We accelerate Tech Venture Building with skin in the game.
Tech Venture Building
Axelra is a Zurich (Switzerland) based Tech Venture Builder accelerating ideating, validation, launching and scaling early stage tech ventures for corporates and startups with skin in the game. We are co-creating and shipping revenue-generating MVPs after 100 days since 2019. Our Services cover Product, Management, and Growth. We contribute up to 50% of our costs as sweat equity, aligning our interests directly with our ventures.
Offering
We accelerate and co-create Tech Venture Building at early stage for Corporates and Startups with skin in the Game:
- PowerWeek in 5 Days
- Pre-MVP in 50 days
- MVP in 100 days
- From Idea to Scale
Backed by the expertise of over 30 ventures, we don't just fund or advise — we deliver together with you. Our approach unites essential disciplines to transform visions into tangible results:
- Product
- Management
- Growth
We contribute up to 50% of our costs as sweat equity, aligning our interests directly with yours. Our engagement model is tailored to the venture's stage, be it:
- Joint Venture
- Cash & Sweat
- Time & Material
Overcoming the wilderness of your Tech Venture Journey
In an environment where every second counts and trust is your most valuable currency, Axelra stands as your Swiss Tech Venture Builder. Geared with the speed and experience from over 30 ventures, we specialize in Product, Management, and Growth, making us the go-to partner for founders, whether from startups or corporates. Our targeted actions are crafted not just for speed but for impactful, long-term value.
Understanding both your «End-Game» and the pivotal steps leading there, we're equipped to act with precision, whether it's enhancing customer engagement, scaling your product, or strengthening investor relationships. Our focus is «Speed Execution», turning limited resources into significant milestones for entrepreneurs, their teams and for investors.
Accelerate your Tech Venture journey with Execution
Our offering are specific to stage and fine-tuned to meet your needs, whether you're in ideation, (Pre-)MVP launch or scaling phases. Our unique execution capabilities, experience and reuse of the Axelra Boosters speed you and your go to market up and kick your valuation. Statistically speaking, with a venture builder like Axelra, you can halve your time to Series A funding to just 25.2 months, compared to 56 months in traditional setups. Financially, this translates to an IRR of 53% and tripling your venture’s valuation.
Hack a part of your digital product and verify it with first customers in a PowerWeek.
- Linkedin Post
- Ideation of the main use case of your product / service
- Prototype or hacked/coded
- Verification from Customers
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Build and validate your Prototype with first customers, pitch to get funding.
- Up to 50k Sweat Equity Investment
- Advisory Board Seat
- Pitch @ Axelra Early Stage Investor Event
- Product Roadmap
- Technical Architecture
- Clickable prototype (or built with no code)
- Validation from Customers
- Venture Building Plan incl. Hiring
- Business Model & -Plan and Pricing
- Venture valuation report
- Potential Candidate for CTO or CPO
- Scope and Cost estimation for MVP
- Branded Pitch Deck for investors
- Video Podcast in the Axelra Show with LinkedIn Post
Launch your MVP, build your team, earn first revenues, iterate and gain traction.
- Up to 150k Sweat Equity Investment
- Up to 30k Cash Investment of Axelra Invest
- Advisory Board Seat
- Access to Axelra Boosters
- Pitch @ Axelra Early Stage Investor Event
- Product Roadmap
- Technical Architecture
- Validated prototype / Pre-MVP
- Revenue generating MVP
- Venture Building Plan incl. Hiring & Handover
- Business Model & -Plan and Pricing
- Incorporation
- Venture valuation report
- Employee Participation with ESOP/PSOP
- Co-Recruiting of CTO and CPO
- Go to Market
- Sales support to win first customers
- Branded Pitch Deck for customers and investors
- Investor support
- Video Podcast in the Axelra Show with LinkedIn Post
Co-Creation & Execution from ideation, to scale of a successful venture with skin in the game.
- Sweat Equity Investment
- Cash Investment of AES (optional)
- Board Seat
- Access to Axelra Boosters
- Volume Discount from Ecosystem Partners
- Pitch @ Axelra Early Stage Investor Event
- Product Roadmap
- Technical Architecture
- Validated prototype / Pre-MVP
- Revenue generating MVP
- Product iterations
- Venture Building Plan incl. Hiring & Handover
- Business Model & -Plan and Pricing
- Trust Services (Incorporation, Accounting, Tax & Legal)
- Bi-annual company valuation reports
- Employee Participation with ESOP/PSOP
- Recruiting and Training of Team
- Venture Execution & Handover
- Branding & Website
- Go to Market
- Sales support to win first customers
- Growth Hacking
- Branded Pitch Deck for customers and investors
- Video Podcast in the Axelra Show with LinkedIn Post
Speed Execution
The ventures we build are industry-agnostic, catering to B2B, B2C, and D2C markets. We address real problems with solutions that are disruptive, digital, or hybrid in nature, all catalyzed by the newest technologies. Our approach unites essential disciplines for high effectiveness.
Products
We're experts in rapidly navigating the entire digital product lifecycle, from ideation and prototyping to validation, building, launch, and scaling. Our focus spans cross-platform mobile apps (iOS and Android), cloud-based platforms (SaaS, PaaS), and decentralized Blockchain Apps (dApps). Situated in Zurich, our adept product-builder teams in PO, UX, Branding, and Development collaborate closely with stakeholders, using the Axelra Boosters for speed.
Management
Axelra assists you from crafting pitch decks to facilitating investor relations, helping you secure external funding. We oversee the incorporation process, handle trust services, and manage legal frameworks, including employee participation via ESOP/PSOP. Our ongoing accounting, tax, and admin services streamline growth, while our ecosystem fosters top-tier talent recruitment. Count on our comprehensive management support for your venture's success.
Growth
Axelra propels your venture's growth through a blend of traditional and digital-first strategies, underpinned by our proprietary Boosters. These Boosters, fortified with disruptive SaaS solutions and the latest technologies, accelerate time-to-market and Customer Acquisition. Our Data-Driven Growth Booster, combined with Growth Hacking techniques, amplifies Campaign Automation and ecosystem-building efforts, boosting key metrics. We also navigate emerging blockchain-based investment avenues like ICOs, STOs, and IEOs/IDOs for further growth.
Cross-Functional Power
The agile chameleon
Axelra adopts a chameleon approach, offering agile, result-oriented teams that seamlessly integrate with yours. Working initially from our Zurich office or your location ensures rapid execution and fosters an environment of self-organization, agile and entrepreneurial work, and a focus on results. As projects advance, we transition to a hybrid work model. Our adaptable, cross-functional teams specialize in refining MVPs iteratively to achieve the perfect solution-market fit. Our strategic location and adaptable approach accelerate each venture's success.
Handover
From co-creation to independence
Our incremental and fast approach with many go-lives provides the oppportuniy to learn an improve quickly. Therefore our approach takes 100 days from the idea to the launch of a revenue generating MVP.
We always target independence of our projects and ventures by support to building a self sustaining organisation and business and therefore Axelra will, after a jointly agreed venture building plan, handover the core operations to the built team of the venture.
We work with partners to enable proper operation and the desired growth. To achieve this, we use the combined power and experience of our ecosystem to continuously develop the product and the business.
In the first season we are sharing many insights about Axelra that answer questions such as What is Tech Venture Building? What is Axelra doing? and What about the technologies we are implementing to ship MVPs in a 100 days? Wanna know the answers? Have a look at the first episode with our Co-Founder and CEO Peter Zwyssig (alias Peach).
