A new edition of the Swiss Venture Capital Report was published at the end of January 2019, as a paper magazine and online at https:\/\/www.startupticker.ch\/en\/swiss-venture-capital-report. The report is supported by P&TS and presents the investments made into Swiss startups last year. It also made media headlines, as for the first time more than CHF 1 billion was invested in Swiss start-ups in 2018 \u2013 to be precise, CHF 1.236 billion. \u201cSwitzerland is no longer a risk capital desert,\u201d said NZZ\u2019s headline. <\/p>\n
Some interesting facts: the ICT sector has the highest share (55%) of volume invested in Switzerland, while fintech is growing fast (it is already the leading sector in UK). <\/p>\n
Growth concerns all stages of investments, but in particular seed (+333%) and early (+62%), with also several notable later rounds: (+15%). As in previous years, Zurich and Lausanne have the lions’ share, while Zug, Basel and Geneva also made it to the top positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new edition of the Swiss Venture Capital Report was published at the end of January 2019, as a paper magazine and online at https:\/\/www.startupticker.ch\/en\/swiss-venture-capital-report. The report is supported by P&TS and presents the investments made into Swiss startups last year. It also made media headlines, as for the first time more than CHF 1 billion was invested in Swiss start-ups in 2018 \u2013 to be precise, CHF 1.236 billion. \u201cSwitzerland is no longer a risk capital desert,\u201d said NZZ\u2019s headline. Some interesting facts: the ICT sector has the highest share (55%) of volume invested in Switzerland, while fintech is growing fast (it is already the leading sector in UK). Growth concerns all stages of investments, but in particular seed (+333%) and early (+62%), with also several notable later rounds: (+15%). As in previous years, Zurich and Lausanne have the lions’ share, while Zug, Basel and Geneva also made it to the top positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,228],"tags":[203],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["fr","de","en","it"],"languages":{"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"de":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":false,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"it":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"\n