Switzerland's TOP fintech startups 2020

08.10.2020 15:05, Isabelle Mitchell

The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award ranking has become a benchmark in Switzerland’s startup ecosystem. To make sure the startups get all the attention they deserve, we will feature the top startups in each vertical. Switzerland’s TOP fintech startups 2020 develop innovative technologies that transform the future of banking and financial services.

Every year, the 100 most innovative and promising Swiss startups are picked by a panel of 100 leading investors and startup experts. Each jury member nominates 10 Swiss startups that are less than five years old and show the greatest commercial potential. The first-placed company gets 10 points, the second 9, and so on. All these individual rankings are compiled to generate the final TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award ranking, which recognizes the startups that have most impressed all 100 jury members. In the coming weeks, we will look at the top startups in each vertical.




1. Crypto Fianance
Crypto Finance, the pioneer in digital assets, covers the entire value chain with its three subsidiaries – asset management, trading and storage – with the goal of facilitating the implementation of blockchain technology and crypto assets in the global economy. Following the Venture Leaders Fintech roadshow, Crypto Finance completed a financing round of more than CHF 14 million from investors in Europe and Asia, which will further intensify its international expansion.

2. Loanboox
The debt capital platform Loanboox brokered loans totalling several billion francs last year and now numbers 2,200 organisations from Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Liechtenstein and the Netherlands among its customers. The fintech start-up brings together not only cantons, municipalities, special-purpose associations and other public bodies, but also large companies with institutional investors.

3. neon
neon is a smartphone bank, but not a banking institution. With the neon-App, you can save, pay and withdraw and transfer money, even internationally. The fees are cheaper than with classic providers. The Zurich-based fintech start-up, which closed a financing round of more than CHF 5 million in autumn 2019, is growing by 1,000 users per month.

neon was also the winner of the TOP 100 Public Vote, which runs parallel to the expert jury ranking and allows the public—everyone with a LinkedIn account can cast one vote—to choose the most promising startup.