Swisscom Ventures

Andrea Auderset has been in charge of the administration of Swisscom Ventures since 2015. Before that, she worked for several years as Management Assistant of the CFO of Swisscom (Schweiz) AG and the CEO of Swisscom Participations.

Chief Technology Officer B2B, Swisscom Group

Lukas Peter is CEO of Swisscom Cloud Lab Ltd, a Swisscom subsidiary in Palo Alto, California. He founded an education-sector start-up while studying at the University of St. Gallen and later sold it to German educational publisher Schulbuchverlag Klett.

Peter Ibbotson is the Investor Relations Partner at Swisscom Ventures and has played a key role in driving investments into high-potential startups across various technology sectors.

Swisscom Ventures is Swisscom AG’s venture capital arm. Since 2007, it has invested in over 80 technology companies from offices in Switzerland and the USA, and invests in 8–10 new companies annually with a total volume of $50–100m per year.

Swisscom Ventures AG is located at Konradstrasse 12, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland.

Swisscom Ventures advises funds for Swisscom and institutional investors that take minority stakes in Swiss and international start-ups. Since 2007, it has invested in over 80 start-ups and sold almost 40 investments at a profit after an average of six years.

Ox Security raises a $60 million Series B to expand its platform for identifying vulnerabilities in AI- and human-produced code. Led by DTCP, the round includes IBM Ventures, Microsoft, Swisscom Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, and Team8, bringing the company’s total funding to $94 million. Ox says it scans more than 100 million lines of code daily for around 200 customers and plans to use the new capital for growth and expansion.

May 2025 · TechCrunchNews article