Top 15 Recruiting Startup Investors in Switzerland in January 2026
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Recruiting startups based in Switzerland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Recruiting companies from Switzerland. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Recruiting Startup Investors in Switzerland in January 2026
| Investor | Recruiting Switzerland investments |
|---|---|
| Founderful | 4 |
| Athos Capital | 3 |
| Joachim Schoss | 2 |
| Innuvik Ventures | 2 |
| BackBone Ventures | 2 |
| Sam Lim | 2 |
| Swiss Post Ventures | 2 |
| Nauta Capital | 2 |
| Roland Brack | 1 |
| Wecken & Cie. | 1 |
| One Peak | 1 |
| David Studer | 1 |
| Hermann Arnold | 1 |
| PT1 | 1 |
| Christian Wenger | 1 |
Founderful operates as a venture capital firm and a Switzerland’s leading pre-seed fund.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Oxyle — Permanently eliminate PFAS from your wastewater. Book a pilot and lead the way to clean, safe waters.
- Zuriq — We are building a quantum computer with scalability at its heart. Trapped-ion qubits with freedom to move and connect.
- Chipmind — AI agents to speed-up development of chips, design and verification, collaborative, custom and confidential with open-source EDA tools.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Spain, United States, Germany
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- Harbiz — Harbiz es la app para gestionar tu negocio de entrenamiento personal. Harbiz te ayuda a organizarte, comunicarte con clientes y cobrarles en un solo lugar. Customizable. Eficiente. Simple de usar. Prueba Gratis.
- Ciudadela — Ciudadela is a property management company that offers digital platform for administrating and managing properties.
- Sycai Technologies — Sycai Technologies, MedTech startup founded in Barcelona, that empowers radiologists in the non-invasive fight against pancreatic cancer through AI-based medical imaging algorithms
Mr. Schoss has a history of founding successfulcompanies, including TellSell Consulting and Telcare, which merged with Sykes Enterprises. In 2004 his latest company, Scout24, was acquired by T-Online for $221 million. He was named 2002’s “Business Angel of the Year†in Switzerland.In addition to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Mr. Schoss also has extensive investment experience, going back to the 1990s. From 2000-2003, he was the Chief Excecutive for Beisheim Holding Schweiz, and is currently the cornerstone investor of 6S Capital, a quantitative hedge fund firm.Mr.Schoss is President of the charitable foundation MyHandicap.com, and the Chapter Chair of the Young Presidents Organisation in Zurich.Source:
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- Internet, Social Media, Music
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland, Germany, United States
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- HAUSGOLD — HAUSGOLD is a fast-growing property technology company that provides assistance in all matters relating to the real estate sale. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
- iMusician — iMusician offers music distribution, promotion, mastering, and monetization for independent musicians & labels. Get on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, TikTok & many more.
- CareerLunch — CareerLunch is a recruitment platform that pairs potential hires with employees through informal exchanges over lunch. It was founded in 2019 by Simon Hofer and Konstantin Nesterov.
Swiss based early stage startup-investor. Invests in internet startups only. Specialized in Online Travel.
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Investment focus
- Software, Travel, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
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- Klazz — The mission of Klazz is to revolutionize the mainly offline language travel industry by matching international students and domestic teachers. The start-up founded by an experienced team will use the new funds to expand to further markets and destinations.Students are right in the centre of everything they do and their digital mindset isessential to simplify a language travel experience. Therefore they’re able to offer what you want, how you want it – individually tailored to you and your needs.
- Viselio — Viselio offers the bridge between the digital world and offline visa forms. It provides sophisticated software tools that help in applying for a visa with only a few clicks. It offers a personal, fast, and reliable service with Swiss quality. It was founded in 2016 and us headquartered in Bern, Switzerland.
- BYHOURS — The leader in Microstays and Hotels for the day. Book Hotel rooms in hourly rates for day use, also for the night. Choose the check-in time and pay per use in more that 4,000 Hotels near Airports, City Centres, Hospitals and Train stations in 20 countries. Join 250K customers worldwide who are enjoying flexibility in their hotel booking.
BackBone Ventures' focus are early-stage investments, primarly in the area of innovative ICT, FoodTech and disruptive technologies in DACH & Israel.
Committed to achieve a positive impact for the next generation by empowering access to proficient ventures investments.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Switzerland, Germany, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Neon — With neon, you can pay, save and manage your money. Digitally, securely and with no hidden fees. Open your account online in less than 10 minutes!
- Evoralis — Evoralis is an enzyme development company that specializes in the discovery and development of plastic-depolymerizing enzymes. It is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge.
- Proofcheck — Proofcheck is a multilingual AI proofreading platform and a collaborative in-browser workspace for PDFs and epubs. Their next-generation AI workflow and collaboration tool helps content creators quickly catch costly mistakes before they reach audiences. Proofcheck is headquartered in Vienna, Wien and was founded in 2022.
Sam Lim
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- Apps, Blockchain, Recruiting
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland
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- IMPRESSO — The place where recruiters search for authentic career profiles. Job seekers mint and save their career NFT. Save your NFT CV on the blockchain. Meet and connect with verified professionals on the Metaverse. Real identities, jobs and networking on IMPRESSO.
Swiss Post positions its services at the junction between the physical and digital worlds, building on an impressive range of physical products by supplementing them with an increasing number of digital solutions.
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- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Switzerland, United States, France
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- Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
- CareerFairy — We build live streaming for employers, to help them communicate their mission through their people to future employees who really care about their success. We help you attract the right people for the right reasons.
- ContractHero — ContractHero is a leading digital contract management solution for business customers. The smart and easy-to-use software provides an overview of all current contracts, quickly identifies unnecessary costs and reduces risks from missed contract deadlines. As a result, companies have full control over their contracts and avoid missed deadlines andunnecessary costs.
We support visionary founders across Europe as they build the next generation of B2B software companies.
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- Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States
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- Zelt — Manage everything from HRIS, payroll, pension, devices, apps and more seamlessly in one central hub, for all processes and applications, third-party included. Improve productivity through enhanced employee experience.
- NetBird — Wiretrustee is an open-source VPN platform built on top of WireGuard® making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home. It requires zero configuration effort leaving behind the hassle of opening ports, complex firewall rules, VPN gateways, and so forth.
- Unravel — Embed video first travel inspiration and AI curated journeys directly in your app. A plug-and-play upgrade that boosts engagement, conversion and loyalty. The fastest way to add travel superpowers to your app.
Roland Brack - Mr. @ Ziano
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- Travel, SaaS, Rental
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Neon — Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account.
- Appentura — Appentura is guide your friend on the phone by his personal surprise - the content you choose.
- Kollabo — Kollabo - the deep job platform for skilled blue collar workers. Thanks to our large network of temporary offices & our qualified team, we excel at finding the perfect match for job seekers and staffing agencies. Never before has the recruiting process been so easy and hassle-free for everyone involved. The goal is to digitally enable allstakeholder, generating a win-win-win situation. It can be that simple with Kollabo – We make work easy.
Wecken & Cie. is an early-stage venture capital investor, focused on European fast-growing, disruptive technology companies, with expertise in FinTech and PropTech. Wecken & Cie. invests across other sectors and stages opportunistically.Having invested in more than 40 companies since 2007 and thereof successfully exited e.g. Delivery Heroand EcoIntense, Wecken & Cie. typically participates together with other institutional investors in Series A investment rounds with €500k to €3m initially, with the ability to provide additionally capital over the life of the investment. Wecken & Cie. is backed by Klaus Wecken, co-founder of multiple startups in the technology and real-estate sector, most prominently KHK Software which he sold to SAGE Group in 1997.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Germany, Switzerland, Austria
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- KUGU — KUGU - The platform for digital building management. We digitalize processes for property managers, energy companies and housing companies.
- iDWELL — iDWELL (www.idwell.com) is a revolutionary CRM cloud software and tenant app, especially designed for the next generation of real estate management. It enables the automation of routine processes, and bundles as well as optimizes all communication between the stakeholders of a property, including service providers, asset managers, landlords,tenants and property managers. Currently, more than 750,000 apartment units are managed with the assistance of iDWELL.The iDWELL ticketing system and the connected tenant app automates routine maintenance tasks with regards to handling and reporting damages. This allows iDWELL customers to focus on more important and revenue-generating tasks. The iDWELL marketplace provides further opportunities to service tenants and landlords while generating revenue.
- Meisterwerk — B2B SaaS Operating System for SMB field service and craftsman companies
One Peak is a specialist private equity firm investing in growth stage technology and tech-enabled companies. They provide growth capital to exceptional entrepreneurs, with a view to transform innovative and rapidly growing businesses into lasting, category-defining industry leaders.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Series B, Series C, Private Equity
- Germany, United Kingdom, France
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- Hawk — Award-winning AML & CFT technology powered by explainable AI increases your risk coverage, helps you identify more crime, and reduces your false positives.
- Hygraph — A GraphQL-native headless CMS that marketers and developers love. Structure content, scale with AI, and launch faster across every channel.
- Iplicit — Trusted Cloud Accounting Software For Medium Sized Business from iplicit. Group and Multi-Entity Accounting. Real-Time Reporting. Book A Demo Today.
David Studer
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, SaaS, Social
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Moodtalk — Moodtalk is an employee engagement platform to help companies improve teamwork, communication and employee wellbeing. Our software helps companies understand employees and identify ways to improve employee engagement. Sign up now.
- contactify — Are you ready to enrich your interactions and networking with digital content? biz.card by contactify is your platform for efficient data exchange & contact management.
- CareerLunch — CareerLunch is a recruitment platform that pairs potential hires with employees through informal exchanges over lunch. It was founded in 2019 by Simon Hofer and Konstantin Nesterov.
Hermann Arnold - co-founder, co-initiator @ 42hacks.com
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Investment focus
- GPS, SaaS, Software
- Pre-Seed, Angel
- Switzerland, Spain
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- Thingsy — Thingsy is the digital hub for the implementation of the circular economy.
- Manax — Manax is a business management software that helps field service businesses digitalize their operations and close more sales.
- Kollabo — Kollabo - the deep job platform for skilled blue collar workers. Thanks to our large network of temporary offices & our qualified team, we excel at finding the perfect match for job seekers and staffing agencies. Never before has the recruiting process been so easy and hassle-free for everyone involved. The goal is to digitally enable allstakeholder, generating a win-win-win situation. It can be that simple with Kollabo – We make work easy.
PropTech1 Ventures - the leading independent venture capital fund focused on PropTech and ConstructionTech in Europe
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Investment focus
- Real Estate, SaaS, Construction
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland
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- 42 Watt — 42 Watt is an energy conservation consultancy which strives to reduce costs, save energy and protect the climate.
- NeoCarbon — NeoCarbon reverses climate change by dramatically cutting costs of Direct Air Capture leveraging cooling towers around Europe. By retrofitting existing infrastructure without impacting their original function, the time and cost needed to set up a carbon capturing system is improved by up to 10x.
- Terra One — Terra One engages in the development and operation of large-scale battery storage systems.
Christian Wenger - Chairman @ Startup INVEST
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A
- Switzerland, Germany, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Aktiia — Founded in Switzerland in May 2018 out of a passion to turn insights into action in the fight against hypertension, Aktiia’s groundbreaking medical technology provides people and their physicians comprehensive insights into blood pressure patterns that will inform the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Now available in the United Kingdom,Aktiia has received its CE Mark as a Class IIa medical device - signifying that the device has been assessed to meet high safety, health and environmental protection requirements in Europe. To learn more, visit Aktiia.com.
- Kollabo — Kollabo - the deep job platform for skilled blue collar workers. Thanks to our large network of temporary offices & our qualified team, we excel at finding the perfect match for job seekers and staffing agencies. Never before has the recruiting process been so easy and hassle-free for everyone involved. The goal is to digitally enable allstakeholder, generating a win-win-win situation. It can be that simple with Kollabo – We make work easy.
- ExpressSteuer — ExpressSteuer is building AI-powered software that simplifies and automates the process of filing a german tax return which is considered to be the most complex and complicated in the world.
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