# Tamedia

> Tamedia is a VC fund in Zürich backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2019
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tamedia
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tamedia
- Website: https://www.tamedia.ch

Tamedia is a VC fund in Zürich focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Tamedia’s digital holdings are grouped under the umbrella of Tamedia Digital. They pursue ambitious goals: they see ourselves as a growth driver for the entire group and aim to further accelerate the digital transformation.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Tamedia. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Tamedia. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/tamedia?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.3M–$5.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 13% |
| Finance | 1 | 13% |
| Leasing | 1 | 13% |
| Computer | 1 | 13% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 25% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 4 | 50% |
| Germany | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Schlenker | Chief Corporate Development Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-schlenker |
| Lorenz Lüchinger | Head Portfolio Management Ventures | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lorenz-l%C3%BCchinger |
| Marcel Blattner | Chief Data Scientist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcel-blattner |
| Samira Eilinger | Portfolio Manager Ventures | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samira-eilinger |
| Sylvia Epaillard | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sylvia-epaillard |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Picstars AG | PICSTARS was founded in 2014 and is one of the top 10 tech startups in Switzerland (Venture Leader 2016). Their mission is to digitize the sponsorship of brand ambassadors with a focus on athletes. With PICSTARS, Brands find suitable talents in Sport & Lifestyle as brand ambassadors who use their own social media channels to communicate brandphoto / video and hashtag campaigns. In the PICSTARS cockpit, companies can create campaigns directly and measure success. | $2.7M |  | Oct 15, 2019 |  |
| Neon | Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account. | $5M | Series A | Sep 23, 2019 |  |
| Neon | Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account. | $5.8M | Series A | Sep 23, 2019 |  |
| Monito | Monito is a comparison website for international money transfer services. They compare and review more than 450 money transfer operators, to help you find the best option for each of your international transaction.They have affiliation partnerships with money transfer operators, which allow us to sustain their operations, they insure that all theinformation they provide is always accurate and transparent. | $2.5M | Series A | Dec 19, 2018 |  |
| GOWAGO | gowago.ch – Switzerland’s biggest Online Shop for cars at a monthly price.Choose from 1000's of car, both new and used, with everything included. Our customer-first obsession pushed us to remove all the hassle of getting the car of your dreams by building a unique, 100% online journey with fixed and fair prices. This complete, unique valueproposition allows us to accelerate the transition to more sustainable cars. gowago.ch is on a mission to get a car for everyone, one happy customer at a time. |  | Seed | Feb 27, 2018 |  |
| Picstars AG | PICSTARS was founded in 2014 and is one of the top 10 tech startups in Switzerland (Venture Leader 2016). Their mission is to digitize the sponsorship of brand ambassadors with a focus on athletes. With PICSTARS, Brands find suitable talents in Sport & Lifestyle as brand ambassadors who use their own social media channels to communicate brandphoto / video and hashtag campaigns. In the PICSTARS cockpit, companies can create campaigns directly and measure success. | $2.3M | Series A | Jan 23, 2018 |  |
| BOOK A TIGER | BOOK A TIGER is an Integrated Facility Management Platform. It provides customers with access to high quality cleaning services as well as additional services through its connected partner network. |  |  | Jul 30, 2015 |  |
| BOOK A TIGER | BOOK A TIGER is an Integrated Facility Management Platform. It provides customers with access to high quality cleaning services as well as additional services through its connected partner network. | $5M | Series A | Dec 18, 2014 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tx-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Avala Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avala-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BackBone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backbone-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SICTIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sictic) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Target Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/target-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Tamedia invest in?

Tamedia invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tamedia's check size?

Tamedia typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$5.8M 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 Tamedia participates in.

### How do I contact Tamedia?

Public channels for Tamedia include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Tamedia?

The team at Tamedia includes Andreas Schlenker (Chief Corporate Development Officer), Lorenz Lüchinger (Head Portfolio Management Ventures) and Marcel Blattner (Chief Data Scientist). 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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