European heart. Global mind.

Lakestar invests with a long term view across all stages from Seed to Growth. We have been privileged to partner with some of the world’s best tech entrepreneurs. Their stories are inspirational and make us proud.

SIX Swiss Exchange operated by SIX, is the leading European exchange for companies from the Life Sciences sector, offering Swiss and international clients a comprehensive range of exchange services – listing, trading and post-trade solutions – from a single source. It is the fourth largest incumbent exchange in Europe in terms of both free float market capitalisation and trading volume. With Sparks – the equity segment for small and medium-sized companies – the Swiss stock exchange is also the ideal place to list when it comes to growing your SME.

Every week, Handelszeitung provides readers with valuable information on the stock market, careers, investments and management. In addition, the editorial team offers relevant primeurs from the world of business as well as researched industry and company stories. Their opinion articles are a liberal compass in everyday economic policy. For decision-makers in business and politics, the Handelszeitung is and remains a weekly information package that gets to the heart of the matter.

Switzerland’s business magazine.

BILANZ has been published monthly since 2017. And the decision has paid off: Bilanz reaches a regular readership of 130,000.

Advertising clients thus have even more reasons to aim their advertising message at the high-end, loyal, constantly increasing reader base in BILANZ. Since 2019, readers and advertisers have also enjoyed an additional BILANZ benefit: BOLERO, the renowned luxury and lifestyle magazine, is now published as a supplement six times a year. Both titles complement each other exceptionally well in reaching a demanding readership.

UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in European B2B startups in the areas of enterprise software, industrial technologies, and mobility. The fund typically invests between € 0.5m – 10m initially and up to € 30m in total per company. Portfolio companies benefit from the extensive investment and exit experience of the management team as well as from the close cooperation with UnternehmerTUM, Europe’s leading innovation, and business creation center. With over 300 employees and more than 100 industry partners, UnternehmerTUM can draw from many years of experience in establishing young companies. This cooperation enables UVC Partners to offer startups unique access to talent, industry customers, and other financial partners.

Zumera is a leading M&A advisory firm with an international focus. Zumera offers mid-sized companies comprehensive advice in all phases of the M&A process or succession process as well as in company sales, capital increases, mergers and debt advisory. We are pioneers of innovative and technology-driven transformation in Mergers & Acquisitions. Thanks to digital infrastructure, optimized sales processes and cross-company knowledge management, we ensure unique quality standards throughout the entire M&A process. Our interdisciplinary consulting approach combined with the expertise of our specialist teams not only sets us apart from other market players, but also ensures that Zumera’s clients can always count on the best possible results.

Backing the Unique, the Mavericks, the Outliers b2venture (formerly btov Partners) is a European venture firm, leveraging the power of generations to shape tomorrow. We invest at the earliest stages in the best ideas and the brightest minds so they can take flight.

Swisscom Ventures is the venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, the leading telecom and IT provider in Switzerland. Since 2007, we have invested in over 80 technology companies from our offices in Switzerland (Zurich, Bern, Lausanne) and the USA (Silicon Valley). With over $650 million assets under management and advisory, of which two third is financed by 20 institutional investors and one third by Swisscom, we invest during the full life cycle of high potential startups. Our minority investments typically range from $1 million per company at early stage up to $20 million in growth rounds. As a strategic investor, we offer entrepreneurs access to our technical infrastructure and market channels in addition to financial support.

HV Capital is one of the leading early-stage and growth investors in Europe. With a deep track record of spotting European technology winners, including the first generation of German billion-dollar businesses, and new disruptors like Flixbus, Enpal, SumUp and Isar Aerospace, HV Capital is continuously looking for the next generation of disruptors from every industry, including FinTech, SaaS, climate tech, and consumer goods. HV Capital has invested in around 225 internet and technology companies, supporting startups with ticket sizes ranging from €500,000 to €60 million, and is one of the few venture capital firms in Europe that can finance startups through all growth phases. HV Capital has a team of more than 40 investment and operations professionals that provide a variety of perspectives and expertise across the European venture capital landscape.

The swisstech campaign is a private-public initiative supported by Presence Switzerland, Innosuisse, the swissnex network, digitalswitzerland and Switzerland Global Enterprise. The campaign aims to raise Switzerland’s profile as a world-leading innovative location for business and to increase the visibility of its deeptech and other state-of-the-art companies as well as of its research excellence abroad.

Follow #swisstech to discover the best Swiss Made technology at the most relevant global tech events. As an outstanding innovation and technology hub, Switzerland is an attractive location for investors and foreign companies.

ACCIÓ is the Catalan Government’s agency for business competitiveness. Belonging to the Ministry of Business and Labour, it is the public facing organisation working to contribute to the transformation of Catalan companies. It has a network of 40 offices worldwide, 7 regional offices in Catalonia, and collaborates with public and private institutions in building tomorrow’s company, today.

ACCIÓ works so that enterprise can identify the changes in its environment, take advantage of them and transform, enhancing everything that can set it apart and enhance competitiveness. This differentiation occurs primarily through the key combination for business competitiveness: innovation + internationalization.

We are driven by three main goals: to increase the productivity of Catalan companies, to accompany them in their transformation and global positioning challenges, and, finally, to strengthen the attractiveness of Catalonia as a destination for high-value foreign investment. These goals are designed to have a positive impact on economic growth and job creation.

Prewave is ushering in a new era of supply chain transparency, resilience and sustainability: With a mission to improve supply chains, Prewave uses publicly available data from local news, social media, and other databases to impact suppliers and commodities along every stage of the supply chain. Prewave’s AI algorithm analyses sources in more than 100 languages and over 150 risk categories to ensure no disruption goes unnoticed. Brands such as VW, BMW, ABinBev, PWC and Zurich Insurance are already reaping the benefits.

Walden Catalyst is a venture capital firm helping early-stage companies in the U.S., Europe, and Israel build the next generation of category-defining businesses in deep tech. We back the bold and the daring—trailblazers who are changing the world and making life better for all of us. The firm is led by Young Sohn and Lip-Bu Tan, deep-tech industry pioneers who between them have invested in more than 560 startups across the globe, of which 115 have gone on to IPO. With $550 million under management, Walden Catalyst is a team of innovators and entrepreneurs who are passionate about disruption and committed to excellence. For startups, this translates into unparalleled access to operational expertise, global reach, and a network of industry captains eager to help build and scale the companies of the future.

Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BAC).

Moonfare is the leading private equity investment platform for top-tier private market funds. Moonfare was founded in 2017 by former KKR CEO Dr. Steffen Pauls with the aim to provide private investors with access to top quality private market funds at low minimum amounts via a fast and easy-to-use digital offering.

To date, Moonfare has offered over 95 private market funds from top general partners worldwide such as KKR, Carlyle, Permira and EQT, with an emphasis on private equity buyouts, venture, growth and real asset categories like infrastructure.Focusing on quality, Moonfare has won the trust of more than 4,000 clients who have invested more than $2,5 billion on its platform.

Moonfare operates in 24 countries across Europe, Asia, and America.

Codete is an IT consulting and software development company. Helping enterprises to use emerging technologies such as Big Data & Data Science to create a powerful business advantage. We advise on digitalization and implement IT solutions combining top quality with being agile.
Since 2010 we create dedicated teams of engineers and consultants for customers.
Codete operates globally in a variety of business verticals such as Fintech, E-commerce and Retail, Travel, Healthtech, Advertising and Marketing, Automotive, Logistics, Media and Entertainment. Our customers are in majority tech scale-ups and multinational corporations from DACH Area, US, Nordics and UK. We are also involved in the cooperation with top technology universities internationally in the area of Data Science R&D.

Explorer.land is a map-based portal for restoration and conservation initiatives to document, display, and communicate impact transparently, as well as to engage with stakeholders. Created by OpenForests.

We Don’t Have Time is the world’s largest social media for climate solutions. We are based in Stockholm and have offices in Nairobi and Washington, D.C.

People from all over the world come together on our platform to give climate reviews to businesses, politicians and world leaders, praising solutions and action while calling out those who lag behind in the green transition. Businesses are welcome as partners to engage with our community and increase the reach and impact of their progress on climate.

We believe that it should be profitable to actively engage in the “Race to Zero” and unprofitable to stand on the sidelines. Together we can solve the climate crisis. But We Don’t Have Time to wait!