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Swisscom Ventures
Corporate VC · Zurich, Switzerland · Europe
Swisscom Ventures is the venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, the Swiss telecom and ICT provider, and advises investment funds for Swisscom and institutional investors. It takes minority stakes in Swiss and international start-ups and offers portfolio companies access to Swisscom's technical infrastructure, distribution channels and market experts.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsartificial intelligencedeeptechcybersecurityfintechcloudenterprise software
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Or find every investor that fitsSwisscom Ventures lists 74 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 6 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 38% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (20%), Cybersecurity (13%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (13%). 55% of its companies are based in Switzerland. It invests most often alongside Kickstart Innovation, Polytech Ventures Holding and U.S. Venture Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Swisscom 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 Swisscom Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 74. 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 | 13% |
| Seed | 38% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 38% |
| Growth | 13% |
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 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 5 | 4 |
| '26 | 2 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 92th | 74 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 79th | 11% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 14th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 13% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 13% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Fintech | 10% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Kickstart Innovation | 4 |
| Polytech Ventures Holding | 3 |
| U.S. Venture Partners | 3 |
| Verve Ventures | 3 |
| Balderton Capital | 2 |
| EFI Lake Geneva Ventures | 2 |
| Edenred Ventures | 2 |
| Educapital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6791%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company79%
- 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 Kickstart Innovation
Compare Swisscom Ventures 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 Swisscom Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Series B | |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Series B Led | |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Series B Led | |
| 10 Feb 2021 | Series C+ |
Round details for Swisscom Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Swisscom Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
74 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| AccelerComm delivers high-performance, error-resilient physical layer solutions for 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN). | Space & DefenseCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| ActLight develops and licenses innovative light sensor technology, including the Dynamic PhotoDetector, for various applications such as wearable devices and smartphones. | ConsumerHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Actility provides IoT solutions and services, including connectivity, value-added services, and enablement services | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Adello is a Swiss ad tech company with patented AI and a full suite of programmatic advertising solutions | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | |||
| Aircall provides an AI-powered customer communications platform for businesses | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for international payments and financial management. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Feb 2025Series B | Page + round | |
Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | |||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Apono provides a privileged access management platform that grants just-in-time access to humans, machines, and AI agents, then revokes it automatically. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| Arviem provides cargo security and quality monitoring services through real-time tracking and data analytics | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops core technologies for internet access and optimization | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Avrios automates fleet operations, centralizes all data, and provides full transparency across costs, usage, and compliance. | FintechMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Aylight develops and manufactures precision DWDM lasers for optical connectivity in AI datacenters | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Jul 2026Pre-Seed | Page + round | |
| Beekeeper is now part of LumApps | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Beqom provides a platform for managing compensation, performance, and pay equity for global teams. | Human ResourcesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides business software for small and medium-sized enterprises in Switzerland. | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Billogram streamlines every step of the invoicing and payment process, from creation to follow-up | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- swisscom.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Feb 2021
- Companies checked
- 74
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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