IFZ FinTech Study 2025: An Overview of Swiss and Liechtenstein FinTech (HSLU Institute of Financial Services Zug)
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HSLU Institute of Financial Services ZugLargest segment
259 companies
B2B-focused internationally oriented FinTech companies (51% of total) p.13
Summary
- By the end of 2024, the Swiss and Liechtenstein FinTech ecosystem comprised over 511 companies.p.3
- Financing activities totalled approximately CHF 300 million, only half the funding of the record year of 2022.p.3
- The number of FinTech companies grew from 161 in 2015 to 511 in 2024.p.6
- VC rounds fell to 54 in 2024 after a record high of 87 rounds in 2021.p.21
- Zurich and Zug lead the sector with 187 and 125 companies by the end of 2024.p.11
- A total of 389 FinTech firms were listed on stock exchanges worldwide by year-end.p.26
- The IFZ FinTech Index has 157 constituents as of 31 December 2024.p.27
Key insights
- FinTech companies account for 5.6 percent of all businesses in the financial sector in Switzerland and 8.6 percent in Liechtenstein.p.7
- B2B companies dominate with 259 (51% of the total) among internationally focused FinTech companies.p.13
- Female participation in management teams rose to 13 percent in 2024.p.17
- Distributed Ledger Technology attracted CHF 174 million across 24 rounds in 2024.p.22
- Seed rounds dropped sharply to 16 by 2024, and Series B rounds fell to just twelve.p.21
- 57 companies operate at the intersection of FinTech and RegTech.p.20
- Of the 306 IPOs recorded in the global FinTech industry since 2010, 36 were subsequently delisted.p.25
- Total company numbers rose from 505 at the end of 2023 to 511 at the end of 2024, with six newly founded companies.p.8
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