Aravis

What they do

Aravis is an independent Swiss on-shore private equity fund manager based in Zurich. The firm takes leading positions in its portfolio companies, leveraging entrepreneurial experience and balancing financial, commercial, and people considerations. Aravis has expanded its expertise from biotech, renewable energy, and luxury goods into creative and digital sectors as well as industrial high-tech. Its current fund focuses on Swiss growth companies that are commercially established and seeking capital to expand products and enter new markets.

What they look for

Aravis focuses on commercially established Swiss and European growth companies that need capital to expand their product offerings and enter new markets. They aim to enable technology to scale up companies, acting as a hands-on lead investor. They look for innovative, scalable high-tech companies with a proven commercial track record (specifically citing a minimum turnover of CHF 5 million for their Growth fund). They seek entrepreneurs with a clear vision and teams that want to transform life and business.

Stage

Series A, Series B+

Sectors

Healthcare, Climate, SaaS, Deeptech, Media, Consumer, Food and agriculture

Based

Zurich, CH