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8 of 23 venture capital firms ranked on evidence in the Q4 2026 edition.
Between them, the 23 venture capital firms on this page cover deep tech (4), series a (3), pre seed (3) and climate tech (2). They also list work in New York City, London, Paris and Madrid. 23 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.
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Q4 2026 edition
8 of 23 venture capital firms ranked on evidence held on 9 October 2026: client reviews, vetting, awards and facts each business states on its own website, which we read and date. Nobody pays to be placed.
Positions are fixed for the quarter; the next edition is due in January 2027.

Bell Food Group is a food processor headquartered in Switzerland, where it is market leader, and it is counted among Europe's larger meat and convenience producers.
Why #1: Founded 1869 · Team of 12,000+, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Also in Dublin and Berlin
Cheyne Capital is an alternative investment manager founded in 2000 by Jonathan Lourie and Stuart Fiertz.
Why #2: Founded 2000 · Team of 160+, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Also in Berlin and London
Mesco, ltd is a small private firm that raises and structures capital for early-stage companies and property projects.
Why #3: Founded 1990, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Also in Stockholm and Copenhagen
Intermediate Capital Group is an alternative asset manager that partners with ambitious businesses. It has a track record of more than 30 years.
Why #4: In business 30+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Renaissance KMU Schweizerische Anlagestiftung is a Swiss investment foundation that puts pension fund money into small and medium-sized Swiss companies.
Why #5: Founded 1997 · Family-owned, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Also in Silicon Valley and London
NanoDimension, which also uses the name +ND Capital, is a venture capital firm that invests in companies built on advances in the life, physical and data sciences.
Why #6: Founded 2002, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Deep Tech · Series A · Pre Seed
TA Venture, written TA Ventures by its own team, is a venture fund for early-stage technology start-ups. Viktoriya, its managing partner, founded it in late 2010.
Why #7 (shared): Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Deep Tech · Series A · Pre Seed
TA Ventures is a venture fund that invests in early-stage technology startups. Viktoriya Tigipko founded it in late 2010 and serves as its managing partner.
Why #7 (shared): Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026
Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

Also in Montreal and Bogota
BofA Securities is the corporate and investment banking side of Bank of America. It serves companies of different sizes and institutional investors.

Deep Tech · Climate Tech · Also in San Francisco
DART Labs, also presented as DART Ventures, funds young Swiss and European teams building advanced technology aimed at health and climate.

Climate Tech · Also in Toronto
Emerald Technology Ventures invests in sustainable industrial innovation. It describes its work as finding solutions to global challenges and offering more than just capital.

EquityPitcher Ventures is a venture capital firm that describes itself as having a clear vision and a philosophy of diversification.

EuroUS Ventures invests in European seed-stage deep technology companies.
Fondation des Fondateurs is a Swiss umbrella foundation. It offers people who wish to support a cause an alternative to setting up an independent foundation: a dependent foundation…

Also in New York and York
Investment manager offering alternative investment funds such as interval funds, REITs and business development companies

Also in Boston and New York City
Mccourt Global is a diversified holding company that operates across real estate and infrastructure, sports, technology and media.

Also in Boston and San Francisco
Nextech Invest is an investment firm in Zurich, Switzerland, that specialises in precision medicine. It looks for young biotechnology companies developing new cancer treatments.

Deep Tech · Series A · Pre Seed · Also in Paris
Quantonation is a venture capital fund that invests in quantum technologies and in companies built on deep physics.

Also in Helsinki and Berlin
European venture capital firm with several investment strategies in technology, energy, finance, health and social impact

Also in Washington, Dc and Barcelona
SIX FinTech Ventures is the corporate venture arm of SIX, the financial market infrastructure group. It invests in early-stage financial technology start-ups worldwide.

Also in Los Angeles and Vancouver
Swiss Re is a reinsurance and insurance group that describes its aim as making the world more resilient.

Vinci Capital is an investment programme that channels pension fund money into Swiss small and medium-sized enterprises.

Wingman Ventures is a venture capital firm run by founders for founders, aimed at Swiss teams that want to build technology companies with global reach.
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