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Verve Ventures
Venture capital · Switzerland · Europe
Verve Ventures is a European venture capital investor focused on deep tech. It invests in pre-seed and seed stage companies and also offers access to its investments for family offices, wealth managers, institutions, founders and executives.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsdeep techenergycomputinghealthbiosustainability
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Or find every investor that fitsVerve Ventures lists 16 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Healthcare & Biotech (21%) and Space & Defense (8%). 36% of its companies are based in Switzerland. It invests most often alongside Swisscom Ventures, Agoranov and Innovation Industries.
No funding round on record names Verve Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Verve Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 16. 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 | 33% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| Climate & Energy | 8% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 4% | 1% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Swisscom Ventures | 3 |
| Agoranov | 2 |
| Innovation Industries | 2 |
| UVC Partners | 2 |
| imec.xpand | 2 |
| 360 Capital | 1 |
| 3LB Seed Capital | 1 |
| 55 North | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 42th | 16 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 | 62th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers16100%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Swisscom Ventures
Compare Verve Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
16 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Atana Elements explores and develops critical mineral resources using technology and geological expertise | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Axelera.ai develops and provides AI accelerators and related software and systems for various industries and applications. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Beekeeper is now part of LumApps | Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| C12 redefines the materials and architecture behind quantum hardware using carbon | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ecorobotix develops and sells AI-powered precision agriculture technology, including sprayers that use artificial intelligence to detect and treat crops and weeds. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Groove Quantum develops quantum computing technology using germanium qubits | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Kandou develops and provides AI infrastructure products, including USB4 and PCIe retimers, switches, and chiplet interconnect IP solutions. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Kyron Bio unlocks precise, programmable control over N-glycans, enabling new therapeutic design choices that can improve efficacy, stability and functionality. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Memo Therapeutics develops therapeutic antibodies to treat viral infections and cancer. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Metafuels develops new and affordable sustainable aviation fuel solutions | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Neustark turns mineral waste streams into carbon sinks by permanently binding CO2 into mineral waste, removing it from the atmosphere at scale. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Orakl Oncology is building a platform to bring breakthrough treatments to patients using an AI engine for oncology drug development | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Q.ANT develops and produces photonic computing products for efficient AI and HPC in data centers | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company recovers critical raw materials from lithium-ion batteries | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Transmutex produces actinium-225 for high-precision cancer treatments at an industrial scale using a high-power cyclotron and a faster extraction process. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- verve.vc
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 16
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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