EquityPitcher Ventures

EquityPitcher Ventures is an early-growth venture capital firm established in 2016 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It specializes in investing in B2B companies within the DACH region, providing crucial support to promising startups. The firm emphasizes collaboration with industry experts, investors, and exit partners to help entrepreneurs secure essential resources, including capital, expertise, and networking opportunities. Through these strategic partnerships, EquityPitcher Ventures aims to facilitate the growth and success of its portfolio companies.

Andrea Buhofer

Managing Partner

Sascha Horrig

Founding Partner

Hermann Koch

Founding Partner

Past deals in Zurich

ANYbotics

Series B in 2023
ANYbotics AG, founded in 2016 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, develops advanced four-legged robots designed for various industrial applications. These autonomous mobile robots are engineered to enhance safety and productivity by navigating complex environments and performing routine inspections. Equipped with a suite of advanced sensors including visual zoom cameras, lidar scanners, and thermal cameras, ANYbotics' robots can monitor assets, detect gas presence, and create 3D models. Their robust design allows for operation in challenging terrains, making them suitable for sectors such as power, chemicals, construction, mining, and oil and gas. By automating inspection tasks and providing real-time data, ANYbotics aims to improve operational efficiency and support critical functions such as search and rescue.

Calingo

Seed Round in 2022
Calingo is a digital insurance platform that offers personalised and optimised risk protection at the point of sale.

xorlab

Series A in 2021
xorlab AG is a Swiss company based in Zurich that specializes in cyber defense solutions. Established in 2015, xorlab develops a platform that includes xorlab ActiveGuard, which safeguards corporate communications from advanced threats such as spear-phishing, impersonation, ransomware, and zero-day exploits. This technology learns and enforces legitimate communication behaviors to enhance security. Additionally, xorlab offers ThreatAnalyst, a tool designed to support security operations teams in managing and responding to threats. The company's software focuses on providing continuous and proactive defenses against sophisticated email attacks, utilizing communication signals generated by employees to minimize the risk of breaches and enable cost savings through automation.

smino

Series A in 2021
Smino is a cloud platform for the construction industry that provides all the necessary tools for workflows and successful collaboration.

rready

Seed Round in 2021
Rready is an innovation management platform that empowers employees to harness their ambition and creativity, fostering a culture of intrapreneurship within organizations. By providing strategic and hands-on support, the platform facilitates cultural transformation and generates tangible business impacts while enhancing employer branding. Rready's approach combines gamification and scalable online components with offline activities, making the process of employee-driven innovation engaging and educational. This model encourages clients to implement and expand their innovative initiatives, allowing employees to take ownership of their ideas and contribute to the organization's growth. Through its solutions, Rready aims to create lasting cultural change and drive significant business outcomes.

Futurae

Venture Round in 2021
Futurae Technologies AG, founded in 2016 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, develops multi-factor authentication tools aimed at enhancing security while improving user experience and maintaining privacy. The company offers a versatile suite of authentication methods, including zero-touch, push-based, QR code, offline code, SMS, IoT, mobile-only, and sound-based options. These solutions are designed for integration into existing infrastructures, catering particularly to web applications in regulated sectors where traditional SMS authentication is deemed insufficiently secure. Futurae's products are utilized by over 130 clients, including banks, insurance companies, online retailers, and digital wallets, facilitating real-time fraud prevention and enabling adaptive online security. The firm emerged from the Systems Security Group at ETH Zurich, with a mission to streamline and secure the authentication process for both organizations and users.

ANYbotics

Series A in 2020
ANYbotics AG, founded in 2016 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, develops advanced four-legged robots designed for various industrial applications. These autonomous mobile robots are engineered to enhance safety and productivity by navigating complex environments and performing routine inspections. Equipped with a suite of advanced sensors including visual zoom cameras, lidar scanners, and thermal cameras, ANYbotics' robots can monitor assets, detect gas presence, and create 3D models. Their robust design allows for operation in challenging terrains, making them suitable for sectors such as power, chemicals, construction, mining, and oil and gas. By automating inspection tasks and providing real-time data, ANYbotics aims to improve operational efficiency and support critical functions such as search and rescue.

Guuru

Series A in 2020
GUURU is a cloud-based platform that connects users with experts across various fields to facilitate consultancy services. Founded in 2015 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, the company provides an intermediary platform where individuals can post questions and receive real-time answers through a one-on-one live chat feature. This service allows brands to leverage knowledgeable customers, referred to as brand ambassadors, to enhance customer interaction and support. By combining artificial intelligence with human expertise, GUURU enables efficient resolution of customer queries, thus expediting decision-making processes for potential buyers. The platform also supports seamless communication among students, allowing them to collaborate on assignments and share resources anonymously.

vestr

Series A in 2020
Vestr facilitates the creation and life-cycle management of Actively Managed Certificates. The company offers fund management services to its clients.

N-Dream AG (AirConsole)

Series A in 2019
N-Dream is the company behind AirConsole is a cloud-based multiplayer game console that uses smartphones as gamepads.They are building a next-gen online game console.

Xatena

Seed Round in 2019
Xatena AG is a Swiss company that operates a web-based B2B healthcare market platform, connecting hospitals and medical service providers with suppliers of capital goods, consumables, and services. Founded in 2017 and based in Zug, Xatena specializes in digitizing and automating procurement and sales processes in the healthcare sector. Its platform enhances operational efficiency by integrating technologies, streamlining both upstream and downstream business processes, and utilizing machine learning for improved data analysis. Xatena places a strong emphasis on security, employing two-factor authentication and encrypted traffic, while hosting data in geo-redundant computing centers. The company aims to elevate supply chain management to a modern standard, helping healthcare providers optimize costs and enhance their operational procurement.

Guuru

Series A in 2019
GUURU is a cloud-based platform that connects users with experts across various fields to facilitate consultancy services. Founded in 2015 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, the company provides an intermediary platform where individuals can post questions and receive real-time answers through a one-on-one live chat feature. This service allows brands to leverage knowledgeable customers, referred to as brand ambassadors, to enhance customer interaction and support. By combining artificial intelligence with human expertise, GUURU enables efficient resolution of customer queries, thus expediting decision-making processes for potential buyers. The platform also supports seamless communication among students, allowing them to collaborate on assignments and share resources anonymously.

vestr

Venture Round in 2018
Vestr facilitates the creation and life-cycle management of Actively Managed Certificates. The company offers fund management services to its clients.

Futurae

Venture Round in 2018
Futurae Technologies AG, founded in 2016 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, develops multi-factor authentication tools aimed at enhancing security while improving user experience and maintaining privacy. The company offers a versatile suite of authentication methods, including zero-touch, push-based, QR code, offline code, SMS, IoT, mobile-only, and sound-based options. These solutions are designed for integration into existing infrastructures, catering particularly to web applications in regulated sectors where traditional SMS authentication is deemed insufficiently secure. Futurae's products are utilized by over 130 clients, including banks, insurance companies, online retailers, and digital wallets, facilitating real-time fraud prevention and enabling adaptive online security. The firm emerged from the Systems Security Group at ETH Zurich, with a mission to streamline and secure the authentication process for both organizations and users.

Xatena

Seed Round in 2018
Xatena AG is a Swiss company that operates a web-based B2B healthcare market platform, connecting hospitals and medical service providers with suppliers of capital goods, consumables, and services. Founded in 2017 and based in Zug, Xatena specializes in digitizing and automating procurement and sales processes in the healthcare sector. Its platform enhances operational efficiency by integrating technologies, streamlining both upstream and downstream business processes, and utilizing machine learning for improved data analysis. Xatena places a strong emphasis on security, employing two-factor authentication and encrypted traffic, while hosting data in geo-redundant computing centers. The company aims to elevate supply chain management to a modern standard, helping healthcare providers optimize costs and enhance their operational procurement.
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