# Technology Fund

> Technology Fund is a VC fund in Zürich backing Software and Energy. See 54 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 54
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/technology-fund
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/tech_fund
- Website: http://technologyfund.ch/

Technology Fund is a VC fund in Zürich focused on Software and Energy. Technology Fund offers loan guarantees to Swiss companies whose novel products contribute to a sustainable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$8.3M |
| Debt Financing | $1.4M–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 19% |
| Energy | 9 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 15% |
| Biotechnology | 7 | 13% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 13% |

95 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 35 | 65% |
| Grant | 6 | 11% |
| Seed | 4 | 7% |
| Series A | 3 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 45 | 83% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| South Korea | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simone Riedel Riley | General Manager | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simone-riedel-riley |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AgroSustain | AgroSustain is a one-stop-shop solution for biological plant protection. It aims to reduce food waste and support organic food production by developing farm to fork solutions, like biological fungicides and coatings. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Solaxess | Solaxess SA was established in January 2015 by the two founders domiciled in Neuchatel, Sebastien Eberhard and Olivier Gavillet. This allows us to keep the technology, which was developed by CSEM, in Switzerland. They operate internationally, headquartered in Neuchatel - Switzerland.They deploy 3 patents of the CSEM to manufacture andcommercialize a nanotechnology based film for the use in Photovoltaic modules in order to render them in different surface colors. Especially white, which is a uniqueness in the market. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Distran | Distran is a spin-off from the Autonomous System Lab, ETH Zurich, developing advanced acoustic sensors for industrial applications.Distran's goal is to reduce risks for industrial workers and the environmental impact of the industry through the use of sound sensing and technology.Workers use their ears every day, consciously orunconsciously, to assess machine conditions. Traditional acoustic sensors have been used for long for that purpose but are limited by the background sounds that are present in usual industrial environments. Phased-array sensors developed by Distran overcome this limitation by spatially filtering the sounds. It becomes possible to locate defects, such as leaks or discharges, while being at a safe distance. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| TVP Solar | TVP Solar SA is a Swiss company which designs, develops, manufactures and markets innovative, high-vacuum flat solar thermal panels based on a proprietary technology for cooling and heating applications. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Modual | Modual is a pioneering sustainable energy storage company focuses on second-life battery solutions. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 02, 2024 |  |
| Bionomous | Bionomous combines innovative micro-engineering design and machine learning methods to develop devices that automatically inspect and sort miniature biological entities. | $3.5M | Debt Financing | Sep 30, 2024 |  |
| Alithea Genomics | Alithea Genomics develops molecular biology tools and sequencing-based solutions for large-scale gene expression analysis. The company provides technologies that use RNA barcoding and multiplexing methods to enable the analysis of many RNA samples within a single sequencing experiment. Its products support workflows for RNA sequencing, includinglibrary preparation methods designed for transcriptome profiling and gene expression studies. Alithea Genomics also offers reagents, protocols, and software tools that assist researchers in processing sequencing data and interpreting gene expression results. These technologies are used in academic and industry research settings to study biological processes, disease mechanisms, and cellular responses through transcriptomic analysis. |  | Debt Financing | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| LEDCity | LEDCity develops energy efficient, simple, and autonomous lighting systems for industry. They help lower these operating costs. Leave light control to a computer built into the lamp, which adjusts the illuminance to your exact specifications. This saves up to 90% on energy costs while increasing comfort, and LEDCity achieves its mission ofdrastically reducing global energy consumption with the most user-friendly and efficient LED lighting system. The company's products are ideal for renovations and refurbishments of existing buildings because the simple conversion to cutting-edge technology is affordable for everyone: simply replacing the light bulb is frequently enough. | $2.3M | Debt Financing | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| LEDCity | LEDCity develops energy efficient, simple, and autonomous lighting systems for industry. They help lower these operating costs. Leave light control to a computer built into the lamp, which adjusts the illuminance to your exact specifications. This saves up to 90% on energy costs while increasing comfort, and LEDCity achieves its mission ofdrastically reducing global energy consumption with the most user-friendly and efficient LED lighting system. The company's products are ideal for renovations and refurbishments of existing buildings because the simple conversion to cutting-edge technology is affordable for everyone: simply replacing the light bulb is frequently enough. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| Calopad | Calopad, awarded by the Swiss Confederation, offers a unique and the most holistic solution in pain therapy and muscle regeneration. The therapeutic deep heat of 42 degrees solves any muscle pain, muscle tension, or muscle spasms of chronic patients in the long term and in a highly efficient way through new forms of therapy. With the associatedapp, Calopad brings the physiotherapist digitally into any user's home and enables personalized all-around care in real time - utterly independent of time and place. In the future, the modular design will make it possible to combine different therapies such as heat, cold, or light with just one device, opening up the possibility of new therapeutic successes. | $4.6M | Seed | Aug 25, 2023 |  |

10 of 54 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Credit Suisse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-suisse) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Swiss Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swiss-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UBS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ubs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abb-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alpana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpana-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Technology Fund invest in?

Technology Fund invests primarily in Software, Energy and Information Technology startups, most often at Debt Financing and Grant stage. Most of the 54 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Technology Fund's check size?

Technology Fund typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$8.3M at Seed and $1.4M–$3.5M at Debt Financing. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Technology Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Technology Fund?

Public channels for Technology Fund 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 Technology Fund?

The team at Technology Fund includes Simone Riedel Riley (General Manager). 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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