VC firm
BackBone Ventures
Also known as BackBone Ventures AG
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-21Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Founded
- 2018
- Check size
- Our typical round is below EUR 1m and we are happy to lead the round with an investment around EUR 300k-400k.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Legal name
- BackBone Ventures AG
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Record updated 21 September 2026
About
Backbone Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Zurich and Frankfurt am Main. Founded in 2018, we started out by investing without a fund, on a deal-by-deal basis. In four years we invested in 26 teams, mostly in Switzerland but also in Germany, the US and Israel. Since September 2022 we have invested almost exclusively out of our Backbone Ventures 5502 Fund, a EUR 20m pre-seed fund with a strong geographical focus on Germany and Switzerland.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- Our 5502 fund deliberately targets those founders who have always outperformed their competition despite being structurally underprivileged based on their gender, origin or socioeconomic background.Source (opens in a new tab)
- Leads rounds
- Yes
- Lead policy
- we are happy to lead the round with an investment around EUR 300k-400k.
- Eligibility
- Our 5502 fund deliberately targets those founders who have always outperformed their competition despite being structurally underprivileged based on their gender, origin or socioeconomic background.
- Investing status notes
- We want to back the best founders as early as possible in their entrepreneurial journey.
Locations
- Office
- Frankfurt
- Office
- Zürich
Programs
- Scout program
- VENTURE SCOUT (opens in a new tab)
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