January 30, 2015
Swiss Venture Capital Report makes waves
Dear reader
Swiss Venture Capital Report 2014 was released last Tuesday, once again in collaboration with SECA. The report lists the 92 funding rounds of Swiss start-ups last year, which received a total of CHF457 million. Analysis of the rounds revealed startling results, with considerably more money flowing into western Switzerland than German-speaking Switzerland. And while investment in the life sciences sectors increased significantly over the previous year, the already relatively low investment in ICT companies fell further.
We presented the results at the two events in Zurich and Lausanne – the latter with Innovaud – this week. About 200 people attended the brunches and media interest in the report was high; it was even mentioned in the morning main news bulletins on Swiss radio SRF.
This week also brought more good news on start-up funding, with three start-ups reporting the conclusion of financing rounds: TrekkSoft, ProteoMediX and Medyria. In addition, Ringier announced the creation of a corporate venture company through which the publisher will work with b-to-v partners. And the new partnership between seif and the Global Impact Forum creates a bridge between social entrepreneurs and impact investors.
The high season for entrepreneur events starts again in February. Next week sees the Startup & Unternehmer Konferenz, with internationalisation as its theme (Tuesday, Zurich), the two kick-off events for venture start-up competition (Tuesday, Lausanne; Thursday, Zurich) and the Lift Conference (Wednesday to Friday, Geneva). I look forward to meeting readers there.
Have a good weekend and enjoy reading the Swiss Venture Capital Report.
Stefan Kyora
Managing Editor, startupticker.ch