Wingman Ventures is investing CHF 60 million in Swiss tech start-ups in the seed stage to help support them in building up their business in the crucial early years.
“Wingman Ventures is ready to make a mark,” Pascal Mathis wrote in a LinkedIn post. He founded the Zurich-based start-up fund together with Lukas Weder, his Eat.ch co-founder, and Alex Stöckli, former COO at Gärtnerei and a senior investment manager at Creathor Ventures.
The fund is backed by several prominent Swiss tech founders, including the founders of Digitec/Galaxus, Bexio, Duolingo, u-blox, Xovis, Netcentric, VIU, Doodle, Getyourguide and Contovista.
Wingman Ventures will provide start-ups with access to more than 150 international venture capital funds and enable efficient fundraising at the growth stage.
“The aim is no less than to build Swiss global market leaders”, wrote Mathis.
Its portfolio already includes several well-known start-ups, such as drone imaging specialists Wingtra and the femtech company Ava.
