Venturelab 2025: Powering Over 6,700 Entrepreneurs

23.12.2025 13:40, Rita Longobardi

2025 was a record-breaking year for Venturelab, delivering 544 days of training, workshops, and international programs to 6,700 entrepreneurs and driving Swiss startups to raise billions. From Venture Kick funding to global roadshows and the 15th Top100 Swiss Startup Award, we continued our mission to build world-class startups. Swiss made.

Supporting entrepreneurs is Venturelab’s core mission since 2004. Together with successful founders, experienced top academic collaborators, and leading industry partners we delivered 544 days of training, workshops, events, and international programs, supporting 6,700 inspiring entrepreneurs in 2025.

A big thank you to all our partners for their renewed trust and support, enabling us to achieve our mission - world-class startups. Swiss made: Acer, dpd, EPFL, ETH, ESA BIC Switzerland, Gebert Rüf Stiftung, Helbling Technik, Huawei, IFJ, Innosuisse, Kanton Zürich, Kellerhals Carrard, Microsoft, PostFinance, Rentsch Partner, Rothschild & Co Bank, SIX Swiss Exchange, Swisscom Ventures, Swiss Prime Site, Swissnex, UBS, Unicorn Anchor, VAUD, Vischer, Walder Wyss, Wenger Vieli, ZKB, Zühlke, and many others.





 

Swiss startups raising billions in 2025

Venturelab fundraising data shows that we have already surpassed last year’s CHF 2.4 billion funding for Swiss startups, and the momentum shows no signs of slowing. These are the 10 largest funding rounds of Swiss startups in 2025:

Energy Vault: CHF 241,811,640.00 
Windward Bio: CHF 160,000,000.00 
Climeworks: CHF 130,000,000.00 
Distalmotion: CHF 120,695,431.96 
GlycoEra: CHF 113,269,000.00 
Cequr: CHF 109,320,000.00 
RhyGaze: CHF 86,000,000.00 
Orbis Medicines: CHF 84,564,000.00 
Ecorobotix: CHF 84,452,130.00 
Auterion: CHF 83,000,000.00 

Discover more in the Swiss Venture Insights report and in the upcoming Swiss Venture Capital Report that will be published in February 2026. If you are interested in more fundraising news, subscribe to our Startup Funding newsletter. 


 

2025 in review 

Our communications team has written hundreds of startup news articles. These are the most-read news stories of 2025:
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Venturelab will continue in 2026 with what it does best: supporting the next generation of world-class startups. On behalf of the entire Venturelab team, we congratulate all entrepreneurs for their amazing achievements and perseverance in 2025. May the year 2026 bring prosperity, success, happiness, and of course good health!