Geographies/Switzerland/2012

Switzerland startup funding in 2012

European tech funding raised by Switzerland startups during 2012.

In 2012, 23 startups in Switzerland closed 25 funding rounds and raised €130M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Healthtech was the most active sector, and Ardian was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€130M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Healthtech

Switzerland: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2010	€105M	-13.4%	19	+58.3%	—
2011	€177M	+69.2%	26	+36.8%	—
2012	€130M	-26.5%	25	-3.8%	—

Rank in Europe

3.5% of European funding

Top-10 round share

93.9%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€3.4M	3
Feb	€1.1M	2
Mar	€4.1M	2
Apr	€3.4M	2
May	€3.7M	1
Jun	€81k	2
Jul	€23M	3
Aug	€16k	1
Oct	€9.8M	4
Nov	€53M	4
Dec	€35M	1

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Switzerland — top sectors by capital, 2012
Healthtech	€101M
E-commerce	€20M
Travel	€20M
Software	€6.7M
Semiconductors	€1.4M
Cybersecurity	€1.3M
Fintech	€1.2M
Sports	€1.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Switzerland — stage mix, 2012
Series C	€59M
Series D+	€35M
Growth/Late	€20M
Grant	€6.0M
Series A	€5.3M
Series B	€4.7M
Seed	€3.7M
Early VC	€2.3M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition · 1 IPO

2 exits.

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2012

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Biocartis	Series D+	Dec 2012	€35M
Endosense	Series C	Nov 2012	€31M
GenKyoTex	Series C	Jul 2012	€21M
Bravofly Rumbo Group	Growth/Late	Nov 2012	€20M
Nexthink	Series C	Mar 2012	€4.1M
Spinelab	Series C	May 2012	€3.7M
Aleva Neurotherapeutics	Series B	Apr 2012	€3.3M
Faction Skis	Early VC	Oct 2012	€2.3M
ProteoMediX	Series A	Jan 2012	€2.1M
Pix4D	Series A	Jul 2012	€1.9M

View all 25 Switzerland deals in 2012 →

Top investors

most active in 2012, by deal count

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

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