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Swisscom Ventures is the corporate venturing arm of Swisscom AG - Switzerland’s leading telecom operator. The group was founded in 2005 as a division of Swisscom’s group level activities, and is focused on investing in early stage growth companies with strategic relevance to Swisscom and its operating business lines

Swisscom is Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider, 5.3 million mobile customers, around 5.4 million fixed lines included 1.7 million broadband connections. In the first three quarters of 2008, the company’s 19,995 employees (full time equivalents) generated revenues of CHF 9.1 billion. More than 850 young people complete an apprenticeship at Swisscom in the fields of IT, telematics, mediamatics, retailing and commerce.

Swisscom has a presence throughout Switzerland and offers a full range of products and services for mobile, landline and IP-based voice and data communication. Massive investments in network infrastructure ensure that this will remain the case in the future. Since the launch of Bluewin TV, customers too have become increasingly aware of the trend towards multimedia. Swisscom is active in one of the most attractive broadband markets in Europe via the Italian provider Fastweb. Swisscom also offers services for IT infrastructure outsourcing as well as the management of communications infrastructures.

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Company Date Round Size Participants
Quantenna Communications 2/10Series D$15M7
Kyte 12/07Series B$15M5
Diino Systems 7/07Unattributed€2.3M1
coComment 12/06Series A$5.6M3

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  1. Quantenna raises $15M to make Wi-Fi faster and more reliable (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  2. Kyte announces funding, new features (scobleizer.com) [edit]
  3. SWISSCOM INVESTS IN DIINO AB (novestra.com) [edit]
  4. coComment wants to monetize online conversations (thedeal.com) [edit]
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