Geographies/Switzerland/2011

Switzerland startup funding in 2011

European tech funding raised by Switzerland startups during 2011.

In 2011, 25 startups in Switzerland closed 26 funding rounds and raised €177M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Healthtech was the most active sector, and GGV Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€177M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Healthtech

Switzerland: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2009	€121M	+460.0%	12	+9.1%	—
2010	€105M	-13.4%	19	+58.3%	—
2011	€177M	+69.2%	26	+36.8%	—

Rank in Europe

5.8% of European funding

Top-10 round share

94.5%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€3.1M	2
Mar	€14M	1
Apr	€150k	2
May	€17M	4
Jun	€15M	3
Jul	€13M	3
Aug	€16M	3
Sep	€0	3
Nov	€98M	3
Dec	€194k	2

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Switzerland — top sectors by capital, 2011
Healthtech	€120M
Cybersecurity	€26M
Fintech	€17M
Media	€6.8M
Software	€4.3M
Marketing	€3.5M
Edtech	€554k
Hardware	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Switzerland — stage mix, 2011
Series C	€85M
Series A	€35M
Growth/Late	€25M
Series B	€21M
Seed	€6.8M
Early VC	€4.9M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition

1 exit.

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2011

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Biocartis	Series C	Nov 2011	€71M
WISeKey	Growth/Late	Nov 2011	€25M
Anergis	Series A	Mar 2011	€14M
GenKyoTex	Series C	May 2011	€14M
MyoPowers Medical Technologies	Series B	Jul 2011	€11M
eWise	Series B	Jun 2011	€9.7M
Aleva Neurotherapeutics	Series A	Aug 2011	€9.5M
Lotaris	Series A	Aug 2011	€6.7M
Bacula Systems	Early VC	Jun 2011	€3.5M
Paatle	Seed	Nov 2011	€2.5M

View all 26 Switzerland deals in 2011 →

Top investors

most active in 2011, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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