A boutique Swiss venture firm built as an operating platform.
Founded in 2019 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, New Ventures Group invests its own capital in early-stage companies and co-invests through club deals with a network of family offices and private investors. We enter early - pre-seed and seed - and typically exit at Series A, unless we love the company enough to stay.
CHF 18.9m
Invested since 2020
CHF 32.4m incl. co-investments
29%
Average IRR
Blended, since 2019
14
Successful exits
Realised, typically at Series A
4.7x
MoIC on exits
Realised exits only
Principles that guide how we invest
We invest our own capital
We are not deploying someone else’s fund. Since 2019 we have backed founders from our own balance sheet - which keeps our incentives aligned with the companies we support.
We operate, not just allocate
We bring finance, technology and market expertise into every company, acting as a partner through the hardest early milestones.
We enter early and exit at Series A
Our model is disciplined: we back companies at pre-seed and seed and typically realise our position at Series A - unless we love the company and choose to stay for the long run.
We stay small on purpose
We are a boutique firm, not a large fund. We back a small number of companies so every founder gets senior attention and a genuinely close working relationship - the opposite of being one line in a big portfolio.
The people behind New Ventures Group
We are a team of 16 in Zurich, backed by a Board of Directors and an Advisory Board. The key contacts below are your direct line in - reach the right person straight away rather than a contact form.
Andreas Herzog
Founder & Managing Partner
Managing Partner of New Ventures Group and dynaxio in Zurich since 2017. A University of Zurich alumnus and former CTO, he leads investment strategy across two decades of venture, technology and corporate finance.
Sanaz Habibian
Head Legal
Zurich-admitted lawyer specialising in commercial law, sanctions and cross-border matters. A partner at SILK Rechtsanwälte and previously a founding partner of Habibian Strange, she leads legal affairs across the group and its portfolio.
Frederik Strange
Head of Capital Formation, MD
Investor and business builder across life sciences and finance, with an MBA from IMD and a CEMS master from HSG/CBS. Formerly in strategy and partnering at Roche and a board member at several ventures.
Elfriede Herzog
Principal & Chairwoman, Verenta Holdings AG
Principal and Chairwoman of Verenta Holdings AG, the single family office behind the group. A former educator turned long-term investor, she anchors the group’s patient capital and stewards its multi-generational perspective.
Anna Ivaniuk
Head Marketing
Growth-marketing and demand-generation leader with over a decade across European scale-ups and agencies, formerly Head of Marketing at Holidu. She builds the group’s brand, positioning and go-to-market engine.
Denise Nussbaumer
Deputy CEO, MLaw
Master of Law from the University of Zurich with a background in corporate and legal advisory at PwC Switzerland. She bridges legal expertise with operational execution across the group and its companies.
Markus Bodenz
CEO, dynaxio AG
CEO of dynaxio AG and a senior software engineer with two decades building enterprise platforms and integrations. He leads the technology and operations backbone - ERP, CRM and the portal - that powers the group and its portfolio companies.
Mirijam Bunder
CFO
Swiss-certified expert in accounting and controlling with over twenty years in finance leadership. Previously CFO of a Zurich-based asset manager, she oversees finance, risk and reporting across the group.
Owned by a family office, the management and the board members
Single Family Office · owner
Verenta Holdings AG
The single family office behind New Ventures Group. Verenta provides the permanent capital base and long-term alignment that let us invest from our own balance sheet.
New Ventures Group AG
Holding & investment company
The investment company. Invests its own capital at pre-seed and seed and arranges club deals alongside a network of family offices and private investors.
New Ventures Baltics UAB
Baltic startup activities (in formation)
Our Baltic presence, currently in formation. It will drive the group’s activities across the Baltic startup ecosystem - investing in and consulting early-stage founders and building a local network of co-investors and partners.
dynaxio AG
Technology & operations
Builds the platform, tooling and systems integrations that support portfolio companies and the group.
Coded Capital GmbH
Development financing
Finances software and app development for startups and clients who cannot cover the full build upfront, spreading project costs into manageable stages.
New Ventures Group Services Limited
IP holding & licensing
Holds and licenses the group’s intellectual property, brands and technology assets.
Part of the Swiss ecosystem
We are active members of the Swiss venture and finance community and adhere to its standards of conduct.
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