# Founderful

> Founderful is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 106 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 106
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 56%
- Fund size: $85M
- Last fund: Feb 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/11095684
- Website: https://www.wingman.ch

Founderful is a VC fund in Zürich focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Founderful operates as a venture capital firm and a Switzerland’s leading pre-seed fund.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Founderful. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Founderful. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/wingman-897a?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$14M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$4.3M |
| Series A | $3.4M–$24M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 8% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 6% |
| SaaS | 5 | 5% |
| Health Care | 5 | 5% |

87 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 32 | 30% |
| Seed | 27 | 25% |
| Series A | 6 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 3% |
| Series B | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 45 | 42% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Stöckl | Founding Partner | 23 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-stoeckl |
| Emily Kruse | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-kruse |
| Lukas Weder | Founding Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lukas-weder |
| Pascal Mathis | Founding Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pascal-mathis |
| Antonia Albert | Principal | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antonia-albert |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Exclaim Robotics | Exclaim Robotics focuses on jobs that need dexterity and precision, such as cable bundles that were not designed with a robot in mind, optics that flex if forced, and drives that must fit absolutely squarely. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Stellar Alpina | Stellar Alpina is a Zurich-based space propulsion startup developing rotating detonation rocket engines for mobility after launch. | $4.5M | Pre-Seed | May 28, 2026 |  |
| AVIAN | AVIAN is an industrial AI business that creates temperature monitoring and predictive safety systems for industrial applications. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2026 |  |
| Mosaic-SoC | Mosaic-SoC expertise in chip design and developing cutting-edge processors for machine learning and artificial intelligence. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Lobby | Lobby builds AI agents for hotels with the mission to empower staff to work smarter. | $2.2M | Seed | Mar 25, 2026 |  |
| Chiral | Next-generation electronics with nanomaterials | $12M | Seed | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Sparkli | Sparkli offers an AI-powered educational platform that turns children’s questions into interactive learning journeys called “expeditions.” The platform generates multimodal content blending visuals, audio narration, games, and quizzes to help learners explore topics and build skills like design thinking, financial literacy, sustainability, andemotional intelligence. It personalizes experiences using generative AI so that young learners engage with content aligned to their curiosity and interests. Sparkli also includes features to track progress and encourage regular engagement through challenges, rewards, and creative reflections. The platform supports both individual exploration and guided learning contexts for children. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 22, 2026 |  |
| Soverli | Soverli is a cybersecurity technology firm that provides advanced protection technologies for smartphones. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2025 |  |
| Omnilex | Omnilex offers AI-powered legal research and drafting tools for legal professionals. | $4.5M | Seed | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| mimic | mimic provides a flexible and intuitive answer to labor shortages worldwide, by building and deploying robots that fit seamlessly into human workplaces. Their scalable foundation AI model enables truly dexterous robotic manipulation by learning directly from human data. | $16M | Seed | Nov 03, 2025 |  |

10 of 106 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Zürcher Kantonal Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/z%C3%BCrcher-kantonalbank) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Angel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-invest-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Venture Kick](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturekick) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Founderful invest in?

Founderful invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 106 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Founderful's check size?

Founderful typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$14M at Seed, $1.2M–$4.3M at Pre-Seed and $3.4M–$24M 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 Founderful participates in.

### How do I contact Founderful?

Public channels for Founderful include LinkedIn 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 Founderful?

The team at Founderful includes Alex Stöckl (Founding Partner), Emily Kruse (Chief Financial Officer) and Lukas Weder (Founding Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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