# Stefan Kuentz

> Stefan Kuentz is a funding round investor at Swisscom Ventures backing Software. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Swisscom Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swisscom-ventures)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefankuentz/

Stefan Kuentz is a funding round investor at Swisscom Ventures in Zürich focused on Software and Cloud Computing. Stefan Kuentz is based out of Zürich, Zurich and is the Investment Partner of Swisscom Ventures. Stefan previously worked at IBM as a Principal, Associate Partner. Stefan Kuentz has been recognised as the Certified Expert in Business Information Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 38% |
| Cloud Computing | 4 | 25% |
| SaaS | 3 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 19% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 13% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 7 | 44% |
| Series C | 3 | 19% |
| Series D | 2 | 13% |
| Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 5 | 31% |
| United States | 3 | 19% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Israel | 1 | 6% |
| Belgium | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cato Networks | Cato Networks provides organizations with a cloud-based and secure global SD-WAN. Cato delivers an integrated networking and security platform that securely connects all enterprise locations, people, and data. Cato Cloud cuts MPLS costs, improves performance between global locations and to cloud applications, eliminates branch appliances, providessecure Internet access everywhere, and seamlessly integrates mobile users, and cloud datacenters into the WAN. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Cato Networks was founded in 2015 by cybersecurity luminary Shlomo Kramer, co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies and Imperva, and Gur Shatz, co-founder of Incapsula. |  |  | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| Cato Networks | Cato Networks provides organizations with a cloud-based and secure global SD-WAN. Cato delivers an integrated networking and security platform that securely connects all enterprise locations, people, and data. Cato Cloud cuts MPLS costs, improves performance between global locations and to cloud applications, eliminates branch appliances, providessecure Internet access everywhere, and seamlessly integrates mobile users, and cloud datacenters into the WAN. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Cato Networks was founded in 2015 by cybersecurity luminary Shlomo Kramer, co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies and Imperva, and Gur Shatz, co-founder of Incapsula. | $200M | Series F | Oct 19, 2021 |  |
| Bitmovin | Bitmovin is a young and dynamic multimedia company. Their principal expertise is in the domain of information and communication technologies for audio-visual networks, in particular for HTTP streaming services and embedded multimedia applications. Additionally, bitmovin provides consulting and standardization services, specifically towardsISO/IEC MPEG.Bitmovin multimedia is a spin-of company of the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt, where most of their experts come from, and the ALICANTE EU FP7-ICT project. Together with the University they are still investigated in all kinds of research in the field of multimedia and especially in state of the art standardization at this sector e.g. ISO/IEC MPEG. Their highly skilled and motivated employees work in their offices in the Lakeside Science & Technology Park, Building B01.Bitmovin offers API-based products to help developers solve the most complex video problems with cloud native software that runs anywhere. The company was founded in 2013 by Stefan Lederer, Christopher Müller and Christian Timmerer.Bitmovin is based in San Francisco, CA, USA and Klagenfurt, Austria and privately owned. The company's investors include Atomico, Dawn Capital, YCombinator (YC S15), SpeedInvest and Constantia Industries. | $25M | Series C | Apr 20, 2021 |  |
| MATRIXX Software | Provider of a digital commerce platform designed to monetize 5G. The company's cloud-native digital commerce solution enables unmatched commercial and operational agility, it unifies T & networks to deliver a network-grade converged charging system (CCS), providing clients with efficient hyper-scaling of infrastructure to support consumerservices, wholesale and enterprise marketplaces to harness network assets and business agility to succeed at web scale. | $40M | Series C | Jan 29, 2018 |  |
| PIQ | PIQ is a powerful wearable that can be used in many sports (Golf, Tennis, Football, Rugby, Ski...) with innovative metrics. With dedicated accessory, from their phone, consumers are able to measure, track and compete with their friends.Dec 2015 - Cedric Mangaud wrote to early buyers of "PIQ with the Babolat Tennis accessory" thatit will be shipping this week. |  |  | Jul 31, 2017 |  |
| Actility | Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from differentsensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™. | $75M | Series D | Apr 12, 2017 |  |
| MATRIXX Software | Provider of a digital commerce platform designed to monetize 5G. The company's cloud-native digital commerce solution enables unmatched commercial and operational agility, it unifies T & networks to deliver a network-grade converged charging system (CCS), providing clients with efficient hyper-scaling of infrastructure to support consumerservices, wholesale and enterprise marketplaces to harness network assets and business agility to succeed at web scale. |  |  | Mar 20, 2017 |  |
| bexio | Bexio is a Swiss-based company that helps small businesses with cloud-based business and accounting software to grow their businesses. It develops and sells accounting software for small and medium companies. Bexio was founded in 2013 and is based in Rapperswil, Zurich. | $8.5M |  | Feb 23, 2017 |  |
| Exoscale | Exoscale is an affordable swiss-made IaaS and PaaS. In short, the the Safe home for your Cloud Applications. Exoscale relies on rock-solid infrastructure components and engineering to ensure maximum scalability, reliability as well as performance. |  |  | Feb 12, 2016 |  |
| Actility | Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from differentsensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™. | $25M | Series C | Jun 16, 2015 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Atomico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foxconn Technology Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foxconn-technology-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KPN Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kpn-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Orange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3wVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3wventures-com) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Swisscom Ventures

VC Fund · Zürich, Switzerland

Swisscom Ventures is an venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, that specializes in early stage tech investments founded in 2007.Swisscom Ventures invests in growth companies with emerging business models and technologies of strategic relevance to Swisscom's core business. As a value-add investor, Swisscom brings its investees the technicalexpertise and strategic insights of an incumbent telecom operator. We act as a bridge to Swisscom's operational business units, which portfolio companies can also leverage as a test environment for their products and services.Swisscom Ventures seeks minority stakes in companies related to the information/communications/entertainment space.

5 contacts available at Swisscom Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Schlaepfer | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-schlaepfer |
| Carlo Grassi | CFO Swisscom Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlo-grassi |
| Peter Ibbotson | Investor Relations Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-ibbotson |
| Stefan Kuentz | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stefan-kuentz |
| Wanja Humanes | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wanja-humanes |

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## FAQ

### What does Stefan Kuentz invest in?

Stefan Kuentz invests primarily in Software, Cloud Computing and SaaS startups, most often at Funding Round and Series C stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Stefan Kuentz last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stefan Kuentz closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 16 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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