Wingman Ventures

Quick read

Wingman Ventures, a pre-seed VC firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, rebranded to Founderful in February 2024. It ran Fund I as a CHF 80m vehicle and was raising Fund II with an $85m first close toward a $120m target. The firm backed Switzerland-based founder teams aiming to build global tech market leaders, with 30 investments under Fund I.

Key facts

Founded

2019

Founders

Alex Stöckl, Lukas Weder, Pascal Mathis

Employees

1-10

Sectors

generalist, enterprise

Website

www.founderful.com

Investment thesis

Lead investor at pre-seed and seed stage in Switzerland-based founder teams building tech companies with global market leader potential, writing initial cheques of CHF 100k–1.5m from a CHF 80m fund.

Recent activity

• Feb 2024fundraise
  Wingman Ventures rebranded as Founderful and announced a first close of $85 million for Fund II, targeting a final close at $120 million. The firm had deployed $60 million from Fund I into 40 Swiss pre-seed startups. techcrunch.com
• Feb 2024press
  Under the new Founderful identity, the firm described its Fund I portfolio as having produced 109 founders, 1,093 jobs, and over $350 million in follow-on funding raised — roughly 6x the original capital deployed in three years. institutionalassetmanager.co.uk
• Feb 2024investment
  Portfolio company DePoly closed a $15 million seed round, recognised for its plastics recycling technology. Wingtra (survey drones) reached 200 employees and $20 million+ in annual revenue. nasdaq.com
• Feb 2024fundraise
  Wingman Ventures rebranded to Founderful and raised $85 million toward a $120 million Fund II target, focusing on pre-seed and seed B2B software and industrial startups. Fund I had deployed $60 million across 40 startups, which collectively raised an additional $350 million. bestofai.com
• Feb 2024fundraise
  Wingman Ventures rebranded to Founderful, closing a CHF 120 million fund to back Swiss founders at pre-seed and seed stage. linkedin.com
• Feb 2024press
  The rebrand to Founderful was announced publicly by team members including Edouard Treccani, marking the end of the Wingman Ventures brand. linkedin.com
• undatedinvestment
  Ascento raised $4.3 million for its Ascento Guard security robot, with Wingman Ventures co-leading alongside Playfair Capital. linkedin.com
• undatedproduct
  Wingman Campus Fund — a student-run vehicle operating at ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the University of St. Gallen — was established under the Wingman Ventures umbrella to back university-affiliated tech founders. ch.linkedin.com
• undatedpress
  Six Wingman Ventures portfolio companies — Ascento, Corintis, faive robotics, SAEKI, Tune Insight, and Wingtra — appeared on the European Dynamism 50 list, prompting the firm to co-host the European Dynamism Tour with Vsquared Ventures, Elaia, Techleap, and Lakestar. ch.linkedin.com
• Feb 2024fundraise
  Wingman Ventures officially rebranded to Founderful, coinciding with the announcement of an $85m first close on a new $120m Fund II. linkedin.com
• Feb 2024leadership
  Alex Stöckl announced Fund II first close of $85m targeting $120m total, with Antonia Albert joining as a partner alongside Stöckl at the renamed Founderful. linkedin.com
• Feb 2024investment
  Co-led the pre-seed financing round of Nala Earth alongside Pale Blue Dot; Nala Earth builds software for nature and biodiversity impact insights. linkedin.com

Notable investments

• DePolySeed ($15M)Feb 2024institutionalassetmanager.co.uk
• WingtraNot statedFeb 2024nasdaq.com
• CorintisNot statedFeb 2024startupticker.ch
• Chiral NanoSeedEarly 2024bestofai.com
• Nala EarthSeedEarly 2024bestofai.com
• AscentoSeedEarly 2024bestofai.com
• SaekiSeedEarly 2024bestofai.com
• UniSieveSeedApr 2023amadeuscapital.com
• CertifactionPre-SeedUnknowncertifaction.com
• Nala EarthPre-SeedFeb 2024linkedin.com
• Ascentoch.linkedin.com
• Corintisch.linkedin.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Alex Stöckl · Founding Partner
  LinkedIn
• Pascal Mathis · Partner
  LinkedIn
• Lukas Weder · Co-founder

Sources

• Wingman Ventures | LinkedIn
• Founderful Emerges: Switzerland's Wingman Ventures Transforms with $120M Vision
• Wingman Ventures Fund I: Performance | PitchBook
• Wingman Ventures – Investors Database – Unicorn Nest
• Alex Stöckl on LinkedIn: Founderful closes $85m
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthony-cliquot_founderful-raising-120-million-to-fund-swiss-activity-7163064291426746369-7nNg
• https://www.linkedin.com/posts/etreccani_today-wingman-ventures-becomes-founderful-activity-7163070513899122689-8WbF
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/wingman-ag
• https://ch.linkedin.com/in/edouardtreccani
• https://ch.linkedin.com/company/wingman-ventures
• https://bestofai.com/article/switzerlands-wingman-ventures-rebrands-to-founderful-aims-for-a-120m-fund-techcrunch
• https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/12/founderful/
• https://institutionalassetmanager.co.uk/wingman-ventures-rebrands-as-founderful/
• https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/wingman-ventures-rebrands-as-founderful-gains-momentum-for-$120m-fund-ii-for-swiss

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