Investors in Switzerland

ABB is a global technology leader specializing in electrification and automation, committed to enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. With a workforce of approximately 110,000 employees worldwide, ABB has a rich history spanning over 140 years. The company was formed in 1988 through the merger of Sweden's Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and Switzerland's Brown, Boveri & Cie, combining their expertise in electrical equipment manufacturing. ABB's core activities include power generation, transmission and distribution, industrial automation, and robotics. The company invests around 4 to 5 percent of its annual revenues in research and development, collaborating with customers and partners to drive technological innovation. Sustainability is central to ABB's purpose, as it works with stakeholders to promote a low-carbon society, preserve resources, and support social progress toward a net-zero future. (

UBS Group AG is a multinational investment bank and financial services firm headquartered in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland. Established in 1998 through the merger of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation, UBS has grown to become the world's largest private bank, managing over $6 trillion in assets. The firm offers a comprehensive range of services, including wealth management, asset management, investment banking, and personal and corporate banking. UBS serves a diverse clientele, from individual investors to large corporations, with a significant presence in major financial centers worldwide. In 2023, UBS expanded its global footprint by acquiring Credit Suisse, further solidifying its position in the financial industry.

E2MC is a venture capital firm specializing in seed and pre-seed stage investments. The firm typically invests in space-related technology companies in all major space subsectors, including but not limited to launch, satellite communications, remote sensing, spacecraft hardware, materials, space tourism, in-orbit services, lunar economy, space resources and microgravity manufacturing. The firm seeks to invest in globally with a focus on U.S. The firm assume $0.25 million and $2 million for first checks. E2MC was founded in 2020 and is based in Orlando, Florida with additional offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Zurich, Switzerland.

SEIF supports and promotes impact driven entrepreneurs – individuals or teams – with innovative business ideas to solve current social and/or environmental challenges. With a main focus on TECH FOR IMPACT, we provide targeted support for impact entrepreneurs to grow, improve their business performance and scale their impact. Together with our corporate partners, we lead the TECH FOR IMPACT Awards, a Europe-wide business plan competition for impact driven tech entrepreneurs. Twice a year we run the IMPACT ACADEMY which is linked to our Angel network Impact Investors Circle. We are the only organization in Switzerland certified to run Innosuisse trainings for Social Entrepreneurs, in collaboration with ZHAW and EPFL.

Ce-IV is venture capital firm specializing in seed/startups. It prefers to invest in Technology sectors. The firm prefers to invest companies based in Africa. Ce-IV is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Apheon is a private equity firm specializing in buyout, International expansion, add-on acquisitions, carve-out and industry consolidation investments in lower middle market and mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in niche industrials, healthcare, consumer, services and media. It seeks to invest in Europe, Andorra, Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Iberia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Benelux, and France. It typically invests between €10 million ($11.71 million) and €75 million ($87.86 million) in companies having EBITDA between €10 million ($11.71 million) and €60 million ($70.28 million), Enterprise Value upto €300 million ($351.44 million) and turnover between €20 million ($23.42 million) and €100 million ($117.14 million). The firm prefers to take majority stake in portfolio companies. Apheon was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, with additional offices in Europe.

Aravis SA is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed/startups, early-stage, expansion, growth and development capital, mature, late venture , later stage , buyout, spin-off, and turnaround investments. It seeks to invest in companies needing seed financing up to companies with early and late stage preclinical development. The firm prefers to invest in life sciences, renewable energy, and luxury goods sector. Within energy, the firm seeks to invest in companies that produce renewable energy from wind, solar and water. Within life sciences, it focuses on biopharmaceutical, healthcare technology, medical technology, life sciences tools and services, biotechnology, and on companies developing break-through technologies or working in the therapeutic area of immunology, inflammation, oncology, and CNS. Within the luxury sector it focuses on accessories, including leather goods, shoes, and jewellery. It seeks to invest in Swiss life sciences companies based in Europe, Asia, United States, and Canada and those renewable energy companies based in Europe. In the luxury sector it seeks to invest in emerging and declining mid-size companies in Europe and emerging companies in Asia. It invests in companies based in Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. The firm typically invests between CHF 0.67 million ($0.7 million) and CHF 10 million ($9.64 million) in companies and an investment size between CHF 7 million ($6.75 million) and CHF 10 million ($9.64 million). It seeks to take an equity stake between 15 percent and 20 percent in its portfolio companies. The firm takes controlling and leading positions and exits its investments within five years through reverse take-overs, IPO’s, listings, and trade sale. Aravis SA was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland with additional offices in Laax, Switzerland and Menlo Park, California.

The advent of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies has enabled money and any other assets to become digitally native.A new asset class has emerged.Protos is an investment and technology firm committed to providing exceptional returns to investors through quantitatively trading portfolios of these digitally native blockchain assets.

Quadia SA is a private equity, venture capital and venture debt firm specializing in start-ups, late venture, buyout and growth capital, direct impact investments. The firm prefers invest invest in Smart Energy (Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid & Energy Storage, Alternative fuels, Smart Mobility), Sustainable Food and Agriculture (Regenerative Agriculture, Local Food Systems, Nutritional Quality, Alternative Protein Sources, Foodtech & Agtech, Foodwaste solutions) and in Circular economy (Alternative to single use plastics, Circular textiles, Consumer electronics, Circular construction materials and processes, Waste recovery and recycling management, Education, Hospitality and Tourism, Facility Management, Sustainable Lifestyle). The firm invest mainly in Europe with focus on Spain and France. It seeks to take majority stake. The firm prefers to invests between EUR .1 million ($0.108 million) and EUR 15million ($16.32 million) with the minimum revenue EUR 4 million ($4.32 million). Quadia SA was founded in 2010 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland having additional offices in Luxemburg, Luxemburg and Paris, France.

Capvent is no longer investing. It is a private equity firm specializing in direct investments and co-investments. Within direct investments, it seeks to make private equity investments in lower middle market, buyout, and growth capital stages. The firm prefers to make investments in consumer business, consumer products/services, food and beverage, personal care, education, water/sustainable framework, and personal spending. It targets investing in companies based in APAC emerging markets with a focus on India, China, Southeast Asia, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Singapore. For direct investments it prefers to invest between $4 million and $20 million in companies with sales value between $5 million and $100 million. Capvent invests in both Majority and significant minority Shareholding. Capvent was founded in 2000 and is based at Zurich, Switzerland with additional offices in Bangalore, India and Shanghai, China.

MTIP AG is a private equity firm specializing in later stage, emerging growth and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in the healthcare, medical devices & technology, diagnostics, tech-enabled healthcare services and connected medical devices as well as digital health. The firm prefer to invest in European companies including Switzerland, UK and Israel. It prefers to invest up to €25 million ($29.89 million). It prefers to take a significant minority stake of more than 10% and a seat on the board of the investee companies. The firm prefer to exit in less than 5 years. The firm also considers follow-up investments. MTIP AG was founded in 2014 and is based in Basel, Switzerland with an additional office in Luxembourg.

Naxicap is a Private Equity firm, operating in all sectors and focusing on leverage buyouts and growth capital. For more than 30 years, Naxicap has invested in ambitious companies in France, Benelux and Spain, through controlling majority stakes. As of 31/12/2017, Naxicap manages €3.1bn for BPCE group (33%) and our global institutional investors (67%)., Naxicap Partners SA is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct, it specializes in start-ups, early venture, mid venture, late venture, growth capital including financing organic growth and accompanying external growth operations, recapitalizations, middle market investments, expansion capital, turnarounds, restructuring equity, reorganization of capital ownerships, post seed financing, funding post early-stage company creations, small and medium sized companies and buyout transactions such as leveraged buyouts, owner's buyouts, management buyouts, and management buy-ins. The firm invests in all sectors. The firm focuses investments in B2B companies in the business services, health, education, tech, proptech, industry, agribusiness, E-mobility, tourism, specialized distribution and information & technologies sectors. The firm prefers to invest Europe in all industries with a focus on environment in France which includes Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Champagne-Ardenne, Corsica, Franche-Comté, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrénées, Nord-Pas de Calais, Picardy, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and Rhône-Alpes regions, North Africa and Africa region. It also invests in Benelux, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland. The firm prefers to invest between €0.3 million ($0.41 million) and €200 million ($236.88 million) in the companies with sales value between €5 million ($5.92 million) and €300 million ($355.32 million) with enterprise value between €5 million ($5.92 million) and €50 million ($59.22 million) and EBITDA between €1 million ($1.18 million) and €15 million ($17.76 million). It can also co-invest and seek to invest in the diversification of ownership of directors. The firm plays the role of a minority and controlling majority shareholder in deals. The firm prefers to exit its investments within five to seven years. Naxicap Partners SA was formerly known as SPEF Développement and changed its name to Naxicap Partners SA in June 2005. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in Paris, France with additional offices in Europe. Naxicap Partners SA operates as a subsidiary of Natixis Private Equity.

U-Start is a professional advisory firm, structuring club deals through a network of private investors working alongside VC funds in Series A to Series C rounds in global digital and tech companies. In addition U-Start advices family offices and funds on venture deals and works alongside corporates on startup scouting and innovation projects. U-Start is part of the Angel Capital Management group.

Hemex AG is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, series A, startups. It seeks to invest in healthcare,Medtech, IVD, Digital Health and biotech companies. It prefer to make investment in Switzerland & Europe. Hemex AG is headquartered in Liestal, Switzerland.

Lakestar is a European venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Klaus Hommels, a seasoned investor known for early investments in companies like Facebook, Skype, and Revolut. The firm focuses on early and growth-stage investments across sectors such as deep tech, healthcare, fintech, and digitalization. With offices in Zurich, Berlin, and London, Lakestar has developed a strong presence in the European tech ecosystem. The firm's first institutional fund, Lakestar I, launched in 2013 with €150 million, investing in European startups like Omio (formerly GoEuro). In 2019, Lakestar raised a $700 million fund, further solidifying its position in the market. Notable portfolio companies include Auterion, Isar Aerospace, and Sennder. In 2021, Lakestar became the first European venture capital firm to sponsor a special purpose investment vehicle (SPAC) totaling $332 million.

ARALON AG is a private equity firm specializing in middle market buyout transactions including management buyouts and buy-ins, growth financing, succession solutions and spin-offs, shareholder replacement, platform strategies for market consolidation over buy and build, cross-border expansion in small and medium sized companies. The firm prefers to invest in mid-cap companies. It makes investments in healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing especially with strong aftersales element, industrial technologies and products and services, business services including logistics, consumer goods and retail, and clean technologies including environment and energy. The firm targets investments in companies based in Eastern Europe, Middle Eastern Europe, Central Eastern Europe, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, bordering the Black Sea Region including Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, Baltics, Hungary; South East Europe including the countries of the former Yugoslavia, Russia, and Belarus; and the Caucasian Region and selected countries of the former Soviet Union (Commonwealth of Independent States). It makes investments between €3 million ($4.36 million) and €20 million ($29.04 million) in companies with turnover of up to €100 million ($145.19 million). The firm seeks to acquire majority ownership equity up to 100 percent. However, it may also acquire an influential minority stake. The firm prefers to be a lead investor or co-investor with others, especially if equity commitment is more than €20 million ($29.04 million). It typically, invests for a period between three and six years, though sometimes longer. It targets to achieve an annual gross IRR of more than 30 percent. The firm does not invest through third parties and does not pay dividends. ARALON AG was founded in 2005 and is based in Pfäffikon, Switzerland with an additional office in Bucharest, Romania and Egg, Switzerland.

Calibrium is a private investment office. It works in the interest of a European family. Calibrium operates with a long-term horizon and strives to provide the highest quality investment and financial services.

ETF Group is out of business. It is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in early stage technology companies. The firm helps young companies to expand into international markets and rarely invests at the seed stage. It prefers to invest in the intelligent communications, enterprise software, systems and network performance, and outsourced business processes sectors. The firm seeks to make investments within Europe and United States. It typically invests between $3 million and $10 million for an equity share of between ten percent and 50 percent. The firm invests mainly in first and second round funding. ETF Group is based in Lugano, Switzerland with additional offices in Asia, Europe, and United States.

Evoco Ltd is private equity firm specializes in making direct investments by acquiring several companies in a single transaction. The firm makes multiple private equity investments in a single transaction focusing on the buyout stage in Western Europe. The firm invests in sectors such as, manufacturing, energy, automotive, healthcare, technology and consumer goods and service sectors and seeks to invest between EUR 25 million ($27.85 million) to EUR 100 million ($111.40 million) per transaction. Evoco Ltd was founded in 2012 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Horizon21 is a Single Family Office with the purpose of serving the needs of the founder of the firm and his family. Horizon21 was founded in 2004 and employs about 10 people, with headquarters in Pfaeffikon SZ, Switzerland. The company is privately owned by its founder.

Luxempart is an investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The firm also makes secondary direct investments. Within direct investments, it specializes in PIPE and private equity investments in middle market, later stage, mature, emerging growth, late venture, mezzanine, buyouts, acquisitions and private investment in public equity, and growth capital for small and medium sized companies. Within Investment Funds, it specializes in venture capital, growth capital, secondary and buyouts funds. The firm seeks to invest in listed and non-listed companies. For direct investments, the firm does not target a specific sector, but prefers to invest in companies operating in energy, media, banks, and financial services & insurance, holding companies, credit agencies, insurance brokers, healthcare, retail, industrials, security, and telecommunications sectors. It seeks to invest in companies based in Europe including Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and nearby regions, Belux, France, Germany, Northern Italy, Belgium, Austria, and Switzerland for direct investments, and in Europe, USA and Europe for fund investments. For direct investments it typically invests between €25 million ($27.15 million) and €100 million ($108.61 million) in companies with a minimum EBITDA of €1 million ($1.31 million), target enterprise value between €10 million ($13.11 million) and €2000 million ($2622.02 million), and with a minimum target sales value of €15 million ($19.66 million). For Investment Funds, it usually invests between EUR 10 million ($10.85 million) and EUR 25 million (27.14 million) per fund. It aims to aid its portfolio companies to their IPO through financial aid. The firm seeks Board seats in its portfolio companies. It prefers to take majority stakes in companies but also takes active minority stakes. Luxempart was founded in 1988, and is based in Leudelange, Luxembourg with additional offices in Belgium, Germany, France and Italy.

Palmarium is a private family office and investor with focus on alternative investments including private equity and real estate.We leverage our networks to identify opportunities and structure proprietary transactions around them, with the unique ability to manage complex businesses and situations. The rare combination of our deep sector knowledge and a singular commitment to our principals and partners is reflected in our performance and diverse portfolio of businesses.

Seedstars is an international investment and education company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs in emerging and frontier markets. With a presence in over 90 countries and 15 offices worldwide, Seedstars focuses on fostering innovation and economic development by investing in high-growth companies across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central and South Asia. Their mission is to empower entrepreneurs to create meaningful and lasting change through technology and entrepreneurship. Seedstars offers a range of programs tailored to different stages of a startup's journey, including the Seedstars01 Academy Program, Acceleration Program, Growth Program, Investment Readiness Program, Expansion Program, and Resilience Program. These initiatives are designed to provide entrepreneurs with the necessary skills, mentorship, and resources to scale their businesses effectively. Additionally, Seedstars manages several funds, such as Seedstars International Ventures, Seedstars Africa Ventures, and Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures, to invest in impactful startups. The company also operates Seedspace hubs in various cities, including Abidjan, Dar es Salaam, Kuala Lumpur, Lima, Mexico City, Nur Sultan, and Yangon, serving as entrepreneurship centers that offer co-working spaces, mentorship, and networking opportunities. Through these efforts, Seedstars aims to build robust entrepreneurial ecosystems that drive social and economic development in emerging markets.

Vitamin°C is a female-led, early-stage venture fund investing in climate mitigation and human adaptation. Based in Zurich and San Francisco, they unite European impact investing and Silicon Valley scaling, giving founders the edge to win globally.