Egon Steinkasserer

Swisscom Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Swisscom AG (SW: SCMN), Switzerland's telecom operator with headquarters in Bern, Switzerland. The group was founded in 2005 as a division of Swisscom's group level activities and focuses on investing in early-stage growth companies. The firm partnered with Vinci Capital in 2006 to launch Mona Lisa, a co-investment venture capital fund to Renaissance Technology 2, aiming to promote and capitalize on the innovation potential of Swiss technological SMEs. For Swisscom the cooperation with Vinci Capital is an opportunity to increase innovation and boost the development of Swiss technology SMEs. For Vinci Capital, it provides access to Swisscom's industry expertise for selecting new investments and developing commercial and technological partnerships with the companies in the portfolio.