1) F10
Tenity is a global ecosystem for innovation and an early-stage investor that helps innovations work and moves the future of finance forwards.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Andreas Iten, Markus Graf
- Industries: FinTech, InsurTech, Regtech
- Number of investments: 27
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 26
You can find their website here.
2) DART Labs I Ventures
DART Labs I Ventures believes that the biggest problems in the world can be solved by bringing together new technologies and people from all over the world.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Arijana Walcott, Sophie Lamparter
- Industries: HealthTech, Climate, Decarbonization, Food, Agriculture, Sustainable Materials
- Number of investments: 07
- Number of exits: 1
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 52
You can find their website here.
3) Pioneering Ventures
Pioneering Ventures is one of India's best agri-food platforms. Its speciality is incubating and building large-scale, vertically-integrated agri-food businesses.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2004
- Industries: AgTech, Sustainable Food, Food, Agriculture
- Number of investments: 03
You can find their website here.
4) Swiss Start Up Factory
Swiss Start Up Factory are entrepreneurs at heart, and they use a complex framework to analyse, choose, and test ideas for new businesses.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Max Meister, Mike Baur, Oliver Walzer
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 02
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
5) Schweizer Kapital Global Impact Fund AG
In 2018, the Schweizer Kapital Global Impact Fund AG was started. It was the first impact investor in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland that only invests in disruptive business models.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Umut Ertan
- Industries: Real Estate, Construction, Ecommerce, Logistics, Automobiles, Electromobility, MedTech, Food, Cleantech
- Number of investments: 02
- Number of exits: 1
You can find their website here.
6) TREA Ventures
TREA Ventures is backing the Zurich-based Proptech startups.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2017
- Industries: Technology
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
7) Global Changemakers
Global Changemakers is an international youth organisation that has pioneered the support of youth-led sustainable development.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2007
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 01
- Number of exits: 1
You can find their website here.
8) Tugboat
Tugboat provides investment opportunities in high-potential start-up firms, giving investors unique access to high-risk/high-return investments.
Details of the startup:
- Founders: Rico Chandra, Stephan Habegger
- Industries: HighTech
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
9) Venturelab
Venturelab makes and runs programs that help the best startup people get to the next level of their careers.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2004
- Founders: Beat Schillig, Jordi Montserrat
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
You can find their website here.
10) BlueLion Incubator
BlueLion Incubator is the only incubator in Zurich that helps pre-seed startups and is not for profit.
Details of the startup:
- Started in: 2011
- Industries: HealthTech, Climate Tech
You can find their website here.
11) Zurich Innovation Championship
The Zurich Innovation Championship is a global competition for startups and entrepreneurs with bold ideas and new ways of thinking.
Details of the startup:
You can find their website here.