Fintech Switzerland has selected the TOP 30 Swiss fintech start-ups established in Switzerland in the last three years. Two thirds of the start-ups were founded in Zürich.
The Top 30 fintech start-ups were selected from all cantons in Switzerland. 19 are from Canton Zurich, 5 from Zug, 3 from Geneva, 3 from western Switzerland and two from central Switzerland.
Among the selected start-ups 7 are in the field of wealth management, 5 in blockchain technology, 2 in insurtech, 6 in crowdfunding/Crowdlending/fundraising, 6 in Data management, 3 in personal finance and 4 in payment.
The start-ups were selected by an independent expert and Fintechnews editiors, led by with Christian König, one of the pioneers in Fintech in Switzerland. In addition, a social media ranking of Swiss the fintech start-ups, which is currently in Beta Version was carried out. The start-ups were selected basing on the criteria of: market presence, social media activities, funding/financial rounds closed and name recognition. Also their business models were put into consideration for the selection.
Among the Top 30 Fintech start-ups large investments have been made with the largest investments in: Xapo, a Bitcoin wallet that helps users to make digital currency part of their everyday life with $40 Million, Knip, an innovative digital Insurance Manager that allows its users easily to understand tariffs and services of insurance companies, with total investment of 18.3 Million and Finance Fox , a start-up that enables users to handle insurance matters in a simple, accessible and transparent way, with CHF 7 Million equity investment.
The list of Top 30 Fintech start-ups can be retrieved from Fintechnews.ch.
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