Axelra, headquartered in Zurich, started as a Tech Venture Builder in 2019 with a focus on early-stage ventures. Recognized by the Financial Times in 2024, Axelra has since evolved, shifting the focus to its strategic investments. With a proven track record of accelerating over 45 tech ventures, co-creating 20 tech startups, and developing 8 portfolio companies, we blend strategic investments with hands-on advisory services to drive the growth and success of innovative startups.
Our approach is based on the two pillars:
- Strategic Investments: We focus on the strategic development of our co-created portfolio ventures.
- Hands-on Expertise: Our seasoned venture builders provide in-depth expertise in management, growth, and product, ensuring startups achieve accelerated success.
Strategic Investments
We invest in Swiss-based early-stage tech companies with disruptive solutions and global potential, prioritizing committed teams with rapid execution capabilities. Our focus is on ventures leveraging cutting-edge technologies to create proprietary IP and achieve sustainable growth. In 2024, we prioritize the strategic development of our co-created portfolio ventures and we will not be expanding our portfolio. Read more about our Investment Focus for the future.
Hands-on Expertise
Since 2019, we have built and scaled 45+ tech ventures, delivering revenue-generating MVPs within 100 days. We have gained a profound understanding of the entire tech venture building process from multiple perspectives: as entrepreneurs, customers, investors, and venture builders. At Axelra, our expertise spans product, management, and growth.
We focus on the strategic development of our portfolio, offering hands-on advisory to drive ventures and support early-stage tech startups.
Proven Track Record
Since 2019, Axelra has built a robust track record, having accelerated over 45 tech ventures. We specialized in co-creating and launching revenue-generating MVPs within 100 days, often co-creating Joint ventures or contributing up to 50% of our costs as sweat equity. Learn more about the ventures accelerated and our role in their successful co-creation.
#1 in Switzerland and #32 in EuropeAxelra identified as one of Europe's Leading Startup Hubs 2024