Swiss Founders Fund

Swiss Founders Fund AG
Venture Fund
Founded October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01)
Headquarters St. Gallen, Switzerland
Website www.sff.vc

Swiss Founders Fund (SFF) is a Swiss venture capital firm, headquartered in St. Gallen.[1] The firm invests in seed & early stage ventures globally and incubates own startups. The portfolio of Swiss Founders Fund includes ventures in Asia and Europe.[2]

History

The fund was established by Christian Mischler and Patrick Degen in October 2013 and incorporated as Aktiengesellschaft in Switzerland.[1] Both founding partners still serve on the board of Swiss Founders Fund and are managing its investments.

Christian Mischler is co-founder of HotelQuickly and was previously co-founder of Rocket Internet's Foodpanda;[3][4] Patrick Degen is co-founder and CEO of Swiss publishing house Mindprep Verlag AG.[5][6]

Investments

Swiss Founders Fund has invested into startups in Asia and Europe, predominantly in education, travel, employment, and publishing. The portfolio includes i.a. HotelQuickly, Uniseminar, Talendo, LEGI, Taembe, Caterspot, GuestReady.[2][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Commercial register of canton St. Gallen". sg.powernet.ch. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. 1 2 "Swiss Founders Fund". angel.co. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. ↑ Mischler, Christian. "Christian Mischler on about.me". about.me. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  4. ↑ "LinkedIn Christian Mischler".
  5. ↑ "Patrick Degen - Partner @ Swiss Founders Fund AG | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  6. ↑ "LinkedIn Patrick Degen".
  7. ↑ "Vietnam's Taembe.com raises seed round from Swiss Founders Fund". Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  8. ↑ Russell, Jon. "Ex-Rocket Internet execs raise $800K to battle Foodpanda for business customers in Asia". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  9. ↑ Russell, Jon. "GuestReady provides Airbnb hosts with the services to professionalize their rental". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  10. ↑ Russell, Jon. "GuestReady raises $750K to help Airbnb hosts manage their property professionally". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
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