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Swisscom Ventures

Company

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About Company
Swisscom Ventures is the venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, investing in early-stage tech companies since 2007.

Related to

Swisscom

Swisscom

Swisscom is a leading Swiss telecoms and IT company.

Sector

Telecommunications Service Providers

Subsector

Telecommunications Services

Keywords

Telecommunications, Information Technology

Location

Ittigen, Switzerland

total rounds

2

total raised

$4B

count Of Investments

20

count Of Exists

3

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Also Known As

SCV

founded date

01.01.2005

Number of employees

IPO status

Private

Description

With offices in Switzerland and the USA, Swisscom Ventures focuses on investing in IT, digital media, and telecommunication companies. They offer financial support and access to technical infrastructure and market channels. Their expertise lies in Telco & IT Cloud, DeepTech, Cybersecurity, Fintech, and Big Data & AI. Swisscom Ventures seeks minority stakes in companies relevant to the information/communications/entertainment space, investing $50-100 million annually in 8-10 new companies.
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Date 
name 
Lead 
type 
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Founders
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Dominique Megret
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Dominique Megret

Dominique Megret is head of Swisscom Ventures, which he started in 2007. He joined Swisscom in 2002 as head of the Group Strategy unit. Previously, Dominique Mégret was an entrepreneur in the United Kingdom, a strategy consultant in the European telecom industry and country manager for an IT company in Germany. He currently serves on the boards of Scailyte AG and Bloom SA. He is also an observer on the boards of Sophia Genetics and AVA Women.

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Employee Profiles
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Alexander Schlaepfer

Alexander Schlaepfer

Partner

Wanja Humanes

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Investment Manager

Carlo Grassi

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CFO Swisscom Ventures

Stefan Kuentz

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Partner

Par Lange

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Partner

Dominique Megret

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Head of Swisscom Ventures

Lajla Aganovic

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Investment Director

Peter Ibbotson

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Investor Relations Director

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