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		valentinebm on July 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Switzerland government raises investment funds to ... >87% of investment in Swiss start-ups comes from abroad. Wow. Definitely time to give a cash boost.

malthaus on July 5, 2017 | [–]

It's not for the lack of capital though.

The capital is already here, it's just not used for VC investments due to reasons on both supply and demand side.

likelynew on July 5, 2017 | | [–]

I will not be very surprised if just 2-3 international start-ups started in Switzerland gets 87% of the funding.

mirimir on July 5, 2017 | [–]

So what are the major sources for SV capital?

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