About Serpentine Ventures
Serpentine Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of Zurich, Switzerland. As of Apr 2024, Serpentine Ventures has invested in 59 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Switzerland based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Retail. Most recently it led the $1.21M Seed round of along with Earlybird. This round also saw participation from IndieBio and other investors.
Overall, Serpentine Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 2 acquisitions, namely Beaconsmind, Stash and Tipi. A lot of funds co-invest with Serpentine Ventures, with names like Rockaway Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Serpentine Ventures has team of 11 people including 4 partners.
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Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Serpentine Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Serpentine Ventures has invested in 59 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2024, it made 2 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in RAAAM and most recent follow-on round was in Klepsydra.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
2022 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Serpentine Ventures' Investments by Stage
Serpentine Ventures has made 19 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.7M and 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.93M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 19 |
Series A | 3 |
Serpentine Ventures' Investments by Sector
Serpentine Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer, Retail and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 46 Tech companies, 31 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 29 Software companies and at least 16 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 9 |
High Tech | 9 |
Consumer | 5 |
Retail | 5 |
Vertical SaaS | 5 |
Others | 39 |
Serpentine Ventures' Investments by Geography
Serpentine Ventures has made most investments in Switzerland (15), followed by Germany where it has made 2 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Switzerland | 15 |
Germany | 2 |
Israel | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Serpentine Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Serpentine Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 15, 2024 | Israel | Seed | $4M | ||
Jan 28, 2024 | Germany | Seed | $5M | D11Z.Ventures [+6] | |
Jul 12, 2023 | Israel | Seed | $1.21M | Earlybird [+2] | |
Jun 28, 2023 | Switzerland | Seed | $1.12M | QBIT Capital [+2] | |
Jun 12, 2023 | United Kingdom | Seed | $1.4M | Clean Growth Fund [+2] |
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Here are Serpentine Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 12, 2021 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in Serpentine Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Serpentine Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Team profile of Serpentine Ventures
Serpentine Ventures has a team of 11 membersÌýincluding 4 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 2 PrincipalsÌýlocated in Switzerland. Serpentine Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Serpentine Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | Cham | - | ||
Partner | Zurich | - | ||
Partner | Zurich | - | - | |
Partner | Zurich | - | - | |
Venture Partner | - | - | - | |
Venture Partner | - | - | - | |
Principal | Zurich | - | ||
Principal | Zurich | - | ||
Advisor | Zurich | - | ||
Associate | Zurich | - | ||
Analyst | Lucerne | - |
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Over the past 4 years, 75 investors have co-invested in Serpentine Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Serpentine Ventures:ÌýVenture Kick, FIT and 12 others have invested in rounds before Serpentine Ventures. There are 6 companies where Venture Kick has invested before Serpentine Ventures and 2 companies where FIT has invested before Serpentine Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Serpentine Ventures:Ìý48 investors entered a company along with Serpentine Ventures. These include investors like Rockaway Capital (1 company).
- Invested after Serpentine Ventures:ÌýA total of 13 investors have invested in Serpentine Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include (2 companies), PSG (1 company) and Rockaway Ventures (1 company).
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