Startups from sectors such as AI, energy generation and storage continue to attract the interest of investors - and there is dry powder as we see from the Swiss Venture Capital H1 report. However, given the mixed picture of the overal landscape the lesson is for startups to start early with preparing their next financing round, work on their ability to scale and prove it.
In the first six months of the current year, Swiss start-ups generated a total of CHF 1,082.4 million in venture capital. This represents a decline of 9.5% on 2023. The number of financing rounds also decreased, falling by 10.4% to 138. But although the figures are roughly similar to those of last year, analysis of investment by sector and maturity level of the start-ups shows clear differences and a contradictory picture emerges. Although young start-ups from some sectors or fields such as AI and energy generation and storage are able to attract investors, late stage investment is in short supply. This half-year update to Swiss Venture Capital Report, published by the online news portal startupticker.ch and the investor association SECA in cooperation with startup.ch, shows that investors are more confident than a year ago. According to the broad-based survey of about 100 Swiss start-up investors, conducted by SECA, the vast majority expect the number of investment opportunities and the number of investments to increase. Thomas Heimann, MSc Maurice R.H. Pedergnana Andrea Villiger SECA - Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association Ulrich Geilinger Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler Sandra Tobler Roland Siegwart Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli Lorenzo Ambrosini Tomas Brenner Cornelia Gut-Villa Simone Riedel Riley, CFA Christian Elias Schneider #VentureCapital #Report #SVCR https://lnkd.in/ebvHx3ih
