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2021

18 Fintech/ICT, �1 Cleantech, 1 Travel, 1 Energy, and 1 Fashion

21 Unicorns

Healthtech

13 Unicorns

2022

Crypto

21 Unicorns

Ethereum

(libra successor)

56 Startup Unicorns in Switzerland (since 2013)�Listed by the year they first reached at least a US$ 1 billion valuation

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Name of Swiss unicorn startup

Sector

Unicorn birth year

CHE

Canton

Web

Web (previously)

Reference

SAP Hybris

ICT

2013

CHE-101.286.644

ZG

Roivant Sciences

HealthTech

2014

CHE-289.087.624

BS

Leonteq

Fintech

2015

CHE-113.956.233

ZH

Ascensia Diabetes Care

HealthTech

2016

CHE-427.105.881

BS

Ethereum

Crypto

2016

CHE-292.124.800

ZG

MindMaze

HealthTech

2016

CHE-477.979.617

VD

Actelion Pharmaceuticals

HealthTech

2017

CHE-103.975.795

BL

ADC Therapeutics

HealthTech

2017

CHE-461.408.645

VD

Avaloq

Fintech

2017

CHE-103.836.490

ZH

Zur Rose Group

HealthTech

2017

CHE-107.471.275

TG

CRISPR Therapeutics

HealthTech

2018

CHE-494.642.722

ZG

Dermapharm AG

HealthTech

2018

CHE-108.386.436

ZG

DFINITY

Crypto

2018

CHE-189.770.146

ZH

Idorsia

HealthTech

2018

CHE-340.129.854

BL

Sportradar AG

ICT

2018

CHE-113.910.142

SG

Acronis

ICT

2019

CHE-115.925.597

SH

Bitmain

Crypto

2019

CHE-384.917.561

ZG

Valued $1B in 2019 according to CV VC Top 50 Report H2 2019

GetYourGuide

Travel

2019

CHE-114.077.156

ZH

Libra

Crypto

2019

CHE-329.081.073

GE

Valued $1B in 2019 according to CV VC Top 50 Report H2 2019

Numbrs

Fintech

2019

CHE-422.744.016

ZG

Polkadot (by Web 3.0 Technologies Stiftung)

Crypto

2019

CHE-322.596.347

ZG

Valued $1.2B in 2019 according to CV VC Top 50 Report H2 2019

Veeam

ICT

2019

CHE-449.611.046

ZG

wefox

Fintech

2019

CHE-375.651.476

ZH

Ypsomed

HealthTech

2019

CHE-109.446.354

BE

AAVE

Crypto

2020

CHE-221.010.436

TI

Cardano

Crypto

2020

CHE-184.477.354

ZG

Cosmos (by Interchain Foudation)

Crypto

2020

CHE-199.569.367

ZG

Diem (formerly Libra) by Diem Association

Crypto

2020

CHE-329.081.073

GE

NBE-Therapeutics

HealthTech

2020

CHE-153.827.725

BS

Near Protocol (by Near Foundation)

Crypto

2020

CHE-312.859.108

ZG

Nexo

Crypto

2020

CHE-247.157.495

ZG

Solana

Crypto

2020

CHE-436.843.713

ZG

Tezos

Crypto

2020

CHE-290.597.458

ZG

Autoform

ICT

2021

CHE-109.385.391

SZ

CloudBees

ICT

2021

CHE-330.725.859

FR

Concordium

Crypto

2021

CHE-178.185.601

ZG

CV VC Top 50 Report 2021 (published Jan 2022)

curve.fi (by Swiss Stake AG)

Crypto

2021

CHE-482.934.709

ZG

CV VC Top 50 Report 2021 (published Jan 2022)

Elrond

Crypto

2021

CHE-460.498.479

ZG

CV VC Top 50 Report 2021 (published Jan 2022)

Nexthink

ICT

2021

CHE-112.000.579

VD

On Running

Fashion

2021

CHE-115.332.641

ZH

Sensirion

ICT

2021

CHE-104.836.469

ZH

Sophia Genetics

HealthTech

2021

CHE-184.818.745

VD

Swissborg

Crypto

2021

CHE-499.067.328

VD

March 2021: Swissborg token reached 1 billion market cap: https://www.coinbase.com/price/swissborg#:~:text=The%20current%20price%20is%20%240.192727,circulating%20supply%20is%201%2C000%2C000%2C000%20CHSB.

Waves (by Waves Technologies / FundCount GmbH)

Crypto

2021

CHE-388.875.631

UR

CV VC Top 50 Report 2021 (published Jan 2022); DLTech Ltd., a company registered in the Republic of Seychelles under registration number 216295.

WayRay

ICT

2021

CHE-456.842.579

ZH

Web3 Foundation

Crypto

2021

CH-322.596.347

ZG

CV VC Top 50 Report 2021 (published Jan 2022)

21.co (by 21.shares)

Crypto

2022

CHE-347.562.100

ZG

beqom SA

ICT

2022

CHE-114.718.819

VD

Climeworks

Cleantech

2022

CHE-115.234.406

ZH

Energy Vault SA

Energy

2022

CHE-134.914.795

TI

Scandit

ICT

2022

CHE-115.245.284

ZH

Sonar (formerly SonarSource)

ICT

2022

CHE-114.587.664

GE

South Pole AG

Fintech

2022

CHE-114.590.459

ZH

M.A. Med Alliance SA

HealthTech

2023

CHE-114.307.623

VD

Orderfox Schweiz AG

ICT

2024

CHE-192.593.146

ZH

Sygnum

Fintech

2024

CHE-134.733.288

ZH

https://www.sygnum.com/

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