Swiss Venture Capital Report 2024
A new record of 397 financing rounds was set for Swiss start-ups in 2023.
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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.
Pessimistic perception of the current fundraising environment was shared by 70% of VC respondents in 2023.
Preliminary H1 2022 fundraising figures for Europe reached €64.5bn, close to the H1 2021 record figure of €66.0bn.
The 2022 wave of the survey gathered anonymised responses from 443 venture capital fund managers across 362 VC firms.
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.
ICT/Fintech investment more than doubled to achieve a record volume of over CHF 1.5 billion.
Investments in Swiss start-ups recorded an increase of 44 % in invested capital, reaching 3059 CHF m in 2021.
Swiss venture capital investment experienced a 7% decrease overall.
Investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 1.7 billion across 124 financing rounds in the first half of 2021.
During the first half of 2020, CHF 763 million was invested into Swiss start-ups across 105 financing rounds.
The Swiss venture capital market recorded an overall growth rate of 86%.
In 2018, nearly CHF 1.24 billion in venture capital was invested in Swiss start-ups, representing an increase of 31.8% on the previous year.
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.
In 2016, 151 financing rounds of Swiss start-ups were reported, representing an increase of 26% compared with 2015.
Venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups reached a peak of CHF 676 million across 120 financing rounds in 2015.
In 2014, Swiss start-ups collected CHF 457 million in 92 financing rounds, representing an increase of about 10 % on the previous year.
Swiss start-ups received a total of CHF415.3 million across 90 venture capital financing rounds in 2013.