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Founderful Fund II.

Geography: Switzerland
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €140M
Focus: SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Founderful Fund II.

Founderful Fund II. is a venture capital firm based in Switzerland, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionSwitzerland

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Swiss early-stage founder seeking first lead investor

pre-seed / seed lead

Swiss tech

founder-friendly

first round focus

deep founder network

Bullish Signals

50+ portfolio cos, 120+ founders backedexternal

Network: Duolingo, Climeworks, Delivery Hero foundersexternal

Operator team: legal, finance, marketing, peopleexternal

Portfolio: Wingtra, DePoly, Ethon AI, Archletwebsite

Also: Scandit, Proton founders in networkwebsite

GPs are ex-founders themselveswebsite

Also backed: Corintis, Oxylewebsite

Invests early, when risk is highestwebsite

First investor: lead round support, strategic guidancewebsite

Shifted focus to Swiss tech ecosystemwebsite

Companionship, support for founder teamswebsite

Strategic and operational expert supportwebsite

Experience, empathy from ex-entrepreneur teamwebsite

Access to Swiss + European founder networkwebsite

Team: finance, legal, marketing, people opswebsite

Branding & culture support includedwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Switzerland-focused, limited global reachexternal

First round only — no follow-on leadexternal

Founder Do's

Seek lead investor for first round

Be Swiss-based or Swiss-relevant

Show big ambition early

Leverage operator support network

Engage community of top EU founders

Founder Don'ts

Don't come post-seed or Series A

Don't expect passive investor

Don't lack founder credibility

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€140M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Lukas Weder, Ascal Mathis

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