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Backbone Ventures
Venture capital · Zurich, Switzerland · Europe
Backbone Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Zurich and Frankfurt am Main, founded in 2018. It began investing deal-by-deal without a fund and since September 2022 has invested almost exclusively out of its Backbone Ventures 5502 Fund.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsunderrepresented foundersmigrant founderspre-seedgeneralistdachearly-stage
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Or find every investor that fitsBackbone Ventures lists 40 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 71% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (23%), Healthcare & Biotech (15%) and Fintech (14%). 52% of its companies are based in Switzerland. It invests most often alongside Heartfelt, Kickfund and EquityPitcher Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Backbone Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Backbone Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 40. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 14% |
| Seed | 71% |
| Series A | 14% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 5 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 77th | 40 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 85th | 86% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 83th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 28th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 15% | 15% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 9% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Heartfelt | 3 |
| Kickfund | 3 |
| EquityPitcher Ventures | 2 |
| Oyster Bay Venture Capital | 2 |
| Redalpine | 2 |
| Simon Capital | 2 |
| another.vc | 2 |
| Ajinomoto Group Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers40100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Backbone Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Backbone Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 30 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Round | |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Seed | |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Seed | |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Seed | |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Series A | |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Backbone Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Backbone Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
40 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company sells sleep and recovery products, including hardware and accessories. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Acodis automates document handling for pharma and life sciences companies using AI-powered solutions. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Adon Health offers blood tests and medical care from home, including hormone therapies and doctor-patient consultations | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aepsy allows users to book suitable therapists and psychologists for themselves, couples, parents, and families. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aerospec analyzes particulate matter in the air using real-time chemical analysis technology. | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Atfinity provides an AI-powered no-code process automation platform for banks | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Boostbar provides complete coffee and catering solutions for businesses | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| CareerFairy provides a platform for students and graduates to discover jobs and internships, meet recruiters and employees, and get career tips through live streams and other resources. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloudsquid provides autonomous inbox solutions for finance operations, including order processing, trade deductions, and dispute management | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Creaitor provides an AI visibility and GEO platform to help brands understand and improve their representation in AI search results | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an eAuction solution for procurement teams to manage negotiations and sourcing projects | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Feb 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| The company sells various products such as flavored drops, energy drops, and accessories to help people drink more water and maintain a healthy routine. | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides autonomous harvesting robots for greenhouse operations | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Round | Page + round | |
| Eudia provides an AI platform for legal, procurement, and government acquisition teams to assist with tasks such as research, drafting, and analysis | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Evoralis develops innovative enzymes to efficiently recycle plastics back into high-quality plastics. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Exakt Health offers running training and prehab plans through their app. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fabrikatör provides inventory management software for e-commerce businesses, particularly those using Shopify. | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Faircado aggregates millions of second-hand offers from various marketplaces in one app | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an investment app for pillar 3a and ETF investments. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Flytrex delivers food and other goods to customers' yards using drones. | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- backbone.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Feb 2025
- Companies checked
- 40
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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