Investors / Switzerland / Groundshift
Groundshift
Investor · Zurich, Switzerland · Europe
Groundshift is a Swiss investment advisor that arranges investments, including primaries, secondaries, carve-outs and structured transactions. It identifies off-market opportunities through institutional relationships and proprietary data models, and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance and connections to institutional customers.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsfintechb2bwealthtechregtechdigital assetssecondary
Your fit with Groundshift
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Or find every investor that fitsGroundshift lists 11 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (53%), AI & Machine Learning (18%) and Crypto & Web3 (12%). 40% of its companies are based in Switzerland. It invests most often alongside 6 Degrees Capital, Block Chain Valley Ventures and C3 Venture Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Groundshift, 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 Groundshift's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 11. 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 | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 27th | 11 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 75th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 86th | 53% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 6 Degrees Capital | 1 |
| Block Chain Valley Ventures | 1 |
| C3 Venture Capital | 1 |
| Consensys Mesh | 1 |
| Elevator Ventures | 1 |
| Fabric Ventures | 1 |
| IBB Ventures | 1 |
| Kickstart Innovation | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers11100%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 53% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 12% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 6% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with 6 Degrees Capital
Compare Groundshift head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Groundshift| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for Groundshift
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Groundshift's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
11 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AssetMax.ai helps investors source better deals, execute with confidence, and maximise exit value. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blockpit provides software and expert services to help track and manage cryptocurrency portfolios and taxes. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| Blocksize is a market data provider for crypto and tokenized assets. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers car subscription services in Switzerland. | Mobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides conversational automation solutions for enterprises | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| NENNA.AI provides a platform for enterprise companies to use leading AI models while keeping their data secure | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Orbit Markets provides liquidity in crypto options and structured products and offers over-the-counter trading services. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Raquest provides software for financial institutions to handle withholding tax processing, reporting, and e-filing | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides trading, clearing and settlement services for crypto-asset markets for institutions. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Storyline transforms how financial professionals engage clients and drive growth by delivering AI-powered, hyper-personalized video content. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Wyden provides a platform for institutional trading of digital assets | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- groundshift.co
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 26 May 2026
- Companies checked
- 11
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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