Head of Swisscom Ventures
BA EPBS, MBA INSEAD
Dominique Mégret
Dominique Mégret is head of Swisscom Ventures, which he started in 2007. He joined Swisscom in 2002 as head of the Group Strategy unit. Previously, Dominique Mégret was an entrepreneur in the United Kingdom, a strategy consultant in the European telecom industry and country manager for an IT company in Germany. He currently serves on the boards of SOPHiA GENETICS SA, Scailyte AG and Bloom SA.
Exited companies:
Quantenna – IPO (QTNA)
Sequans – IPO (SQNS)
Beqom – acquired by Goldman Sachs
Liberovision – acquired by VizRT
Poken – acquired by GES
Kyte – acquired by KIT Digital
Deals of Dominique Mégret
Wireless semiconductors
TV image simulation (3D)
LTE-based wireless solutions
Mobile Video Platform
Influencer Marketing Management Platform
Cloud-based compensation solution
Near Field Communication (NFC) object tagging
Big Data based genetics software
Cybersecurity for holistic business protection
Hardware and software solution for cell research
Transparent solar modules for sustainable energy production
Electronic monitoring devicesh
Social Media Analytics Platform
Women eHealth Platform
DSL network management systems
Newsroom
SOPHiA GENETICS Raises $110 Million in Oversubscribed New Funding Round
Supporting the Company’s Global Expansion to Meet Growing Clinical and Biopharma Demand for Data-Driven Medicine
Building a Business in Outer Space
Low-Earth Orbit satellites are the new space race. Find out more about it in the podcast with Swissto12.
SWISSTO12 RAISES CHF 18.1M
SWISSto12, a provider of telecommunications components for the satellite and aerospace industries, announced the closing of a CHF 18.1M Series B financing round
SOPHiA GENETICS wins Tech Tour Growth Award 2019
Tech Tour announced its 2019 Growth Award winner on March 28 at the Tech Tour Growth Summit & Awards held in Lausanne.
Fund of the Year 2018
Swisscom Ventures has received the Fund of the Year 2018 Award at the Global Corporate Venturing Summit in Monterey
Scailyte raises CHF 2.75M
Scailyte AG, a Swiss startup in the emerging and rapidly growing field of single-cell technologies, raised CHF 2.75M in seed funding and gains Swisscom Ventures
Ava Closes $30M Series B Funding Round
Funding will fuel R&D to expand product offering beyond fertility into pregnancy and contraception
Interview with Dominique Mégret
Running a mature corporate venturing unit and how to deliver strategic and financial value
Poken acquired by GES
GES strengthening its capabilities and offering leading-edge digital services to its exhibition and corporate clients.