When was Venture Kick founded?

Venture Kick was founded in 2007.

Where is Venture Kick's headquarters located?

Venture Kick's headquarters is located in Schlieren (Switzerland).

How big is Venture Kick's investment team?

Venture Kick has a team of 5, including 4 partners.

How many companies has Venture Kick invested in?

Venture Kick has invested in 716 companies, including Beekeeper & PwC.

Which companies has Venture Kick invested in lately?

DeltaSpark & Nanozymex are the latest investments by Venture Kick.

How many exits has Venture Kick been involved in?

Venture Kick's portfolio has seen 5 IPOs and 58 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in Venture Kick's portfolio?

There are 2 unicorns in Venture Kick's portfolio.

Venture Kick - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

1. Beekeeper

Provider of enterprise communication platform for multiple industries. It allows users to communicate with employees and team members. Its features include secure one-to-one, group messaging, private & personalized updates to the individual, content management, chatbots, information sharing, employee surveys, engagement analytics, and feedback polling. It also provides smart automation features such as workflow-based communication and scheduling of internal messaging campaigns.

Key facts about Beekeeper

Founded Year: 2011
Location: Zurich (Switzerland)
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $146M
Employee Count: 388 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: b2venture, Samsung NEXT and 27 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 08, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

2. PwC

Provider of financial audit, strategy consulting, cloud transformation, assurance, and tax services. Its other services include organizational design, people analytics, workforce strategy, digital operation, and risk assurance. It provides guidance in such areas as technology, regulation, customer experience, the productivity agenda and other issues.

Key facts about PwC

Founded Year: 1998
Location: London (United Kingdom)
Stage: Funding Raised
Employee Count: 297,414 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Next Venture Labs, Corda Campus and 5 Others
Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Nov 30, 2023, $*****

3. Flyability

Developer of a collision-tolerant drone for the inspection of indoor spaces. It offers drones, payloads, and accessories designed for use in inaccessible places. Software includes cloud data management, inspection tools, and training simulators. It deploys drones to inspect critical infrastructure in industries such as power generation, mining, oil and gas, chemical, and radioactive areas of nuclear plants.

Key facts about Flyability

Founded Year: 2014
Location: Paudex (Switzerland)
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $39.2M
Employee Count: 144 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Chevron Technology Ventures, Verve Ventures and 18 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 07, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Cyberhaven

Developer of a data detection and response security platform. The platform combines data loss prevention, insider risk management, and data security posture management. It offers data lineage tracing, AI-based content intelligence, and autonomous risk detection. The platform helps to secure data across email, web, cloud, and devices. It provides visibility into data movement and helps to detect risky behavior.

Key facts about Cyberhaven

Founded Year: 2016
Location: San Jose (United States)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $236M
Employee Count: 291 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Adams Street Partners, Industry Ventures and 27 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Apr 02, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. InSphero

Developer of cell-based assays for drug screening. The organotypic biological 3D microtissues and microtissue-based assays for biochemical compounds screening and predictive drug testing applications. It offers human prostate and mammary carcinoma, and rat liver microtissues. The company also provides compound toxicity testing, cell invasion assays, cell-to-cell interaction, cell-to-extracellular matrix interaction services. The company is focused on providing assays for metabolic diseases, oncology, and liver diseases.

Key facts about InSphero

Founded Year: 2009
Location: Schlieren (Switzerland)
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $35M
Employee Count: 80 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Zurcher Kantonalbank, Redalpine and 8 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, Mar 31, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

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Venture Kick has invested in 716 companies over the last 19 years, with an average of 37 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 29 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 7 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in DeltaSpark and most recent follow-on round was in Clee Medical.

Here are Venture Kick's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	6	1	7
2025	25	4	29
2024	16	5	21
2023	7	8	15
2022	70	12	82
2021	46	14	60
2020	34	3	37
2019	28	0	28
2018	28	4	32
2017	66	1	67

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Venture Kick has made 337 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $221K, 214 investments in Grant (prize money) stage with an average round size of $43K, 2 investments in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $81.3K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.4M.

Here are Venture Kick's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	337
Grant (prize money)	214
Unattributed	2
Series A	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Venture Kick has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, Sustainability Tech and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 511 Tech companies, 485 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 267 Software companies and at least 180 companies focusing on Tech hardware.

Here are Venture Kick's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
High Tech	152
Life Sciences	134
Enterprise Applications	132
Sustainability Tech	78
HealthTech	58
Others	564

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Venture Kick has made most investments in Switzerland (521), followed by United States where it has made 12 investments.

Here are Venture Kick's investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
Switzerland	521
United States	12
Germany	9
France	3
India	2
Others	6

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Venture Kick has made 7 investments in 2026 so far. DeltaSpark and Nanozymex are the latest among them.

Here are the most recent investments by Venture Kick:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Mar 31, 2026	DeltaSpark	Switzerland	Seed	4875	-
Mar 24, 2026	Nanozymex	Switzerland	Seed	8303	-
Mar 18, 2026	Rhonexum	Switzerland	Seed	4319	QDNL Participations
Mar 02, 2026	Fainite	Switzerland	Seed	2038	-
Feb 25, 2026	Clee Medical	Switzerland	Seed	5464	HTGF [+4]

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Venture Kick has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Cyberhaven and Climeworks. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Cyberhaven. It became a unicorn in 2025, 1 years before Venture Kick first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in Venture Kick's portfolio:

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Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
69	Cyberhaven	Developer of a data detection and response security platform	2016	Enterprise Infrastructure [+1]	San Jose	Series D	jexykgt
60	Climeworks	Provider of direct air capture technology and carbon removal services	2009	Environment Tech [+1]	Zurich	Series E	xdslvja

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5 of Venture Kick's portfolio companies have become public. Bioversys got listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SWX), in Feb 2025 at marketcap of $234M and NexImmune got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $127M.

Here are Venture Kick's portfolio companies that went public:

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Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Bioversys	Feb 07, 2025	May 27, 2009	Seed	1931
NexImmune	Feb 12, 2021	-	-	2638
Aerotainment Labs	-	-	-	9655
Pregnolia	-	-	-	5556
WealthArc	-	-	-	7826

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58 companies from Venture Kick's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Pi Imaging Tehnology in Jul 2025 by ZEISS.

Here are Venture Kick's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Pi Imaging Tehnology	Jul 24, 2025	Apr 29, 2020	Grant (prize money)	6736
Beekeeper	Jul 02, 2025	2011	Seed	1186
Nanoleq	Nov 15, 2024	Jan 21, 2019	Seed	1434
Almer Technologies	Nov 14, 2024	Jun 10, 2022	Grant (prize money)	6880
Synple Chem	Sep 26, 2024	2016	Seed	2163

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Venture Kick has a team of 5 members including 4 Partners located in Switzerland. Venture Kick's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

Here is a list of all team members in Venture Kick:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact Details
Andre Hoffmann	Partner	Basel	-	-
Beat Schillig	Partner	Schlieren	-	1 Email
Philip Hassler	Partner	Winterthur	-	1 Email
Jordi Montserrat	Partner	Lausanne	-	4 Emails

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Over the past 19 years, 654 investors have co-invested in Venture Kick's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Venture Kick: Europa, MassChallenge and 48 others have invested in rounds before Venture Kick. There are 13 companies where Europa has invested before Venture Kick and 8 companies where MassChallenge has invested before Venture Kick.
Top Co-investors of Venture Kick: 43 investors entered a company along with Venture Kick. These include investors like Zurcher Kantonalbank (4 companies).
Invested after Venture Kick: A total of 561 investors have invested in Venture Kick's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (78 companies) and EIC Fund (51 companies).