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Deals, Fails, Success Stories: Mein Blick auf die Startup-Welt.
In my latest BILANZ column, I wrote about a question that is becoming impossible to ignore: does the traditional venture capital model still work? VC depends on a simple promise: investors lock up capital for a decade or more, accept high risk and illiquidity, and receive outsized returns in exchange. But in today’s market, many…
SPVs — special purpose vehicles — are becoming increasingly popular in venture and tech investing. Their promise is simple: they give investors access to private companies they might not otherwise be able to invest in directly. That sounds attractive, especially when the company is a hyped pre-IPO candidate. Think SpaceX, Anthropic, Stripe, or in Europe,…
The NZZ recently highlighted an unusual Swiss AI story: a Basel-based association called Macroscopic Ventures is reportedly among the early investors in Anthropic, the company behind Claude. What makes the story remarkable is not only the potential financial return, but also the background and motivation of the investor. Macroscopic Ventures reportedly invested in Anthropic as…
Der Schweizer Startup-Markt zeigt im Mai 2026 ein klares Bild: Life Sciences dominieren das Finanzierungsgeschehen. Gleichzeitig fliesst europaweit wieder deutlich mehr Kapital – insbesondere in AI-Infrastruktur, Data Centers, Chips und Drug Discovery. Die wichtigsten Entwicklungen des Monats diskutieren Guy Giuffredi und ich auch im aktuellen Burn Rate Podcast. Investment-Volumen Schweiz: Leicht unter April Im Mai wurden…
For years, the venture-capital playbook seemed remarkably straightforward: build software, scale quickly and benefit from attractive margins. In the age of artificial intelligence, that logic is beginning to change. The reason is almost paradoxical. Software has never been easier to build. AI-assisted development tools allow founders to launch products faster, with smaller teams and significantly…
AI startups are growing faster than any software generation before them. At least on paper. Behind some of the most impressive revenue announcements, however, lies a surprisingly flexible interpretation of ARR. Founders and investors should take a closer look. The headlines sound spectacular: an AI startup reaches $10 million in Annual Recurring Revenue within months.…
There is a strange new rhythm in venture capital. Not long ago, a startup funding cycle followed a fairly predictable cadence. A company would raise capital, execute against milestones, show progress, and then return to market twelve to eighteen months later. Over time, that cycle compressed. Eighteen months became twelve. Twelve became nine. Nine became…
Physical AI is becoming one of Europe’s most exciting deeptech fields. It refers to artificial intelligence that does not just generate text, images or code, but acts in the physical world: in robotics, industrial automation, autonomous vehicles, chips, advanced materials and other hardware-driven sectors. A recent analysis by Sifted shows how much momentum Europe already has in…
This week on the Burn Rate podcast, we discussed a shift that is becoming impossible to ignore: the seed market is not dead, but it is changing dramatically. We looked at the latest numbers from the U.S. venture market, because the U.S. is often a leading indicator for what may later show up in Europe.…
This week on our podcast Burn Rate, we discussed a listener question that goes straight to one of the biggest debates in the startup and AI world right now: is the one-person unicorn still a myth, or are we seeing the beginning of a fundamentally new startup model? The case that triggered the discussion was Medvi, a telehealth company…
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