Swiss Venture Capital Report 2026 Update
Overall invested capital declined by 15.5% compared to the first half of 2025.
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Overall invested capital declined by 15.5% compared to the first half of 2025.
The total number of financing rounds fell by 10.1% year-on-year to 124 rounds.
Swiss VC funds allocate an average of 30% of invested capital and 50% of their total number of investments to Swiss start-ups.
A new record of 397 financing rounds was set for Swiss start-ups in 2023.
Preliminary H1 2023 fundraising figures for Europe reached €32.9bn, marking a 60% drop compared to the revised H1 2022 figure.
In the first half of 2022, total invested capital in Swiss start-up financing rose to almost CHF 2.6 billion across more than 160 financing rounds.
Investments in Swiss start-ups recorded an increase of 44 % in invested capital, reaching 3059 CHF m in 2021.
ICT/Fintech investment more than doubled to achieve a record volume of over CHF 1.5 billion.
The Swiss venture capital market recorded an overall growth rate of 86%.
Swiss startups raised CHF 1236 million in funding in 2018.
Total venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 937.7 million in 2017 across 175 financing rounds.
Venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups reached a peak of CHF 676 million across 120 financing rounds in 2015.
Swiss start-ups received a total of CHF415.3 million across 90 venture capital financing rounds in 2013.