{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"ch-vc-investment-seed","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ch-vc-investment-seed","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ch-vc-investment-seed/","title":"Switzerland Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)","description":"Switzerland's Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment: 94 USD millions in 2025, -23.6% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","Switzerland","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Switzerland","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Switzerland Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"OECD","url":"https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?fs[0]=Topic%2C0%7CFinancial+sector%23FIN%23&pg=0&fc=Topic&bp=true&snb=10"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2007–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"19"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Switzerland"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Switzerland (2025)","value":"94","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-23.6% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"-23.6%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"down","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Switzerland Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":15.865243087171722},{"period":"2008","value":25.369340525602116},{"period":"2009","value":9.472553262207784},{"period":"2010","value":8.900185585750478},{"period":"2011","value":9.538387272295246},{"period":"2012","value":16.1423161440429},{"period":"2013","value":10.777890425798894},{"period":"2014","value":4.646564324280663},{"period":"2015","value":5.4332513603016315},{"period":"2016","value":6.6483367939552105},{"period":"2017","value":14.247798796462531},{"period":"2018","value":37.766547189105545},{"period":"2019","value":24.1884296801977},{"period":"2020","value":99.9143809799677},{"period":"2021","value":55.364286735328406},{"period":"2022","value":59.16939208818229},{"period":"2023","value":60.748158307587964},{"period":"2024","value":123.12943684664471},{"period":"2025","value":94.01459685094493}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"94.0","yoyChange":"-23.6%"},{"year":"2024","value":"123.1","yoyChange":"+102.7%"},{"year":"2023","value":"60.7","yoyChange":"+2.7%"},{"year":"2022","value":"59.2","yoyChange":"+6.9%"},{"year":"2021","value":"55.4","yoyChange":"-44.6%"},{"year":"2020","value":"99.9","yoyChange":"+313.1%"},{"year":"2019","value":"24.2","yoyChange":"-36.0%"},{"year":"2018","value":"37.8","yoyChange":"+165.1%"},{"year":"2017","value":"14.2","yoyChange":"+114.3%"},{"year":"2016","value":"6.6","yoyChange":"+22.4%"},{"year":"2015","value":"5.4","yoyChange":"+16.9%"},{"year":"2014","value":"4.6","yoyChange":"-56.9%"},{"year":"2013","value":"10.8","yoyChange":"-33.2%"},{"year":"2012","value":"16.1","yoyChange":"+69.2%"},{"year":"2011","value":"9.5","yoyChange":"+7.2%"},{"year":"2010","value":"8.9","yoyChange":"-6.0%"},{"year":"2009","value":"9.5","yoyChange":"-62.7%"},{"year":"2008","value":"25.4","yoyChange":"+59.9%"},{"year":"2007","value":"15.9","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in Switzerland from 2007 to present. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. It is published by OECD and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (19 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 123.1 USD millions in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 4.6 in 2014. The latest reading of 94 in 2025 represents a change of -23.6%."}]}