Geographies/Switzerland/2013

Switzerland startup funding in 2013

European tech funding raised by Switzerland startups during 2013.

In 2013, 40 startups in Switzerland closed 42 funding rounds and raised €220M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). Debt rounds added €3.3M. Healthtech was the most active sector, and Swisscom Ventures was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€220M

excl. debt & grants · +€3.3M debt

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

Healthtech

Switzerland: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2011	€177M	+69.2%	26	+36.8%	—
2012	€130M	-26.5%	25	-3.8%	—
2013	€220M	+68.8%	42	+68.0%	€3.3M

Break down 2013 by period

Half-year

H1 H2

Quarters

Rank in Europe

4.6% of European funding

Debt financing

€3.3M

1.5% of total

Top-10 round share

86.5%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€2.9M	3
Mar	€6.6M	4
Apr	€64M	4
May	€10M	2
Jun	€3.4M	3
Jul	€765k	2
Aug	€28M	5
Sep	€26M	8
Oct	€35M	5
Nov	€45M	5
Dec	€2.6M	1

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Switzerland — top sectors by capital, 2013
Healthtech	€152M
Cybersecurity	€23M
Media	€17M
Cleantech	€7.4M
Software	€4.0M
Fintech	€3.2M
E-commerce	€3.2M
Wellness & Beauty	€3.0M

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Switzerland — stage mix, 2013
Series A	€57M
Growth/Late	€49M
Series C	€43M
Series D+	€30M
Series B	€23M
Early VC	€10.0M
Seed	€4.6M
Debt	€3.3M
Other	€2.9M
Grant	€1.8M

Exits & M&A

5 Acquisition

5 exits · €1.7B disclosed.

Infront Sports	Acquisition	Oct 2013	€1.1B
PubliGroupe AG	Acquisition	Feb 2013	€450M
Ricardo Group	Acquisition	Dec 2013	€230M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2013

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Auris Medical	Series C	Apr 2013	€40M
Biocartis	Series D+	Nov 2013	€30M
ADC Therapeutics	Growth/Late	Oct 2013	€30M
ObsEva	Series A	Aug 2013	€26M
CeQur	Series B	Sep 2013	€20M
WISeKey	Growth/Late	Apr 2013	€20M
coresystems	Series A	Nov 2013	€11M
Urturn	Series A	May 2013	€10M
ROMO Wind	Early VC	Apr 2013	€4.8M
Endosense	Series C	Mar 2013	€3.3M

Largest debt rounds

debt financing, 2013; not in the equity total

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Official.fm	Debt	Jan 2013	€2.8M
faceshift	Debt	Sep 2013	€529k

View all 42 Switzerland deals in 2013 →

Top investors

most active in 2013, by deal count

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

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