| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.01.2026 | Swiss VC Powerhouse Vi Partners Secures New Fund, Marks 25 Years of Innovation | Swiss venture capital titan Vi Partners celebrates 25 years of market leadership. It announced a significant first close for its new CHF 150 million (approximately €161M) fund. This strategic investment vehicle targets early-stage technolog... |
| 22.01.2026 | Vi Partners marks 25 years with first close of €161M new venture fund | Vi Partners this week announced the first close of its latest venture capital fund, targeting €161 million (CHF 150 million). It coincides with Vi Partners' 25th anniversary, marking a quarter-century of continuous venture capital activity.... |
| 21.01.2026 | Vi Partners: first closing of new CHF 150 million fund completed |
Since its founding in 2001, Vi Partners – Switzerland’s longest-standing Venture Capital firm - has supported successive generations of entrepreneurs and contributed to the development of Switzerland as a leading hub for technology and hea... |
| 24.03.2025 | Buynomics Raises $30M in Series B Funding | Buynomics, a Cologne, Germany-based company which specializes in AI-powered pricing and revenue optimization, raised $30M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Forestay Capital, with participation from Anais Ventures, VI Partners, and e... |
| 21.03.2025 | Buynomics raises $30M for AI-driven pricing optimisation | Pricing and revenue optimisation company Buynomics, has raised $30 million Series B funding, bringing its funding to over $46 million.
Founded in 2018, Buynomics' AI-embedded software transforms how enterprises optimise pricing, promotions,... |
| 17.03.2025 | Taiho Pharmaceutical to acquire Araris Biotech for up to USD 1.1 billion |
Araris is a spin-off company of the Paul-Scherrer-Institute in Switzerland and pioneering the development of best-in-class ADCs with superior design, high linker solubility and simple manufacturing that address the shortcomings of current ... |
| 10.03.2025 | Vi Partners leads Kadoa’s funding round |
Financial institutions depend on timely, accurate insights to make crucial investment decisions. However, more than 80% of their critical data is trapped within unstructured formats such as websites, PDFs, emails, and CSVs. Traditional met... |
| 27.02.2025 | Wealth management platform Unique raises $30M Series A for US expansion | Swiss-founded Unique, an AI platform for financial firms, has raised a $ 30M Series A funding round for its US expansion.
This round is led by CommerzVentures and DN Capital, with continued support from existing seed investors including VI ... |
| 27.02.2025 | Unique Secures USD $30 Million to Pioneer Agentic AI Workforce in Financial Services |
With advanced data security and regulatory compliance ensured, Unique’s platform supports customers to deploy agentic AI, through one of its 25 specialised ‘off the shelf’ use cases, or via customised agents. These solutions for back and m... |
| 14.11.2024 | TeamViewer backs RealWear’s acquisition of Almer Technologies |
As the industrial sector increasingly turns to digital solutions to enhance productivity and safety, the demand for intuitive, wearable AR devices has surged. Since its inception in 2021, Bern-based Almer Technologies has been at the foref... |
| 08.10.2024 | CHF 10 million to advance Somagenetix' first gene therapy candidate into a clinical trial |
Founded in 2019, as a spin-off of the University of Zurich (UZH), Somagenetix AG is at the forefront of gene therapy innovation, focused on curing phagocyte disorders with a one-time treatment. The company has built a best-in-class gene th... |
| 18.09.2024 | Vi Partners leads CHF 3m round for Almer Technologies |
Almer Technologies is a Bern-based startup dedicated to creating an augmented reality (AR) headset tailored for industrial applications. Its flagship product, Almer Arc, 2 provides a lightweight, user-friendly, and cost-effective alternati... |
| 22.08.2024 | FLOWIT sichert sich 4 Millionen Franken in überzeichneter Seed-Runde |
Mit der Lösung von FLOWIT haben alle Mitarbeitende – insbesondere auch diejenigen an der Front, wie Servicetechniker, Pflegekräfte, Gastronomie- und andere Non-Desktop-Mitarbeitende –, Zugang zu Echtzeit-Feedback und -Entwicklung. Diese Zi... |
| 25.06.2024 | iOnctura's Precision Cancer Treatments Gain Momentum | iOnctura, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Amsterdam, recently secured EUR80 million in Series B financing to accelerate the development of their lead asset, roginolisib, for the treatment of uveal melanoma and other onco... |
| 24.06.2024 | iOnctura closes EUR80 million Series B financing |
iOnctura, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company combating neglected and hard-to-treat cancers, today announces that it has closed an EUR80 million Series B financing. The funding round was led by new investor Syncona Limited with part... |
| 29.12.2023 | LeaseTeq raises CHF8 million to digitize leasing | |
| 19.12.2023 | GenAI fintech Unique raises additional CHF 5.6 million | |
| 15.08.2023 | Dutch medtech firm Xeltis secures €12.5M from EIC Fund | Dutch medtech firm Xeltis has secured €12.5 million in funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund. This brings Xeltis' total amount raised, to date, to €44.5 million. Its investors include DaVita Venture Group, EQT Life Science... |
| 03.03.2023 | Oculis goes public on Nasdaq | |
| 24.01.2023 | Acodis secures CHF 6 million | |
| 25.10.2022 | Vara Raises $4.4 Million In Funding To Bring Its Groundbreaking AI Breast Cancer Screening Platform To Millions More Women | For women, their gender is the strongest breast cancer risk factor, as approximately less than 1% of ... [+] breast cancers occur in mengetty |
| 18.10.2022 | Oculis to go public via SPAC | |
| 21.09.2022 | Ledgy banks $22 million in Series B round | |
| 13.07.2022 | USD 1 million for smart productivity calendar | |
| 27.04.2022 | VI Partners leads Picterra’s $6.5M investment round | |
| 11.04.2022 | Unique raises USD $6.4 million seed extension and acquires Ciara | |
| 01.04.2022 | Additional $14 million for Altoida to advance its neurocognitive assessment platform | |
| 24.02.2022 | Growth funding round for Equippo | |
| 07.09.2021 | Ledgy completes $10 million series A round | Alongside Sequoia Capital further participants in the round are Xavier Niel, Harry Stebbings, Visionaries Club, and several leading SaaS founders including UiPath's Daniel Dines and Front's Mathilde Collin. Existing investors Myke Näf, Paul... |
| 07.05.2021 | Oculis closes US$57 million Series C financing | |
| 07.05.2021 | Oculis closes US$57 million Series C financing | The oversubscribed round was co-led by new investors BVCF Management and Hyfinity Investments, with VI Partners and Wille AG joining the company’s existing investors, Bay City Capital, Brunnur Ventures, EarlyBird, funds managed by Tekla Cap... |
| 14.04.2021 | Medical device company CeQur raises $115 million | |
| 14.04.2021 | Medical device company CeQur raises $115 million | The round is the largest fundraising to date for a privately held medtech company in Europe. Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital Ltd. and Endeavour Vision led the financing with significant participation from new investors, including Tandem ... |
| 22.10.2020 | A CHF 15.2 Million seed investment brings Araris Biotech a step further | |
| 22.10.2020 | A CHF 15.2 Million seed investment brings Araris Biotech a step further | There are nine antibody-drug conjugates (ADC) approved by the FDA; however, many of them cannot be dosed high enough to elicit efficacy. This is due to systemic toxicity often caused by linker instability or heterogeneous distributions of t... |
| 09.10.2020 | Medlumics raises €14M in a Series E financing co-led by Asabys Partners, VI Partners and CDTI Innvierte, together with existing investors Andera Partners, Caixa Capital Risc and Innogest | Medlumics, which develops Ablaview®, a unique RF irrigated ablation catheter system that merges photonics and miniaturized optics to guide device placement and directly assess the ablation lesions in real time, announces today the closing o... |
| 08.10.2020 | Medlumics cierra una ronda de €14M co-liderada por Asabys Partners, VI Partners y CDTI Innvierte, junto con los inversores actuales Andera Partners, CaixaCR e Innogest Capital | 08/10/2020
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MEDLUMICS CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €14M CO-LIDERADA POR ASABYS PARTNERS, VI PARTNERS Y CDTI INNVIERTE, JUNTO CON LOS INVERSORES ACTUALES ANDERA PARTNERS, CAIXACR E INNOGEST CAPITAL.
• Medlumics desarrolla un catéter ... |
| 14.07.2020 | iOnctura extends series A round to €20 million | iOnctura SA is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of next-generation molecules targeting cancer and fibrosis. The company’s lead programme, IOA-244, entered the clinic in Q1 2020 to clinically demonstrate for t... |
| 14.07.2020 | iOnctura extends series A round to €20 million | |
| 18.05.2020 | VI Partners hits €71m first close for medtech, deeptech investment fund | Swiss investment house VI Partners has hit a €71m first close for a new fund targeting medical and deep-tech investmen |
| 13.05.2020 | VI Partners launches a new early-stage venture fund for Switzerland | |
| 13.05.2020 | VI Partners launches a new early-stage venture fund for Switzerland | A new fund advised by VI Partners made a first closing in April 2020 with CHF 75m (EUR 71m). It has been supported by its anchor investors Venture Incubator, an evergreen investment structure with corporate investors (ABB, Bühler, Crédit Su... |
| 24.01.2020 | Geneva-based biopharma startup raises €15 million | iOnctura is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded as a spin-out from Merck, with Merck and Cancer Research UK. The company provides a best-in-class pipeline of molecules that harness both direct and immune-mediated anti-cancer ... |
| 24.01.2020 | Geneva-based biopharma startup raises €15 million | |
| 04.11.2019 | Wingman Ventures announces first closing of seed fund | |
| 06.09.2019 | Xeltis’ closes €10.5 million Series D financing | |
| 20.08.2019 | Araris obtains CHF 2.5 million after only six months of existence | |
| 03.07.2019 | L.E.S.S. raises CHF 14 million to enter the automotive market | |
| 31.05.2019 | Digital Health Startup Altoida Raises $6.3M Series A | |
| 12.12.2018 | Nexthink Raises $85 Million | |
| 12.12.2018 | Nexthink Raises $85M to Help Companies Improve the Digital Employee Experience | Nexthink®, the leader in digital employee experience management software for enterprises, today announced it has secured an $85 million funding round. The financing was led by Index Ventures and includes participation from returning investo... |
| 03.12.2018 | Eine Million Euro für Ledgy | |
| 12.11.2018 | AMAL Therapeutics finalises CHF 33 million Series B round | |
| 15.11.2017 | Xeltis mit Rekordfinanzierung | |
| 15.11.2017 | Xeltis Closes €45 Million in Series C Financing | |
| 05.09.2017 | AMAL Therapeutics Raises €8 Million (CHF 8.8 Million) in First Closing of Series B Financing Round | Financing round co-led by Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, BioMedPartners and Helsinn Investment Fund |
| 10.01.2017 | 13.5 Millionen Franken für Advanon | |
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| 26.05.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Antimicrobial Startup Raises $1.3m, Food E-Commerce Raises $131m, Farmers Edge Raises $3m, more | PURE Bioscience Raises $1.27m for Antimicrobial Tech in Warrant Exercise
Antimicrobial tech developer PURE Bioscience has raised $1.27 million from the recent exercise of 2.8 million warrants that expired May 23, 2016. The funding will be u... |
| 23.05.2016 | Gamaya closes CHF 3.2 Million Series A financing round | |
| 22.01.2016 | Winning start for DigitalZurich 2025 | |
| 15.12.2015 | Weiterer Investor für Internet-Marktplatz Equippo | |
| 28.04.2015 | L .E.S.S. SA closes CHF 3 .0 million Series A financing | |
| 02.12.2014 | Xeltis closes CHF 32 million Series B financing | |
| 28.04.2014 | Sequana Medical Raises CHF23M in Series C Financing | Sequana Medical AG, a Zurich, Switzerland-based medical device company with innovative fluid management technologies, has raised CHF23m ($26.2m) in a Series C financing.
The round was led by LSP (Life Science Partners), and co-led by NeoMed... |
| 06.11.2013 | Delenex Therapeutics closes CHF 7.3 Million Series A3 Financing | |
| 05.08.2013 | Merz Pharma takes over Swiss dermatology specialist Neocutis | |
| 02.08.2013 | Edimer Secures $18M Series B Financing Led by New Enterprise Associates | |
| 22.06.2012 | Thomas Knecht ist Jungunternehmerförderer des Jahres 2012 | |
| 31.05.2012 | Spinelab raises CHF 4.7 million in Series C financing round | |
| 31.05.2012 | Spinelab Raises CHF4.7M in Series C Financing | Spinelab, a Winterthur, Switzerland-based developer of motion preserving stabilization systems for the spine, has raised CHF4.7m (approximately $4.9m) in Series C financing.
The round, which brought the total amount raised by the company to... |
| 24.02.2012 | Bilanz widmet Schweizer Internet-Szene Titelstory | |
| - | Swiss equity management platform Ledgy raises $10 million in Sequoia led round | Built with high-growth companies in mind, Zürich-based equity management platform Ledgy has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round. The startup automates a number of equity-related business processes, provides various financing roun... |
| - | AMAL Therapeutics finalises €29 million (CHF 33.2 million) Series B round | |
