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Sector Analysis
Biotech and ICT dominated 2025, together attracting 58% of total investment. AI was a cross-sector accelerant — involved in 32% of all financing rounds. Data covers full-year 2025.
Source: startupticker.ch — Swiss Venture Capital Report 2026, published January 2026 in cooperation with SECA (Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association) and startup.ch.
Market Context
Swiss biotech raised CHF 946 million in 2025 — a record — driven by Basel-Stadt (95% of the canton's total investment) and the global demand for precision medicine. Startups like Arrivent Biopharma and CRISPR Therapeutics contributed to this surge.
Source: Swiss Venture Capital Report 2026, startupticker.ch
ICT and software investment nearly tripled to CHF 774 million in 2025. Of 354 total financing rounds, 163 (32%) involved an AI component, representing approximately CHF 1.1 billion. Zurich's AI ecosystem — Google DeepMind, ETH Zurich spin-offs — was the primary driver.
Source: Swiss Venture Capital Report 2026, startupticker.ch / SECA, Jan 2026
Seed and Series A investments reached a record CHF 1.116 billion in 2025 — up 73% year-on-year. This reflects a growing appetite among Swiss investors for early-stage exposure, and validates Invesdors' focus on pre-institutional rounds under the FinSA Art. 36 exemption.
Source: Swiss Venture Capital Report 2026, startupticker.ch / SECA
FinSA (in force since 2020) establishes clear prospectus exemptions for raises below CHF 8M per rolling 12 months (Art. 36(1)(e)) or below 500 investors (Art. 36(1)(b)). This framework makes digital equity infrastructure viable at scale without the cost of a full FINMA-reviewed prospectus.
Source: FinSA Art. 36, SR 950.1 · admin.ch · FINMA
Data sources & transparency. All statistics on this page are drawn from: (1) Swiss Venture Capital Report 2026 — startupticker.ch in cooperation with SECA and startup.ch, published January 2026 (covers full-year 2025); (2) BFS STATENT 2023 — Swiss Federal Statistical Office Structural Business Statistics, admin.ch; (3) FinSA Art. 36 — Federal Act on Financial Services, SR 950.1, admin.ch. Invesdors does not manufacture or extrapolate data. Last updated: May 2025.