Burn Rate - The Venture Insider Podcast [AI-Translated]

Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi

Burn Rate - The Venture Insider Podcast [AI-Translated]

On the Burn Rate – The Venture Insider Podcast, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi deliver exclusive news, insights, and background stories in every episode. This podcast offers a critical perspective on the most exciting deals and topics from the Swiss and global startup scene.

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14 February 2026

E82 [AI-Translated] Deals of the Month – January 2026 | Swiss VC Market Snapshot | Swissto12 | Chiral Nano | Sparkli

Here is the English version of your Spotify description for Episode 82, in your standard Burn Rate format:In this episode of Burn Rate, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi analyze the most important startup deals from January 2026 in the Swiss venture capital ecosystem. In the Burn Rate Market Snapshot, they break down around CHF 496 million invested across 19 financing rounds, discuss the strong...

07 February 2026

E81 [AI-Translated] Constructor | MS AI Acc | Venture Leaders | VC Report | Founder Associate | Orama VR | Schole AI

In this episode of Burn Rate, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi cover the latest signals from Switzerland’s venture ecosystem — recorded on Thursday, February 5. In the news segment, they discuss the first closing of Constructor Capital Fund I ($110M), the new cohort of the Microsoft for Startups Switzerland AI Tech Accelerator, and a look back at 20 years of Venture Leaders with standout ecosystem...

31 January 2026

E80 [AI-Translated] ETH Summit | b2venture | Vi | PitchBook | Neolabs | Waterfall | Zombie-VC | Oviva | Tech5 | Sparkli

In this episode of Burn Rate, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi discuss the key signals shaping the Swiss venture capital ecosystem. Guy shares insights from the ETH Deep Tech Summit, with over 1'000 participants, around 100 spin-offs from ETH, EPFL, PSI and EMPA, and clearly rising international investor interest. In the news segment, the episode covers the final closing of b2venture Fund V (€150m),...

24 January 2026

E79 [AI-Translated] MyBikePlan | Terralayr | Index | Project Switzerland | SWISSto12 | Ex Nunc | noriware | Alphalum

In this episode of Burn Rate, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi break down the key developments shaping the Swiss venture capital ecosystem at the start of 2026. In the news section, they discuss the exit of Zurich-based mobility fintech MyBikePlan to Germany’s JobRad Group, the €192 million mega-round raised by battery storage player Terralayr, and the upcoming generational transition at global VC...

17 January 2026

E78 [AI-Translated] Deals of the Month - Dezember 2025 | Swiss VC Market Snapshot | Assaia | Gravis | Neural | Soverli

In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi break down the most important startup deals from December 2025 in the Swiss venture ecosystem. In the Burn Rate Market Snapshot, they contextualize CHF 250m invested across 22 rounds, discuss a strong month for biotech M&A (including acquisitions by Grupo Landsteiner), SK Capital’s majority takeover of Swyx Biopharma, the sale of Homebuddy, and...

10 January 2026

E77 [AI-Translated] Übermorgen Ventures | Startup Founding&Bankruptcies 2025 | 10y Tenity | Burn Rate Predictions 2026

In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi discuss the key developments shaping the Swiss startup and venture capital ecosystem at the start of 2026. The news segment covers the first closing of Übermorgen Ventures’ climate-tech fund at CHF 55 million, a new IFJ report showing record company formations alongside a sharp rise in bankruptcies, and the 10-year anniversary of Tenity, which is...

20 December 2025

E76 [AI-Translated] EPFL AI-Launchpad | SwissHealth | M&A2025 | Swiss VC-Rendite | Vesting | HomeBuddy | Assaia | Ionic

In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi discuss the key developments from the Swiss startup and venture-capital ecosystem. Topics include the launch of the EPFL and UBS AI Launchpad to support AI spin-offs, SwissHealth Ventures doubling the size of its evergreen digital-health fund to CHF 100 million, and Switzerland heading toward a record M&A year in 2025 despite a strong Swiss...

13 December 2025

E75 [AI-Translated] Deals of the Month - November 2025 | Swiss VC Market Snapshot | Flexion | Mimic | Spacetek | BTRY

In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi break down the most important developments in the Swiss startup and venture capital ecosystem in November 2025. We open with the Market Snapshot, covering investment volumes, deal activity, and exits — including a strong month with CHF 425M invested and the acquisition of SixPeaks by AstraZeneca.In the Deep Dive, we analyze four standout deep-tech...

06 December 2025

E74 [AI-Translated] BoldBrain | Black Forest Labs | STA | Startup Radar | RLN | Gravis | Cerrion | Saporo | Xcert

In this episode of Burn Rate – The VC Insider Podcast, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi break down the most important developments in the Swiss and European startup ecosystem. We start with the Boldbrain Startup Challenge 2025, where Healthtech, Biotech and AI companies dominated the top spots. We then dive into Black Forest Labs’ $300M Series B — the one-year-old German AI startup whose Flux models...

29 November 2025

E73 [AI-Translated] Flexion | Swiss Spin-Off Nation | Gemini 3 | VC M&A 26 | European Tech | Distal | SpaceTek

In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi break down the most exciting developments of the week in the startup and VC ecosystem.We discuss Flexion’s impressive $50M Series A to build the “brain” of humanoid robots, the new European Spinout Report 2025 where Switzerland dominates Europe’s deep-tech spin-off landscape, and Google’s strong return to the AI frontier with Gemini 3.Our deep dive...