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

Founding Partner

Janic Frolicher

Founding Partner

Andreas Guggenbühl

Venture Partner

Marcel Kubli

Investor and Venture Partner

Laszlo Meier

Associate

Jan Claudio Munoz

Partner

Miklos Stanek

Co-Founding Partner and Chairman

Jan Munoz Ph.D

Partner

Past deals in Switzerland

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.

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.

Dropz

Seed Round in 2021
Producer of beverage products intended to supply a healthy and sustainable alternative to existing sweet beverages. The company's products dissolve in tap water and develop their taste and are made from natural extracts and vitamins from fruits and herbs creating a variety of flavors, and enabling users to enjoy drinks that have natural flavors.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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