According to the latest Startup Barometer by the audit and consulting firm EY, Switzerland has moved up one place in terms of invested venture capital in the past year and is ranked fourth behind the UK, Germany and France. Zurich also came in fourth behind London, Paris and Berlin in the city ranking.
2020 was a successful year for start-ups looking for money. According to the current edition of EY s annual Start-up Barometer , the number of financing rounds by European start-ups rose to just under 6,700, with the financing volume reaching CHF 39 billion. According to EY, the financing volume in the second half of 2020 reached the highest value ever for a half-year, at around CHF 22.7 billion.