Led · Seed · Jul 2026

Carewell operates a multi-platform software solution combining an internal staff-pool management module (Carewell Pool) and access to an external pool of qualified professionals (Carewell Work). Its platform uses an intelligent matching algorithm to let HR managers identify suitable candidates first from internal staff and then from external professionals. The service has been adopted by more than 50 healthcare institutions across Switzerland and targets a short-term healthcare recruitment market estimated at CHF 800 million nationally. The company highlights a projected shortage of 40,000 healthcare professionals by 2040 as part of the market need it addresses. Carewell has received non-dilutive support and awards including the PERL 2025 Trophy, CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick and a CHF 200,000 Digital Growth loan from the FIT. Following the CHF 1.5 million round led by StartAngels Network, the company plans to accelerate rollout and expand commercially and technologically, including a pilot in German-speaking Switzerland.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2024

Calingo develops a digital B2B2C business model that integrates insurance products into partners' point-of-sale, enabling personalized insurance offers to end customers. Its product suite includes private liability, household, and a dedicated pet insurance that covers illness, accidents, and preventive care with no age limits. The pet product targets an underserved Swiss market where less than 10% of pets are insured and existing offerings often fall short on transparency and satisfaction. Founders Anina Lutz, Daniel Litscher, Marlo Hug and Walter Rasa draw on experience working in insurance to design the platform. The company aims to scale operations and expand its reach within Switzerland. The recent financing will be used to grow distribution and bring its high-end pet insurance to more pet owners. Calingo develops embedded B2B2C insurance products that are directly integrated into the value chains of distribution partners to deliver personalized risk protection without requiring customers to answer insurance questions. Its initial offerings include household and bike insurance, sold through sales partners in the real estate and e-commerce sectors. With 10 sales partners onboard, Calingo reports impressive conversion rates of up to 50%, which the company says validates its point-of-need distribution approach. The startup plans to use its fresh seed capital to finance the market entry of a new product, scale existing products and sales channels, and launch more innovative products later this year. Management emphasizes rethinking how insurance is sold rather than merely digitizing existing processes. Investors see the model as enabling international expansion when integrated into a seamless digital customer journey. Calingo Insurance AG builds a digital B2B2C insurance platform that integrates personalised insurance offers into partners' point-of-sale flows. Its initial product is a digital rental-linked insurance solution allowing tenants to buy tailored private liability and household coverage, with market entry planned for this summer. The company plans to scale the solution to additional use cases such as mortgage-related and pet insurance. Calingo has secured cooperation agreements with distribution partner Tend AG, UNIQA Liechtenstein as an active risk carrier, and Swiss Re as a reinsurance partner. The startup was founded in 2020 and currently employs five people. It recently closed its first investment round to support product launch and scaling.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2023

CareerFairy is a video recruiting platform for Generation Z that leverages social-media elements such as TikTok-style short videos and livestreams to provide authentic insights into companies and roles. Founded in 2019 by Thomas Schulz and Maximilian Voss, the company works with over 250 corporate clients and more than 230 universities and colleges. It operates offices in Zurich, Berlin, Utrecht and Lisbon. The product portfolio includes short-format videos called “Sparks” and interactive livestreams where students can ask questions. CareerFairy aims to expand its product offerings and grow geographically across the DACH region and the Benelux countries. The company has recently added major German clients including the Lufthansa Group and Dr. Oetker as it focuses further on the German market. CareerFairy is an interactive live streaming platform that enables companies to connect with students via university career services. Launched last year by ETH Zurich graduates Thomas Schulz and Maximilian Voss, the platform lets students meet prospective team members and ask questions about employers and roles. The company has partnered with over 16 university career centres in the DACH region and works with more than 100 employers, including CreditSuisse, ABB, Ernst and Young, Ferrari, AXA Winterthur, Bühler, BMW Group and Microsoft. Over the past 12 months CareerFairy completed some 200 live streams engaging over 350 students from target universities. The company plans to enhance the platform with new interactive features and to expand its service across Europe and into the United States. To support this strategic move it has secured a convertible loan of over CHF 425,000 from members of the StartAngels Network and other Swiss business angels. CareerFairy will also leverage the experience of new board members Peter Pfister, Urs Ernst and Fabio Magagna to drive growth and international expansion.

Led · Seed · Jun 2022

PIPRA offers a browser-based, platform-independent AI test that generates an immediate risk score for postoperative delirium from routinely collected patient history in about one minute. The tool leverages a curated and harmonized patient database to calculate individual, real-time risk scores and is CE-certified. The platform launched in September 2021 and is already used by paying clients including Hirslanden Hospital, Cantonal Hospital Baden and University Hospital Basel. A Budget Impact Analysis estimated the solution could save a mid-sized public hospital CHF 3.2 million per year. The company has a team of five employees and is currently hiring as it seeks to expand clinical adoption. PIPRA has also secured non-equity funding and awards to support multicentre projects with major university hospitals.

Led · Seed · Feb 2022

REBELS 0.0% offers a range of double-distilled non-alcoholic gin, rum and aperitif alternatives launched on the Swiss market last year. The products are already stocked in over 150 bars, hotels and specialist retailers. Ten months after founding, the company is preparing to expand into the European market. It closed a seed funding round of over 1 million Swiss francs to support that expansion. The founders say the proceeds will be invested primarily in marketing, sales and team expansion. Investors highlighted the founders' rapid achievement of impressive revenues and market presence, the brand's bold positioning and the quality of the products; the lead investor will take a seat on the board.