Venture Kick

company

About

Venture Kick is a private, philanthropic initiative that provides pre-seed funding to entrepreneurs from Swiss universities.

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Details

Founded date
Sep 1, 2007
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
Incubator

Venture Kick, a private philanthropic initiative, provides as much 150,000 Swiss francs in pre-seed funding to Swiss startups and offers structured, entrepreneurial training to build robust, winning businesses. Entrepreneurs pitch for finance as many as three times, as they compete for increasing amounts of funding at each stage. Founders gain direct feedback from the expert juries and access to an international network of successful entrepreneurs and investors.

Venture Kick has supported 600 Swiss startup projects with 24.9 million francs to date. Supported projects have incorporated as 454 active companies, creating 6,033 jobs, and attracting 2.49 billion francs worth of subsequent investment. Companies founded by Venture Kick alums represented 55 percent of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2018.

In 2019 Venture Kick will support idea-stage startup projects with 4.35 million francs, to bring Swiss science to global markets.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
31
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Venture Kick has made 31 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 22, 2022, when Avelo raised Fr150K.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Jun 22, 2022 Avelo
Grant Fr150K Health Care Yes
Grant Fr150K Augmented Reality Yes
Jul 8, 2020 Miraex
Grant Fr40K Aerospace Yes
Apr 1, 2020 flowbone
Grant Fr40K Elder Care
Mar 11, 2020 SmartHelio
Convertable Note $160K Clean Energy