SECA Yearbook 2023
SECA represents more than 500 members including investment companies, banks, corporate finance advisors, auditing firms, lawyers, and private investors in Switzerland.
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SECA represents more than 500 members including investment companies, banks, corporate finance advisors, auditing firms, lawyers, and private investors in Switzerland.
ICT/Fintech surpassed CHF 2 billion, with ICT invested capital growing by 72%.
SECA represents the Swiss private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance industries with a member base of more than 500 members.
In the first half of 2022, total invested capital in Swiss start-up financing rose to almost CHF 2.6 billion across more than 160 financing rounds.
European private equity deal activity reached more than EUR 754 billion in 2021, moving well above trend growth.
SICTIC facilitated 110 funding rounds in 2021, accounting for 71% of all early-stage ICT investments in Switzerland.
ICT/Fintech investment more than doubled to achieve a record volume of over CHF 1.5 billion.
Investments in Swiss start-ups recorded an increase of 44 % in invested capital, reaching 3059 CHF m in 2021.
SECA has a membership base of more than 600 members, including investment companies, banks, corporate finance advisors, and private investors.
Capital Dynamics manages and advises more than USD 16 billion in private assets globally across private equity, private credit, and clean energy infrastructure.
Global private equity dealmaking recovered in the second half of 2020 to reach approximately USD 600 billion for the year.
Investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 1.7 billion across 124 financing rounds in the first half of 2021.
Swiss venture capital investment experienced a 7% decrease overall.
During the first half of 2020, CHF 763 million was invested into Swiss start-ups across 105 financing rounds.
The Swiss venture capital market recorded an overall growth rate of 86%.
In 2019, almost CHF 2.3 billion was invested in 266 Swiss start-ups, representing an 85.5% increase compared with the previous year.
Total assets under management invested globally in private markets ballooned to an all-time high of US $6.5 trillion.
In May 2019, major crypto exchange Binance suffered a cyberattack resulting in $41 million in Bitcoin being stolen.
In 2018, nearly CHF 1.24 billion in venture capital was invested in Swiss start-ups, representing an increase of 31.8% on the previous year.
The estimated $757 billion fresh commitment flows to private capital worldwide in 2018 stands 18% below 2017's record fund raising of $925 billion.
Swiss startups raised CHF 1236 million in funding in 2018.
Total venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups reached CHF 937.7 million in 2017 across 175 financing rounds.
In 2017, Swiss startups received total venture capital funding of CHF 938 million.
Switzerland's financial sector employs over 200,000 people and generates nearly ten per cent of the country's gross domestic product.
In 2016, 151 financing rounds of Swiss start-ups were reported, representing an increase of 26% compared with 2015.
Venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups reached a peak of CHF 676 million across 120 financing rounds in 2015.
In 2014, Swiss start-ups collected CHF 457 million in 92 financing rounds, representing an increase of about 10 % on the previous year.
Swiss start-ups received a total of CHF415.3 million across 90 venture capital financing rounds in 2013.
The study analyzes whether growth rates of Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) backed startups differ from Venture Capital (VC) backed startups.
The publication is the 2nd edition released in 2004 as Volume 1 of the Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association series.