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ACE VENTURES

Age of VC

20 years

Team size

9 members

Locations

Zürich, Geneva, London

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Fund volume

CHF 400m+ in AuM

Focus stage / Vertical geographic 

Seed + Series A, lead only. Generalist fund, investing in the Swiss tech founders diaspora – i.e. Swiss universities alumni building their companies abroad, Swiss startups and startups with a presence in Switzerland.

Top 3 investments 

Leading automated data movement platform providing no-code ELT pipelines. In 2025, it shifted toward AI readiness, integrating real-time data activation and SQL transformations for enterprise scale.

Swiss-based aerospace firm developing hydrogen-powered hypersonic jets. Currently generates revenue through autonomous dual-use drones and AI flight software for the defense and energy sectors.

Builds MicroGEO satellites 1/20th the size of legacy craft. Secured major 2025 contracts with the U.S. Space Force and international telcos to provide dedicated, low-cost sovereign communications.

Investment director

Alessandra Agnello

Nuclear engineer by training from the Polytechnic University of Turin, with a Master thesis and brief PhD stint at Tsinghua University of Beijing. Spent 6+ years in oil trading across two global commodity firms before making a deliberate pivot into venture capital. Today Ale invests at early stage with a generalist mandate spanning AI applications, deeptech and broader frontier technologies, and leads ACE Ventures’ Zurich office. 

She serves on the boards of Adaptyv Bio, Veezoo, and Picterra, and has led investments in companies including Scholé, Nsave, and Destinus.

Watchlist

I am currently focused on emerging technologies reshaping how humans learn, build, and interact with intelligent systems. Areas of particular interest include the future of learning and education, next-generation human–machine interfaces, and technologies accelerating drug development, and commercialization – closely mirroring some of ACE Ventures’ recent investments :)