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 technical expertise 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.
- Total investments:
- 158
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
- Fund size:
- $300M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Swisscom Ventures invests in
Stages Swisscom Ventures invests in
Countries Swisscom Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $2M–$22M
- Series B
- $2M–$60M
- Series C
- $8.6M–$80M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 33 (21%)
- SaaS 17 (11%)
- Information Technology 14 (9%)
- Enterprise Software 10 (6%)
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (6%)
Stage
- Series B 30 (19%)
- Series A 23 (15%)
- Series C 22 (14%)
- Seed 17 (11%)
- Funding Round 15 (9%)
Country
- Switzerland 54 (34%)
- United States 24 (15%)
- United Kingdom 4 (3%)
- France 3 (2%)
- Israel 3 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Schlaepfer
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Carlo Grassi
CFO Swisscom Ventures
|
CFO Swisscom Ventures | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Peter Ibbotson
Investor Relations Partner
|
Investor Relations Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Stefan Kuentz
Investment Partner
|
Investment Partner | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Wanja Humanes
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDDS is a defense technology firm producing AI-powered autonomous interceptor drones for countering unmanned aerial systems. | Seed / Jul 16, 2026 | ||
| Aylight develops semiconductor laser and photonics platforms designed to improve optical connectivity in AI datacenters and related infrastructure. The company focuses on frequency modulated comb laser technology that generates multiple stable wavelengths from a single InP-based laser cavity. Its architecture produces an equidistant, RF-lockedwavelength grid that aligns with dense wavelength-division multiplexing requirements and reduces control complexity and power consumption. Aylight targets use cases in AI datacenter interconnects, quantum computing hardware, precision metrology, and communication equipment. Its products aim to integrate with terabit optical links and wavelength-division multiplexing systems while remaining compatible with existing fabrication processes. | $5.1M / Pre-Seed / Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Apono helps companies become secure and compliant while maintaining their productivity and agility. The company aims to simplify how teams manage access to critical systems by automating the provisioning and deprovisioning of permissions based on real-time needs, ensuring only the right people have access at the right time. | $34M / Series B / Nov 18, 2025 | ||
| RiPSIM Technologies has developed and patented the world's first, software-defined, end-to-end eSIM ecosystem that enables wireless service providers and 4G/5G private network operators to design, develop and deliver digital SIMs (aka “eSIMs”) at any time, in any quantity, for any device, and at a security level in the wireless industry. | Seed / Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| ecoRobotix contributes to an agriculture that respects the environment, focusing on soil and hydrological resources conservation and using a minimum amount of energy. ecoRobotix aims to offer precise, safe, reliable and affordable robotic solutions that simplify farmers’ life to produce healthy food. In particular, its revolutionary solar-poweredweeding robot offers a more sustainable use of herbicides while reducing farmers costs. | $105.7M / Series D / Oct 13, 2025 | ||
| viboo offers self-learning predictive control on the basis of physics-informed Machine Learning as a cloud service to smart-thermostat and building automation companies. | $4.7M / Seed / Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| RTDT is a No-code SaaS for Structural Health Monitoring of wind turbines. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2025 | ||
| Ox Security is the end-to-end software supply chain security platform for DevSecOps. | $60M / Series B / May 07, 2025 | ||
| The simplest, fastest, and most affordable international payment platform for SMEs | $11.2M / Series B / Feb 26, 2025 | ||
| Lumotive is a Seattle-based startup company developing high performance, solid-state lidar for autonomous systems in the automotive, UAV, robotics and related industries. The company's revolutionary beam-steering technology leverages Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces (or LCMs) implemented in mature semiconductor manufacturing processes to deliversmall, inexpensive 3D perception systems with unprecedented performance and reliability. For more information, visit us at www.lumotive.com. | $59M / Series B / Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| See all 158 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Swisscom Ventures invest in?
Swisscom Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 158 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Swisscom Ventures invest in?
Swisscom Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$22M at Series A, $2M–$60M at Series B and $8.6M–$80M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Swisscom Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Swisscom Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at Swisscom Ventures?
The team at Swisscom Ventures includes Alexander Schlaepfer (Managing Partner), Carlo Grassi (CFO Swisscom Ventures) and Peter Ibbotson (Investor Relations Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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