# Yves Latour

> Yves Latour is a seed investor at 3wVentures (Zürich) backing Internet and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [3wVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3wventures-com)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yves-latour
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yves.latour.1

Yves Latour is a seed investor at 3wVentures in Zürich focused on Internet and Software. Yves Latour is the Co-Founder of 3wVentures. Yves Latour attended the University of St.Gallen.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $150k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Search Engine | 2 | 50% |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 3 | 75% |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Uberchord | Uberchord offers a mobile, interactive learning experience that is new, effective and motivating.Unlike competing products, like Yousician, JoyTunes or Flowkey, Uberchord's unique audio analysis technology is able to understand precisely what the user plays - even down to single finger mistakes within complex chords. This was unheard ofpreviously to Uberchord's new technology.As a result exercises can adapt automatically to the users needs and show them exactly how to improve. Further, Uberchord teaches musical understanding instead of mere note reproduction.Guitar is the first instrument Uberchord addresses, but technology and concept are applicable to any other instrument. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 01, 2016 |  |
| Verve Ventures | Verve Ventures is a European startup investment platform for qualified and institutional investors. Their fully digital platform enables private investors to build a diversified portfolio with investments starting at CHF/EUR 10'000. Since its launch in 2010, Verve Ventures has invested more than EUR 130 million in over 100 startups. Theircommunity consists of 5’000 registered qualified private investors, family offices, and pension funds. Several institutional investors such as a large Swiss pension fund and numerous corporates also rely on their expertise to invest in promising startups. Verve Ventures is backed by Switzerland's third-largest bank, Zürcher Kantonalbank. They have a dedicated investment team based in Zurich, Lausanne, Berlin, Paris, and Cambridge, that screens thousands of startups each year and selects the top 1% after a rigorous due diligence process. They are reshaping the European venture capital landscape and granting investors superior access to this traditionally intransparent asset class. They source the best deals, and structure rounds, and enable their investors to participate in competitive startup deals. |  | Series A | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| PresseTrends.com | What is happening today, this week or this month? Which people matter, what major events are taking place or which organizations are acting? These questions are topic in news and weekly magazines and can be found answered on www.pressetrends.com where the German speaking press can be searched. | $150K | Seed | Apr 29, 2010 |  |
| Youblisher | On youblisher.com people, companies, schools etc can publish their documents and create an easy handable page flipping document. The service is entirely free of charge and everything is hosted. Three easy steps and everything is done. | $150K | Seed | Nov 19, 2008 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [3wVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3wventures-com) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ecosystem Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecosystem-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Passion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/passion-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 3wVentures

VC Fund · Herisau, Switzerland

3wVentures provides seed money and venture capital to international internet startups. As they focus on early stage projects and prototypes, our investments and co-investments target a volume of up to USD 250,000.

2 contacts available at 3wVentures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arvin Zuberbuehler | Co-Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arvin-zuberbuehler |
| Yves Latour | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yves-latour |

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## FAQ

### What does Yves Latour invest in?

Yves Latour invests primarily in Internet, Software and Search Engine startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yves Latour's check size?

Yves Latour typically joins rounds of $150k–$1.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yves Latour participates in.

### When did Yves Latour last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yves Latour closed in Sep 2016. Shizune tracks 4 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 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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