Investments
154Portfolio Exits
28Funds
1Partners & Customers
5About Swisscom Ventures
Swisscom Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Swisscom and seeks to acquire minority stakes in companies that operate in markets for information, communication and entertainment technologies. Swisscom Ventures primarily invests in areas that are strategic for Swisscom, in terms of revenue increase (e.g. new broadband services), quality improvements and cost reductions (e.g. network optimisation tools). Swisscom Ventures aims to provide companies with the technical know-how and strategic experience of an established telecommunications providerSwisscom Ventures' parent company is Switzerland's telecoms provider, with over 5 million mobile customers and around 5.3 million fixed-lines (including more than 1.6 million broadband connections). Alongside the traditional product and service offerings in the area of telecommunications, Swisscom has a strategic focus on the distribution of video content, currently with, for example, Bluewin TV and Bluewin TV mobile.
Swisscom Ventures Headquarter Location
Alte Tiefenaustrasse 6
Bern, 3050,
Switzerland
Latest Swisscom Ventures News
Jun 23, 2022
Tibit Communications, a company developing the world's most innovative network devices for fiber broadband access, announced today a significant increase to investment in both its 10G PON manufacturing capacity and 25G PON program. This $30M investment, Tibit's Series C round, includes Tibit's current investors Liberty Global (LGI), Swisscom Ventures, Intel Capital, Ciena, Juniper Networks and Solasta Ventures. Tibit Communications is simplifying passive optical networks (PON) for service providers with the MicroPlug OLT, the world's first pluggable OLT. Founded in 2014, Tibit has introduced a fundamental change to the architecture and economics of PON solutions, which have been mostly constrained to proprietary, chassis-mounted architectures available from only a few global vendors. The MicroPlug's standard-based SFP+ form factor enables the device to plug into commercially available Ethernet switch platforms, greatly expanding architecture options for carriers. All this is powered by the Tibit bridge ASIC, the world's smallest and lowest power 10G OLT chipset, which supports a rich feature set across both ITU-T and IEEE 10G PON standards. (c)2011-2020 by Massinvestor, Inc. For contact info, please check out our about page.
Swisscom Ventures Investments
154 Investments
Swisscom Ventures has made 154 investments. Their latest investment was in Nanolive as part of their Series C on April 4, 2022.
Swisscom Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/4/2022 | Series C | Nanolive | $20M | No | Taiwania Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | 2 |
4/4/2022 | Series C - II | Labster | $47M | No | 3 | |
3/29/2022 | Series B | Yokoy | $80M | No | Balderton Capital, Left Lane Capital, Sequoia Capital, SIX FinTech Ventures, Speedinvest, Undisclosed Angel Investors, Visionaries Club, and Zinal Growth | 2 |
3/16/2022 | Series B - II | |||||
2/17/2022 | Seed VC - II |
Date | 4/4/2022 | 4/4/2022 | 3/29/2022 | 3/16/2022 | 2/17/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series C | Series C - II | Series B | Series B - II | Seed VC - II |
Company | Nanolive | Labster | Yokoy | ||
Amount | $20M | $47M | $80M | ||
New? | No | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | Taiwania Capital, and Undisclosed Investors | Balderton Capital, Left Lane Capital, Sequoia Capital, SIX FinTech Ventures, Speedinvest, Undisclosed Angel Investors, Visionaries Club, and Zinal Growth | |||
Sources | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Swisscom Ventures Portfolio Exits
28 Portfolio Exits
Swisscom Ventures has 28 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was ASSIA on May 02, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/2/2022 | Acquired | 1 | |||
11/12/2021 | Acquired | 2 | |||
9/16/2021 | Corporate Majority | 1 | |||
Date | 5/2/2022 | 11/12/2021 | 9/16/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Corporate Majority | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Swisscom Ventures Acquisitions
4 Acquisitions
Swisscom Ventures acquired 4 companies. Their latest acquisition was webcall on June 30, 2008.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6/30/2008 | Series A | Acquired | 1 | |||
8/10/2006 | Convertible Note | |||||
3/7/2003 | Convertible Note | |||||
2/28/2003 | Series A |
Date | 6/30/2008 | 8/10/2006 | 3/7/2003 | 2/28/2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Investment Stage | Series A | Convertible Note | Convertible Note | Series A |
Companies | ||||
Valuation | ||||
Total Funding | ||||
Note | Acquired | |||
Sources | 1 |
Swisscom Ventures Fund History
1 Fund History
Swisscom Ventures has 1 fund, including Digital Transformation Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7/13/2018 | Digital Transformation Fund | $199M | 1 |
Closing Date | 7/13/2018 |
|---|---|
Fund | Digital Transformation Fund |
Fund Type | |
Status | |
Amount | $199M |
Sources | 1 |
Swisscom Ventures Partners & Customers
5 Partners and customers
Swisscom Ventures has 5 strategic partners and customers. Swisscom Ventures recently partnered with Qualcomm, and Ericsson on September 9, 2020.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/24/2020 | Partner | United States, and Sweden | Swisscom, Ericsson and Qualcomm join forces to find world's most innovative 5G startups Swisscom StartUp Challenge , Ericsson and Qualcomm join forces to find world 's most innovative 5G startups | 2 | |
7/14/2016 | Partner | ||||
2/22/2016 | Vendor | ||||
1/31/2013 | Partner | ||||
Partner |
Date | 9/24/2020 | 7/14/2016 | 2/22/2016 | 1/31/2013 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Vendor | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States, and Sweden | ||||
News Snippet | Swisscom, Ericsson and Qualcomm join forces to find world's most innovative 5G startups Swisscom StartUp Challenge , Ericsson and Qualcomm join forces to find world 's most innovative 5G startups | ||||
Sources | 2 |
Swisscom Ventures Team
1 Team Member
Swisscom Ventures has 1 team member, including current Chief Executive Officer, Ueli Dietiker.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Ueli Dietiker | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Name | Ueli Dietiker |
|---|---|
Work History | |
Title | Chief Executive Officer |
Status | Current |
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