Luc Schuurmans, Deputy CEO, Executive Management at Bank Linth,  put together an updated overview map of Fintech Companies “Born in Switzerland”.

Here are the descriptions of all the Swiss Fintechs listed in Luc’s map:

Funding

Verve Ventures is a network and technology-driven venture capital firm based in Switzerland. Founded in 2010 by Steffen Wagner and Lukas Weber, Verve Ventures has grown to more than 45 team members and has become one of the most active venture investors in Europe with over 140 science and technology-driven startups in its portfolio. A dozen investment professionals identify the most promising digital, tangible and health & bio startups. Selected private and institutional investors get access to investment opportunities through a digital platform. The company invests EUR 0.5 million to several million from Seed Stage onward in startups across Europe. Verve Ventures’ dedicated team helps startups with their most pressing needs such as hiring, client introductions and an expert network of high-profile individuals.

With the aim of giving both borrowers and lenders more freedom and control over their loans, 3circlefunding allows fwealborrowers to set loan interest rates and investors to sell loan parts in its secondary market. This makes 3circlefunding one of the few secondary market providers in Switzerland.

Foxstone is a Swiss real estate crowdfunding platform. The platform proposes institutional-grade real estate deals in Switzerland through three types of investments: co-ownership, co-investment and mezzanine debt with a minimum investment amount of CHF 25’000.

Bricks & Bytes AG provides with crowdhouse.ch the first real estate crowd funding platform in Switzerland. By democratizing the way of being a real estate owner it makes everyone a happy landlord.

wemakeit.com was founded in Switzerland in February 2012 by the communication consultant Rea Eggli, the artist Johannes Gees and the interaction designer Jürg Lehni and within very short time grew into one of the largest crowdfunding platforms in Europe.

Beedoo is a platform proposing investment solutions to invest directly in the real economy, in startups & SME’s, Real Estate and Impact Investing.

Projektstarter ist eine Crowdfunding-Plattform mit Sitz in Solothurn, welche seit dem Jahr 2011 tollen Ideen und ihren Machern eine Möglichkeit zur Finanzierung bietet. Sie ist in Besitz der Designatelier GmbH. ProjektStarter bietet den Menschen im Raum Schweiz die Möglichkeit ihre Idee oder ihr Projekt zu finanzieren.

On the platform crowdify.net Initiators present their projects and leave them there for 100 days to be funded by Boosters.

Drooms is the leading provider of data rooms in Europe, connecting professionals and information in the worlds´ real capital markets.

Go Beyond Investing brings together a group of private accredited investors dedicated to providing early-stage capital with entrepreneurs seeking investment capital. Go Beyond Investing enables novice & experienced, small & large investors, to access angel investing as an asset class through its unique platform, tools, training and expert angels.

SoSense is a pioneer in digital social innovation with offices in Zürich (Switzerland) and Berlin (Germany). They design creative and engaging concepts, implement innovative and empowering solutions and help run impactful campaigns with leverage.

CreditGate24 connects borrowers with private and institutional investors and offers an efficient and scalable settlement of loans. CreditGate24 operates exclusively online, with no branches or high administrative expenses in order not to diminish the yields on investment and to minimize the cost for borrowers.

Advanon is an authorized financial intermediary that is directly subordinated to FINMA (Directly Subordinated Financial Intermediary, DSFI) according to the Anti Money Laundering Act (AMLA).

Splendit matches students and investor in an auction process, issue documentation and manages payments through the lifetime of the loans.

swisspeers  ist eine unabhängige Crowdlending Plattform, die es Unternehmen erlaubt, bei Investoren direkt – also ohne Zwischen­schaltung eines Finanzinstituts – Fremdkapital zu beschaffen.

c-crowd represents a new way of financing entrepreneurs while democratising the concept of business angels, brings together innovative entrepreneurs and investors.

Loanboox is the independent money and capital market platform for public-sector borrowers and institutional investors. In contrast to conventional brokering, financing and investing through Loanboox is simple, transparent, safe and low cost, benefiting both borrowers and lenders alike.

creditworld verbindet Schweizer KMUs mit privaten sowie professionellen Investoren. KMUs profitieren von attraktiven Konditionen und fairen Vertragsbedingungen. Investoren erhalten Zugang zu einer neuen Anlageklasse mit interessanten Renditen und unterstützen dabei das Rückgrat der Schweizer Volkswirtschaft.

Bloomio is a digital investment platform connecting startups with individual investors. The platform allows startup founders to raise capital by tokenizing equity and gives investors the possibility to trade startup stakes through a secure blockchain-based marketplace.

Swiss Crowdlending FinTech for private persons and SME. Crowd Solutions is the provider of Crowd4Cash.ch the innovative Crowdlending platform. Crowd4Cash brings investors and borrower together. For better returns for the investors and lower interest rates for borrower. 100% online, easy and simply fair!

Acredius is an online platform that makes investors’ and borrowers’ needs meet in an unconventional, digital, intuitive and safe environment. Investors can diversify their portfolios and enjoy interesting yields. Borrowers get access to fair financing using their traditional and non-traditional data.

Lendora is a Swiss crowdlending startup. Our platform connects borrowers and investors online to make credit more accessible and investing more rewarding.

bob verbindet zuverlässige Finanzlösungen mit technischem Komfort und macht Ihnen mit seinen Online-Produkten das Leben so einfach wie möglich.

Führend in Immobilienfinanzierungen in der Schweiz Wir schaffen eine Verbindung zwischen Hypothekarkunden und institutionellen Kreditgebern und erreichen dadurch den besten Zins in Echtzeit. Dabei stehen wir für Integrität, Neutralität, Transparenz und die Sicherheit des Hypothekarmarktes. Unsere Partner zählen zu den Besten auf ihrem Gebiet, teilen unsere Werte und stehen für unternehmerisches Wachstum.

Greenmatch combines the perspectives of all market participants on one single platform and allows for an efficient interaction. Thanks to the independent, certified financial model, discussions regarding deviations between the financial models of the buyer and the seller do no longer occur. Detailed risk analysis strengthen the trust of banks and accelerate the closure of the project financing. Thus, each market participant saves valuable time and can focus more on his key competences.

Tradeplus24 specialises in providing Swiss KMUs with state of the art Insurance and Receivables Finance solutions. Unlike factoring, our innovative solution offers SMEs the opportunity to get a flexible credit line against their accounts receivable whilst offering them the option to insure their global accounts receivables against default. This way Swiss KMU’s can grow their export business in a financially sound and safe way, even when their buyers demand longer payment terms and want to trade own open account basis.

Systemcredit is a service provider to the lending industry. As the external rating agency, it helps SME to get suitable financing faster, at lower cost. And it enables lenders to grow their loan portfolios at reduced risk and lower process cost.

Cashare was founded in January 2008 as a public limited company under Swiss law, has its registered office in Hünenberg (ZG) and is registered in the commercial register of the Canton Zug. They are an approved financial intermediary pursuant to Art. 2, para. 3 of the Swiss Money Laundering Act and are audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers AG.

LEND matches investors with borrowers. Investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. From person to person. Without a bank in the middle.

Teylor is a Swiss technology company focused on building better financial products for small businesses in Europe.

Aidonic is a Blockchain-powered platform for social fundraising and digital last mile distribution of humanitarian aid.

neocredit.ch AG is a Crowdlending platform specialised in business loans to Swiss SMEs. Thanks to the simple, fast and transparent process, SMEs can easily finance their projects. neocredit.ch AG is the only Swiss Crowdlending platform uniting two strong partners: Vaudoise Insurance and Credit.fr, a leading French crowdlending platform.

FinanceScout24 ist der erste mitdenkende digitale Partner für die wichtigsten Finanz- und Versicherungsthemen des Lebens. Als One-Stop-Shop ermöglicht FinanceScout24 den Vergleich und Abschluss von Hypotheken, Motorfahrzeugversicherungen und Konsumkrediten und steht den Usern mit Hintergrundwissen und Beratung rund um diese Themen zur Seite.

Advice

moneyguru.ch ist der digitale Assistent für private Finanzen in der Schweiz. Der Moneyguru ist von den Gründern von moneyland.ch ins Leben gerufen worden. Die unabhängige Vergleichsseite moneyland.ch ist sozusagen die Mutter, die Datenlieferantin und der Rechner von Moneyguru.

Alquant improves traditional asset management through quantitative methods and artificial intelligence for the benefit of its clients. Alquant’s purpose is to enable more and more people to enjoy greater financial prosperity by protecting and growing their assets. At Alquant, we strive for clear, sound and effective investment solutions.

Yeldo is an innovative real estate investment platform based in Zürich and in Lugano. We are specialized in professional selection of real estate assets and investment structuring.

Investment Navigator is operated by Investment Navigator AG based in Zurich. Investment Navigator AG works closely with fundinfo, the leading platform for information and mandatory disclosures in the fund sector.

InvestGlass is a 24/7 financial markets platform built with Swiss banking know-how and a predictive algorithm. Their goal is to deliver smart financial information investors need at the right time and in the right format. Equities, Bonds, Forex, ETF, Futures, News and much more…

Apiax is a compliance digitally mastered. We transform complex regulations into easy-to-use digital compliance rules.

Sentifi is a leading Crowd-Intelligence platform for financial markets globally, receiving Swiss FinTech Award 2016. Their unique approach is to structure unstructured financial data from news, blogs and social media, identify and rank the sources for their relevance and apply self-learning algorithms and a financial expert system to extract insights from the content.

At atfinity, we disrupt the way thousands of businesses manage processes: We give companies the tools to create apps for simple or complex processes themselves. Our “Excel of processes” is used to create a wide range of tools from digital onboarding solutions and KYC processes to legal request handling.

SwissMetrics is a dynamic startup from Switzerland that has a mission to enhance the way companies monitor their credit risk. As finance professionals, they have developed a SaaS platform with the aim of promoting smarter collaboration within companies to work for a common goal – saving money through risk minimization.

With diverse academic backgrounds ranging from information technology, mathematics, business administration, political sciences and philosophy, economics, design, linguistics and psychology, Adviscent‘s team of experts brings solid domain expertise on board in the banking, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and food industries.

MeetInvest seeks to democratize stock market investment with a free service that combines a social media platform and an investor toolkit, bringing in one place all the necessary resources for people to start trading like pros.

By leveraging technology, Dein-Anlageberater.ch provides users with personalized investment advisory services and recommendations for asset allocation at a much lower price than traditional investment advisers.

RealAdvisor a pour mission d’améliorer et optimiser votre expérience de vente et d’achat de biens immobiliers en Suisse grâce à des outils modernes et précis. The most reliable real estate valuation tool in Switzerland.

Nectar Financial, formerly Etops, is a Swiss fintech company specializing in wealth and asset management. It provides middle and back office services for more than 30 family offices, independent asset managers and banks and supports them in managing assets in excess of CHF 35 billion.

Riskifier makes investment risk profiling simple, fun and insightful for everyone. Our solution uses latest advances of artificial intelligence to fulfill the requirements of MiFID II/FIDLEG investor risk profiling and KYC data collection, while digitalizing & gamifying user experience as well unleashing advantages of behavior based personalized investment risk profiles.

Pricehubble is a Swiss B2B proptech company that builds innovative digital solutions for the real estate industry based on property valuations and market insights. Leveraging big data, cutting-edge analytics and great visualization, PriceHubble’s products suite brings a new level of transparency in the market, enabling their customers to make real estate and investment decisions based on the most accurate data-driven insights and enhance the dialogue with end consumers.

EdgeLab is a fintech company providing an investment intelligence web platform to help financial institutions taking smarter decisions.

theScreener is the market leader for independent valuations of financial securities, equities, sectors and markets, and new funds.

Alethena is the first Swiss ICO and Blockchain-Asset Rating Agency and Due Diligence Service Provider.

With deep technical insight, vast financial market experience, and a conclusive rating methodology, Alethena bridges the gap between blockchain and established investors. As a Swiss company neutrality is a core of our culture.

As a Swiss FinTech company, we offer digital solutions for issuers to have a direct channel of communication to investors, on a global scale. Keeping up with the demands of increasingly tech-savvy investors is hard, Sharesinside aims to simplify this process, giving you more time to focus on what’s really important – your narrative.

Crypto Finance AG is a financial technology holding company founded in June 2017. The Group provides blockchain-related services through its three subsidiaries: Crypto Fund AG (Asset Management), Crypto Broker AG (Brokerage), and Crypto Storage AG (Storage).

The Swiss Real Estate sector is one of the most economically and politically stable in the world. It is very popular with institutional investors and remains difficult to access for private investors.

In fact, the heterogeneity of properties, their acquisition values, the complexity of financing them and the retention of information signifies that this market still remains relatively inefficient.

Based on these observations, Crowdpark SA, established on December 1st 2017 in Geneva, is an independent company specialized in Swiss Real Estate Crowd-Investing.

Leva sets the new standard for investment syndicates. At the intersection of finance and technology, Leva has developed a novel technology to bring investment syndicates into the 21st century. Our platform allows a fully automated syndicate creation. With Leva, syndicate leaders can conveniently onboard new investors, manage the investor base, and raise capital efficiently.

Der erste Robo Advisor für die Immobilienwirtschaft. propmatch ist die einfache Lösung zur Analyse, Bewertung und Vermittlung von Standorten, Renditeimmobilien und Grundstücken in der Schweiz.

Smolio ist dein Finanzbuddy. Wir begleiten dich und verkaufen keine Finanzprodukte. Anders als andere profitieren wir nicht versteckt von unseren Empfehlungen. Was du bezahlst finanziert die künftige Entwicklung von Smolio. Eben unabhängig.

ex indiciis believe that customer relationship is at the core of the wealth management industry. As a consequence we provide wealth managers with the necessary tools to deliver personalized content to any user interacting with the company through any digital channel.

Anova Partners provide an independent marketplace where investors and manufacturers meet to achieve better investment decisions facilitated through technologically enabled investment, risk, product management as well as execution services in order to manage your portfolio in a simple way.

Imvesters offers you concrete investments in performance real estate that will supplement your income every month.

SmartMoneyMatch.com offers two main functionalities: 1. Investments can be classified analogous to eBay and according to these criteria you can offer or demand investments. You can state what your supply is or your demand and giving other users the opportunity to search for supplied or demanded investments with the given criteria. 2. Users can mutually connect. This functionality is similar to LinkedIn with relevant criteria for the investment industry.

Legartis is developing an AI-based legal document life cycle solution provided as a SaaS system. It aids companies’​ legal and compliance departments, HR and procurement to review, analyze, amend and manage all legal documents throughout their entire life cycle.

Aisot (“AISignals and Operations in Trading”) is developping algorithms for data analytics and predictive analytics.

LumRisk is an independent company that provides state-of-the-art risk consolidation, analysis and reporting services to institutional clients. LumRisk provides risk analysis and reporting, based on full transparency into underlying instruments, on many types of investment programs, such as funds-of-hedge-funds, multi-asset programs, alternative risk premia programs and traditional long-only investments.

ElleXX ist die unabhängige Geld-Medien-Plattform für Frauen. Sie bringt Inhalte und Investieren zusammen. Frauen haben andere Lebensläufe als Männer. Sie verdienen weniger, erhalten schlechtere Kreditkonditionen, tiefere Darlehen, überziehen eher ihre Konten, zahlen mehr Gebühren und investieren weniger. Sie arbeiten mehr Teilzeit, erben weniger und leben länger. Das wirkt sich alles negativ auf ihre Finanzen aus.

Integration

Performance Watcher Evaluating and comparing the result of one’s investment portfolio must be accessible to everyone. Our aim is to popularize and demystify a traditionally opaque field. We believe in explanations that are simple, clear and understandable to everyone. With the disappearance of Swiss banking secrecy, increased competition, the Internet and a new generation of customers the transparency of results is born.

Sygnum is a technology-driven company that empowers financial services for the digital asset economy. It develops an integrated solution to securely issue, store, trade and manage digital assets.

Additiv develops and implements digital innovations and business models for financial services companies – tailor-made and turnkey.

At SEBA, we want to build a gateway that facilitates movement of assets between the crypto and traditional financial markets for major financial investors. Our ambition is to be one of the world’s first universal, fully licensed and supervised crypto banks, offering industry leading crypto-asset financial products and services.

Founded in 2007, NetGuardians was the first company to emerge from the innovation incubator Y-Parc, in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. The company now enjoys a solid international presence with a steadily growing clientele in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

FundBase is a cloud-based platform to ultimately host the complete investment process for high-conviction alternative investments. Fundbase delivers to qualified investors a seamlessly integrated platform to discover, execute and monitor complex investments such as hedge funds, private equity and other high-conviction investments.

Pure Value Metrics provides active investors with a unique combination of Global Equity Portfolio Selection, Market Insight, Online Trading and discretionary Voice Execution.

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