social Media appearance. By creating sophisticated Content Marketing concepts and formats and distributing those in all relevant social channels, brands communicate, engage and interact with their audience. Combiningcutting edge technology with excellent business intelligence the company delivers insight, strategy and results in all social and digital marketing channels.prettysocial’s Native Avenue Platform is providing a unique and innovative technology to book complex Content Marketing concepts into its Premium Publisher Network, connecting sophisticated Brand Advertising concepts with the reach and engagement of 100’s of leading local, national and international newspaper and magazine publishers. | $679.5K / Seed / Dec 01, 2013 | ||
| kirondo GmbH operates an online platform and provides social re-commerce services for selling and buying of used children's clothes. | Seed / Aug 22, 2013 |
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FAQ
What does Scala Ventures invest in?
Scala Ventures invests primarily in Mobile, E-Commerce and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Scala Ventures invest in?
Scala Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$2.3M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Scala Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Scala Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Scala Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Scala Ventures?
The team at Scala Ventures includes Sacha Carton (Co-Founder & Managing Partner) and Ulrich Schmidt (CEO and Managing Partner). 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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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