Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Business Development startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
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Verve Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Zug, Zug, Switzerland, Europe | ||
Mountain Partners | Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe | ||
Nextech Invest | Early Stage Venture | Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe | ||
Polytech Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, Europe | ||
Serpentine Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe |
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We’ve ranked the top Business Development Early Stage Venture investors in Switzerland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
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- Market share
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Top Business Development Investors & Funds (Switzerland)
Verve Ventures
Verve Ventures is the leading European startup investment platform for qualified and institutional investors. Our 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. Our community 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 our expertise to invest in the most promising startups. Verve Ventures is backed by Switzerland’s third-largest bank, Zürcher Kantonalbank. We 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. We are reshaping the European venture capital landscape and granting investors superior access to this traditionally intransparent asset class. We source the best deals, structure rounds and enable our investors to participate in the most competitive startup deals.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland, Europe
Industries: Business Development, Consulting, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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Mountain Partners
As a global company builder & early-stage investor headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Mountain Partners manages more than 120 investments in the sectors of E-Commerce & Consumer Tech, Enterprise Tech, Media & Marketing, FinTech, InsurTech & PropTech, and HealthTech. As the digital revolution reaches more sectors and markets, Mountain Partners selects, builds, and develops young, disruptive technology companies. With a global network of international hubs, strategically located in emerging-market regions (Latin America, Middle East, Southeast Asia), Mountain Partners supports and finances companies in the early incubation phase, internationalizes proven business models, provides active local management, and finally exits the companies through acquisition or IPO.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
Industries: Asset Management, Business Development, Venture Capital
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Nextech Invest
Nextech Invest is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in early, mid stage and late stage, and emerging growth investments. The firm also invests in incorporation, spin-outs, reverse-take-over, and PIPE transactions. It only considers investments where evidence in preclinical animal models that a drug is efficacious is available or a device prototype fulfills the requirements. The firm seeks to invest in the field of information technology, biotechnology, healthcare with a focus on oncology companies developing cancer drugs and diagnostics. It prefers to invest in life science and enabling technologies with a focus on interdisciplinary technical and scientific projects, therapies, diagnostics, medical technologies, and services. The firm seeks to invest in companies based in Africa, Middle East, Asia, North America, Europe including Switzerland, Germany, and neighboring regions. It also considers co-investments in rest of Europe. The firm seeks to invest between CHF 1 million ($0.93 million) and CHF 5 million ($4.7 million) per financing round. It seeks a Board position in the portfolio companies. The firm seeks to exit its investments within three years via trade sale. Nextech Invest Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
Industries: Business Development, Health Care, Venture Capital
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Polytech Ventures
Polytech Ventures are an early stage VC firm based in Switzerland with a strong international focus. Their strategic location at EPFL in Lausanne grants us access to one of the most dynamic and recognized innovation centers in the world
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, Europe
Industries: Asset Management, Business Development, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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swissminds AG
Swissminds AG specializes in high-tech startups. The firm boosts companies not only with capital, but also with hand-on experience entrepreneurs and support sustainable business ideas.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Non Equity Assistance, Seed
Location: Düdingen, Fribourg, Switzerland, Europe
Industries: Advice, Business Development, Enterprise, Finance, Management Consulting, Venture Capital
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