The Swiss market for the financing of innovative start-ups has grown strongly in the past year, despite the plummeting stock markets. Interviewed representatives of the scene still want a government boost, as there is still a lack of capital for growth investments of between 10 and 50 million francs.
The technology of the Zurich company Climeworks for capturing CO2 from air is of great interest to venture capitalists.
The common terms “venture capital” and “venture capital” are pleonasms like the white mold – because every capital investment is associated with risks. But what is meant by the terms mentioned in the scene as well as in the political discussion is a narrower interpretation: the financing of innovative start-ups. This is particularly risky, because experience has shown that the majority of company start-ups fail and only a small minority turn out to be a great success.
