Swiss Founders Fund

Swiss Founders Fund AG
Venture Fund
Founded October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)
Headquarters St. Gallen, Switzerland
Website www.sff.vc

Swiss Founders Fund (SFF) is a Swiss venture capital firm, headquartered in St. Gallen.[1] The firm invests in seed & early stage ventures globally and incubates own startups. The portfolio of Swiss Founders Fund includes ventures in Asia and Europe.[2]

History

The fund was established by Christian Mischler and Patrick Degen in October 2013 and incorporated as Aktiengesellschaft in Switzerland.[1] Both founding partners still serve on the board of Swiss Founders Fund and are managing its investments.

Christian Mischler is co-founder of HotelQuickly and was previously co-founder of Rocket Internet's Foodpanda;[3][4] Patrick Degen is co-founder and CEO of Swiss publishing house Mindprep Verlag AG.[5][6]

Investments

Swiss Founders Fund has invested into startups in Asia and Europe, predominantly in edu tech, travel tech, property tech, marketplaces, and publishing. The fund makes investments in B2B and B2C ventures. The portfolio includes i.a. HotelQuickly, Uniseminar, Talendo, LEGI, Taembe, Caterspot, GuestReady, GotCourts, Global DCX, Everphone, Made For, Bring.[2][7][8][9][10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Commercial register of canton St. Gallen". sg.powernet.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. 1 2 "Swiss Founders Fund". angel.co. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. ↑ Mischler, Christian. "Christian Mischler on about.me". about.me. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  4. ↑ "LinkedIn Christian Mischler".
  5. ↑ "Patrick Degen - Partner @ Swiss Founders Fund AG | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  6. ↑ "LinkedIn Patrick Degen".
  7. ↑ "Vietnam's Taembe.com raises seed round from Swiss Founders Fund". Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  8. ↑ Russell, Jon. "Ex-Rocket Internet execs raise $800K to battle Foodpanda for business customers in Asia". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  9. ↑ Russell, Jon. "GuestReady provides Airbnb hosts with the services to professionalize their rental". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  10. ↑ Russell, Jon. "GuestReady raises $750K to help Airbnb hosts manage their property professionally". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  11. ↑ Ohr, Thomas. "Zurich-based shopping list platform Bring! raises €2 million in Series A funding | EU-Startups". www.eu-startups.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
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