# Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund

> Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund is a VC fund in Zürich backing Health Care and Medical. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://swissef.ch/fund/

Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund is a VC fund in Zürich focused on Health Care and Medical. The Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund only invests in startups and SMEs in the growth phase (internationalization) with a financing requirement of between CHF 5-20 million. The fund does not make direct investments in early-stage startups with smaller financing needs.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 60% |
| Medical | 2 | 40% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 40% |
| Baby | 1 | 20% |
| Children | 1 | 20% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Distalmotion | Distalmotion is a medical device company founded and based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Our mission is to remove the complexity out of robotic surgery in order to establish a new standard of care, where all patients in general surgery, gynecology and urology have access to best-in-class minimally invasive care. To do so, we have developed a surgicalrobot called Dexter. Designed, developed and manufactured in Switzerland, Dexter integrates the benefits of laparoscopy and robotics. Dexter combines the affordability of laparoscopy with the benefits of robotics through his novel, on-demand approach to robotic surgery. For further information, visit: dexter.surgery and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter: @Distalmotion. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 13, 2024 |  |
| Lunaphore | Lunaphore Technologies S.A. is a Swiss company born with the vision of accelerating cancer research by bringing the field of spatial biology into mainstream laboratories. Lunaphore has developed its innovative spatial biology solutions based on an award-winning technology called FFeX (Fast Fluidic Exchange). Lunaphore has been recognized as one ofthe most innovative companies internationally. | $32.7M | Series D | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Medimaps Group | Medimaps Group's mission is to design and provide medical tools to assist in the collection of quantitative information on bone microarchitecture for use in routine clinical practice.They enhance osteoporosis diagnosis by assessing the status of bone microarchitecture. They provide information to physicians to help them select the besttreatment options for their patients and monitor treatment outcomes. They are working on future products to assess bone microarchitecture for application in the dental and orthopedic fields. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 01, 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 |  |
| SkyCell | SkyCell is a Swiss-based, award-winning provider of temperature-controlled container solutions with a special focus on serving global pharma companies and sustainability. They are driven by their mission to supply the safest pharma containers worldwide. This is achieves through their unique combination of hardware, software and service, whichenables us to master logistical challenges and eliminate temperature excursion. | $63.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 28, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Swisscanto Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swisscanto-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BackBone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backbone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [b2venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/btovpartners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ernst Gohner Stiftung](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ernst-gohner-stiftung) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Five Seasons Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/five-seasons-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fundament](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundament) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund invest in?

Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Medical Device startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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