A new fund advised by VI Partners Swiss Innovation fund (VIPSI) made a first closing in April 2020 with CHF 75m (EUR 71m). It has been supported by its anchor investors Venture Incubator, an evergreen investment structure with corporate investors (ABB, Bühler, Crédit Suisse, ETH, Hilti, McKinsey, Nestlé, Schindler, Sulzer, Suva, ZKB), the European Investment Fund (EIF) - under the Innovfin Equity Facility for Early stage backed by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Programme for Research and Innovation - and the Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund (Swiss Entrepreneurs KmGK). The final closing should take place in the course of 2021.
The VI Partners Swiss Innovation fund will target early-stage innovative companies in Switzerland while also making investments in later stage...
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