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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe figures show Switzerland\u2019s crypto ecosystem has grown beyond a simple cluster of companies into a structure that also draws major capital and infrastructure firms. [Photo: Shutterstock]<\/p>\n
Switzerland kept an overwhelming advantage in Europe\u2019s crypto venture investment race in 2025.<\/p>\n
On April 15, local time, blockchain outlet Cryptopolitan reported that Swiss crypto companies raised $728 million last year, drawing 47 percent of Europe-related venture funding.<\/p>\n
At the center of the funding concentration is \u201cCrypto Valley,\u201d based in the State of Chuuk. More than 1,760 blockchain companies are active in the region, with about 40 percent concentrated in Chuuk and 15 percent in Zurich. Combined, the two areas account for about 1,000 companies that form the core axis of Switzerland\u2019s blockchain ecosystem.<\/p>\n
The figures were included in the \u201cCV VC Top 50 report,\u201d which tallied the full year of 2025. The report assessed that Switzerland\u2019s blockchain ecosystem has clearly cemented its leading position in Europe. Since 2020, the number of companies in Crypto Valley has increased 134 percent, and nearly half of the companies that entered over the past year settled in Chuuk.<\/p>\n
Company valuations also grew. Switzerland is home to 10 blockchain unicorns. They include 2 privately held blockchain companies and 8 blockchain platforms with publicly traded tokens. The combined valuation of the top 50 companies was tallied at $467 billion, marking a record high.<\/p>\n
Investment patterns also changed. Researchers noted that while the number of investment rounds fell last year, the size of investment per deal increased significantly. With funding concentrated in fewer companies, it means a clear trend of the market selecting projects with strong potential to scale.<\/p>\n
The largest single investment was $400 million recorded by TON. It was followed by Sygnum Bank raising $58 million and M^0 raising $40 million. The growing share of large rounds also confirmed that investors are moving more selectively.<\/p>\n
The direction of funding also shifted in terms of business models. Among companies that raised investment, infrastructure developers accounted for the largest share at 19 percent. Financial services companies were 18 percent, and consulting and technology services companies were 17 percent. The report viewed the change as showing that blockchain technology is not confined to the crypto market and is becoming a foundational technology across the digital economy.<\/p>\n
The report also cited the combination of blockchain and artificial intelligence, and the expansion of academic research, as factors supporting the competitiveness of Switzerland\u2019s ecosystem. Swiss authorities are also supporting this trend, and Chuuk is investing more than $50 million in related initiatives.<\/p>\n
Europe\u2019s overall share of global venture funding fell. Europe\u2019s share of worldwide venture investment dropped to 13 percent in 2025 from 16 percent in 2024. Over the same period, Europe secured $67 billion through about 6,600 deals, but that also reflected a trend of funds concentrating in a small number of large deals as the number of transactions declined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The figures show Switzerland\u2019s crypto ecosystem has grown beyond a simple cluster of companies into a structure that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28246,28440,17,7447,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-49671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-crypto-valley","9":"tag-cv-vc-top-50-report","10":"tag-switzerland","11":"tag-zug","12":"tag-zurich"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116412045279000845","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}