Investors / Switzerland / Kickstart Innovation
Kickstart Innovation
Accelerator · Zurich, Switzerland · Europe
Kickstart Innovation runs an open innovation program that connects startups with corporates, public and private organizations, investors and experts to develop commercial partnerships and pilot projects. It also coaches intrapreneurship teams from partner companies and organizes formats such as hackathons, team sprints and expert sessions.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsopen innovationsustainabilitycircular economyfintechinsurtechsmart cities
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Or find every investor that fitsKickstart Innovation lists 294 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (18%), Healthcare & Biotech (13%) and Education (12%). 34% of its companies are based in Switzerland. It invests most often alongside Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka, Y Combinator and Creative Destruction Lab.
No funding round on record names Kickstart Innovation yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Kickstart Innovation's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 294. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Education | 12% | 7% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka | 5 |
| Y Combinator | 5 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 4 |
| Swisscom Ventures | 4 |
| Techstars | 4 |
| Accel | 3 |
| Entrepreneurs First | 3 |
| Founderful | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 99th | 295 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 8th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 100th | 26 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers28196%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company134%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka
Compare Kickstart Innovation head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
294 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides AI-based solutions for foreign exchange management and risk management | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Acodis automates document handling for pharma and life sciences companies using AI-powered solutions. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | |||
| Advection Engineering provides companionship services for high-class connections and social events. | Enterprise SoftwareHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aidonic AG provides software for nonprofits to manage payments, data, and distributions in various countries. | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Ai Palette provides an AI-powered platform for consumer insights and product development in the consumer packaged goods industry | Food & AgricultureConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AirBie develops and provides smart bike locks with GPS, LoRaWAN, and Bluetooth, along with a mobile app and smart city analytics software | Mobility & LogisticsCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a self-service IoT platform to build smart solutions. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
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| Almanax is a company that offers an AI-native application security product for automated vulnerability detection and CI/CD security | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AMP IT installs, finances, and operates electric vehicle charging systems for multi-residential and commercial buildings | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | |||
| Apiax provides regulatory technology for financial institutions | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides personalized adaptive learning solutions | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Asteria provides a financial overview platform that connects to bank and accounting systems to track cash flow, expenses, and business performance | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Atlas Metrics provides infrastructure for non-financial data | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company works on decentralized finance mechanisms on Ethereum. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Atwork provides an employee engagement platform with various tools for measuring engagement, performance, and impact | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aurigin.ai detects audio deepfakes and provides voice anti-spoofing solutions in real-time. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- kickstart-innovation.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 10 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 294
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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