Privilège Ventures, a Lugano, Switzerland-based venture capital firm, launched CHF 20m Fund IV, dedicated to scouting and investing in female led early-stage startups across Europe.
Fund IV will seek 15-20 seed and early-stage female led companies across Europe, with an initial ticket sizes of about 250’000.
Led by Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch and Lucian Wagner, Privilège Ventures is a venture capital firm, authorized by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as venture capital asset manager, investing in promising early-stage startups.
In addition to Wagner and Ruedin Rüsch, Fund IV will be overseen by seasoned founder and Venture Partner Lea von Bidder (femtech health company Ava Women AG, L’inouï). Cecilia Orlando, with previous experience with HNWI at UBS and Credit Suisse will head investor relations.
Privilège Ventures’ existing portfolio already features stand-out female innovators and talent including von Bidder’s Ava Women AG, which recently exited to U.S.-based FemTec Health; AgroSustain SA, pioneers in all natural crop protection coatings; and IDUN Technologies AG, the neural interface unlocking secrets to better sleep and direct brain – machine interaction.
The firm has offices in Lugano, Zurich and Boston.
FinSMEs
04/11/2022