Privilège Ventures

Privilège Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Switzerland, with offices in Zurich and Lugano. Founded in 2016, it operates as the venture capital arm of Privilège Management SA and is authorized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. The firm specializes in investing in seed and early-stage startups across various sectors, including deep technology, fertility, industrial technology, medtech, software, and wearables. Privilège Ventures primarily focuses on opportunities within Switzerland and the broader European market. The firm aims to support young entrepreneurs by leveraging its extensive experience and networks, providing them with the necessary resources to succeed in building innovative businesses.

Cesare Pezzini

Investment Associate

Alessandro Ragni

Associate

18 past transactions

Develop Players

Seed Round in 2023
Develop Players is a software company focused on creating digital games that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to support children with learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The company designs video games aimed at enhancing cognitive skills by targeting specific areas of the brain essential for learning and attention. Through its innovative approach, Develop Players aims to provide engaging solutions that facilitate improved learning outcomes for children and adolescents facing these challenges.

Avelo

Seed Round in 2022
Avelo mission is to save lives by bringing fast and actionable infectious disease diagnoses to primary care.

Wyth

Seed Round in 2022
Wyth specializes in developing technologies that foster meaningful relationships beyond digital interfaces. Its flagship product, Wyth Circle, is an all-in-one digital platform designed for large organizations to create and manage private communities, host multiple events, and facilitate collaboration. The platform addresses key challenges by offering a fully owned, private digital space that ensures data ownership and brand control. Wyth Circle's flexible architecture allows for customizable user experiences, catering to the unique needs of each organization. By streamlining operations, the platform claims to reduce running and implementation costs by approximately 80%. With a solid foundation built on data and feedback from pilot brands across Europe, Wyth has successfully engaged tens of thousands of users from over one hundred countries through various devices. The company has been funded through revenues and a pre-seed investment round, enabling it to continue refining its offerings and expanding its reach.

Smeetz

Series A in 2022
Smeetz SA is an online booking platform based in Lausanne, Switzerland, that specializes in the leisure and entertainment industry. Founded in 2016, the company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to streamline event organization and promotion. Its platform incorporates AI-powered tools for sales, marketing, reservation management, ticket booking, and distribution. Smeetz employs dynamic pricing strategies and data analytics to help venues optimize revenue and enhance operational efficiency. The platform also includes features such as a booking widget, cross-channel sales, access control, payment methods, and customizable ticket solutions. By unifying commerce and embedding financial tools, Smeetz aims to transform the customer experience in the leisure sector, enabling businesses to thrive in a competitive environment.

Inergio

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Inergio is an EPFL spin-off that specializes in developing portable energy units featuring advanced fuel cell technology. Founded by Mahmoud Hadad, the company has created a modular fuel cell system that delivers ten times the power while being half the weight of existing solutions. Utilizing standard fuels such as butane and propane, Inergio's technology ensures high autonomy and can be scaled for various applications, including charging consumer electronics, providing auxiliary power for drones, and serving as fuel cells for automobiles. With a working prototype already in place, Inergio aims to launch its minimal viable product to engage in pilot projects with potential partners and customers, focusing on delivering clean, efficient, and lightweight energy solutions that allow for grid independence.

Adiposs

Seed Round in 2021
Adiposs SA is a clinical-stage life science company focused on developing innovative medical imaging products aimed at the early detection of cachexia, a serious condition characterized by severe body wasting. The company has created a first-in-class CT contrast product that allows for the detection of body wasting prior to noticeable weight loss, potentially up to a year earlier. This advancement enables healthcare providers to identify cancer at an earlier stage, ultimately improving patient outcomes and enhancing their quality of life. By facilitating timely intervention, Adiposs aims to provide patients with a better chance of survival against cancer and other chronic illnesses.

Xsensio

Seed Round in 2021
Xsensio is a digital health company focused on addressing the challenge of real-time, continuous monitoring of health parameters. It is developing an innovative Lab-on-Skin wearable device that serves as a miniaturized sensing platform, enabling continuous and real-time analysis of biochemical information at the skin's surface. This technology allows for the precise measurement of various health indicators, such as electrolytes, metabolites, hormones, and proteins, akin to traditional blood tests but in a minimally invasive manner. By providing unprecedented insights during critical health events, Xsensio aims to enhance patient care and shift the healthcare industry from a static to a dynamic approach in health monitoring.

Wyth

Seed Round in 2021
Wyth specializes in developing technologies that foster meaningful relationships beyond digital interfaces. Its flagship product, Wyth Circle, is an all-in-one digital platform designed for large organizations to create and manage private communities, host multiple events, and facilitate collaboration. The platform addresses key challenges by offering a fully owned, private digital space that ensures data ownership and brand control. Wyth Circle's flexible architecture allows for customizable user experiences, catering to the unique needs of each organization. By streamlining operations, the platform claims to reduce running and implementation costs by approximately 80%. With a solid foundation built on data and feedback from pilot brands across Europe, Wyth has successfully engaged tens of thousands of users from over one hundred countries through various devices. The company has been funded through revenues and a pre-seed investment round, enabling it to continue refining its offerings and expanding its reach.

IDUN Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
IDUN Technologies AG is a Swiss neurotechnology startup founded in 2017, specializing in the design and manufacture of advanced biosensors for wearable devices. The company’s flagship product, DRYODES, features dry conductive electrodes that facilitate bio-potential monitoring, including electrocardiography (ECG), electroencephalography (EEG), and electromyography (EMG). IDUN Technologies aims to integrate neuroscience into everyday products, allowing connected devices to understand and respond to users' emotional needs through real-time neuro-markers. By developing innovative biosensor technology and a comprehensive neurofeedback value chain—from electrode manufacturing to product integration—IDUN enables industries to harness brain signal monitoring for enhanced user experiences. The company's Guardian Neuro-Intelligence Platform exemplifies this approach, utilizing in-ear EEGs to provide actionable insights that improve product design and interaction. Through this integration of emotion intelligence and connected devices, IDUN Technologies aspires to foster a more connected and empathetic world.

Hydromea

Venture Round in 2021
A scalable multi-robot inspection and sensing system that is permanently installed out at sea, or deployable from mobile autonomous crafts, and can be tasked remotely to carry out regular inspections, environmental measurements and emergency response. Focus is on portability, affordability and ruggedness (to withstand hostile underwater environment).

AgroSustain

Series A in 2021
AgroSustain SA, founded in 2018 and based in Nyon, Switzerland, specializes in developing natural and organic solutions for plant protection, particularly against fungal pathogens that affect fruits and vegetables. The company creates biological fungicides and coatings using plant extracts to prevent the growth of harmful fungi, such as botrytis cinerea and fusarium oxysporum. By extending the shelf life of crops, AgroSustain aims to reduce food waste and support organic food production. Their innovative approach focuses on providing sustainable, farm-to-fork solutions that help farmers maintain the quality of their produce while minimizing reliance on synthetic chemicals.

Biospectal

Seed Round in 2021
Biospectal is a company focused on remote patient monitoring and biosensing, having developed the OptiBP smartphone app and data platform for blood pressure measurement. This innovative app allows users to measure their blood pressure using the built-in camera of a smartphone, capturing blood flow through the fingertip in a quick and easy manner. The measurement process takes approximately 20 seconds, which is significantly faster than traditional blood pressure cuffs. Biospectal’s proprietary algorithms analyze the optical signals captured by the camera to provide accurate blood pressure readings. Currently, the public beta of the OptiBP app for Android is available in several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. This technology empowers individuals to monitor their blood pressure anytime and anywhere, transforming smartphones into medical-grade devices without the need for additional peripherals.

Cyltronic

Seed Round in 2021
Cytronic AG is the brand for compact and user-friendly linear drives and the market leader with the worldwide unique electric cylinder.

Cyltronic

Seed Round in 2020
Cytronic AG is the brand for compact and user-friendly linear drives and the market leader with the worldwide unique electric cylinder.

Annaida Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Annaida Technologies has developed a groundbreaking device, EmbryoSpin, that performs microscopic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (“µNMR”) at a scale 10-fold better than existing technologies.

Mojo

Seed Round in 2019
For everyone who wants to expand their family-building potential, Mojo offers an online fertility care platform helping humans to test, understand and improve their fertility. Unlike current fertility care systems, which are only accessible by the privileged few at high costs and inferior effectiveness, the Mojo platform is accessible to everyone and powered by AI to ensure an unmatched level of effectiveness, scientific standard, and convenience at remarkable pricing.

Picstars

Venture Round in 2019
Picstars AG operates an online platform that connects brands with influencers and advertisement content creators, specializing in the sponsorship of brand ambassadors, particularly athletes. Founded in 2014 and based in Zürich, Switzerland, Picstars allows companies to identify suitable talents in sports and lifestyle to promote their campaigns via social media. The platform facilitates the creation of marketing campaigns and provides tools for performance tracking, enabling brands to measure the success of their influencer partnerships effectively. By streamlining the matchmaking process between brands and influencers, Picstars enhances the efficiency of marketing strategies in the digital age.
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