Funded Startups in Bern
Bern's funded startup activity covers a wide range of sectors — hardware, AI, agriculture, information technology, and manufacturing — with disclosed round…
Bern's funded startup activity covers a wide range of sectors — hardware, AI, agriculture, information technology, and manufacturing — with disclosed round sizes spanning from $200K pre-seeds to a $26M Series B. The two largest disclosed rounds in this set belong to LEM Surgical ($26M Series B, January 2024) and Puzzle ($15M Series A, February 2023), placing the heaviest capital concentration at growth stage rather than seed. AI appears three times across Retinai (Series B, October 2024), PeriVision (grant, December 2021), and AI Retailer Systems (pre-seed, February 2022), making it the most frequently funded sector shown. Agriculture surfaces twice in the same window, with Gaia Tech and Inverto both closing rounds in mid-2023. Two companies — OceanSafe and FAIRTIQ — have undisclosed amounts, so the disclosed figures understate total capital deployed into Bern-based startups during this period.
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What are the largest disclosed rounds among Bern startups in this dataset?
LEM Surgical leads with a $26M Series B closed in January 2024, followed by Puzzle at $15M (Series A, February 2023) and Retinai at $8M (Series B, October 2024). The remaining disclosed rounds are all under $3M.
Which sectors show up most frequently in Bern's recent funding activity?
AI is the most represented sector with three companies — Retinai, PeriVision, and AI Retailer Systems — raising across a span from late 2021 to late 2024. Agriculture appears twice, with Gaia Tech and Inverto both closing rounds in the spring and summer of 2023.
How concentrated is Series B activity in Bern?
Two Series B rounds are visible in the data: LEM Surgical in January 2024 and Retinai in October 2024, both closing within a twelve-month span. Both are in distinct sectors — hardware and AI respectively — suggesting growth-stage capital is not limited to a single vertical.
Which Bern startups are at the earliest funding stages and might be entering active sales cycles?
Gaia Tech ($560K pre-seed, July 2023) and AI Retailer Systems ($200K pre-seed, February 2022) represent the earliest stage entries, alongside two seed rounds for OceanSafe (December 2022, undisclosed) and Pabio ($2M, December 2021). Early-stage companies in this set are spread across agriculture, AI, manufacturing, and commerce.
How much of the funding activity shown has undisclosed round sizes?
Two of the ten entries — OceanSafe and FAIRTIQ — have undisclosed amounts. Both closed in 2022 and 2023 respectively, meaning the aggregate disclosed figure for this set is a floor, not a ceiling.
What does the year-by-year distribution of Bern funding rounds look like?
Of the ten rounds shown, four closed in 2023 (Gaia Tech, Inverto, FAIRTIQ, Puzzle), two in 2024 (LEM Surgical, Retinai), two in 2022 (OceanSafe, AI Retailer Systems), and two in late 2021 (PeriVision, Pabio). Activity appears highest in 2023 based on deal count.
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