Founderful

Founderful, established in Zurich, Switzerland, is a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments, particularly in the pre-seed phase. It supports Switzerland's most promising tech entrepreneurs, aiming to help them grow into global market leaders.

Antonia Albert

Principal and Head of People and Culture

Alex Stöckl

Partner

Lukas Weder

Partner

Past deals in Switzerland

Oxyle

Seed Round in 2025
Oxyle specializes in wastewater treatment, focusing on the removal of hazardous micropollutants such as pesticides, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors. Serving industries like pharmaceuticals, biotech, chemicals, food & beverage, electronics, hospitals, and wastewater plants, Oxyle's innovative technology helps reduce toxic pollutants and carbon emissions while providing regulatory relief to clients.

Kyan Health

Series A in 2024
Kyan Health is a Swiss digital health company specializing in personalized, evidence-based mental wellbeing solutions for employees and their families. It offers end-to-end support services, including employee engagement, self-improvement resources, coaching, and counseling.

Numarics

Seed Round in 2023
Numarics is Switzerland’s first 100% digital accounting ecosystem designed for entrepreneurs. The mobile-first platform streamlines accounting, payroll, tax returns, invoicing and document management within a single ecosystem accessible via app or web, enabling real-time visibility and transparent business management. Launched in 2020 by experts in accounting, digitalization, artificial intelligence and auditing, Numarics aims to seamlessly integrate everyday financial tasks into the entrepreneurial lifestyle. Its algorithm-based platform handles accounting processes, creates invoices, and manages balance sheets and income statements, allowing companies to book all transactions in real time. By consolidating bookkeeping functions, Numarics reduces bureaucracy and manual repetitive work, helping small and growing businesses maintain accurate records, stay compliant with tax requirements, and focus on strategic decisions. The solution emphasizes simplicity, accessibility and transparency, empowering entrepreneurs to run their finances with clarity.

Calvin Risk

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Calvin Risk specializes in assessing and managing risks associated with commercial AI algorithms. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, the company offers a comprehensive risk assessment framework and management platform, promoting reliable and responsible AI use across industries such as insurance, banking, retail, and telecommunications.

UniSieve

Seed Round in 2023
UniSieve develops and manufactures molecular sieving membranes for various applications. Its technology combines different molecular sieves with polymeric membranes to provide reliable separation solutions. UniSieve's products are used in chemical feedstock purification, biogas upgrading, sensing, space-related applications, gas separation, and liquid separation.

Oxyle

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Oxyle specializes in wastewater treatment, focusing on the removal of hazardous micropollutants such as pesticides, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors. Serving industries like pharmaceuticals, biotech, chemicals, food & beverage, electronics, hospitals, and wastewater plants, Oxyle's innovative technology helps reduce toxic pollutants and carbon emissions while providing regulatory relief to clients.

Calvin Risk

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Calvin Risk specializes in assessing and managing risks associated with commercial AI algorithms. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, the company offers a comprehensive risk assessment framework and management platform, promoting reliable and responsible AI use across industries such as insurance, banking, retail, and telecommunications.

Numarics

Seed Round in 2022
Numarics is Switzerland’s first 100% digital accounting ecosystem designed for entrepreneurs. The mobile-first platform streamlines accounting, payroll, tax returns, invoicing and document management within a single ecosystem accessible via app or web, enabling real-time visibility and transparent business management. Launched in 2020 by experts in accounting, digitalization, artificial intelligence and auditing, Numarics aims to seamlessly integrate everyday financial tasks into the entrepreneurial lifestyle. Its algorithm-based platform handles accounting processes, creates invoices, and manages balance sheets and income statements, allowing companies to book all transactions in real time. By consolidating bookkeeping functions, Numarics reduces bureaucracy and manual repetitive work, helping small and growing businesses maintain accurate records, stay compliant with tax requirements, and focus on strategic decisions. The solution emphasizes simplicity, accessibility and transparency, empowering entrepreneurs to run their finances with clarity.

Strong Network

Seed Round in 2022
Strong Network is a cybersecurity company founded by experienced engineers Laurent Balmelli and Ozrenko Dragic. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with operations in Serbia and California, the company specializes in improving development process efficiency and data leak security through its DevSecOps platform. This platform integrates container management for improved alignment and security infrastructure to protect against data leaks, enhancing developer productivity while maintaining robust security posture.

9T Labs

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, 9T Labs specializes in manufacturing advanced 3D printers that produce carbon composites. Their proprietary technology combines software, additive manufacturing, and industry-standard materials to deliver digital composite production solutions. This enables manufacturers to create lighter structural parts with true 3D fiber orientation at a lower cost.

Certifaction

Seed Round in 2022
Certifaction is a Zurich-based software company that provides privacy-protecting digital document solutions. It offers a software-as-a-service platform to certify and verify documents using cryptography and blockchain, including credit reports, academic credentials, medical records, and financial prospectuses. The company also provides a privacy-first eSigning platform, enabling organizations to digitize workflows while safeguarding data confidentiality and security. Its modular, white-label technology can integrate with various identity networks to streamline signing and document workflows while meeting strict compliance standards. The solutions are used across healthcare, financial services, higher education and public sectors, where privacy and security are essential, helping businesses optimize processes and improve the customer experience. Certifaction emphasizes data protection, regulatory compliance, and secure, privacy-preserving digital processes.

Archlet

Series A in 2021
Archlet GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, specializes in developing a cloud-based platform aimed at enhancing strategic sourcing processes for businesses. The platform integrates market insights with company procurement data, streamlining the sourcing decision-making and negotiation processes. By transitioning strategic sourcing activities from traditional methods such as email and spreadsheets to a centralized system, Archlet enables clients to evaluate submissions, monitor events, and gain comprehensive insights into cost drivers and comparisons. This innovative approach allows organizations to source more efficiently and effectively, ultimately facilitating better and faster sourcing decisions.

Scewo

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2017, Scewo designs and manufactures innovative electric wheelchairs for individuals with mobility impairments. Its flagship product is a stair-climbing wheelchair that combines wheels and tracks with an active control system, enabling users to navigate various terrains and obstacles.

Backbone

Seed Round in 2021
Backbone Art SA operates a platform that connects professional photographers and videographers with businesses and consumers for various visual projects, including real estate photography, event documentation, and food product imaging. The platform offers comprehensive tools for booking, content hosting, post-production, invoicing, and payment processing, enabling users to efficiently order, store, and manage their visual assets. Targeting real estate companies, international event planners, and global marketplaces, Backbone facilitates collaboration among internal teams and external stakeholders. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the company also has an office in Berlin, Germany.

RoomPriceGenie

Seed Round in 2021
RoomPriceGenie AG, founded in 2017 and based in Steinhausen, Switzerland, specializes in designing and developing revenue management software tailored for hotels, apartments, and vacation rentals. The company's platform offers sophisticated yielding, strategy foresight, and automated updates to optimize room pricing based on demand, occupancy, and availability. By leveraging advanced dynamic pricing algorithms and real-time analytics, RoomPriceGenie ensures optimal pricing strategies. It integrates seamlessly with various property management systems and channel managers, providing both automated pricing adjustments and manual control options. This makes it a versatile tool for small to medium-sized hotels aiming to boost their revenue efficiently. The platform is known for its user-friendly interface and excellent customer support.

Kyan Health

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Kyan Health is a Swiss digital health company specializing in personalized, evidence-based mental wellbeing solutions for employees and their families. It offers end-to-end support services, including employee engagement, self-improvement resources, coaching, and counseling.

Archlet

Seed Round in 2021
Archlet GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, specializes in developing a cloud-based platform aimed at enhancing strategic sourcing processes for businesses. The platform integrates market insights with company procurement data, streamlining the sourcing decision-making and negotiation processes. By transitioning strategic sourcing activities from traditional methods such as email and spreadsheets to a centralized system, Archlet enables clients to evaluate submissions, monitor events, and gain comprehensive insights into cost drivers and comparisons. This innovative approach allows organizations to source more efficiently and effectively, ultimately facilitating better and faster sourcing decisions.

UniSieve

Venture Round in 2020
UniSieve develops and manufactures molecular sieving membranes for various applications. Its technology combines different molecular sieves with polymeric membranes to provide reliable separation solutions. UniSieve's products are used in chemical feedstock purification, biogas upgrading, sensing, space-related applications, gas separation, and liquid separation.

Strong Network

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Strong Network is a cybersecurity company founded by experienced engineers Laurent Balmelli and Ozrenko Dragic. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with operations in Serbia and California, the company specializes in improving development process efficiency and data leak security through its DevSecOps platform. This platform integrates container management for improved alignment and security infrastructure to protect against data leaks, enhancing developer productivity while maintaining robust security posture.

Certifaction

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Certifaction is a Zurich-based software company that provides privacy-protecting digital document solutions. It offers a software-as-a-service platform to certify and verify documents using cryptography and blockchain, including credit reports, academic credentials, medical records, and financial prospectuses. The company also provides a privacy-first eSigning platform, enabling organizations to digitize workflows while safeguarding data confidentiality and security. Its modular, white-label technology can integrate with various identity networks to streamline signing and document workflows while meeting strict compliance standards. The solutions are used across healthcare, financial services, higher education and public sectors, where privacy and security are essential, helping businesses optimize processes and improve the customer experience. Certifaction emphasizes data protection, regulatory compliance, and secure, privacy-preserving digital processes.

CyanoGuard

Seed Round in 2020
CyanoGuard AG is a Swiss chemical technology company founded in 2016, specializing in innovative solutions for the monitoring and detection of cyanide across various sectors, including mining, food safety, wastewater, and healthcare. The company offers a range of products, including the CyanoKit, a semi-quantitative cyanide test, the CyanoGuard mobile quantitative monitoring test, and the Cyano.iO online monitoring and optimization solution. CyanoGuard's technology enables rapid and accurate cyanide detection without the need for specialized training or equipment, making it suitable for use in remote locations. The company's methods are designed to selectively detect cyanide in liquid samples while resisting interference from common substances, thereby providing clients with efficient tools for tracking and managing cyanide levels in diverse applications.

Backbone

Seed Round in 2020
Backbone Art SA operates a platform that connects professional photographers and videographers with businesses and consumers for various visual projects, including real estate photography, event documentation, and food product imaging. The platform offers comprehensive tools for booking, content hosting, post-production, invoicing, and payment processing, enabling users to efficiently order, store, and manage their visual assets. Targeting real estate companies, international event planners, and global marketplaces, Backbone facilitates collaboration among internal teams and external stakeholders. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the company also has an office in Berlin, Germany.

Archlet

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Archlet GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, specializes in developing a cloud-based platform aimed at enhancing strategic sourcing processes for businesses. The platform integrates market insights with company procurement data, streamlining the sourcing decision-making and negotiation processes. By transitioning strategic sourcing activities from traditional methods such as email and spreadsheets to a centralized system, Archlet enables clients to evaluate submissions, monitor events, and gain comprehensive insights into cost drivers and comparisons. This innovative approach allows organizations to source more efficiently and effectively, ultimately facilitating better and faster sourcing decisions.

9T Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, 9T Labs specializes in manufacturing advanced 3D printers that produce carbon composites. Their proprietary technology combines software, additive manufacturing, and industry-standard materials to deliver digital composite production solutions. This enables manufacturers to create lighter structural parts with true 3D fiber orientation at a lower cost.

RoomPriceGenie

Seed Round in 2019
RoomPriceGenie AG, founded in 2017 and based in Steinhausen, Switzerland, specializes in designing and developing revenue management software tailored for hotels, apartments, and vacation rentals. The company's platform offers sophisticated yielding, strategy foresight, and automated updates to optimize room pricing based on demand, occupancy, and availability. By leveraging advanced dynamic pricing algorithms and real-time analytics, RoomPriceGenie ensures optimal pricing strategies. It integrates seamlessly with various property management systems and channel managers, providing both automated pricing adjustments and manual control options. This makes it a versatile tool for small to medium-sized hotels aiming to boost their revenue efficiently. The platform is known for its user-friendly interface and excellent customer support.

9T Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, 9T Labs specializes in manufacturing advanced 3D printers that produce carbon composites. Their proprietary technology combines software, additive manufacturing, and industry-standard materials to deliver digital composite production solutions. This enables manufacturers to create lighter structural parts with true 3D fiber orientation at a lower cost.

Scewo

Seed Round in 2018
Founded in 2017, Scewo designs and manufactures innovative electric wheelchairs for individuals with mobility impairments. Its flagship product is a stair-climbing wheelchair that combines wheels and tracks with an active control system, enabling users to navigate various terrains and obstacles.

CyanoGuard

Seed Round in 2017
CyanoGuard AG is a Swiss chemical technology company founded in 2016, specializing in innovative solutions for the monitoring and detection of cyanide across various sectors, including mining, food safety, wastewater, and healthcare. The company offers a range of products, including the CyanoKit, a semi-quantitative cyanide test, the CyanoGuard mobile quantitative monitoring test, and the Cyano.iO online monitoring and optimization solution. CyanoGuard's technology enables rapid and accurate cyanide detection without the need for specialized training or equipment, making it suitable for use in remote locations. The company's methods are designed to selectively detect cyanide in liquid samples while resisting interference from common substances, thereby providing clients with efficient tools for tracking and managing cyanide levels in diverse applications.

Insightness

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2014, Insightness develops visual tracking systems based on brain-inspired technology. Its systems provide sensor chips with smart pixels for low-power spatial awareness, enabling fast reaction times and lag-free augmented reality experiences.

Wingtra

Seed Round in 2016
Wingtra is a Swiss drone manufacturer that designs the WingtraOne, a vertical take-off and landing VTOL fixed-wing drone that combines plane-like efficiency with VTOL versatility to deliver high-precision aerial data for surveying, mapping, and infrastructure projects. The platform supports sectors including construction, mining, agriculture, forestry, environmental monitoring, urban planning, and land management by capturing detailed data over large areas. Founded in 2014 and launching its market-ready product in 2017, Wingtra serves a global customer base through a network of surveying equipment dealers, enabling professionals to digitize and monitor surroundings with reliable flight performance.

DillySocks

Pre Seed Round in 2016
DillySocks is an e-commerce retailer that specializes in colorful socks and related accessories. The company operates an online shop and emphasizes sustainability, offering products made from organic cotton and using environmentally friendly packaging such as PLA bags to reduce plastic use. Founded in 2013 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, DillySocks markets high-quality, patterned socks and aims to minimize its carbon footprint while providing a variety of eco-friendly options.

Selfnation

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Selfnation is a company that specializes in custom jeans tailoring, blending modern design with classic influences. It focuses on creating sustainable and fairly produced jeans that emphasize individuality and a perfect fit. Utilizing three-dimensional visualization and algorithms, Selfnation offers an innovative online platform where customers can take precise measurements and choose from various colors and styles to create tailor-made trousers. The brand's design ethos, rooted in Berlin's creative spirit and the lifestyle of its Zürich founders, promotes a unique connection between the wearer and the garment. As customers wear their Selfnation jeans, the pants adapt to their personality and lifestyle, becoming a true reflection of their identity.
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