{"id":2538,"date":"2016-08-09T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startups.ch\/en\/blog\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2016-08-09T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T12:30:04","slug":"financing-venture-capital-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/financing-venture-capital-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture Capital Switzerland: Financing Start-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Venture Capital in Switzerland is offered by some organisations. It\u00a0is institutional equity, which is provided by specific funds. Venture Capital is provided mostly in the early Start-up-phase. Venture Capital funds finance Start-ups and offer higher\u00a0amounts than Business Angels.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"842\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/?attachment_id=842\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Fotolia_Sparschwein.jpg?fit=690%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"690,279\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;je&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Schlierner - Fotolia&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;schweizerfranken&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Venture Capital\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Fotolia_Sparschwein.jpg?fit=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Fotolia_Sparschwein.jpg?fit=690%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-842\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.startups.ch\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Fotolia_Sparschwein.jpg?resize=690%2C279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Venture Capital\" width=\"690\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Fotolia_Sparschwein.jpg?w=690&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Fotolia_Sparschwein.jpg?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Profile of Venture Capital:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Who: Specialised Funds (VCs) or Companies (Corporate VCs)<\/li>\n<li>Investment: Money, Network to Co-Investors<\/li>\n<li>Amount: Over CHF 500`000<\/li>\n<li>Target of Investors Profit, Multiplication of Investment<\/li>\n<li>Phase: Mostly in expansion phase, sometimes earlier<\/li>\n<li>Quantity structure: Approximately CHF 600 Mio. per year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Some Venture Capital Organisations in Switzerland:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aravis: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aravis.ch\/\">http:\/\/www.aravis.ch\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blue Ocean\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueocean-ventures.com\/\">http:\/\/www.blueocean-ventures.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creathor Venture\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creathor.de\/en\/\">http:\/\/www.creathor.de\/en\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Index Ventures\u00a0: <a href=\"http:\/\/indexventures.com\/\">http:\/\/indexventures.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Redalpine: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redalpine.com\/\">http:\/\/www.redalpine.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Z\u00fchlke: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zuehlke.com\/ch\/de\/\">http:\/\/www.zuehlke.com\/ch\/de\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Swisscom Ventures: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swisscom.ch\/de\/ventures\/about.html\">https:\/\/www.swisscom.ch\/de\/ventures\/about.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips and Tricks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get in touch personally and early. You need a perfect business plan as well as an investment teaser and later the personal presentation in front oft he Venture Capitalist. Inform yourself good about branches in which the VC invests to increase your chances.\u00a0An entertaining example is the TV show on Vox \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLqI90ylGNhawPrHq6CGTcemMmSLvfbgUv\">Die H\u00f6hle der L\u00f6wen<\/a>\u00bb. Definitely the examples are exaggerated, but it can give you evidence about certain important questions. We support you and can offer advice from our experts and network.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"postButton\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/category\/startup-szene\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00bb Startup scene<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"postButton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startups.ch\/de\/gruenden\/startupsch\/10000-firmengruendungen\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00bb Found Online <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture Capital in Switzerland is offered by some organisations. It\u00a0is institutional equity, which is provided by specific funds. Venture Capital is provided mostly in the early Start-up-phase. 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