Polytech Ventures

Polytech Ventures SA is a venture capital firm based in Ecublens, Switzerland, with an additional office in San Mateo, California. Established in 2008, the firm specializes in seed, early-stage, and Series A investments, primarily targeting high-tech startups in sectors such as fintech, digital health, cleantech, proptech, and life science tools and services. Polytech Ventures focuses on companies located in Switzerland but is also open to opportunities in Europe and the United States. The firm's initial investments typically range from CHF 0.1 million to CHF 0.5 million, with the potential to increase funding up to CHF 2.5 million as the companies grow. Its strategic presence at EPFL in Lausanne allows access to a vibrant innovation ecosystem, enhancing its ability to identify and support promising ventures.

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Relai

Equity Crowdfunding in 2022
Relai AG is a Swiss company based in Zurich that specializes in a Bitcoin investment application, established in 2019. The app allows users to conveniently invest in Bitcoin, functioning as a digital ATM for cryptocurrency. It enables users to buy and sell Bitcoin directly from their bank accounts within one minute, without the need for registration, onboarding, or KYC verification. Additionally, the platform offers an auto-invest feature, ensuring high-security standards while allowing users to manage their investments efficiently. Relai aims to make Bitcoin investment accessible to everyone, streamlining the process and enhancing user experience.

Earny

Seed Round in 2021
Earny allows for entering data securely into a central platform that is automatically included in a company’s payroll.

Relai

Series A in 2021
Relai AG is a Swiss company based in Zurich that specializes in a Bitcoin investment application, established in 2019. The app allows users to conveniently invest in Bitcoin, functioning as a digital ATM for cryptocurrency. It enables users to buy and sell Bitcoin directly from their bank accounts within one minute, without the need for registration, onboarding, or KYC verification. Additionally, the platform offers an auto-invest feature, ensuring high-security standards while allowing users to manage their investments efficiently. Relai aims to make Bitcoin investment accessible to everyone, streamlining the process and enhancing user experience.

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.

KiWi

Series A in 2019
KiWi operates a mobile point-of-sale platform that enables micro, small, and medium enterprises to accept credit and debit card payments via smartphones and tablets. The service is designed to be user-friendly and offers the lowest commission rates in the market, eliminating forced deadlines, monthly payments, or annuities. By promoting the acceptance of card payments, KiWi aims to enhance financial security and accuracy for its users, ultimately supporting business growth and improving cash flow for entrepreneurs.

The Glue

Series A in 2018
The Glue is a contemporary, new solution which enables financial institutions to quickly develop innovative financial services for today’s consumers. These services are delivered by creating a customer centric environment, overlaying the core legacy systems. The Glue is a unique enabling yet non-disruptive solution which helps to protect and prolong the lifespan of your existing infrastructure investments.

Klarys (formerly Procsea)

Venture Round in 2018
Procsea is the first business-to-business seafood marketplace. Procsea specialises in the trade of traceable wild and farmed seafood, connecting buyers and sellers together in real time. Buyers have access to a multitude of carefully selected suppliers, directly from the European ports, without the middle man.

KiWi

Seed Round in 2018
KiWi operates a mobile point-of-sale platform that enables micro, small, and medium enterprises to accept credit and debit card payments via smartphones and tablets. The service is designed to be user-friendly and offers the lowest commission rates in the market, eliminating forced deadlines, monthly payments, or annuities. By promoting the acceptance of card payments, KiWi aims to enhance financial security and accuracy for its users, ultimately supporting business growth and improving cash flow for entrepreneurs.

Codecheck

Venture Round in 2017
Codecheck AG, founded in 2007 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, develops a smartphone application that enhances consumer purchasing decisions by providing detailed product information. Users can scan the barcode of various food and cosmetic products to receive insights about their ingredients, including personalized ratings based on individual profiles and current scientific research. The app caters to growing demands for conscious consumption and transparency regarding product ingredients and ethical standards, attracting over 3 million engaged users in Germany and the USA. Additionally, Codecheck offers Oeeda, a market research solution designed to help manufacturers better understand consumer preferences and drive innovation in response to evolving market trends.

Nezasa

Series A in 2017
Nezasa AG is a travel booking platform based in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 2012, that caters to individual travelers in Asia. The company provides a sophisticated software solution for creating, personalizing, and booking travel packages, allowing customers to conveniently book hotels, transfers, activities, and more. Nezasa's platform is designed to support both economy and business class packages, as well as specialized services for avid golfers and short leisure trips for business travelers from Shanghai. The platform enables users to instantly plan and adjust itineraries according to their preferences while ensuring consistency and managing complexity, thus enhancing the overall travel experience.

Lunaphore

Series A in 2017
Lunaphore Technologies S.A. is a Swiss company developing next generation tissue autostainers for cancer research and tissue diagnostics. The award-winning technology based on microfluidics is called FFeX (Fast Fluidic Exchange). It aims to perform assays much faster than standard techniques and has demonstrated good results in tests with cancer patient samples. Lunaphore was founded in 2014 with the vision of bringing –omics like approaches to tissue analytics and has been recognized as one of the most innovative companies nationally and internationally.

GlassIG

Seed Round in 2017
It is an independent software vendor. Our aim is to provide market leading and cost effective Information Governance for everyone. At They are proud of our mission to serve and inspire our customers to establish and operate an effective Information Governance solution.

Headnote

Seed Round in 2017
Headnote is a technology company founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in payment and accounts receivable automation software specifically designed for the legal industry. The platform simplifies the payment process for law firms, making it as user-friendly as consumer payment services while ensuring compliance with legal regulations across all states. This innovation allows law firms to significantly improve their payment timelines, with Headnote customers typically receiving payments within an average of four days, compared to the industry standard of 60 to 94 days. Additionally, Headnote automates the tracking and management of accounts receivable, streamlining traditionally manual and time-consuming processes. The company also serves a range of legal professionals and partners, enhancing the efficiency of financial operations within the legal sector.

LEND

Series A in 2017
LEND provides peer to peer lending in Switzerland. It connects investors with borrowers. Moreover, investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. The company is based in Switzerland and it was founded in 2015.

The Glue

Venture Round in 2017
The Glue is a contemporary, new solution which enables financial institutions to quickly develop innovative financial services for today’s consumers. These services are delivered by creating a customer centric environment, overlaying the core legacy systems. The Glue is a unique enabling yet non-disruptive solution which helps to protect and prolong the lifespan of your existing infrastructure investments.

Klarys (formerly Procsea)

Venture Round in 2017
Procsea is the first business-to-business seafood marketplace. Procsea specialises in the trade of traceable wild and farmed seafood, connecting buyers and sellers together in real time. Buyers have access to a multitude of carefully selected suppliers, directly from the European ports, without the middle man.

Car IQ

Seed Round in 2017
Car IQ Inc. is a company that has created a cloud-based vehicle management platform and payment gateway tailored for auto dealer groups, car sharing services, and autonomous vehicles. Established in 2016 and located in San Francisco, California, Car IQ offers an innovative automotive payment solution that allows vehicles to autonomously initiate payments for various services, including tolls, fuel, and parking, without the need for credit cards. The technology relies on a patented machine identity verification process, enabling vehicles to connect directly to payment networks and service providers. This platform leverages sensor data from the vehicle to facilitate seamless transactions and enhance the overall management of automotive services.

Biowatch

Seed Round in 2017
Biowatch SA, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, develops a biometric identification system known as BIOWATCH, which is integrated into the buckle of a watchband. This innovative technology allows for the authentication of individuals by analyzing the unique pattern of veins on their wrist. Launched in 2015 by Joe Rice and Matthias Vanoni, the system serves as a security solution for mobile payments and interactions with smart devices. Users can enroll their vein patterns through an app and connect their Biowatch to various applications and devices. Once activated, the Biowatch matches the user's vein pattern with the enrolled reference, transmitting a PKI encrypted user code that enables functionalities such as keyless door access.

OneVisage

Seed Round in 2016
OneVisage SA is a cybersecurity company based in Lausanne, Switzerland, established in 2013. It specializes in 3D facial authentication technology designed for mobile devices, providing a secure alternative to traditional password-based and biometric solutions. The company offers its proprietary 3DAuth technology through a software development kit (SDK) that enables developers to integrate 3D facial authentication into native mobile applications, as well as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) option for service providers. OneVisage caters primarily to financial services and identity and access management sectors, allowing businesses to enhance security while ensuring user privacy. Its solutions enable universal strong customer authentication, leveraging depth camera capabilities for a contactless experience across various hardware and platforms.

Altoida

Seed Round in 2016
Altoida AG, founded in 2016 and based in Lucerne, Switzerland, specializes in developing a healthcare platform and application aimed at Alzheimer’s patients. The company's flagship product, the Altoida iPad-based application, is the first validated solution on the market designed to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease before symptoms appear, functioning as a computational biomarker. The application employs the Neuro Motor Index (NMI), which measures subtle micro-errors and micro-movements during everyday tasks, allowing for early detection of cognitive decline up to six years prior to the onset of typical neurodegenerative symptoms. The NMI test is intended for use by healthcare professionals as an adjunctive tool and is not a stand-alone diagnostic method. Altoida's medical device is classified as an FDA Class II medical device and CE marked as Class I, enabling early screening for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and monitoring cognitive function. After a brief testing period, healthcare providers receive real-time access to comprehensive patient reports via a secure, HIPAA-compliant web dashboard, making cognitive health assessments more affordable and accessible.

SwissPay.ch SA

Seed Round in 2016
SwissPay.ch SA, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a technology company that specializes in monetization solutions for mobile payments and advertising. Founded in 2015, the company develops a platform that integrates video advertising with seamless payment options, enabling advertisers to reward users with free editorial content. Its offerings include a micropayment system for news publishers that leverages mobile operators, and a one-click payment tool that facilitates transactions across various devices. Additionally, SwissPay.ch SA provides a back-office solution for real-time data analysis and direct carrier billing for efficient payment collection and subscription management. Through its SmartWall technology, the company enhances reader engagement by personalizing user experiences and optimizing advertising placements based on real-time data and behavioral analysis. This comprehensive approach allows publishers to monetize digital content effortlessly while offering advertisers effective engagement opportunities.

Artmyn

Seed Round in 2016
ARTMYN provides a disruptive solution for highly accurate digitization of visual artworks, with interactive rendering on mobile devices and accessible via a simple web browser. A unique portable scanner captures gigabytes of data describing the artwork in its finest details, which, along with proprietary web technologies, result in a true-to-life visualisation. This complete new experience allows users to embark on an emotional journey where digital replicas can be explored just as if the originals were in their very own hands.

Weft

Seed Round in 2016
Weft, Inc. is a global logistics data company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that specializes in providing real-time asset intelligence to enhance supply chain operations. Established in 2013 and operating as a subsidiary of Genscape, Inc., Weft integrates various tracking technologies, including Wi-Fi, BLE, GPS, satellite, and GPRS, to offer insights into logistics processes. The company's platform allows users to monitor and manage their assets, setting alerts for conditions such as location, temperature, and vibrations. By leveraging predictive analytics, Weft helps shippers anticipate potential bottlenecks by analyzing current locations and planned routes against historical data, enabling proactive adjustments to improve delivery timelines. The platform is accessible through web and mobile applications, and it collaborates with ERP providers, telecommunications companies, and logistics firms to extend its reach and capabilities within the industry.

Inpher.io

Seed Round in 2016
Inpher, Inc. operates a platform and framework to build applications for end-to-end encryption and cloud based unstructured data search. The company develops privacy-preserving analytics and machine learning technology. It offers users to search and retrieve ranked results on their data without the cloud service provider knowing the query of the results. The company’s computing platform provides confidential data processing across organizations and jurisdictions. Inpher, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Klarys (formerly Procsea)

Seed Round in 2016
Procsea is the first business-to-business seafood marketplace. Procsea specialises in the trade of traceable wild and farmed seafood, connecting buyers and sellers together in real time. Buyers have access to a multitude of carefully selected suppliers, directly from the European ports, without the middle man.

Ava

Series A in 2016
Ava AG, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, specializes in women's health by developing the Ava bracelet, a wearable sensor device designed for nighttime use. This bracelet measures various physiological parameters to accurately predict a woman's fertile window and ovulation. The information gathered by the bracelet is accessible through a complementary mobile application, enabling users to gain insights into their reproductive health. Ava is committed to empowering women by providing them with the tools necessary to make informed decisions regarding their health and well-being. The company also maintains an office in Hong Kong to support its operations.

Flowcast

Seed Round in 2016
Flowcast Inc. is a technology company that focuses on developing machine learning algorithms to create predictive models for assessing credit risk. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, with an additional office in Singapore, Flowcast offers several solutions, including Smartcredit, which provides detailed company information for credit decisions; Smartclaims, which automates the deduction claims process; and Tillful, a platform that offers credit scores and access to credit offers. The company's predictive models evaluate a business's ability to repay loans, the risk of delinquency, and the likelihood of transaction dilution. By utilizing alternative data and proprietary analytics, Flowcast's API-based solutions enable financial institutions to perform real-time risk assessments, enhancing their ability to make informed credit decisions across various business sizes. Flowcast serves a diverse clientele, including corporations, financial institutions, and insurance providers.

DomoHealth

Series A in 2016
DomoHealth is a company that specializes in smart home care services aimed at enhancing the quality of life for seniors and their families. Founded in 2011 by Edouard Goupy and Guillaume DuPasquier, the company emerged from personal experiences that highlighted the need for better care solutions. Between 2012 and 2014, DomoHealth conducted extensive trials and feasibility studies across various European countries, receiving validations from care networks, hospitals, and families. Since 2015, the company has marketed its services through a partner network in Europe, emphasizing a collaborative approach that involves listening to the needs of seniors, families, doctors, and nurses. DomoHealth has demonstrated the effectiveness of its services through partnerships with care networks and has been recognized as an expert in homecare within the framework of the European Commission's AAL program.

Codecheck

Venture Round in 2016
Codecheck AG, founded in 2007 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, develops a smartphone application that enhances consumer purchasing decisions by providing detailed product information. Users can scan the barcode of various food and cosmetic products to receive insights about their ingredients, including personalized ratings based on individual profiles and current scientific research. The app caters to growing demands for conscious consumption and transparency regarding product ingredients and ethical standards, attracting over 3 million engaged users in Germany and the USA. Additionally, Codecheck offers Oeeda, a market research solution designed to help manufacturers better understand consumer preferences and drive innovation in response to evolving market trends.

Qwil

Seed Round in 2016
Qwil PBC operates a payment management platform tailored for independent contractors, freelancers, and small businesses, founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform offers financial tools that allow users to track, collect, and manage their earnings efficiently. It features an application that enables users to access their funds before receiving payment for their services, facilitating early cash access through an advance on earned amounts. By providing these financial solutions, Qwil helps freelancers and small enterprises manage their cash flow effectively, enhancing workforce recruitment and retention without placing additional strain on the client's financial resources.

kwik

Seed Round in 2016
Kwik operates an innovative IoT platform designed to facilitate direct sales from brands and retailers to consumers. By enabling repetitive purchases, the platform connects various service providers, allowing them to sell a range of products, such as diapers and pet food, as well as services like taxi and parcel delivery. The platform features a smart IoT button that allows customers to reorder their favorite items with ease, along with an interface for payment and delivery services. Additionally, Kwik provides an analytics dashboard that helps users monitor key performance indicators, offering insights into clicks, orders, and conversion rates across different products and regions. Founded in 2016, Kwik has established its presence in Sunnyvale, California, with a research and development center located in Tel Aviv, Israel.

LEND

Seed Round in 2016
LEND provides peer to peer lending in Switzerland. It connects investors with borrowers. Moreover, investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. The company is based in Switzerland and it was founded in 2015.

CloudGuide

Seed Round in 2016
CloudGuide SL develops a smartphone application for cultural institutions, museums, monuments, parks, and art galleries. Its application allows visitors to access the official content of their favorite museum; gives recommendations of new exhibitions and local museums; gives the exhibition background content through audios, videos, texts, and images; and provides access to entrance tickets, merchandising, and the museum’s association. The company also provides CloudGuide Education, a mobile application for youth, students, and children; and a content management system to upload content, change configuration parameters, and interact with visitors. In addition, it provides subscription plans. The company offers solutions in the areas of iBeacon and indoor localization, and audience studies. It serves customers in Spain and internationally. CloudGuide SL was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Wheelhouse

Seed Round in 2016
Wheelhouse, Inc. develops a software which allows house and property owners to decide pricing of their properties on rent. The company's software helps analyze the pricing of the local home-sharing listings, local hotels, and current events. The company's pricing algorithm helps users determine pricing and optimize revenue and bookings. Wheelhouse, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Lightbend

Series C in 2016
Lightbend provides a reactive application development platform for building distributed systems. These distributed systems, which include microservices and streaming fast data applications and can effortlessly scale on multi-core and cloud architectures, based on a message-driven runtime. Many admired brands around the globe are transforming their businesses with the Lightbend's platform, engaging billions of users every day through software that is changing the world. Lightbend as founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Beekeeper

Seed Round in 2016
Beekeeper AG is a mobile-first team communication platform designed to enhance communication within frontline and mobile workforces. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional operations in Kraków, Berlin, and Oakland, Beekeeper provides various tools such as real-time messaging, content management, engagement analytics, and employee surveys. The platform aims to improve productivity and reduce turnover by automating workflows and offering managers insights through an analytics dashboard. Beekeeper serves a diverse range of industries, including hospitality, retail, logistics, transportation, food, manufacturing, non-governmental organizations, and event management, both in the United States and internationally. Its integration capabilities allow users to access operational systems through a centralized portal, facilitating effective communication and collaboration among internal teams.

Inpher.io

Seed Round in 2016
Inpher, Inc. operates a platform and framework to build applications for end-to-end encryption and cloud based unstructured data search. The company develops privacy-preserving analytics and machine learning technology. It offers users to search and retrieve ranked results on their data without the cloud service provider knowing the query of the results. The company’s computing platform provides confidential data processing across organizations and jurisdictions. Inpher, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Saphetor

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2014, Saphetor is a precision medicine company at the cutting edge of genome-scale analysis based on Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). Capitalizing on the emerging trend in NGS to use large “panels” of genes, exomes, or whole genomes, Saphetor’s suite of services offers clinicians intuitive, data-driven solutions to make faster, more accurate diagnoses, and informed decisions for the selection of the best therapies, especially for cancer and difficult to diagnose conditions, such as rare diseases or cognitive impairment.

BlueFox

Seed Round in 2015
Our patented technology allows our clients to get advanced foot-traffic analytics by counting smartphones as a proxy to the number of people who are in their location. In real-time. Our customers can also engage with clients by sending them messages to their smartphones while they are in one of their locations. No apps. No beacons. No SDKs. No logins. No kidding!

NetGuardians

Series B in 2014
NetGuardians SA is a software company based in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, specializing in mitigation and risk assurance solutions for the banking and financial services sectors. Founded in 2007, the company utilizes big data, user behavior analysis, and transaction analytics to help financial institutions combat various types of fraud, including mobile banking and identity theft. Its key products include FraudGuardian, which addresses specific fraud challenges with predefined controls for continuous auditing, and RiskGuardian, a compliance automation tool that offers templates for regulations, automated controls, and reporting capabilities. Serving CIOs, CISOs, internal auditors, and compliance professionals across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, NetGuardians provides its solutions through resellers, ensuring adaptability for various fields of activity. The company also maintains offices in Nairobi, Warsaw, and Singapore.

Seevibes

Seed Round in 2014
Seevibes provides audience intelligence to support performance marketing across various devices and advertising networks. It offers performance marketing services, such as CRM data for efficient remarketing. The company also provides Seevibes Audience Management Platform that connects customer and proprietary audience data to deliver performance for digital campaigns. In addition, it offers Engagement Graph, a map of the engagement of people on Facebook and Twitter that provides social media data, natural language processing, profile enrichment, geo-profiling, machine learning, language detection, brand affinity, and performance metrics. Seevibes was founded in 2011 and is based in Montreal, Canada with additional offices in Toronto, Canada; New York, New York; Paris, France; and Lausanne, Switzerland.

BugBuster

Series A in 2013
BugBuster SA is a Switzerland-based company that specializes in automated testing and monitoring of web applications through its innovative platform. Founded in 2011 as a spinoff from the Operating Systems Laboratory at EPFL, BugBuster enables web professionals to create functional tests without the need for coding, manage comprehensive test plans, and receive detailed bug reports. The platform also allows for the monitoring of live websites, providing instant notifications when issues arise. By focusing on automating the testing process, BugBuster aims to significantly reduce the reliance on manually written test cases, thereby streamlining the application testing process. In 2015, BugBuster became a subsidiary of AppDynamics, Inc.

SmallRivers

Venture Round in 2013
SmallRivers develops web services that are facilitating the interconnection of people around shared interests. SmallRivers is a privately held startup incorporated in Switzerland (Lausanne) and located on the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL campus, Scientific Park.

Lightbend

Series B in 2012
Lightbend provides a reactive application development platform for building distributed systems. These distributed systems, which include microservices and streaming fast data applications and can effortlessly scale on multi-core and cloud architectures, based on a message-driven runtime. Many admired brands around the globe are transforming their businesses with the Lightbend's platform, engaging billions of users every day through software that is changing the world. Lightbend as founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Abionic

Series A in 2012
Abionic SA, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, specializes in advanced diagnostic solutions leveraging nanotechnology. Founded in 2010 as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), the company has developed the abioSCOPE platform, which enables rapid testing of patients using just a single drop of blood. This platform includes a reader for testing nano fluidic sensors and a mobile application for data management. Abionic's products are primarily utilized in clinical laboratories and point-of-care settings, focusing on improving medical diagnosis in areas such as allergy and sepsis detection. The company aims to establish itself as a key player in personalized medicine, particularly in allergy profiling. Abionic is certified under ISO 9001/13485, ensuring that its in vitro diagnostic devices meet stringent quality and regulatory requirements. The company is privately owned and receives support from EPFL, the Canton of Vaud, and Venturelab, reflecting its commitment to innovation in the healthcare sector.
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