BackBone Ventures

BackBone Ventures AG is a venture capital firm established in 2018 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm specializes in seed, start-up, and growth capital investments, focusing primarily on early-stage companies within the information and communication technology, food technology, and disruptive technology sectors. BackBone Ventures targets opportunities in the DACH region and Israel, aiming to identify promising start-ups that demonstrate potential for profitability and sustainability. By leveraging its network, capital, and expertise, the firm seeks to add value to its investments and facilitate positive impact for future generations.

Philippe Bernet

Co-Founding Partner

Janic Frolicher

Co-Founding Partner

Andreas Guggenbühl

Venture Partner

Marcel Kubli

Venture Partner

Laszlo Meier

Associate

Jan Claudio Muñoz

Partner

Miklos Stanek

Co-Founding Partner and Chairman

Jan Munoz Ph.D

Partner

34 past transactions

Fabrikator

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Fabrikator Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. is a Turkish company that specializes in developing a cloud-based manufacturing management platform tailored for small and mid-sized enterprises. Founded in 2018 and based in Istanbul, Fabrikator provides comprehensive software solutions that facilitate various aspects of manufacturing, including inventory management, cost calculation, manufacturing planning, order management, and production process management. The platform supports multiple industries, such as textiles, food, mechanics, and carpentry. It also features tools for production reporting, bill of materials, unit conversion, barcode scanning, and multi-user access, while accommodating multiple languages. By streamlining operational tasks, Fabrikator enables business owners to focus more effectively on their core manufacturing activities.

Findependent

Seed Round in 2022
Findependent is a financial application designed to facilitate convenient investment management through smartphones. The platform aims to empower users to enhance their savings and achieve greater financial independence. It offers comprehensive information on investments, earnings, and fees, while also enabling users to monitor their transactions and profits in real-time. By providing these tools, Findependent seeks to help individuals navigate the financial markets more effectively and make informed investment decisions.

Fermify

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Fermify is focused on developing an automated production platform that utilizes domesticated microorganisms to produce cheese alternatives. By addressing the challenges of large-scale milk protein production, the company aims to enable cheese manufacturers to create products using advanced technology, eliminating the need for traditional dairy sources. This innovative approach not only provides an alternative to conventional cheese production but also aligns with growing demands for sustainable and animal-free food options.

Exakt Health

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Exakt Health is a healthcare platform focused on sports injuries, providing users with a mobile app that facilitates self-diagnosis and personalized rehabilitation. The app guides users through identifying common sports injuries and generates individualized training plans tailored to their specific needs. By offering daily rehabilitation exercises and treatment advice, Exakt Health enables patients to manage their recovery effectively with professional feedback. This approach combines accessibility with tailored care, allowing individuals to engage in their rehabilitation process actively.

SQUAKE

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a carbon emissions calculation platform designed to automate the carbon reduction and removal process. The company's platform has a single application programming interface that blends into the backend of any digital infrastructure to make precise carbon calculations, enabling businesses in the travel and logistics industry to measure and reduce carbon emissions and support sustainable development projects.

CareerFairy

Seed Round in 2021
CareerFairy GmbH operates an online recruitment platform that connects emerging talent with employers through live streaming services. Founded in 2019 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, the company facilitates real-time interactions between employees and prospective candidates, allowing companies to showcase their mission and culture effectively. This innovative approach enables students and job seekers to gain insights into various professions, helping them identify roles that align with their personal ambitions. Additionally, the platform provides companies with the ability to assess the effectiveness of their recruitment efforts and gather immediate feedback from participants. Overall, CareerFairy aims to enhance the recruitment experience for both talent and employers.

Flytrex

Series C in 2021
Flytrex Aviation, Ltd., founded in 2013 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in the development of cloud-connected drones and demand drone delivery technology. The company offers a comprehensive range of products, including drones, black boxes, loggers, and various accessories, which are distributed through a network of dealers both domestically and internationally, as well as online. Flytrex provides a delivery solution designed to be simpler, faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, catering to drone operators, logistics services, and new business setups. Its technology allows for the automated control of drones via a smart dashboard, facilitating deliveries to hard-to-reach areas while minimizing operational and capital costs. Flytrex currently operates in Iceland and the United States as part of the FAA drone pilot program, aiming to enhance the efficiency of logistics and delivery services.

The nu company

Series A in 2021
The nu company GmbH, established in 2016 and located in Leipzig, Germany, specializes in the online production and sale of chocolate. The company focuses on creating chocolate products that are both natural and functional, utilizing organic ingredients to enhance health and enjoyment. In its commitment to sustainability, The nu company pledges to plant a tree for every product sold and employs compostable packaging to minimize environmental impact.

Levo

Convertible Note in 2021
Levo provides a regulated treasury management platform designed to enhance savings returns without the need for users to switch banks. The platform offers intelligent cash management services, including a collective savings system that allows users to save at competitive rates without minimum deposit requirements. By optimizing idle cash, Levo enables users to implement customized investment strategies and effective cash management techniques. This approach aims to improve working capital efficiency for individuals and businesses alike.

Imburse

Series A in 2021
Imburse provides a universal payment platform that addresses the integration challenges between businesses and the global payments ecosystem. The platform enables companies to access a wide range of payment technologies, including card collections, debit orders, e-wallets, and push-to-card transactions, without the need for extensive integration efforts. This allows businesses to bring payment systems online quickly and at no cost, thereby reducing deployment expenses and accelerating technology adoption. With a focus on enterprise security, stability, and compliance, Imburse ensures that clients can choose and implement any payment provider that suits their needs within weeks. The platform is designed to enhance operational efficiency and customer engagement, making it a valuable tool for financial and operational leaders seeking to modernize their payment processes.

Threatray

Seed Round in 2021
Threatray produces code-based threat intelligence by making massive malware repositories and feeds searchable and correlatable. Their code-based threat intelligence and advanced analytics tools enable enterprise security and incident response teams to develop a deep understanding of cyber-attacks and to quickly and effectively detect, investigate, and disrupt attacks.

Neon

Series A in 2021
Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account provider that operates a neo-bank application designed to give users control over their banking transactions. The company offers a mobile application and a card for making financial transactions, functioning independently from traditional banks. This approach allows Neon to provide banking services without the associated bureaucracy, facilitating secure payments for users. The platform aims to deliver affordable transaction accounts for everyday financial needs.

Neon

Venture Round in 2021
Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account provider that operates a neo-bank application designed to give users control over their banking transactions. The company offers a mobile application and a card for making financial transactions, functioning independently from traditional banks. This approach allows Neon to provide banking services without the associated bureaucracy, facilitating secure payments for users. The platform aims to deliver affordable transaction accounts for everyday financial needs.

Boostbar

Seed Round in 2021
Boostbar AG specializes in the development of innovative food and beverage vending technology aimed at enhancing workplace refreshments. The company designs smart vending machines equipped with telemetry devices that enable real-time monitoring and integrated payment systems. This modular technology allows businesses to provide convenient access to food and coffee for their employees on-site, promoting a more enjoyable and efficient workplace environment. By focusing on the needs of employers, Boostbar AG offers a flexible solution that streamlines the provision of refreshments in various business settings.

Flytrex

Convertible Note in 2021
Flytrex Aviation, Ltd., founded in 2013 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in the development of cloud-connected drones and demand drone delivery technology. The company offers a comprehensive range of products, including drones, black boxes, loggers, and various accessories, which are distributed through a network of dealers both domestically and internationally, as well as online. Flytrex provides a delivery solution designed to be simpler, faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, catering to drone operators, logistics services, and new business setups. Its technology allows for the automated control of drones via a smart dashboard, facilitating deliveries to hard-to-reach areas while minimizing operational and capital costs. Flytrex currently operates in Iceland and the United States as part of the FAA drone pilot program, aiming to enhance the efficiency of logistics and delivery services.

Threatray

Seed Round in 2021
Threatray produces code-based threat intelligence by making massive malware repositories and feeds searchable and correlatable. Their code-based threat intelligence and advanced analytics tools enable enterprise security and incident response teams to develop a deep understanding of cyber-attacks and to quickly and effectively detect, investigate, and disrupt attacks.

The nu company

Convertible Note in 2020
The nu company GmbH, established in 2016 and located in Leipzig, Germany, specializes in the online production and sale of chocolate. The company focuses on creating chocolate products that are both natural and functional, utilizing organic ingredients to enhance health and enjoyment. In its commitment to sustainability, The nu company pledges to plant a tree for every product sold and employs compostable packaging to minimize environmental impact.

Startchy

Series A in 2020
Startchy, founded in 2017 and based in Beirut, Lebanon, with an office in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in manufacturing natural edible coating solutions to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. The company develops a bio-plastic coating made from starch-based materials, designed to replace traditional wax and plastic methods for food preservation. This coating provides a natural, harmless, and flavorless alternative for fruit and vegetable resellers and exporters, helping them maintain the freshness of their products while minimizing reliance on synthetic preservatives.

Voliro

Seed Round in 2020
Voliro Airborne Robotics, founded in 2019 and located in Zurich, Switzerland, specializes in the development of advanced flying robots and autonomous drone solutions for inspection and maintenance tasks. The company aims to enhance safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in these operations compared to traditional methods. Voliro's innovative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) feature a unique omnidirectional design, allowing the position and orientation of the drone to be independent. This capability is essential for reliable interactions with various environments. Equipped with a tiltable rotor system, Voliro's drones can perform tasks beyond simple observation, enabling them to "fly, see, and touch." They can also accommodate various payloads, including Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) sensors, facilitating the inspection of complex surfaces such as curves and slopes. This distinctive 360° design sets Voliro apart in the flying inspection robot market.

Acodis

Venture Round in 2020
turicode Inc. develops software as a service (SaaS) platform for document processing. Its software reads and understands documents such as PDFs, scans, and emails. The company’s MINT.extract platform helps companies and their employees to digitize document. It serves legal and tax, financial industry, healthcare, logistics, insurance, and archives industries. turicode Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Winterthur, Switzerland.

Neon

Venture Round in 2020
Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account provider that operates a neo-bank application designed to give users control over their banking transactions. The company offers a mobile application and a card for making financial transactions, functioning independently from traditional banks. This approach allows Neon to provide banking services without the associated bureaucracy, facilitating secure payments for users. The platform aims to deliver affordable transaction accounts for everyday financial needs.

yamo

Series A in 2020
yamo is on a mission to give parents healthier and easy food choices for their children. Its products are available online via a direct to consumer subscription model and through grocery stores. The latter includes Coop in Switzerland and select Edeka and Rewe stores in Germany.

Alaya

Seed Round in 2020
The platform empowers companies to build a purpose-driven culture and engage employees to make an impact, one act at a time. We enable experiences that bring out the human side of work, so that companies and their employees can do good and measure their actions every day. By volunteering, giving, or taking simple actions such as biking to work, saving energy, or committing to a healthier lifestyle, your employees are able to participate in your organisation’s efforts to activate your purpose.

Imburse

Convertible Note in 2019
Imburse provides a universal payment platform that addresses the integration challenges between businesses and the global payments ecosystem. The platform enables companies to access a wide range of payment technologies, including card collections, debit orders, e-wallets, and push-to-card transactions, without the need for extensive integration efforts. This allows businesses to bring payment systems online quickly and at no cost, thereby reducing deployment expenses and accelerating technology adoption. With a focus on enterprise security, stability, and compliance, Imburse ensures that clients can choose and implement any payment provider that suits their needs within weeks. The platform is designed to enhance operational efficiency and customer engagement, making it a valuable tool for financial and operational leaders seeking to modernize their payment processes.

Neon

Series A in 2019
Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account provider that operates a neo-bank application designed to give users control over their banking transactions. The company offers a mobile application and a card for making financial transactions, functioning independently from traditional banks. This approach allows Neon to provide banking services without the associated bureaucracy, facilitating secure payments for users. The platform aims to deliver affordable transaction accounts for everyday financial needs.

Neon

Series A in 2019
Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account provider that operates a neo-bank application designed to give users control over their banking transactions. The company offers a mobile application and a card for making financial transactions, functioning independently from traditional banks. This approach allows Neon to provide banking services without the associated bureaucracy, facilitating secure payments for users. The platform aims to deliver affordable transaction accounts for everyday financial needs.

Flytrex

Series B in 2019
Flytrex Aviation, Ltd., founded in 2013 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, specializes in the development of cloud-connected drones and demand drone delivery technology. The company offers a comprehensive range of products, including drones, black boxes, loggers, and various accessories, which are distributed through a network of dealers both domestically and internationally, as well as online. Flytrex provides a delivery solution designed to be simpler, faster, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, catering to drone operators, logistics services, and new business setups. Its technology allows for the automated control of drones via a smart dashboard, facilitating deliveries to hard-to-reach areas while minimizing operational and capital costs. Flytrex currently operates in Iceland and the United States as part of the FAA drone pilot program, aiming to enhance the efficiency of logistics and delivery services.

Atfinity

Seed Round in 2019
Atfinity is a developer of an online task automation platform that simplifies compliance tasks and reduces corporate risks for businesses, particularly in the banking and wealth management sectors. The platform allows users to transform forms and rules into executable processes, featuring an intuitive graphical user interface that enhances user experience. By centralizing compliance rules and optimizing processes, Atfinity improves internal communication, transparency, and consistency in operations. This capability is particularly beneficial for banking clients during client onboarding and for government agencies facilitating school enrollment for parents. Overall, Atfinity's solution helps organizations stay ahead in compliance while effectively understanding and addressing their clients' needs.

Atfinity

Venture Round in 2019
Atfinity is a developer of an online task automation platform that simplifies compliance tasks and reduces corporate risks for businesses, particularly in the banking and wealth management sectors. The platform allows users to transform forms and rules into executable processes, featuring an intuitive graphical user interface that enhances user experience. By centralizing compliance rules and optimizing processes, Atfinity improves internal communication, transparency, and consistency in operations. This capability is particularly beneficial for banking clients during client onboarding and for government agencies facilitating school enrollment for parents. Overall, Atfinity's solution helps organizations stay ahead in compliance while effectively understanding and addressing their clients' needs.

Neon

Convertible Note in 2018
Neon is an independent Swiss mobile account provider that operates a neo-bank application designed to give users control over their banking transactions. The company offers a mobile application and a card for making financial transactions, functioning independently from traditional banks. This approach allows Neon to provide banking services without the associated bureaucracy, facilitating secure payments for users. The platform aims to deliver affordable transaction accounts for everyday financial needs.

Threatray

Seed Round in 2018
Threatray produces code-based threat intelligence by making massive malware repositories and feeds searchable and correlatable. Their code-based threat intelligence and advanced analytics tools enable enterprise security and incident response teams to develop a deep understanding of cyber-attacks and to quickly and effectively detect, investigate, and disrupt attacks.

Threatray

Seed Round in 2018
Threatray produces code-based threat intelligence by making massive malware repositories and feeds searchable and correlatable. Their code-based threat intelligence and advanced analytics tools enable enterprise security and incident response teams to develop a deep understanding of cyber-attacks and to quickly and effectively detect, investigate, and disrupt attacks.

yamo

Venture Round in 2018
yamo is on a mission to give parents healthier and easy food choices for their children. Its products are available online via a direct to consumer subscription model and through grocery stores. The latter includes Coop in Switzerland and select Edeka and Rewe stores in Germany.

SuperMeat

Seed Round in 2018
SuperMeat is an Israeli biotechnology and food technology company founded in 2015 and based in Tel Aviv. The company specializes in developing cultured meat, specifically from chicken cells, produced in a controlled and sterile environment without the use of antibiotics. This innovative approach aims to transform the meat industry by offering a sustainable alternative that requires significantly fewer resources—99% less land and 90% less water—compared to traditional meat production. SuperMeat's clean meat not only addresses concerns related to animal welfare and food safety, such as fecal contamination and salmonella, but also aims to enhance nutritional security and reduce carbon emissions. By providing a healthier and environmentally friendly food source, SuperMeat aspires to contribute to a more sustainable future for both humans and animals.
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