# Technopark Luzern

> Technopark Luzern is a VC fund in Root backing Marketing, Biotechnology and Laser. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Root, Switzerland
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2017
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/technopark-luzern
- Website: http://www.technopark-luzern.ch/en

Technopark Luzern is a place to develop a good business idea into a successful enterprise.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 2 | 40% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 40% |
| Laser | 1 | 20% |
| Farming | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 4 | 80% |
| Denmark | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amphasys | Amphasys is a technology company focused on its activities in developing and marketing a novel, chip-based single cell analysis technology. Its aim is to simplify, speed up, and miniaturize complex cell analyses and move them to the point-of-use, which may be outside well-equipped research and analytical laboratories.The company’s basictechnology has been developed in 2004 in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne. Consequently, several years of research with different cell types proved that the technology is suitable for a wide array of applications. It is currently being used in the analysis of pollen and milk.In 2013 Amphasys was awarded with the most prestigious Swiss startup price by the W.A. de Vigier Foundation. It was also supported by the Albert Koechlin Foundation and certified by CTI Invest.Amphasys was founded in 2012 as a spin-off from Axetris AG, a company of the Leister group. |  | Seed | Dec 29, 2017 | http://www.amphasys.com/ |
| TwentyGreen | The start-up TwentyGreen® produces a new probiotic feed supplement for sustainable animal farming, exerting several beneficial effects simultaneously. Their product is based on research in intestinal health at EPFL in Switzerland where they have identified a naturally occurring group of micro-organisms that enhance the quality of the gut‘microbiota’, a consortium of symbiotic organisms colonizing the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract that are essential for metabolizing food and activating natural immune defenses.TwentyGreen®’s aim is to gain a 10% share of the world animal feed probiotic market, which is worth over $4 billion per year and growing rapidly. Due to the important regulatory obligations involving human food and animal feed, commercialization of their feed supplement necessitates extensive R&D actions in collaboration with a highly competent academic partners such as EPFL. |  | Seed | Dec 29, 2017 | http://www.twentygreen.com |
| Smolsys | Smolsys specializes in research and development of microsystems technology sealed in glass. Smolsys' core competences are the laser manipulation of glass for sealing gases and electronic devices. |  | Seed | Dec 29, 2017 | https://www.smolsys.swiss/ |
| Avantyard | Avantyard develops lifestyle products for people who are attracted to a convenient style of living. |  | Seed | Dec 29, 2017 | http://www.avantyard.ch |
| MagCath | Many women suffer from urinary stress incontinence, and until now, no satisfying solution has been found to the problem. At MagCath ApS, they took on the challenge, and developed a new device, which they hope will soon help thousands of women in their everyday life. Their solution is a soft, gentle tube, that stays inserted all day and providesthe user full control over when her bladder is voided. The initial clinical trials are convincing, and doctors conclude that our solution is safe, efficient and comfortable.They aim to have all approvals issued by the end of 2017, so that our product can be available for users by early 2018. Until then, we are not in a position, where they can publicly reveal more details about the design and its unique features. | $884.5K | Seed | Dec 29, 2016 | http://www.magcath.com/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Technopark Luzern invest in?

Technopark Luzern invests primarily in Marketing, Biotechnology and Laser startups, most often at Seed 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 Technopark Luzern last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Technopark Luzern closed in Dec 2017. 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 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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