What Tomahawk.VC does

Tomahawk.VC is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Cédric Waldburger and domiciled in Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland, where it is operated under the legal entity Tenderloin Ventures AG. The firm invests at Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A stages exclusively in Software and Web3 startups, with a stated thesis covering fintech, blockchain, AI/robotics, productivity tools, consumer products, and B2B SaaS. Its portfolio of approximately 30 companies spans Switzerland, Germany, the UK, the US, and the UAE, and includes notable names such as Dfinity, Clark, Frontify, Picnic, Zenjob, Liquity, Daylight, and Holyheld. The firm differentiates itself through a solo-GP model branded around the "Faster, Deeper, Further" investment manifesto, emphasizing rapid decision-making and operator-led support grounded in Waldburger's personal track record of building and selling companies since age 14 and his Electrical Engineering training from ETH Zurich.

The firm has no proprietary technology platform; its "product" is capital plus operator-style mentorship delivered personally by the founder. Deal flow is sourced primarily through inbound applications ([email protected], VideoAsk) and direct outbound founder outreach, with secondary pipeline contribution from Waldburger's personal brand channels, including a YouTube vlog, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and a published book on online collaboration. As of 2025 the team consists of the founder plus one Director/Associate (Claude Donzé), making Tomahawk.VC a deliberately small, founder-led vehicle rather than an institutionalized fund.

Economically, Tomahawk.VC generates returns through equity appreciation in portfolio companies, monetized at exit events (acquisitions or IPOs), supplemented by any conventional management fees on a fund vehicle, though fund size and AUM are not publicly disclosed. The firm does not sell products or services to end customers, has no disclosed pricing, and operates without public investor reporting obligations. Its competitive positioning rests on the operator credibility of its founder and the speed and depth of personal engagement rather than on platform scale, institutional LP base, or proprietary technology infrastructure.

Name

Tomahawk.VC

Legal name

Tomahawk.VC

Website

https://tomahawk.vc

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tomahawk.VC is a Switzerland-based, solo-GP early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Cédric Waldburger, investing Pre-Seed through Series A in approximately 30+ Software and Web3 startups across fintech, AI, DeFi, and B2B SaaS globally.

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Product category

Early-Stage Venture Capital

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Other Financial Investment Activities (5239)

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Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Early stage funding
• Seed stage investing
• Pre-seed funding
• Startup venture capital

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Tomahawk.VC generates returns through equity investments in early-stage Software and Web3 startups. The firm invests in founders building ventures in sectors including fintech, blockchain, AI/robotics, productivity tools, consumer products, and B2B SaaS. Returns are realized through portfolio company exits via acquisitions or IPOs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tomahawk.VC is an entrepreneur-led early-stage venture capital firm that deploys Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A equity capital into Software and Web3 startups across sectors including fintech, blockchain, AI/robotics, productivity tools, consumer products, and B2B SaaS. Beyond capital, the firm provides founder mentorship, network access, and long-term portfolio support under its "Faster, Deeper, Further" approach. Returns are generated through portfolio company exits.

Product overview

Tomahawk.VC is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in software and Web3 startups. Founded in 2019 and led by Cédric Waldburger, the firm does not offer a product or service in the traditional sense but rather provides capital and support to portfolio companies. The firm maintains a diverse portfolio spanning multiple sectors including AI (Ailean, Lucky Robots, Mbodi), fintech (Clark, Plend, Monite, Mesta, Liquity, Grape), e-commerce (Buynomics, Farmy, Picnic), web3/blockchain (Daylight, Dfinity, Guild, Holyheld, Lano, Tempus, Pods, Toniq, Margarita Finance), health/wellness (Amorana, Dunatura), productivity/software (Frontify, Sendtask, Jodel), staffing (Zenjob), and creator economy (Superjoi).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A Venture Capital Investment

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Multicoin Capital: Established crypto/Web3-native investment firm operating at greater scale across the same thesis; comparable as a larger incumbent in Tomahawk.VC's core category.
• Pantera Capital: Long-standing crypto-focused fund with diversified Web3 exposure; representative of the scaled incumbents Tomahawk.VC competes against in the same niche.

Direct peers

• Long Journey Ventures: Founder-led, small-team early-stage venture fund concentrating on crypto and Web3 with similar solo-GP economics to Tomahawk.VC.
• Notation Capital: Solo-GP, founder-led pre-seed and seed fund; mirrors Tomahawk.VC's lean operating model and entrepreneur-led early-stage posture.
• Placeholder Capital: Early-stage venture fund focused on Web3 protocols and decentralized computing — directly overlapping with Tomahawk.VC's blockchain/DeFi portfolio orientation.
• Robot Ventures: Small, crypto-native early-stage fund with a focused Web3 thesis — comparable scale and deal-stage alignment with Tomahawk.VC.
• Variant Fund: Early-stage fund exclusively focused on crypto networks and Web3 founders; overlaps directly with Tomahawk.VC's primary investment thesis.
• Boldstart Ventures: Founder-led, sector-focused early-stage fund investing in enterprise software and crypto; shares Tomahawk.VC's entrepreneur-led ethos and Software/Web3 mix.
• 1Confirmation: Early-stage crypto/Web3-only venture fund run by a small team, comparable to Tomahawk.VC's Web3 focus and lean emerging-manager structure.

Regional players

• LocalGlobe: European-rooted early-stage fund investing globally in technology founders; a regional/geographic peer given Tomahawk.VC's Swiss base and similar stage.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tomahawk_vc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/cedricwaldburger
• Facebookfacebook.com/tomahawk.vc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tomahawk-vc

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments28 records

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