Sophie Lamparter is a founding partner at VitaminºC who spent nearly a decade at swissnex San Francisco building bridges between Switzerland and the Bay Area across science, technology, art, and innovation, which she frames as designing our future through cross-disciplinary collaboration. She combines climate-mitigation and adaptation investing with her background in art/creative tech and deep tech, positioning herself at the intersection of climate, culture, and frontier technology rather than a pure climate infrastructure lens.

• Championing virtual and extended reality applications beyond just gaming, with a special emphasis on education and remote collaboration. One clear example is the recurring support for a platform that gives students the tools to design and build their own three dimensional virtual schools.
• Prioritizing investments in female founders and diverse teams by treating these groups as a massive and overlooked financial opportunity. For instance, pride is expressed in running a fund that naturally maintains an equal gender split among both founders and investors, while also praising other venture capital firms that achieve lower failure rates by backing underrepresented leaders.
• Investing across human health, fertility, and environmental sustainability, viewing climate action directly as an investment in global wellness. This is demonstrated by backing companies in diverse but related areas, from a lab grown meat startup moving product onto actual consumer plates to a fitness technology company utilizing computer vision for body pose estimation.
• Maintaining strong ties to the Swiss entrepreneurial ecosystem while bridging connections to broader technology markets. This ongoing commitment is evident through regular collaborations with Swiss innovation outposts in San Francisco and public appreciation for national business communities that support local founders.