We are a leading Swiss venture platform. A privately financed group that has become one of Switzerland’s most active early-stage investors. We hunt for opportunities, finding the most promising ideas and helping them succeed.
Our Board of Directors is the strategic driving force behind the Swiss Ventures Group. Comprising a group’s founder and two shareholder representatives, it is responsible for steering the whole organisation in the right direction and making sure it keeps evolving.
As co-founder of the group, Oliver Walzer is the COO of our investment arm Serpentine Ventures. His degrees in engineering and computer science first led him to be CTO of Switzerland’s most popular community platform and then to found an online marketplace for services. In 2012 he co-founded Incuray, an early stage incubator that later became the Swiss Startup Factory accelerator.
Eric Sarasin boasts over 30 years of banking experience gained at Morgan Stanley, Pictet & Cie, Citibank and, most notably, Bank J. Safra Sarasin. He helped the family-owned bank become one of Switzerland’s leading private banks. Since 2019, he has been Chairman of the Board of directors of Singularity Group SA and a board member of several other companies.
J.D. Michael Widmer is the Swiss Ventures Group’s Legal Counsel and manager of the Brino Group AG. After his Doctor of Law and a master’s degree in business administration, he worked as an associate and lawyer, was part of the management at Eurex, managed the Cat Group for four years and later the Gutenberg Group. For seven years, he regularly took off as a freelance pilot for Cat Aviation.
Voltiris, a Serpentine Ventures portfolio company, ranked #4 in the 2025 TOP 100 Swiss Startup Awards—solar for greenhouses that keeps yields high while producing clean energy. Exactly the kind of scalable climate tech we like to back.
Luna, a Serpentine Ventures portfolio company, closed its Series A led by Vensana Capital to advance its iCGM-compatible insulin patch pump for safer, automated nighttime care.
evulpo, a Serpentine Ventures portfolio company, has raised CHF 8.8M to accelerate growth and scale its EdTech platform — with the ambition of becoming the global standard for school software.
Redstone, has launched the Redstone Global Ventures Portfolio (RGV). In strategic partnership with Swiss Ventures Group, the fund is now being made accessible to qualified investors in Switzerland.