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Switzerland's startup ecosystem is highly advanced, with Zurich and Geneva being key hubs for innovation. As of 2023, Switzerland is home to around 5,000 startups. The Swiss government supports innovation through initiatives like Innosuisse and the Swiss National Science Foundation, which provide funding, resources, and mentorship for startups. In 2022, Swiss startups raised approximately €2 billion in venture capital. These factors collectively highlight Switzerland's dynamic and evolving startup landscape.
As of 2023, Switzerland's startup ecosystem includes around 5,000 startups. In 2022, these startups attracted approximately €2 billion in venture capital funding. This substantial investment underscores the ecosystem's growth potential and robust nature. The market's size and financial backing reflect its capacity to foster innovation and sustain a competitive edge within Europe and beyond.
Switzerland's startup ecosystem is characterized by several key strengths, including a highly educated workforce, a strong financial sector, and world-class research institutions. The country excels in sectors such as fintech, healthtech, and cleantech. These strengths are bolstered by Switzerland's robust industrial base and government support, positioning it as a leader in the European startup scene.
Zurich and Geneva are the primary hubs of Switzerland’s startup ecosystem. Zurich is known for its strengths in fintech, healthtech, and cleantech, attracting significant investments and producing notable startups like Climeworks and Nexthink. Geneva has a vibrant tech scene with strengths in biotech and international trade. These cities are instrumental in driving Switzerland's economic growth and technological advancements.
In addition to Zurich and Geneva, emerging hubs like Lausanne and Basel are gaining prominence in Switzerland’s startup ecosystem. Lausanne, home to EPFL, is strong in deep tech and medtech, while Basel is a hub for pharmaceuticals and life sciences. These emerging hubs are expanding the reach and diversity of Switzerland’s entrepreneurial landscape, offering new opportunities for innovation and growth.
Switzerland’s startup ecosystem benefits from a strong network of incubators, accelerators, and co-working spaces that provide essential support and resources for entrepreneurs. Initiatives like Venturelab and the Swiss Innovation Park have significantly boosted the ecosystem by offering mentorship, resources, and international exposure. This supportive infrastructure is crucial for nurturing early-stage companies and fostering a collaborative entrepreneurial environment.
Despite its strengths, the Swiss startup ecosystem faces challenges such as high living costs and regulatory complexities. Navigating these hurdles can be time-consuming and complex for startups. Addressing these issues requires strategic efforts and supportive policies to sustain growth and competitiveness in the global market.
Switzerland has significant opportunities for growth in sectors like fintech, healthtech, and cleantech. The country's strong focus on sustainability and green technology drives innovation in renewable energy and environmental technologies. Switzerland's strategic location in Europe and strong trade relationships provide startups with opportunities for international expansion. With continued investment and innovation, Switzerland's startup ecosystem is poised for further growth, contributing significantly to the European and global markets.
Switzerland's startup ecosystem demonstrates remarkable resilience and adaptability. The country's commitment to innovation, coupled with strong government and institutional support, enables startups to navigate challenges and capitalize on opportunities. The diverse talent pool and high level of digitalization attract entrepreneurs and investors alike, ensuring sustained growth and success in the face of global economic shifts and market dynamics.
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Zurich - Berlin, Germany
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising • Analytics • Food & Beverage • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Payments • Mobile Apps • Real Estate (& Construction) • SaaS • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • LegalTech • Mobile • Online Social
business angel // entrepreneur // founder lieferando.de
Product Manager, MBA, data scientist & passionate technologist.
New York, U.S.A. - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
Hospitality (& Events) • AgroTech • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Advertising
Co-founder / Managing Partner at HOF Capital
Fady Yacoub is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at HOF Capital. He is also an Angel Investor. Together with Hisham El Haddad, Fady created a Hong Kong-based SPV to invest in the record-setting IPO of Alibaba. The SPV received a stock allocation at a discount with a 3x margin and was successfully exited with a 76% return in two months. Fady worked previously at Digital World Capital, a technology-focused hedge fund, helping the firm to expand its investment portfolio in Asia, including a sizeable investment in Baidu, the world's second largest online search engine. Along with Hisham, Fady also invented the drumm device, an IoT-enhanced wearable that allows for haptic communication, after participating successfully in Switch SuperNap's technology accelerator in Nevada. Earlier in his career, Fady held multiple positions at El Tholathia Corp Egypt (ETC). He led El-Tholathia Corp's (ETC Egypt) industrial development team in deploying a new home appliances factory in Sudan for a $8m initial cost. Through ETC's real estate development arm, he also facilitated the purchase of and subsequently led the development team for ~400,000 m2 on Egypt's North Coast, a project initially valued at ~$60m. Fady holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration & Psychology from the University of Southern California. He is also an Angel Investor.
Irvine California - Newport Beach California - Geneva Switzerland - London - New York City (NY) - Valley California - Western Europe - - Tehran Iran - Southern California California - Paris (France), U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Sales (& Marketing) • Gaming (& eSports) • Advertising • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Impact • Messaging • Payments
Dr. Amir Banifatemi serves as Managing Director at K5 Ventures. Dr. Banifatemi serves as an Advisor at Compass and serves as Board Member at Aura Labs. He also serves as Board Member and Advisor at Fusion Brakes. He is a successful entrepreneur whose work experience includes more than 14 years of advising startups. His focus has always been identifying and developing future and emerging technologies that can impact society with special emphasis on predictive business intelligence, knowledge sharing & education, and real-time technologies. Amir likes to work with startups on their product strategy, pricing, business model, go-to-market, and fund raising. Amir is currently a member and President of the Tech Coast Angels Orange County and actively involved with venture funds and angel investors to help continuous and sustained funding of startups. He is also an Angel Investor.
London - Moscow, U.S.A. - U.K. - Germany - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • AgroTech • Businesses Solutions • Sales (& Marketing) • Advertising • Future Of Work • Human Resources • Online Social
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Impulse is a global VC firm with strong expertise in enterprise solutions and AdTech. We provide investments to deep tech companies to scale business and entering new markets. In addition to investments, Impulse gives access to unique expertise; Partners are successful entrepreneurs - founders of leading global SEO marketing marketplace.
, U.S.A. - Portugal - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Icel
Hospitality (& Events)
Product Leader | Executive MBA
Boston Massachusetts - Switzerland - New York New York - San Francisco California - New York - California, U.S.A.
Hospitality (& Events) • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • IoT (& Wearables) • Blockchain (& Cryptos)
Building financial health products at IDEO.org. Product leadership at Square and Circle before that. Organizer of Designers + Geeks.
London - Zurich Switzerland - Paris France - Barcelona Spain - Berlin Germany - Hong Kong - Mumbai India - Singapore - Amsterdam Netherlands - Dubai United Arab Emirates - Stockholm Sweden - Oslo Norway - Yerevan Armenia - Moscow Russia, U.S.A.
Other • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Energy • Retail (& E-Commerce) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cannabis • Gaming (& eSports) • Food & Beverage • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness)
CEO @rapture-industries
Zurich, Switzerland - Germany - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta,
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • IT (& TMT) • Hospitality (& Events) • Education • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Analytics • SaaS • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Mobile • Consumer • Productivity
Niklas stberg is a Cu-Founder and serves as Board Member and Chief Executive Officer at Delivery Hero. Prior to this, he served as Chairman and Partner at OnlinePizza Norden. He also co-founded the company. He has been involved in the start-up scene since the late 90's after spending several years in consulting and banking. Following five years as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman, he co-founded Pizza.nu (later OnlinePizza. se) where he served as a full-time chairman. He was responsible for building up the clear market leaders in online food ordering companies in Poland, Finland and Austria. Niklas holds a Master of Industrial Engineering & Management from Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm & ETH Zurich.
Zürich Zurich, Switzerland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Advertising • Food & Beverage • SaaS • Mobile • Consumer • Restaurants
Michael Kleindl (53) is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Collateral Good Ventures, a Swiss-based climate-first Venture Capital platform. Collateral Good seeks to transform the existing food, food waste, fashion, packaging and building systems towards a sustainable future through technological innovations and partnering with best-in-classentrepreneurial teams. Doing Collateral Good is the essence of what we do.Michael has been a successful entrepreneur and venture capital investor for many years. His track record includes 2 IPOs, and numerous exits of invested startups to prestigious buyers such RTL (Antena 3), Amazon, Axel Springer AG, Deutsche Post DHL, Just Eat, Pernod Ricard, Michelin and Unified Post Group, amongst others. In addition, he has been serving as a board member of various public companies.Michael holds a university degree in Business Administration from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, (Germany) and completed a 2-year management-training program in one of Germany´s most prominent public banking institutions. He is married to a wonderful woman and has four kids. He lives in Zürich, Switzerland and enjoys all kinds of outdoor sports.Co-founder and CEO of AdLINK Internet Media AG, which he took public in 2000, being the youngest CEO of any German IPO and public company at the time.As a Business Angel investor or a VC investor with Seaya Ventures, Michael has successfully invested in and exited companies such as Zanox.de AG to Axel Springer AG, Europe’s largest media company; United MailSolutions AG to Experian Ltd, one of the world’s largest marketing services company; Buy VIP S.L. to Amazon Inc., the world largest ecommerce company; Adcloud GmbH to Deutsche Post DHL Group, Germany’s largest corporate company; Smartclip to Adconion Media Group, a globally leading digital marketing company; first Sindelantal Spain and afterwards Sindelantal Mexico to Just Eat Inc., Bodeboca to Pernor Ricard and Crossinx to Unifiedpost Group amongst others.Currently active as a partner at KOMM Investment and Collateral Good Ventures, two Zurich based VC firms that invest globally in sustainability, mainly in food tech and sustainable materials.His current Tech portfolio includes leading companies in digital marketing, deep tech and fintech.
Lausanne Switzerland - Geneva Switzerland, Switzerland
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Energy • Sales (& Marketing) • CleanTech • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Mobile • Online Social • Industrials
Founder @a3-angels, @venture-concept ⢠Studied at MIT @mit-sloan-school-of-management School of Management, @epf-lausanne
, U.S.A. - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland, Monaco
Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Hospitality (& Events) • Businesses Solutions • Retail (& E-Commerce) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Future Of Work • Logistics (& Distribution) • Payments
I invest in seed stage ecommerce, travel and hospitality software companies
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A. - Germany - Europe: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Slovakia, Norway, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Icela
PropTech • Hospitality (& Events) • BioTech • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • Entertainment (& Sports) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Food & Beverage • GovTech • Real Estate (& Construction) • Mobility
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