Helvetia

Helvetia Holding AG, founded in 1858 and headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, operates as a prominent insurance group offering both life and non-life insurance products across Europe. The company provides a comprehensive range of services, including life insurance, pension plans, annuity products, and various non-life insurance options such as property, motor vehicle, liability, health, and accident insurance. With a workforce of approximately 5,200 employees, Helvetia serves over 2.7 million customers across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, and France, as well as selected regions worldwide. Helvetia has evolved from several Swiss and foreign insurance companies into a successful entity with a business volume of CHF 7.5 billion. The group's investment and financing activities are supplemented through subsidiaries and fund companies in Luxembourg and Jersey, reflecting its commitment to broadening its reach and operational effectiveness.

Philipp Gmür

Chief Executive Officer

André Keller

Chief Investment Officer

Paul Norton

Chief Financial Officer

Stefano L. Saeger

Investment Manager

Philipp Schüpbach

Investor Relations Manager

Alessandra Szalay

Investor Relations Coordinator

Susanne Tengler

Head of Investor Relations

Past deals in Zurich

Adresta

Seed Round in 2021
Adresta is a tech start-up with six employees headquartered in Zurich and founded in December 2019. The idea started with two co-founders in the Kickbox Programm of Helvetia Insurance and the product was developed together with the third co-founder at ETH Zurich. Adresta creates digital certificates for luxury goods, starting with high-end timepieces. The certificates are securely stored on the web-application together with the history of the watch from manufacturer to service & repair and pre-owned sale. Around the constantly updated digital certificate new possibilities of customer experience in the luxury segment arise. Brands create emotions and interaction possibilities for the actors in the watch lifecycle and after sales processes such as valuable insurance are facilitated. Adresta is committed to change the customer experience in the luxury goods industry by creating trust and transparency by combining new technologies.

PriceHubble

Series B in 2021
PriceHubble is a real estate analytics company that aims to enhance transparency in global real estate markets. It offers a platform powered by proprietary machine learning algorithms, which assists clients in making informed decisions by providing insights, valuation models, and forecasts related to urban developments. The company's digital solutions cater to various stakeholders in the real estate sector, including banks, asset managers, developers, property managers, and real estate agents. With a dedicated team of data scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, PriceHubble integrates advanced analytics into clients' daily business processes, ultimately helping them improve key performance metrics such as client conversion and rental yield. Headquartered in Zürich and with operations in Paris, Berlin, and Tokyo, the company employs over 60 professionals and has expanded its reach to five countries.

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.

Taxly

Seed Round in 2021
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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.

Skribble

Series B in 2020
Skribble is a platform for electronic signatures that presupposes the identification of the signatures. The platform provides the legally suitable electronic signature for every type of contract even if the law requires the same legal weight as a handwritten signature. It allows signing documents electronically with just a few clicks legally binding in accordance with Swiss & EU law. Skribble was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

PriceHubble

Series A in 2017
PriceHubble is a real estate analytics company that aims to enhance transparency in global real estate markets. It offers a platform powered by proprietary machine learning algorithms, which assists clients in making informed decisions by providing insights, valuation models, and forecasts related to urban developments. The company's digital solutions cater to various stakeholders in the real estate sector, including banks, asset managers, developers, property managers, and real estate agents. With a dedicated team of data scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs, PriceHubble integrates advanced analytics into clients' daily business processes, ultimately helping them improve key performance metrics such as client conversion and rental yield. Headquartered in Zürich and with operations in Paris, Berlin, and Tokyo, the company employs over 60 professionals and has expanded its reach to five countries.