Innovation and investments

Welcome to VNTR

Only those who go beyond their own horizons will get further. We create new things and invest in promising startups in order to anticipate what will create value for PostFinance in the future. We promote our own innovations (build), cooperate with partners (partner) and invest in startups (invest).

VNTR – more than a place

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  • VNTR, innovation & venturing by PostFinance. The space differs from a typical work place because it is unique, creative, open and inspiring. In other words, it is a space that lives and breathes innovation.
  • But VNTR is also an organization, a structure and a team that fosters approaches, methods, tools and processes designed to promote new ideas and projects and future products and services.
  • VNTR is all about exploring and conducting experiments and pilot projects in future-related areas for PostFinance, but it also focuses on cooperation with startups, universities and companies.
  • VNTR’s philosophy is that fresh approaches are required to shape the future.
  • VNTR interprets signs and trends to make the future tangible.
  • VNTR isn’t just a talking shop when it comes to innovation, as it doesn’t merely seek to perform an advisory, supporting role, but also wishes to actually implement its ideas.
  • VNTR is looking for synergies with anyone who has a vision so that it can create new business models and markets.
  • VNTR experiences failures and successes, and celebrates both.
  • VNTR is about the future.
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Innovation

Through a systematic process, we discover areas of innovation and technologies, develop opportunities and work to create the best solutions for the future. The result can be an innovative business model, a startup, a product or a service. This ensures that PostFinance does not miss out on any relevant future topics. We collaborate and cooperate with startups, universities and other companies to drive the future together

Venture capital

We are the venture capital arm of PostFinance, investing in promising tech startups. We invest in early-stage startups in Europe with a strong team, a unique, tech-driven proposition and a large addressable market. In addition to providing capital and financial expertise, we offer access to PostFinance’s know-how and resources and to our international investor network.

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