Verve Ventures

Startup Phlair develops a new, cost-effective technology to capture CO2 from ambient air. In our interview, co-founder and CEO Malte Feucht explains why companies like Google, McKinsey, Salesforce, Stripe, and Shopify back the technology. Read the interview: https://lnkd.in/dz5AC6WY

Multiomic Health partners with Alloy Therapeutics, Inc. to develop first-in-class renal tissue-targeting drugs. MultiOmic Health contributes its AI-enabled precision medicine discovery platform and expertise in kidney disease biology to the partnership. Alloy has developed an impressive bispecific antibody and genetic medicine platform. “We are excited to partner with Alloy, a well-known industry player with leading-edge drug molecule engineering platforms that have been the basis of 10 clinical-stage assets so far, including two in Phase II trials,” said Robert Thong, MultiOmic Health’s CEO and Co-Founder. Precision medicines for chronic renal conditions targeted to the kidney tissue of specific patient subpopulations are expected to display an order of magnitude improvement in efficacy and safety, compared to conventional systemic drugs aimed at all patients diagnosed with those conditions. Press release: https://lnkd.in/dcxE5sA6

Zürcher Kantonalbank has shown that corporations can and must support the startup ecosystem. Yesterday Verve Ventures held a joint event where we brought together startups, clients and experts from the whole ecosystem to discuss the state of the industry. During the event Haelixa and Scrona Ltd. both discussed their solutions, explained their journey and how they as startups are working with large corporations to solve the most pressing issues that we face as a society. Verve Ventures as well as Zürcher Kantonalbank have helped over 100s of startups across Switzerland and Europe get the funding needed to bring their solutions to markets. The big difference being that ZKB invests directly into startups whereas with Verve Ventures private individuals have the opportunity to invest into startups. This is where our partnership and through events like this that Zürcher Kantonalbank gives their clients the opportunity to educate themselves on how to support the ecosystem. Special Thanks to Florence Schnydrig Moser for hosting us. #Startups #Venture #banking #ecosystem #ZKB #verveventures

Bob W., the tech-powered hospitality operator redefining the world of hotels and serviced apartments, has welcomed Philip Ward to its Board of Directors as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Ward, the former CEO of JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group for EMEA, brings more than three decades of experience across real estate, banking, and hospitality advisory. Widely recognised as one of the most respected figures in European hospitality investment, Ward joins Bob W at a time of rapid growth and strategic expansion across the continent. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eBr_mZKP If you want to stay like a local in handpicked neighborhoods, check out Bob W.'s rapidly expanding list of cities: https://lnkd.in/ey8yiq-T

Spotlight on our new portfolio company Metafuels: Metafuels has developed new technology to produce synthetic jet fuel that paves the way for climate-neutral aviation. Read our interview with founder Saurabh KAPOOR here: https://lnkd.in/ebVUmyQv If you want to learn more about energy and resources startups, we invite you to join our first "Deep Tech Deep Dives" webinar on April 9. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/exYJGAVE

Do you want to get into VC Deep Tech Investing? Learn how top investors evaluate opportunities. We’re launching a new webinar series exploring the four investment topics we invest in. Through these sessions, you’ll discover how we evaluate industries, identify high-potential startups, and commit to investing—all while showcasing real-world solutions tackling major challenges. Join us for the first session of Deep Tech Deep Dives, where we’ll dive into investing in the Energy & Resources sector. With 15 years of experience and a track record of investing in 180 startups to date, we’ll share our insights on industry assessment, due diligence, trends, and making informed decisions in investing in cutting-edge technologies. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and partner with experienced investors. Register now! 📅 Date: 9th April ⏰ Time: 12 PM CET 🔗 [https://lnkd.in/eYv2FsVg] #DeepTech #VentureCapital #Startups #Innovation #EnergyTech

We welcome Lexroom.ai to our portfolio. The Milan-based startup raised a EUR 2m Seed round led by Entourage, with the participation of Vento, Banyan Ventures, and X-Equity advised by FNDX. Lexroom.ai was founded in 2023 by Paolo Fois, Martina Domenicali, and Andrea Lonza. Lexroom.ai is redefining how lawyers work by harnessing the power of generative AI. The company’s platform offers advanced tools to streamline every stage of legal operations, from high-precision legal research and document analysis to automated drafting of legal briefs, contracts, and other documents. Lexroom.ai leads the digital transformation of the legal sector through partnerships with top-tier law firms such as Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici for corporate law, Ichino Brugnatelli e Associati for labor law, and WST Law & Tax Firm for tax law. Lexroom has already convinced 1500 professional users in Italy, and reached EUR 1m in ARR. With the fresh capital injection, Lexroom.ai plans to double down on equipping all law firms with its product, including single professionals in the long tail of the market, and become the most significant legal AI tech player in Southern Europe. The startup plans to build one of Europe's foremost AI development teams, growing to 35 employees by year-end with more than 50% dedicated to product-related roles. Check out their open positions in Milan on their website!

Great news for our portfolio company Phlair: Frontier buyers will pay Phlair $30.6 million to remove 47,000 tons of CO₂ between 2027 and 2030. This offtake will support Phlair’s first commercial-scale DAC facility, Dawn, in Alberta, Canada. This deal marks Frontier’s first electrochemical direct air capture (DAC) offtake. DAC plants are costly to build and use much energy to operate. Phlair addresses these challenges with an electrochemical approach that has the potential to be highly energy efficient. Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/e_WGJGx5 Congratulations on this big win, team Phlair! Thomas Meier, Lorenzo Fabritius

It started with a world record and is now changing how electronics are manufactured: Scrona Ltd. manufactures some of the most advanced printheads worldwide in a clean room in Zurich. CEO Dr. Patrick Heißler talks about leading the ETH spin-off into the industrialization phase in our interview: https://www.verve.vc/blog/scronas-printheads-are-ready-for-high-volume-production/

After raising USD 12.5M, Cubbit wants to rapidly expand in the DACH region and beyond. In this interview, co-CEO and co-founder Stefano Onofri explains why private companies and public organisations opt for the cloud storage enabler’s services. Read the interview: https://lnkd.in/eB5cRTkg