The Swiss Deep tech report 2026

Switzerland now ranks #1 globally for share of VC funding going to Deep Tech, and invest the most per capita funding in Deep tech in Europe and ranks among the top three nations globally, alongside Israel and the US. Strong links to university research and dense talent networks are increasingly translated in world's leading Deep tech startups. Switzerland is particularly well posed in AI, Robotics and Future of Compute, the technologies now dominating global venture funding.

Key findings

• Switzerland directs 63% of all its venture capital to deep tech, the highest share of any country, ahead of China at 56% and the US at 54%.
• Switzerland invests $1,470 per capita in deep tech, more than any other European country.
• Foreign investors supply 88% of the funding in Swiss deep tech rounds above $100M, and US investors alone provide more than half of late-stage capital.
• Swiss investors back over a third of early-stage rounds, but their share falls to 12% at late stage.
• ETH and EPFL rank first and second among European universities for new deep tech spinouts.