SICTIC Investment Report 2022 (SICTIC (Swiss ICT Investor Club))
Summary
- SICTIC facilitated 110 funding rounds in 2021, accounting for 71% of all early-stage ICT investments in Switzerland.p.6
- Overall Swiss startup funding reached over CHF 3.1 billion across 355 financing rounds in 2021.p.18
- Startups in the SICTIC portfolio have received over CHF 1.4 billion in total accumulated investment.p.7
- SICTIC portfolio startups have created over 4,000 jobs by the end of 2021.p.18
- A total of 45 Swiss startups achieved unicorn status since 2013, with 21 becoming unicorns between 2020 and March 2022.p.10
- Swiss TMT M&A activity completed 105 deals valued at $19.9 billion in 2021.p.37
Key insights
- International investors provided 86% of the CHF 3 billion invested in Swiss startups in 2021, with the US contributing 28%.p.8
- The revised BVV2 asset allocation guidelines effective January 1st 2022 allow Swiss pension funds to allocate up to 5% of assets to private equity or private debt.p.5
- B2B is the predominant business model in the SICTIC portfolio, accounting for 73% of startups.p.19
- Fintech represents the largest portfolio sector at 18%, comprising 36 funded startups.p.19
- Canton Zürich holds the largest concentration of SICTIC portfolio startups with 102 companies, followed by Canton Vaud with 28.p.19
- In 2021, SICTIC screened 285 tech startup applications and presented 74 on stage.p.48
- The UK served as Switzerland's primary partner for both inbound and outbound Swiss TMT M&A transactions in 2021.p.36
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