Filter the Ecosystem Actors here according to their Technologies and Methods (multiple selection possible).
Financial Support
We are a holistic enabler, incubator & accelerator for early-stage startups & innovative Corporates, which we, together with our ecosystem, bring to success.
Tailor-made, hands-on, fast.
For Startups
We, a professional and trusted network of 40+ Experts and service providers, excite, enable and empower Founders & Innovators with a wide range of expertise to get straightforward and efficient solutions.
For Investors
Receive handpicked, pre-vetted startups that align perfectly with your preferences instead of sifting through countless random pitch decks. We connect innovative startups with strategic investors.
Jöchlerweg 4
6340 Baar
Financial Support
Verve Ventures was founded in 2010 and is one of the most active deep tech investors in Europe with around 150 portfolio companies. The most important investment themes are “Future of Computing”, “Health & Bio” and “Climate & Energy”. Verve invests from the seed stage with tickets ranging from half a million to several million.
Uetlibergstrasse 132
8045 Zürich
Financing of high tech startups from Seed stage onward
Business Innovation, Networking, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, 3D printing, Advanced Materials, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality, Automation, Autonomous Systems, Circle economy, Cloud Computing, CO2 capturing, Contact sensors, Contactless sensors, Control Engineering, Data Science, Diagnostics, Industry 4.0, Lidar, Machine Learning, Machine Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Nano Technology, Neural Networks, Optical sensors, Personalised medicine, Photonics, Precision manufacturing / micro-mechanics, Quantum technology, Radar, Robotics, Smart Materials, Surface and Interface Technology, Sustainable Energy Sources, Telemedicine, Ultrasound, Virtual Reality, Patent, Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Mobility
Financial Support
Transforming food systems with specialty crops.
We support practice-oriented research and development projects mainly in Switzerland, but also in emerging and developing countries.
Our activity is non-profit and does not pursue any profit-making purposes.
So that everyone does well – research for food, landscape, environment!
c/o BDW, Meierhofstrasse 1, 8820 Wädenswil
8820 Wädenswil
Funding impact-oriented R&D projects for practical innovations to transform food systems.
Strengthening the food system network
Promoting synergies through cooperation between players in the value chain
Financial Support
Lendity is an award-winning Swiss company specializing in tech-enabled Private Debt. Our business focus is providing innovative capital solutions to the Swiss market, leveraging the latest technologies. We are active in several verticals under our belief of using the right capital, for the right use, at the right time.
Lendity was born out of Tenity, a global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor powering the future of finance backed by industry leaders such as SIX, PwC and Julius Baer.
Dufourstrasse 43
8008 Zurich
Financial Support
WCG:ROB actively manages risk
How WCG:ROB works and what it promises
Simple. Rule-based. Risk-focused.
Turnerstrasse 1
8400 Winterthur
Financial Support
Happy Pot is a Swiss digital platform that enables transparent and structured collective money collection for events, personal causes, and social impact projects. It allows individuals, communities, and organizations to collect money easily, track contributions clearly, and ensure funds are used for their stated purpose, in full compliance with Swiss standards.
Hornbachstrasse 69
8008 Zürich
Financial Support
Kredo is a Swiss fintech. As an independent financial partner, we offer loans for Swiss SMEs.
With our current fund, we can currently provide between CHF 50,000 and CHF 750,000+ per loan.
It is important to us to set ourselves apart from the typical bank with a simple, effective process. A credit decision takes about 1 week and the financing structure is very flexible and tailored to the needs of the borrower. The administrative effort is minimal.
Avenue Charles Ferdinand Ramuz 60
1009 Pully
Financial Support
Axelra accelerates Tech Ventures with Strategic Investments and Hands-On Expertise, built on a Track Record of Venture Building.
Our Mission
At Axelra, we believe in the power of execution and rapid innovation (less blah blah – more balla balla). Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs who are ready to explore and adapt rather than overthink. By combining strategic investments with deep hands-on expertise, we strive to create a thriving ecosystem where innovative ideas flourish and drive sustainable growth. We are committed to creating and connecting the Swiss tech ecosystem with international markets, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing to enhance innovation and growth across borders.
Axelra
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Zurich, Axelra started as a Tech Venture Builder and has evolved in 2024, shifting the focus to its strategic investments. With a proven track record of accelerating over 45 tech ventures, co-creating 20 successful startups and developing 8 portfolio companies, we are dedicated to unlocking the potential of innovative ideas and transforming them into successful businesses. Leveraging our extensive experience and proven investment model, we strategically invest in and guide promising startups. Our distinctive strategy combines:
Strategic Investments: We focus on the strategic development of our co-created portfolio ventures.
Hands-on Expertise: Our seasoned venture builders provide in-depth expertise in management, growth, and product, ensuring startups achieve accelerated success.
Rennweg 57
8001 Zürich
Financial Support
MEDKAP is a Swiss non-profit investor club with the aim of financing healthtech innovation. The focus is on medical technology, diagnostics and digital health. Business angels can already invest with small amounts, which are bundled. What is also special is the possibility of operational support from KAPSLY Ventures to bring the startups to market faster and minimize operational risk.
Goethestrasse 12
8001 Zurich
Financial Support
OOMNIUM makes financing rounds faster and investments easier.
Our platform allows companies to raise funds in a lean and cost-efficient way, while offering investors the opportunity to invest in exciting and promising start-ups and SMEs – with just a few clicks, completely digitally and already with a small budget.
Gartenhofstrasse 17
8004 Zürich
Financial Support
Marc Lussy connects the dots in-between banking business and IT, in-between banks and startups and in-between business cultures across the globe.
Marc has been working in the Financial industry for more than 30 years. He has been active in the Swiss Fintech sector since day one and for the past 7 years has been coaching and mentoring 150+ startups (10+ startups one to one coaching/mentoring)
He has a strong connection with Brazil and China and a deep understanding of the BR and CN business culture as well as of the financial sector (banking & fintech) in these two countries
Tränkebachstrasse, 30
8712 Stäfa
Wealth Management, Investment Banking, Leadership/Project Management/Strategy, Innovation, Core Banking Solutions, Fintech, Regtech, Insurtech, Fintech Brazil, Fintech China, Banking Brazil, Banking China
Financial Support
LemaX is a Swiss workforce wellbeing and earned wage access platform designed for shift-based industries. The platform enables employees to access already earned salary before payday while helping employers improve retention, workforce stability, and employee wellbeing through payroll-connected financial flexibility.
Chem. de Renens 20
1004 Lausanne
Chem. de Renens 20
1004 lausanne
Financial Support
New Harbor Venture Partners is a trans-Atlantic placement agent / fundraiser specializing in fundraising for startups, growth and PE companies in the healthcare sector.
In return for a retainer and success fee, we assist in the placement of financing of CHF 10-40 million/USD in the USA, Europe, Israel and parts of Asia. Our main focus is on medical technology and digital health, but we also support pharma/biotech startups in approaching institutional healthcare-focused investors.
Waltikon 15
8126 Zumikon
Financial Support
Corporate venturing by Helsana, investments in startups and funds
Zürichstrasse 130
8600 Dübendorf
Swiss healthcare system and market; business development; ecosystems, partnerships, and networking
Financial Support
CV VC – Investing today in tomorrow’s future CV VC is a private AI and blockchain venture capital firm providing seed funding and an acceleration program to transformative technology teams worldwide. Qualified investors can gain exposure to blockchain technology and digital assets with CV VC’s investment product suite, which includes venture capital portfolios and portfolios of liquid hedge funds. CV VC’s expertise also extends to offering blockchain industry consulting and advisory services to corporates and governments. CV Labs – The heartbeat of Crypto Valley CV Labs is the ecosystem business pillar of CV VC, operating its accelerator and hubs across Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Africa, Germany, and Portugal. As the heartbeat of Crypto Valley, the world’s most mature blockchain hub, CV Labs helps global startups, corporates, and investors leverage blockchain technology through acceleration programs, various industry events, domicile & co-working spaces, and research reports.
Dammstrasse 16
6300 Zug
Financial Support
Spicehaus Partners is an independent Swiss venture capital investor focusing on B2B software companies in Switzerland with international growth potential.
Feldpark 9
6300 Zug
Our team is deeply embedded in the national startup ecosystem and has a unique combination of institutional and entrepreneurial experience. We actively support our investments - building a company is a marathon, not a sprint.
Financial Support
Powered by Innosuisse, the Innovation Booster Fashion & Lifestyle capitalises Swiss-based Fashion and Lifestyle community to identify top challenges, match them with experts and bring ideas to life through an open, sustainable, and user-centric approach. Our community leverages a unique ecosystem enabling the dissemination of radical solutions to the challenges of the industry, rewarding up to 10 ideas /year with ≈ CHF 28k /idea that prove potential to change the Fashion & Lifestyle world in Switzerland.
Via Pietro Peri 21b
6900 Lugano
Financial Support
Our services are built to enable entreprenuers to turn visions into reality and create the future. With a unique fusion of legal and business expertise we create an edge for ventures and investors at every stage of their journey.
Our team of legal experts and business consultants collaborates closely to get you strategic edges. We call it the Alfred Advantage. Our advice lets tech-founders, seasoned decision makers and professional investors navigate business challenges with extra clarity.
Bahnhofplatz 1
8001 Zurich
Financial Support
We are based in Zurich, investing in founders with momentous innovation creating a virtuous cycle for the planet and human well being.
Othmarstrasse 8
8008 Zurich
Venture Capital Fund investing into early stage startups in Europe.
Financial Support
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Zurich, Axelra started as a Tech Venture Builder and has evolved in 2024, shifting the focus to its strategic investments. With a proven track record of accelerating over 45 tech ventures, co-creating 20 successful startups and developing 8 portfolio companies, we are dedicated to unlocking the potential of innovative ideas and transforming them into successful businesses. Leveraging our extensive experience and proven investment model, we strategically invest in and guide promising startups. Our distinctive strategy combines:
Strategic Investments: We focus on the strategic development of our co-created portfolio ventures.
Hands-on Expertise: Our seasoned venture builders provide in-depth expertise in management, growth, and product, ensuring startups achieve accelerated success.
Hagenholzstrasse 83
8050 Zürich
Financial Support
The StartAngels Network (SAN) is a non-profit organisation that facilitates contact between Swiss startups and experienced investors. SAN identifies, mentors and supports startups in need of funding. SAN investors work with selected startups with outstanding business ideas and above-average market potential.
With its diversified and broad experience, SAN provides capital, expertise, board members and helpful contacts. Interested members are trained to become lead investors.
Zürichbergstrasse 150
8044 Zürich
Experienced investors in various industries.
Financial Support
Privilège Ventures SA is a Swiss based venture capital firm duly authorized by FINMA. The company was founded by Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch and Lucian Wagner who are acting as the general partner of the firm. Since mid-2016 and over three funds we have invested in 40 companies and have successfully exited 4 of them. We pride ourselves to be always at the side of our founders to support them when most needed.
Our team is deeply rooted in the Swiss ecosystem since 2005 and we have created strong relationships with universities, research centers, accelerators, incubators, founders and other investors. While generalist we don’t invest in biotech and we do have a strong expertise in DeepTech and MedTech. We target to invest as early as pre-seed up to Series A.
Via Carlo Maderno 6
6901 Lugano
Financial Support
Venture Kick is a philanthropic three stage funding model initiated to support Swiss startups with enough funding to kick-start their entrepreneurial success. Startups can qualify to receive up to CHF 150,000 in start capital, and an opportunity for an additional CH 850,000 in equity funding from the Kick Fund. After each stage, promising entrepreneurs are also offered professional guidance in developing their business through the 2-day kickers camps and connection to an incredible network.
For a business idea with high potential and an entrepreneurial and driven team, get your lauching kick up to CHF 1,000,000+ through Venture Kick, Innobooster and the Kick Fund.
Learn from proven entrepreneurs how to structure your pitch and to develop your business. You will be guided to successfully approach customers and to close deals with investors.
Get exposed to the greatest network of investors and industry innovation experts in Switzerland. You’ll get substantial media coverage on top to attract even more investors.
Wiesenstrasse 10a
8952 Schlieren
university spin-offs, financing, grants, venture capital
Financial Support
Zürcher Kantonalbank is successfully positioning itself as a universal bank with regional roots and national and international networks. We are the most important cantonal bank in Switzerland and one of the largest Swiss banks. With a market penetration of around 50 percent, we hold the leading position in the canton of Zurich in both private and corporate customer business. We are also the third largest fund provider in the country. Zürcher Kantonalbank is an independent institution under public law of the Canton of Zurich and has a state guarantee. Our performance mandate is to provide the population and businesses with financial services, to contribute to the solution of economic and social tasks, and to deal responsibly with the environment and society. We live our values responsibly, impulsively, passionately. We are the nearby bank and are part of life in the canton of Zurich.
Start-up financing
Zürcher Kantonalbank finances innovative start-ups with venture capital. As one of the largest and most active investors in Switzerland, we have already supported over 280 start-ups with more than CHF 230 million in venture capital.
#Talents
The heart of our IT beats in the middle of Zurich’s lively Kreis 5 district. Here, more than 1,000 colleagues work on new solutions using agile methods, thus ensuring the bank’s success consistently according to DevOps and Scrum principles. Cloud, cyber security and data-based business models are just some of the topics that excite us. We manage, maintain and operate over 650 applications, including eBanking, Mobile Banking, ZKB Twint and frankly. That’s why we are so proud of our #ITmadeinChreis5.
Bahnhofstrasse 9
8001 Zurich
Neue Hard 9
8005 Zurich
Industry-agnostic early-stage and scale-up investor with ticket sizes between CHF 200,000 to CHF 1,500,000.
Business Innovation, Cloud Computing, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Digital processes and transformation, Entrepreneurship, Safety and Security
Financial Support
Independent advice center
Ahead is the new founder and innovation center in Zurich, which includes the “Startzentrum”, GO! Microcredits, gruenden.ch and “SMEs and Innovation” combined. Ahead is supported by the City of Zurich, the Canton of Zurich and Zürcher Kantonalbank. As a non-profit organization with a charitable purpose, we provide you with independent and trustworthy advice.
The aim of our cooperative is to support founders and SMEs in the Zurich economic area on their entrepreneurial journey in order to make them more successful in the long term. In this way, we contribute to a sustainable and attractive business and living location. We help you with problems along the entrepreneurial life cycle and enable you to set up a company and manage it successfully. Whether you are still at the very beginning of your journey or already run an established SME: We accompany you professionally and at eye level.
Cooperative members
In addition to the three sponsors – the City of Zurich, the Canton of Zurich and Zürcher Kantonalbank – we count around 20 other organizations and companies among our cooperative members. Together, they are committed to supporting start-ups and SMEs.
Sihlquai 125
8005 Zürich
Sihlquai 125
8005 Zürich
Financial Support
SICTIC connects Swiss technology startups with smart money investors.
Stockerstrasse 44
8002 Zürich
Angel Investing, Venture Capital, Startups, Technology, Innovation
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