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February 13, 2024

Founderful closes $85m of a new $120m fund focused on the 'overlooked' Swiss ecosystem

The firm’s second fund aims to back 40 B2B pre-seed startups based in Switzerland

Sadia Nowshin

4 min read

VC firm Founderful, previously known as Wingman Ventures, has announced that it has reached a first close of $85m for its second fund dedicated to backing founders based in Switzerland. 

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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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