Swiss Venture Insights
Swiss Startups Attract Record 2,26 Billion Equity Investment in 2019
The Swiss venture capital market has proved strong in 2019 and Venturelab data shows that equity investments passed the 2 billion-mark for the first time.
Following a positive first semester with over 1,3 billion investments in Swiss-based startups, the second half of the year has seen a constant number of relevant growth rounds, bringing the total capital invested in Swiss companies to 2,26 billion. An increase of 83% with respect to 2018. Equity rounds increased from 230 in 2018 to 345 in 2019.
Growth-stage Financing for Swiss startups Plays a Key Role
Historically strong on early-stage financing, Swiss startups have proven to be able to compete on an international level with growth financing. Later stage financing in 2019 grew to more than 1,6 billion, which account for 72% of the total money invested. The 10 largest financing rounds account for 57% of total funding.
ICT Startups Attract Most Capital in 2019
Accounting for some of 2019's largest influenced investments, capital mostly flew into ICT, Biotech and Fintech startups, and significant rounds were also made in the Engineering and Cleantech sectors.
Zurich Canton is Switzerland's Main Tech Hub
Startups based in the Canton of Zurich have outperformed, raising a total on 1,2 billion in equity financing, followed by Vaud with close to half a billion. Zug makes it to the third place, mainly thanks to a $180M investment in the Biotech company Arvelle Therapeutics. The Basel area, historically very strong on biotech and Medtech investments, ranks fourth.
The strong position of Zurich and Vaud also reflect the influence and importance of the ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne as main driving forces for innovation in the country.
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