Olivier Laplace built and ran Swiss Post's corporate venture arm before joining VI Partners, and that background as a developer, founder, investment banker, and corporate strategist shapes how he invests, encourages founders to look closely at who they're raising money from, and pushes for technology that will matter years down the road rather than just today. He's also active beyond founder meetings, writing and teaching to help other investors evaluate VC managers, and he sums up his approach with the phrase "give to get."
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VI Partners
Sectors
Biotech, Medtech, AI, Enterprise, Fintech
Rounds
Seed - Series A
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CHF 2M–CHF 4M
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Founded in 2001, VI Partners is Switzerland's longest-established venture capital firm focused on early-stage life science and technology, built on close ties to ETH Zurich and EPFL through tech-transfer offices and backed by an investor base that includes ETH Zurich and major corporates like ABB, UBS, Nestlé and Sulzer, alongside an evergreen fund structure that recycles capital rather than following the typical 10-year VC model. This academic-to-industry pipeline has produced repeated large exits, including 2025's billion-dollar acquisitions of Nexthink and Araris Biotech, both of which grew out of Swiss university research.
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