Top 30 Social Media Startup Investors in Switzerland in January 2025

Investor	Social Media Switzerland investments
Creathor Ventures	3
Sam Lim	2
DEXT Force Ventures	1
Balderton Capital	1
FiveT Fintech (formerly Avaloq Ventures)	1
TRGC	1
Marc P. Bernegger	1
Digital Finance Group (DFG)	1
Marc Stilke	1
Idinvest Partners	1
Fitec	1
Martin Strobel	1
Technology Fund	1
Verve Ventures	1
Debiopharm Group	1
Anja Graf	1
3wVentures	1
Beat Schwab	1
Crèdit Andorrà	1
Poolz Finance	1
Alois Flatz	1
Ronald Strässler	1
Shima Capital	1
Jump Trading	1
REEF	1
Inversions Garbi	1
AMRA Investments	1
AU21 Capital	1
Julien Pache	1
Bernhard Lauber	1

We have been investing at the frontier of technology and science for over 30 years. We know what it takes to succeed.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ledgy — Digitize your cap table, automate equity plans and simplify compliance. Find out how leading companies use Ledgy to empower their employees and engage investors.
HeyJobs — Intelligent recruiting | more hires with performance marketing | only qualified candidates | fast recruiting success | over 1,500 companies use HeyJobs to find employees
Humanoo — HUMANOO | MAKING PEOPLE HEALTHIER! HUMANOO is the digital health platform for employees and insurance clients. We enable our users to improve their physical and mental health. Simple, effective, proven - all in one app. With customized programs and innovative eHealth solutions, we guide our users in the areas of fitness, physio, yoga, mindfulnessand nutrition to their self-imposed goals. For the first time, companies and insurance companies can use comprehensive decentralized analysis to understand the health of their employees or insurance clients and make it a measurable success. Our team currently consists of 65 employees from 15 nations with different talents. In our office in Berlin-Kreuzberg, software developers, designers, marketing and sales specialists work together with sports and nutrition scientists as well as yoga teachers and physiotherapists. What we share is the goal to motivate people to stay healthy.

Sam Lim

Investment focus

Apps, Blockchain, Recruiting
Seed, Pre-Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

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.

The investment arm of DEXTools.io, DEXT FORCE VENTURES helps projects from incubation stage to public listing and beyond.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Gaming
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Bondex — Find jobs in Web3 and monetize your network through referral bounties. Gain access to the talent network to hire faster and cheaper.
Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a DeFi platform to lend, borrow, trade, and manage digital assets all in one place.
Honeypot Finance — Honeypot Finance is a community-run DeFi hub that includes a novel AMM approach to unify a community-led launchpad (Dreampad) and DEX (HenloDex).

In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Series C
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Lawhive — LawHive provides local UK solicitors for half the cost of a law firm. Connect with licensed solicitors online. Use any computer or smartphone.
Agave Games — Agave Games is a mobile games publishing company and provides unique experiences
Grand Games — Grand Games is shaping the future of gaming by creating genre-defining games played by millions worldwide.

VC focused on fintech

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Switzerland, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Rulematch — RULEMATCH is a spot crypto trading venue based in Switzerland, built with Nasdaq technology - for financial institutions only.
Supra — Supra is the world's highest-performing, fully vertically integrated L1 blockchain, and it's about to change everything.
Crypto Valley Exchange — The first portfolio risk capable platform for Options & Futures trading in DeFi, offering 1000x+ leverage based on margin offset.

We back visionary teams and companies that are in pursuit of a better global financial system, with an aim to foster the growth of the world’s most promising projects in the emerging technologies sector. Leveraging both our deep understanding of the ecosystem and our extensive industry connections, we are able to put capital to work efficiently,supporting the next wave of trailblazing blockchain, Web3 and DeFi innovators.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, France

Portfolio highlights

Hemi Labs — Hemi (https://hemi.xyz) is a modular protocol that integrates Bitcoin and Ethereum to amplify and extend the core capabilities of the two leading blockchain networks. This offers a novel perspective on blockchain interoperability and scaling by approaching Bitcoin and Ethereum as components of a single supernetwork. The result providessecurity that exceeds that of Bitcoin (“superfinality”) and new levels of blockchain programmability, portability, and potential. Hemi was co-founded by Jeff Garzik (former Bitcoin core developer) and Max Sanchez (inventor of the Proof-of-Proof consensus protocol), and is surrounded by a team of renowned blockchain engineers, strategic partners and investors.
KRNL Labs — KRNL Labs is a decentralized infrastructure protocol that makes smart contracts and develops an open, multichain software registry for the Web3 ecosystem. That allows developers to build dApps that can leverage multiple blockchains simultaneously.
Apex Fusion — Apex Fusion uses cutting-edge technology to connect segregated UTXO and account-based networks, unlocking blockchain's full potential by allowing for seamless asset movement and growth across various yet unified protocols.

Marc P. Bernegger is a Founding Partner at Maximon - The Longevity Company Builder. Marc previously worked at Crypto Finance Group as a Founding Board Member (acquired by Deutsche Boerse). He attended the University of Zurich.

Investment focus

Events, Young Adults, Financial Services
Seed, Angel, Series A
Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Altoida — Nevertheless, gambling reached the height of its popularity during the Gold Rush period, when millions of gold seekers came to Canada to try their luck (just
Sandbox — We are an eclectic community of nomads, entrepreneurs, journalists, academics, politicians, artists, and indomitable misfits from over 100 countries. Together we seek to develop our authentic selves, form meaningful relationships, discover resources to live fulfilling lives, and to lead significant impact on the world around us.
Crypto Finance Group — The Crypto Finance Group provides institutional and professional investors a full suite of products and services with a level of quality, reliability, and security that are unique in the digital asset space today. The group includes the holding company Crypto Finance AG and three subsidiaries: the first regulated crypto asset manager for collectiveinvestments authorised by FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Authority; a FINMA-regulated securities firm providing in 24/7 crypto asset trading; and a subsidiary for crypto asset storage infrastructure and tokenisation solutions.By providing the services for professional investors to invest in blockchain technology, the Crypto Finance Group is building a bridge between the traditional financial world and the emerging digital asset markets. CEO Jan Brzezek and his experienced team founded the Crypto Finance Group with the conviction that all market participants will benefit from professional, secure, and stable access to digital asset markets. Their offices are in Zurich and Singapore, with headquarters in Zug, known as the Crypto Valley and home to possibly the world's largest ecosystem of crypto and blockchain organisations.

Digital Finance Group (DFG) is a global blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm. DFG was founded in 2015 and has assets under management of over $1 billion.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

PrismaStake — Unleash the Power of Multi-Chain Staking and Boost Your Assets. Stake. Earn. Grow. Empowering Crypto Investors Across Multiple Blockchains.
Karmine Corp — Karmine Corp is an esports organization that offers merchandise and competes in games like league of legends, trackmania, and others.
Root Protocol — Root is building an operating system with the composition of an intent-centric aggregator of digital identity, virtual accounts, social graphs, and more to enable unified access to Web3.

Marc Stilke

Investment focus

Real Estate, Rental Property, Energy Management
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Thailand, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

onyo — The future of work is hybrid. onyo provides a one-stop solution to create and ensure a healthy working environment for your team at home. We help you consolidate the individual needs of your employees, match them with products and provide an attractive leasing solution. Via a digital platform, you can track and manage the home-office equipment withone click, 100% transparency, 100% cost control.
VoiceLine — VoiceLine is AI-powered field sales revenue intelligence. Document any customer interactions in seconds, get actionable insights and boost sales performance. Start today!
Green Fusion — Green Fusion is developing a cloud-based energy manager for the intelligent control of heat, electricity, and e-mobility. The focus here is on hybrid heating systems in buildings such as heat pumps + gas boilers and the coupling to photovoltaic systems and electric vehicle charging stations.

Idinvest Partners is a pan-European private equity manager focused on the low and middle-market segments. With over 6 billion euros under management, the company has developed several complementary areas of expertise, including equity investments in buyout deals focusing on both mid-size as well as young innovative European companies; primaryinvestments in European private equity funds focusing primarily on the middle market segment; secondary investments; mezzanine investments in Europe; and private equity consulting.Idinvest Partners’ recent success stories include Criteo, Clear2Pay, Meetic, Prosensa, Converteam, Kwik Fit, Lastminute.com, Dailymotion, Deezer, Talend, Synthesio, Menlook, Vestiaire Collective, Pretty Simple, Curse.com, Withings, Kantox, Secret Escapes, Happn, Peakon, Dayuse, Botify, Financefox, Azalead and many more.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Series B, Series A, Funding Round
France, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Corti — Corti offers a digital assistant, augmenting medics in improving patient outcomes and internal performance.
Coave Therapeutics — Coave Therapeutics is active in the field of gene therapies in rare ocular and CNS (Central Nervous System) diseases.
Stilla Technologies — Stilla Technologies is taking digital PCR to a whole new level with a unique 6-color target detection capability

la Fondation d’Impulsion Technologique et Economique (FITEC)

Investment focus

Social Media, Developer Tools
Angel
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

HyperWeek — HyperWeek is a subsidiary of Knowledge Plaza, based in Belgium. HyperWeek provides a social platform for citizens & institutions to socialize their content assets.

Martin Strobel - Non Executive Director @ msg life

Investment focus

PaaS, SaaS, FinTech
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Allthings — Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau.
Imburse — Duck Creek Payments. We are a leading provider of comprehensive P&C insurance software and services for insurers of all sizes worldwide.

Technology Fund offers loan guarantees to Swiss companies whose novel products contribute to a sustainable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

Investment focus

Software, Energy, Information Technology
Debt Financing, Grant, Seed
Switzerland, Italy, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Distran — Distran ultrasonic cameras detect leaks of any type of gas in industrial facilities at a distance with live leak rate quantification. ATEX-certified.
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.
Bionomous — Bionomous - the world's first provider of AI-powered solutions for screening, sorting and dispensing of small biological entities. We are an innovative, agile

Verve Ventures has invested in more than 140 science and technology startups. We support visionary and resilient entrepreneurs from day one and are a reliable partner for the entire journey. We typically invest EUR 1-3m in early as well as later stage rounds of European high tech startups.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Switzerland, France, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Otoqi — Otoqi is a vehicle delivery platform that develops connected services and logistics solutions for the automotive professionals.
tozero — Truly bringing lithium-ion battery waste tozero by recovering all critical matierlas, like lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite.
Orakl Oncology — Cultivated with love by the Orakl team.

Debiopharm is an independent biopharmaceutical company based in Switzerland with an ongoing commitment to improve patient outcomes and quality of life in oncology and bacterial infections. Our main activities include drug development, drug manufacturing and digital health investment.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Genetics, Medical Device
Seed, Series A, Series B
Switzerland, France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Raidium — Radiology augmented GPT to tackle the complexity of precision medicine
Tune Insight — Tune Insight orchestrates secure collaborations on sensitive data between multiple organizations to extract collective insights.
WhiteLab Genomics — Discover WhiteLab Genomics, where AI meets biology to revolutionize genomic medicine. Our innovative platform optimizes drug design for greater safety and efficacy.

Anja Graf is an individual investor and real estate entrepreneur .

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Marketing
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

fabas — Explore Fabas Solutions' innovative, sustainable, plant-based yogurt mixes. Perfect for creating high-protein, vegan dairy alternatives from natural ingredients, driving food industry innovation.
Refluence — LinkTrust offers powerful business-building tools for agencies and networks. Discover how to manage campaigns, partners and channels at scale. Book a demo.
Refluenced — Refluenced is an online platform that specializes in connecting brand enthusiasts with brands, aiming to revolutionize word-of-mouth marketing. Originating from the success of the SunIce Festival's micro-influencer campaign, which reaches millions annually, Refluenced offers a unique opportunity for creators to engage with brands andcampaigns. With a focus on marketing services, the company operates with a team of 15 employees and is based in Switzerland. Refluenced is dedicated to transforming the interaction between brands and their advocates, providing new avenues for marketing engagement.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Series A
Switzerland, Spain, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Abionic — Abionic SA is ideally positioned at the boundaries of medical technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. As a spin-off from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland), Abionic uses these highly advanced technologies to provide the medical profession with a novel diagnostic tool designed to give patients personal allergyprofiles. Abionic aims to become an important international player in the field of personalized medicine, in particular in allergy detection.Abionic SA is a certified ISO 9001/13485 company, including research, development and commercialization of in vitro diagnostic devices for allergies detection. The standard ISO 13485 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization has to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements.Abionic SA is a privately owned high-tech company and is strongly supported by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), The Canton of Vaud and Venturelab.Abionic was founded by former scientists from the biomedical optics laboratory (LOB) at EPFL. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.Abionic appreciates the support it has received from:
GUURU — GUURU's Community Solution enables trustworthy and authentic live conversations between shoppers and your customer community.
Pregnolia — Pregnolia ensures that every woman can have a happy, healthy and informed pregnancy until term. Their team knows that the existing research about preterm birth assessment is very promising, but this alone does not guarantee success. Sabrina, Francisco and Annette are highly committed to develop the commercial version of the device, complete theclinical trial, follow the regulatory roadmap and execute on their business vision to successfully support gynaecologists in improving the preterm birth risk assessment and birth management.

Beat Schwab is the Chairman at Zug Estates Holding AG.

Investment focus

Real Estate, Social Media, Smart Building
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Allthings — Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau.

Crèdit Andorrà offers financial services such as commercial banking, private banking, asset management, and insurance services.

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Geospatial
Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Spain, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Olyverse — An innovative blockchain-powered social platform built to reward engagement, bringing fans and stars closer together
Saalg Geomechanics — SAALG Geomechanics, creating engineering tools that will shape the future of a sustainable, efficient and safe construction industry.

Poolz Finance is an early-stage blockchain company that specializes in Web3 technology and providing access to early stage crypto projects.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
Estonia, Singapore, China

Portfolio highlights

AutoLayer — All LRTfi. One Interface.
NuLink — NuLink combines best practices with best-of-breed security solutions to provide privacy-preserving technology with enterprise level security for decentralized applications
COTI AI Agents — COTI AI Agents is an AI Agent platform on the COTI network that focuses on privacy and ease of use. Users can launch, train, and trade AI agents with just one click. Co-own agents to earn revenue share while enjoying personalized tools, fun interactions, and rewards.COTI AI Agents is the first grantee of MomentumX Accelerator - The #1 acceleratorfor startups exploring Web3 privacy, backed by COTI network & Poolz.

Alois Flatz is a Venture Partner with 20 years' experience in private equity, investment management and sustainability. He is a member of the boards of va-Q-tec and The Mobility House.Before joining Zouk, Alois was a Partner and Head of Research at Sustainable Asset Management in Zurich, where he co-founded the Dow Jones SustainabilityIndex. Alois was also Managing Partner of BTS Investment Advisors, a private equity advisor in India with over $3 billion AUM, and an advisor to the Austrian Ministry of the Environment.A published author on sustainable investment, Alois has a PhD in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, an MBA from Vienna University of Economics and studied International Management at HEC.

Investment focus

Software, Real Estate, Social Media
Seed, Funding Round
Switzerland, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Tset — Transform cost engineering with Tset's automated software. Drive sustainable manufacturing with CO2 tracking and optimize production costs efficiently.
Kooky — - What is kooky? kooky is a digital cup smart system and offers you the possibility to dispose your reusable cup on your way in an easy and sustainable way through kooky boxes.- How does kooky work? You order your drink as usual and get it in a kooky cup. You simply pay for the drink plus 1 CHF deposit. When you return the cup in a kooky drop offbox, you will immediately get your 1 CHF deposit credited in the wallet of your app.- What do I have to do when I got the cup with the drink? Simply scan the QR code of the cup with the kooky app (registration required), and the cup will be paired to your app account.- Where can I return the cup? In all the kooky boxes around town and in all the venues of the kooky network. You can find both in the app.- How do I get my credit? In order to withdraw the credit in your app wallet, you need to enter your bank details in the app. Then you submit a payout request of the desired amount. Kooky only takes a 10% fee as cost of service, you will receive a receipt for each withdrawal.- What does kooky do with the cups? Our employees empty the kooky boxes and bring the cups to our rinsing logistics. There, they are cleaned according to hygiene regulations and standards, picked, packed and distributed to our partners again.- Are e-vehicles used for logistics? Yes, the logistics for collecting and distributing the cups takes place exclusively with electric vehicles.
Allthings — Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau.

Ronald Strässler is a Co-Founder at Avaloq.

Investment focus

Software, Hardware, Industrial
Seed, Series B
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Veertly — Veertly provides a modular all-in-one platform that satisfies all your needs for digital collaboration.
yeekatee — yeekatee is an independent investing-based networking connecting people and investing for the whole investment journey.
bNovate Technologies — bNovate Technologies SA was founded in 2011 with the goal to be the best in the field of automated cells analysis. The company is based at the Innovation Park of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL). They started their activities with a few people. Today, bNovate Technologies SA has grown into a strong team of scientificexperts and managers who can address the challenge of developing the most demanding, fully automated analysis instruments.They develop instruments for clients, but they also created their own cell detection instruments for drinking water that they distribute through partnering companies.

Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Stashh — Collect, create, trade, share, discover, and decrypt digital collectibles on Stashh - the omnichain NFT hub.
Ava Protocol — Ava Protocol is an event-driven EigenLayer AVS that seamlessly automates cross-chain transactions for DeFi, NFTs, games, and more.
Goldilocks DAO — Goldilocks is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) dedicated to creating custom defi infrastructure for Berachain. The Goldilocks Protocol is comprised of three primary components: Goldiswap, Goldilend, Goldivaults.

Jump Trading is a division of Jump Trading Group, a leading data and research-driven trading business

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Cayman Islands, Malta

Portfolio highlights

Aera — Aera is the first autonomous, data driven treasury management protocol for DAOs. Aera allows DAOs to manage treasury and insolvency risk allowing for increased capital efficiency.
Sphere — Better cross-border payments through beautiful interfaces for businesses to buy, sell, send and manage stablecoins.
Wormhole — The best way to build multichain

REEF Technology transforms open urban spaces into mixed-use places that connect people to local goods, services & experiences. Explore REEF's neighborhood-centric solutions today.

Investment focus

Software, Social Media, Web Development
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

metameet — Create worlds, explore and trade NFTs in the first-ever virtual world owned by its users.

Family office

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Social Media
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Olyverse — An innovative blockchain-powered social platform built to reward engagement, bringing fans and stars closer together

Family office

Investment focus

Sports, eSports, Social Media
Seed
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Olyverse — An innovative blockchain-powered social platform built to reward engagement, bringing fans and stars closer together

A fund dedicated to backing the most brilliant minds in the blockchain space

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

A-World — A-world is a super metaverse card tower defense battle game based on BNB CHAIN.
Nillion — The Secure Processing Layer of Web3
Vue Protocol — Vue Protocol operates as a layer2 for Web3 Social.

As COO, Julien is in charge of operations at investiere. This covers deal structuring and finding and assessing new business opportunities. He is also responsible for legal and compliance matters.Julien holds a Master’s degree in business law from the University of Fribourg where he specialized in contract, tax and commercial law. He previouslyworked as a tax consultant for KPMG and serves as a board member for Anthamatten Meubles SA.Julien enjoys the challenges of competitive sports such as running and ski mountaineering. He successfully participated in the 2012 Patrouille des Glaciers race. He has a strong interest in philosophy and the interconnections of global economies.

Investment focus

Social Media, Developer Tools
Angel
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

HyperWeek — HyperWeek is a subsidiary of Knowledge Plaza, based in Belgium. HyperWeek provides a social platform for citizens & institutions to socialize their content assets.

https://about.me/twobla

Investment focus

Software, Consulting, Social Media
Funding Round
Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

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