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