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Global HQ
Rotkreuz, Switzerland
Countries of investment
  • Switzerland
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • Deep Tech
  • Healthcare
  • Biotech
About
VI Partners is a leading Swiss venture capital firm founded in 2001 that specializes in financing early-stage, technology-based companies. They focus on deep-tech spin-offs from prominent Swiss research institutions, supporting them with capital, expertise, and an extensive network.
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Investment Thesis

VI Partners is a Swiss-based deep-tech venture capital firm investing in promising technology spin-offs from Swiss federal institutes of technology and universities. They focus on Healthcare and Industrial & Digital Technologies sectors, providing hands-on support from seed to later stages. Their unique value proposition lies in their extensive network and deep expertise in building successful companies from early scientific concepts.
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Manager's Experience

The partners at VI Partners bring extensive and long-standing experience in venture capital, with several partners having been with the firm since its early years in 2000-2001. Their backgrounds combine deep technical expertise from fields like molecular biology, computer science, and engineering (often from top Swiss universities like ETH Zurich and EPFL) with business and finance experience from firms like McKinsey, UBS, and Credit Suisse. The team's collective expertise is focused on supporting university spin-offs and companies in the healthcare, ICT, MedTech, and deep tech sectors.

VI Partners Contacts Information

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Team

Diego Braguglia - Partner

Alain Nicod - Partner

Arnd Kaltofen - Partner

Joe Pater - Partner

Olivier Philippe - Partner

Philip Bodmer - Partner

Cédric Latessa - Investment Manager

Dominik Escher - Investment Manager

Frank Floether - Investment Manager

Nadiya Chernyak - Investment Manager

Portfolio

9T Labs

Agrosustain

Battrion

Bcomp

CUTISS

Embion

hemotune

L.E.S.S.

leadXpro

Lunaphore

Memo Therapeutics

Oculis

Scailyte

Teralytics

Voliro

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