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 the newly published Swiss VC performance study by the University of Basel, SECA, and Deep Tech Nation. In the Deep Dive, they analyze four standout transactions: Asaya’s USD 26.6m Series B for AI-powered airport operations, Gravis Robotics’ USD 23m Series B for autonomous construction machinery, Neural Concept’s USD 100m Series C for AI-driven engineering simulation, and the cybersecurity startup Soverely’s USD 2.6m Pre-Seed round for secure smartphone environments. The episode illustrates how Swiss deep tech is scaling into critical infrastructure across aviation, construction, engineering, and digital sovereignty.