Redalpine

Partners Peter Niederhauser and Michael Sidler lead the firm and its investment advisory team. The firm states that half its professionals have scientific backgrounds and the other half have operator experience, creating a dual-lens approach to investment committee decisions. Specific decision-making structures beyond the partner level have not been publicly detailed.

Redalpine describes itself as a multi-stage investment advisor deploying capital directly into companies from seed through growth. There is no public indication that the firm makes fund commitments to other managers; its activity centers on direct venture investing. The firm's website and public communications consistently frame the model around hands-on, direct company engagement.

The firm invests from pre-seed and seed stages through to late-stage and growth rounds. Portfolio evidence includes early-stage entries and follow-on participation in large later rounds — for example, N26's $900 million Series E and Taxfix's $220 million Series D (per the firm). This suggests a strategy of initial entry at seed or Series A with capacity to maintain pro-rata into expansion-stage financings.

Redalpine's public thesis centers on software, science, and frontier technology, with named focus areas in AI/ML, fintech infrastructure, digital health, climate, foodtech, and mobility. The firm does not publicly list excluded sectors, but its concentration on technical risk and high-engineering-barrier startups implies low appetite for asset-light consumer businesses, pure marketplaces without technical moats, or industries where the primary risk is executional rather than scientific.

Redalpine operates from a single office in Zurich but pursues a pan-European mandate. The firm's sourcing advantage likely derives from its scientific network and the thesis-driven nature of its investment focus — researchers, academics, and technical founders in deep-tech and life sciences often discover Redalpine through peer referrals and publication networks rather than through local office presence. The firm has not disclosed a dedicated scouting team or external advisor network, making this inference a structural observation rather than a confirmed fact.

The firm's public materials emphasize hands-on, direct involvement with portfolio companies and present Redalpine as the lead or co-lead advisor on investments. There is no public mention of a formal co-investment program that invites external limited partners into specific deals, though Redalpine does participate in syndicated rounds with other venture firms — N26's Series E and Taxfix's Series D involved multiple co-investors. Whether the firm actively seeks co-investment alongside its own balance sheet or fund vehicles is not publicly clarified.