About Founderful
Founderful is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of Zurich, Switzerland. As of Oct 2026, Founderful is an active investor, having invested in 74 companies, with 12 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Switzerland based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of UniSieve Overall, Founderful portfolio has seen 6 acquisitions including key companies like Bring!, MiraEx and Ava. A lot of funds co-invest with Founderful, with names like Acequia Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Founderful has team of 14 people including 7 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Founderful's List of Top Investments
Founderful has a portfolio of 74 companies. Their most notable investments are in 8inks and ZuriQ.Their portfolio spans across Switzerland, United States, Germany and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Retail and 24 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Founderful:
1. nsave
Multi-currency accounts and investment services provider. It offers a secure, multi-currency account for holding and exchanging funds, facilitating transfers and payments. Additionally, it provides access to US stocks and ETFs, enabling investment in a variety of assets. A cash payout service allows for worldwide money transfers. A Mastercard is linked to the account for global spending. Future services include wealth management and higher-yield investment options.
Key facts about nsave
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $22.5M
- Employee Count: 63 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: ACE & Company, TQ Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 10, 2025, $*****
2. AirConsole
Provider of online multiplayer video games using smartphones as controllers. It offers a selection of games accessible through a web-based console. Users connect their smartphones to control the games. The platform allows players to change games through a menu.
Key facts about AirConsole
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Zurich (Switzerland)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $3M
- Employee Count: 30 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Alpana Ventures, RealGrowthHacking and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 21, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Chiral Nano
Provider of nanodevice assembly solutions. It offers robotic nanoassembly machines and nanodevice foundry services for automated placement of 1D and 2D nanomaterials on wafers using mechanical transfer methods. It includes sub-micron precision alignment, wafer-scale integration, and machine vision-enabled robotics for cleanroom-free production. It supports substrate fabrication, material growth, and characterization workflows.
Key facts about Chiral Nano
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Zurich (Switzerland)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $15.8M
- Employee Count: 17 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Quantonation, Crane Venture Partners and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 06, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. 9T Labs
Provider of diversified 3D printing equipment. It offers fused deposition modelling technology-based 3D printers, CAD software, and carbon fibre composite materials for additive manufacturing. Its carbon fibre nanocomposites have a higher fibre volume ratio and geometric flexibility. It has applications in the aerospace, medical, educational, and research sectors.
Key facts about 9T Labs
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Zurich (Switzerland)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $21.5M
- Employee Count: 11 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: ACE & Company, Verve Ventures and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 22, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Corintis
Manufacturer of microfluidic cold plates for high power chip cooling. These components facilitate heat management for processors used in data centers and high performance computing environments. The design process involves creating hardware that directs liquid coolant to specific areas of a chip to maintain operational temperatures. The production platform supports the development and testing of cooling solutions for hardware that generates significant thermal output during operation.
Key facts about Corintis
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Lausanne (Switzerland)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $58M
- Employee Count: 94 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Acequia Capital, XTX Markets and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 02, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Founderful's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Founderful has invested in 74 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 9 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 16 investments, while as of Oct 2026, it has made 10 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Fusionality and most recent follow-on round was in UniSieve.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2025 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
2024 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
2023 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2022 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
2020 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Founderful's Investments by Stage
Founderful has made 58 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.17M and 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.44M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 58 |
Series A | 4 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Founderful's Investments by Sector
Founderful has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 64 Tech companies, 56 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 39 Software companies and at least 20 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 30 |
High Tech | 21 |
Sustainability Tech | 9 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 7 |
Vertical SaaS | 7 |
Others | 69 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Founderful's Investments by Geography
Founderful has made most investments in Switzerland (54), followed by United States where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Switzerland | 54 |
United States | 4 |
Germany | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Founderful's recent investments
Founderful has made 10 investments in 2026 so far. UniSieve and Fusionality are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Founderful:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 08, 2026 | Switzerland | Series A | 1525 | [+3] | |
Sep 09, 2026 | - | Seed | 1625 | ||
Jul 24, 2026 | Switzerland | Seed | 1777 | ||
May 28, 2026 | Switzerland | Seed | 8898 | ||
May 20, 2026 | Switzerland | Seed | 3613 | - |
Acquired companies in Founderful's Portfolio
6 companies from Founderful's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was MiraEx in Jun 2026 by SEALSQ for $*****.Here are Founderful's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 02, 2026 | - | - | 8996 | |
Dec 10, 2024 | Jun 06, 2022 | Seed | 4363 | |
Jul 20, 2022 | - | - | 4411 | |
Sep 15, 2021 | May 12, 2020 | Series A | 4243 | |
Jan 30, 2020 | - | - | 7825 |
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Team profile of Founderful
Founderful has a team of 14 members including 7 Partners and 3 Principals located in Switzerland and United States. Founderful's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in Founderful:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Bern | - | ||
Partner | Zurich | - | ||
Partner | Zurich | - | ||
Partner | Zurich | - | - | |
Partner | Switzerland | - | - | |
Partner | Switzerland | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - | ||
Principal | Bern | - | - | |
Principal | Switzerland | - | - |
Co-investors of Founderful
Over the past 7 years, 210 investors have co-invested in Founderful's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Founderful: Venture Kick, Y Combinator and 15 others have invested in rounds before Founderful. There are 10 companies where Venture Kick has invested before Founderful and 3 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Founderful.
- Top Co-investors of Founderful: 105 investors entered a company along with Founderful. These include investors like Acequia Capital (5 companies).
- Invested after Founderful: A total of 88 investors have invested in Founderful's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Zurcher Kantonalbank (5 companies), ACE & Company (3 companies) and Venture Kick (3 companies).
Recent News related to Founderful
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Fusionality Raises $3.7M Pre-Seed Funding for Fusion Reactor Control SoftwareThe SaaS News•Sep 10, 2026•Fusionality, Playfair Capital, Founderful
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Fusionality Secures CHF 3 Million Pre-Seed Funding for Fusion Device Operations TechnologyStartupticker•Sep 09, 2026•Fusionality, Founderful
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Ex-Google and NVIDIA roboticist raises $5M for AI data centre repair robotsTech Funding News•Aug 04, 2026•Founderful, Playfair Capital
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SpaceTech Startup Stellar Alpina Raises €3.8M Funding in Pre-Seed RoundStartup Rise EU•May 28, 2026•Founderful
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Swiss Startup AVIAN Raises $2.6M Pre-Seed For AI-Powered Fire Prevention TechnologyForbes•May 20, 2026•Avian, Founderful
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Lobby Secures $2.2m to Expand AI Booking PlatformTravel Daily Media•Mar 26, 2026•Founderful, Travel Lobby, Lobbyai
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Axmed Receives $6 Million in Funding to Expand Global Healthcare Access InfrastructureTecnomedicina•Feb 17, 2026•Axmed, Gates, Founderful
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Chiral Secures $12M to Advance Post-Silicon ComputingBenzinga•Feb 06, 2026•Admin, Founderful, Chiral Nano, HCVC and 2 others
