About Polytech Ventures
Polytech Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2008. It is primarily based out of Ecublens, Switzerland. As of May 2022, Polytech Ventures has invested in 42 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Switzerland based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Relai Overall, Polytech Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 18 acquisitions including key companies like Beekeeper, Car IQ and Lunaphore. A lot of funds co-invest with Polytech Ventures, with names like ACE & Company sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Polytech Ventures has team of 4 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio IPOs
Polytech Ventures' List of Top Investments
Polytech Ventures has a portfolio of 42 companies. Their most notable investments are in Altoida and Relai.Their portfolio spans across Switzerland, United States, Belgium and 7 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, HealthTech and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Polytech Ventures: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: 332 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Kreos Capital, Atomico and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 08, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Wheelhouse
Wheelhouse is a web-based revenue management engine for vacation rentals. The Software analyses market trends as well the vacation rental performance to recommend prices to be set on a daily basis. The platform also provides a single dashboard to manage listings across various P2P vacation rental platforms.
Key facts about Wheelhouse
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $16M
- Employee Count: 58 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Zelkova Ventures, Fifth Wall and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 20, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Car IQ
In-vehicle payment solutions for commercial fleets. It enables contactless transactions at fuel stations. It replaces the need for physical fleet cards by charging expenses centrally and paying in one bill.
Key facts about Car IQ
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $50M
- Employee Count: 47 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Visa, Polytech Ventures and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 30, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Altoida
Altoida provides an AI-based app for predicting the onset of Alzheimer's. The company has developed activities providing neuromotor biomarkers that they claim can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease.
Key facts about Altoida
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Lucerne (Switzerland)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $21.5M
- Employee Count: 29 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Hikma Ventures, Whitecap Venture Partners and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 28, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Nezasa
Provider of SaaS-based travel planning software. Its features include online travel planning, itinerary creation, an online marketplace for travel content, travel documentation, inventory management, hotel descriptions, travel agency administration and white-labelling.
Key facts about Nezasa
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Zurich (Switzerland)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $16.5M
- Employee Count: 73 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: UBS, Verve Ventures and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jul 26, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Polytech Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Polytech Ventures has invested in 42 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Earny and most recent follow-on round was in Relai.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Polytech Ventures' Investments by Stage
Polytech Ventures has made 13 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.56M and 12 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.16M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 13 |
Seed | 12 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Polytech Ventures' Investments by Sector
Polytech Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Consumer, High Tech and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 38 Tech companies, 32 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 30 Software companies and at least 16 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 13 |
FinTech | 7 |
Consumer | 6 |
High Tech | 5 |
Retail | 5 |
Others | 37 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Polytech Ventures' Investments by Geography
Polytech Ventures has made most investments in Switzerland (15), followed by United States where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Switzerland | 15 |
United States | 4 |
Belgium | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
France | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Polytech Ventures' recent investments
Polytech Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Polytech Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 16, 2022 | Switzerland | Seed | 7718 | [+2] | |
Sep 28, 2021 | Switzerland | Seed | 4526 | [+1] | |
Jun 16, 2021 | Switzerland | Seed | 5592 | [+2] | |
Jul 09, 2020 | Germany | Series A | 2870 | [+5] | |
Jan 18, 2019 | Mexico | Series A | 5247 | [+2] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Polytech Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Polytech Ventures' portfolio company became public - Lend.Here are Polytech Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Jun 16, 2016 | Seed | 1328 |
Acquired companies in Polytech Ventures' Portfolio
18 companies from Polytech Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Car IQ in Dec 2025 by Element for $*****.Here are Polytech Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 02, 2025 | - | - | 3872 | |
Jul 02, 2025 | Apr 15, 2016 | Seed | 1955 | |
Jun 17, 2025 | Sep 28, 2021 | Seed | 7473 | |
Nov 04, 2024 | Nov 02, 2018 | Series A | 9218 | |
Sep 26, 2024 | Oct 18, 2011 | Series A | 5504 |
Team profile of Polytech Ventures
Polytech Ventures has a team of 4 members including 4 Partners located in Switzerland and United States. Polytech Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Polytech Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Geneva | - | ||
Partner | Lausanne | - |
Co-investors of Polytech Ventures
Over the past 15 years, 133 investors have co-invested in Polytech Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Polytech Ventures: Venture Kick, Verve Ventures and 29 others have invested in rounds before Polytech Ventures. There are 6 companies where Venture Kick has invested before Polytech Ventures and 2 companies where Verve Ventures has invested before Polytech Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Polytech Ventures: 38 investors entered a company along with Polytech Ventures. These include investors like ACE & Company (2 companies).
- Invested after Polytech Ventures: A total of 64 investors have invested in Polytech Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Alpana Ventures (4 companies), Swisscom Ventures (3 companies) and Verve Ventures (2 companies).
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