Verium AG
Independent Zurich multi-family office for entrepreneurial families: wealth management, family-office services, private-market fund mandates, direct stakes in DACH SMEs and real-estate club deals.
USEFUL FOR Fund managers raising capital · Business owners seeking a long-term partner · Co-investors
Identity
- HEADQUARTERS
- Zurich, Switzerland
- FOUNDED
- 2011
Investment approach
- GEOGRAPHY
- SwitzerlandGermanyAustria
- STAGES
- GrowthBuyout
- ROUTES
- Companies (own capital) · Funds (as LP)
- STRATEGIES
- Direct investmentsPrivate equityFunds (as LP)Real estate
- TICKET
- From CHF 9M
Overview
Verium AG is an independent multi-family office in Zurich serving entrepreneurs, families and investors. Besides wealth management and family-office services (governance, estate planning, structures), it manages direct stakes in Swiss and DACH mid-sized companies for its clients and has done so since 2012, with holdings such as Dovida, Christ & Heiri, Tavola, DSwiss and Impact Acoustic. It also offers private-markets fund mandates and, since 2021, real-estate club deals in residential projects around Zurich, Zug and Lucerne.
Investment thesis
Founder-led growth cases, buy-and-build and selective succession deals in the DACH region with a core focus on Switzerland: majority or significant minority stakes from CHF 9 million of equity in asset-light companies with EBITDA above CHF 2 million; core themes technology and innovation, outsourcing and services, health and demographic change, and environmental transformation.
Holdings & investments (15)
- TW1 Hauswart Gruppesince 2026 · Growth, minority stake
- Impact Acousticsince 2024 · Growth, significant minority stake
- LynusClimate & Energy · since 2024 · Growth, significant minority stake; listed after the divested-holdings heading
- DovidaHealthTech · since 2021 · Buyout, co-investment
- Sequotech GruppeSoftware & SaaS · since 2020 · Held via continuation vehicle Sequotech Holding AG (2026) after sale of the first stake
- Zünd GruppeIndustrial & Manufacturing · since 2020 · Exited 2023 (sold to Henke-Sass, Wolf)
- DSwissFintech · since 2019 · Growth, majority stake
- Mobil in Time GruppeIndustrial & Manufacturing · since 2019 · Held via continuation fund Verium I SCSp (2022)
- Tavola GruppeFood & Agriculture · since 2018 · Buyout, majority stake
- Quickmail / Quickpacsince 2018 · Exited 2024 (sold to Planzer)
- ToradexIndustrial & Manufacturing · since 2016 · Held via continuation fund Verium I SCSp (2022) after sale of the first stake
- Christ & HeiriIndustrial & Manufacturing · since 2015 · Buyout, majority stake
- basefit.chConsumer & E-commerce · since 2015 · Exited 2018
- Home Insteadsince 2014 · Exited 2021
- Swiss SmileHealthTech · since 2012 · Exited 2013 (sold to EQT)
People
- Marc ErniPartner Direct Investments · source
- George MerkPartner Direct Investments · source
- Stephanie RollerPartner Direct Investments · source
- Andrea WeberCIO / Investment Director · source
- Yannick BrühlmannCOO / Investment Manager · source
- Carlo VinzensInvestment Director · source
- Severin StefaniniInvestment Director · source
- Thomas UibelInvestment Director · source
- Xavier LiechtiInvestment Director · source
- Dino von BürenInvestment Manager · source
- Frederik HädickeInvestment Manager · source
- John IseliInvestment Manager · source
- Manuel FreiInvestment Manager · source
- Patrick StrittmatterInvestment Manager · source
- Matthias BrüderlinInvestment Associate · source
- Nick AnthonInvestment Analyst · source
- Francis BarrierMember of the Direct Investments Committee · source
- Daniel KusterMember of the Real Estate Investment Committee · source
- Ede I. AndràskayMember of the Real Estate Investment Committee · source
- Ralph AerniMember of the Wealth Management Investment Committee · source
- Thorsten QuergMember of the Wealth Management Investment Committee · source
- Tom OsterwalderMember of the Wealth Management Investment Committee · source
- Dr. Marco BalmelliBoard of Directors · source
- Dominique FreyBoard of Directors · source
- Markus HeebPartner Family Office · source
- Matthias HuberPartner Wealth Management · source
- Jonas BirkPartner Wealth Management · source
- Emilie HeinimannPartner Wealth Management · source
- Dominique WohnlichPartner · source
- Tobias ReinhardtHead Real Estate · source
- Rogier EngelsmaSenior Advisor · source
Frequently asked questions
Verium AG is a multi family office based in Zurich, Switzerland, founded in 2011.
Verium AG invests its own capital into companies and in third-party funds as an LP. Its stated asset mix includes direct investments, private equity, funds (as lp) and real estate.
Verium AG invests at Growth and Buyout stages in Industrial & Manufacturing, Software & SaaS, HealthTech, Climate & Energy and Real Estate & PropTech.
Verium AG's stated ticket size is From CHF 9M.
Key people at Verium AG include Dr. Marco Balmelli (Board of Directors), Dominique Frey (Board of Directors), Marc Erni (Partner Direct Investments) and George Merk (Partner Direct Investments).
Verium AG's holdings and investments include TW1 Hauswart Gruppe, Impact Acoustic, Dovida, DSwiss, Tavola Gruppe, Christ & Heiri, Toradex and Mobil in Time Gruppe, among others.
The most recent publicly reported investment by Verium AG is TW1 Hauswart Gruppe (TW1 Management AG) (Growth (minority, capital increase)), announced in Jun 2026.