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About Genilem

Genilem, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 1995, is based in Geneva, Switzerland. With a presence in 4 countries, it has supported around 123 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, Consumer. As of Sep 2026, Genilem has witnessed 7 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in its portfolio include Technis, Abionic and NetGuardians. The program is backed by a team of 12 people who primarily support startups based in Switzerland, France.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1995
Location
Geneva, Switzerland
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Genilem's List of Top Investments

Genilem has a portfolio of 123 companies. Their most notable investments include Technis and Abionic.Their portfolio spans across Switzerland, France, Netherlands and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech and 28 other sectors. Here is the list of top investments by Genilem:

Key facts about Technis

  • Founded Year: 2015
  • Location: Lausanne (Switzerland)
  • Annual Revenue: £10M - £50M as on Dec 31, 2024
  • Stage: Series A
  • Total Funding till date: $3.7M
  • Employee Count: 86 as on Aug 31, 2026
  • Investors: MassChallenge, Swiss ICT Investor Club and 4 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 20, 2020, $*****
  • Highlight: Editors' Pick
Abionic is a provider of point-of-care diagnostic tool for allergy profiles. It focussed on developing diagnostic tools for allergies. It has developed products such as the abioSCOPE (the reader), a biomedical screening device for measuring the concentration of immunoglobulin protein E (IgE) to obtain an allergy profile and the abioGUIDE, an application for smartphones and tablets to see the reports. It also developed a Screening capsule that provides information about the respiratory allergies of the patients from one drop of blood.

Key facts about Abionic

NetGuardians is a software company that provides fraud and risk assurance solutions, leveraging Big Data to correlate and analyze behaviours across the entire bank system. It allows users to predefined controls correlate user behaviour activities from multiple sources and financial transactions. It enables users to identify fraud patterns and regulations change every day and keep these pre-defined controls up to date so the banks always stay compliant. Clients include Zenith, REYL, KWFT, Gonet and BCN.

Key facts about NetGuardians

  • Founded Year: 2007
  • Location: Yverdon les Bains (Switzerland)
  • Stage: Acquired
  • Total Funding till date: $35.4M
  • Employee Count: 160 as on May 31, 2026
  • Investors: Verve Ventures, Pictet Group and 9 Others
  • Latest Funding Round: Series D, Dec 15, 2020, $*****
  • Highlight: Acquired
App-based platform offering encyclopedia and book reading solutions. The software allows users to browse Wikipedia, read books, watch TED talks, and more. It offers 'Kiwix' - a device that helps to create an offline hotspot to share content. The app is available for Android and iOS devices.

Key facts about Kiwix

  • Founded Year: 2017
  • Location: Lausanne (Switzerland)
  • Stage: Funding Raised
  • Employee Count: 12 as on Aug 31, 2026
  • Investors: Genilem
Publibike is a bike sharing service in Switzerland. Operates over 800 traditional and electric bicycles from over 95 stations within Switzerland. Users can register to the service and use the customer cards to rent the bikes from the docking stations and return them to any of the docking stations after the rides. The supporting app is available for both iOS and Android devices.

Key facts about PubliBike

  • Founded Year: 2014
  • Location: Bern (Switzerland)
  • Stage: Acquired
  • Employee Count: 24 as on Aug 31, 2026
  • Investors: Genilem
  • Highlight: Acquired

Acquired companies in Genilem's Portfolio

7 companies from Genilem's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was NetGuardians in Sep 2024 by Summa Equity for $*****.
Here are Genilem's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company
Acquisition Date
First Invested on
First Round of Investment
Round Size
Sep 26, 2024
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1820
Dec 13, 2023
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5883
Oct 20, 2023
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8001
Sep 15, 2022
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4561
Feb 04, 2022
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9463

Team profile of Genilem

Genilem has a team of 12 members including 11 Partners located in Switzerland. Genilem's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.
Here is a list of top team members in Genilem:
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Designation
Location
Board Memberships
Contact Details
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Geneva
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Geneva
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Partner
Lausanne
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Lausanne
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Lausanne
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Vauderens
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