Finance¶
Venture Capital¶
SISTIC: leading angel investor network in Switzerland.
Note
2025-05-07: Phone call to +41 79 850 69 66. No pitch deck review. Apply directly for pitch and the jury will evaluate the pitch deck.
2025-05-22: Webinar SICTIC Investor Day @ Google Zurich, some notes
2025-06-19: Application has been submitted to SICTIC, including the Financial Plan and the Investment Round Pre-Seed. Our Company Profile can be shared with investors, mentors and other stakeholders. This is the SICTIC dingx Profile.
2025-07-07: SICTIC refused the application.
2025-07-15: The SICTIC jury has started to review your application with dingx.
2025-09-15: Feedback from SICTIC: not selected for the forthcoming pitching event. Kept it longer in the Jury funnel and the application remains visible to investors on the platform.
Once the investor pitch deck has been updated, update the SICTIC dingx Profile. |
Attend the next SICTIC Investor Day on 30 October 2025 at 5 p.m. in Lausanne. |
Review the Ecosystem Map to which to apply for funding. |
Tenity: Zurich Fin/Tech Accelerator, solution or a use case for the finance or insurance sector.
Note
2025-05-06: No phone number exist. Pitch deck review request sent via website.
2025-06-11: Went to the Tenity Zurich Demo Day Batch XIV on Wednesday, 11 June 2025 at Google Zurich.
2025-06-13: Booked 2 tickets for the Tenity Zurich Demo Day Batch XV on Thursday, 4 December 2025 at 16:00.
2025-06-14: Tenity Application has been submitted to Tenity.
2025-06-25: Tenity refused the application. Reason ist the earyl stage of our company.
Reapply for Tenity Application later on, once all the prerequisites have been fulfilled. |
Swiss Startup: database of Swiss startup investors.
Select Appropriate Investors from the list and apply to them. |
ZKB finances innovative start-ups with venture capital
Financing Inquiry for a financing request, including the pitch deck. |
Gebert Rüf Stiftung considers itself to be a private grant-making foundation which wants to trigger something fundamentally new that will have a long-term impact.
Note
2025-05-07: Phone call to 061 270 88 22: no challenge of pitch deck. Is a mainly science-based investor. Possible to apply for “Innobooster”. Next timelines are:
Deadline application: 01.09.2025
Pitch to Board: 22.10.2025
Gebert Rüf Stiftung: Apply for Innobooster Programme. The next application deadline is 1 December 2025. They support high-potential businesses based at universities, so it is unlikely that our application will succeed. In addition, the requirements for submitting a project proposal are high. |
WeBuild Ventures: create technology ventures in Switzerland
WeBuild Founder Job: startup studio that creates tech startups across various sector
Fusion Partners: venture builder Yanis Elalamy
Note
2025-05-12: E-Mail to Yanis Elalamy has been sent to discuss collaboration.
2025-07-18: E-Mail Reminder to Yanis Elalamy for the collaboration.
Fusion Partners: answer from Yanis Elalamy to the e-mail regarding collaboration. |
Founderful: venture capital firm based in Switzerland
Note
2025-05-07: Phone call to +41 44 291 93 16: no reply. E-mail request for pitch deck review sent.
2025-05-26: E-Mail answer from Founderful : The team does not have the time to provide detailed feedback. Send the pitch deck to check if it is suitable for investment by Founderful.
2025-06-14: Founderful Application has been submitted to Founderful.
Feedback to the application. Program is only active from September till December and from March till June. If applying outside of these windows, wait until the student partners are back on campus. |
Reto Laemmler: Co-Founder & Ex-CEO TestingTime
Get in touch with Reto Laemmler, as he might be someone who could invest in our business. |
4B Capital AG: financial services
Übermorgen Ventures AG: invest in early-stage startups
Verve Capital Partners AG: venture capital investor
b2venture: early-stage venture capital firm
Note
2025-05-07: Phone call to +41 71 242 20 00. No challenge of pitch deck. If pitch deck is ready, send per e-mail “screening@b2venture.vc” the pitch deck including financial figures. Link to e-mail is also available on their website.
2025-06-19: The pitch deck, including financial figures, has been sent via E-Mail to b2venture.
2025-07-02: b2venture refused the application. From their view the market we address is subject to considerable competition already.
Thomas Dübendorfer: angel investor and president SICTIC
Maurice Pedergnana: General Secretary SECA - Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association
Note
2025-05-08: Talk with Maurice Pedergnana at Lina’s Winterthur, introducing the project. Answer from him: work with business angels in the first round.