Connecting the Swiss innovation ecosystem.
Showcase what you're building, get matched with investors who fit your stage and sector, and find the people who can help you grow — across all 26 Swiss cantons.
Switzerland built this. But it's disconnected.
Brilliant startups in Zurich. Ambitious founders in Geneva. Emerging tech in Lausanne. Deep tech in Basel. The ecosystem is vibrant — but fragmented across 26 separate hubs that rarely talk to each other.
#1 in the world for innovation.
Switzerland leads the world on innovation — yet 26 separate ecosystems mean most opportunities never connect. Your next co-founder, investor, or customer exists. You just can't find them.
Sources: WIPO Global Innovation Index 2025 · EY Startup Barometer Switzerland 2025
Most remain undiscovered.
Only high-visibility startups get opportunities. The brilliant founder in Fribourg, the team in St. Gallen, the deep tech lab in Neuchâtel — they lack stage and voice.
- 01High-visibility startups get funded.
- 02Talented founders remain unseen.
- 03Opportunities flow to the same few.
Everyone gets a voice.
ventures.swiss gives every founder, startup, and innovator across all 26 cantons equal visibility. One unified Swiss network — yours to find, and to be found in.
- 01Equal visibility.
- 02Complete access.
- 03Unified network.
This is why we built ventures.swiss
One platform to connect and unify Swiss innovation — built around four core surfaces:
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- Q1 2026First megaton plant online
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- Sep 2025ISO 14064 certification
Built for every Swiss founder, investor, and innovator — and the people who connect them.
Try the live demoIt connects everything.
One platform, infinite connections. Founders meet investors. Investors find startups. Innovators reach the people who can build with them. All in real time.
Every match is a real person, a real role, a real moment of possibility. The platform makes it visible — and reachable.
Everything you need to be discovered.
The goal: every Swiss founder, investor, and innovator discoverable to every other. One platform. Free, for the people who build.
Showcase profile
Build an interactive profile in minutes. Pin what you're building, your team, hiring needs, and projects.
Smart matching
Get matched with the right investors, founders, or collaborators — based on stage, sector, and canton.
Open discovery
Browse every founder, lab, and fund across all 26 cantons. Filter by stage, sector, or canton.
Promote your work
Share updates, milestones, and launches to a curated Swiss innovation audience.
Open.
ventures.swiss is built in the open. Investors, accelerators, universities, and corporates can co-found the platform — shape what gets built, and put your name on the home of Swiss innovation.
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