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Zurich: Hiring, Funding And Leadership Signals

Every update we hold that a source placed in Zurich: 32 updates from 22 sources, across 29 employers. Each one links to the filing or report that makes the claim. These are counts of documents we have read, so they measure what we have found and can cite, not everything that happened. They also include the routine officer filings the tracker sets aside by default, so its figure for this place is lower than the one above.

Covering 3 Jun 2010 to 4 Sep 2026

32 updates tracked
29 employers
22 sources
$1.7M disclosed funding

$1,722,535 disclosed across 5 funding updates. Totals cover the 1 of 5 funding updates that are money the employer raised, stated in US dollars. We leave out amounts in other currencies rather than convert them at a rate nobody published. We also leave out money that moved for another reason: a sale price, a fund close, a company spending rather than raising, government funding, a pledge.

Updates are grouped by the city name a source printed. We place 26 of the 32 here in Switzerland. 6 name a place of the same name in another country.

Employers We Hold The Most On

Ranked by how many updates we hold, then by how many independent sources are behind them. That is a measure of our own coverage rather than of an employer's size. Each name links to everything we hold for that employer.

What The Updates Are About

Leadership moves 18
Ways of working 9
Growing and expanding 5

Countries This City Appears In

A name with a page of its own links to it. One we do not hold enough on for a page of its own links to the tracker filtered to it, which shows every update behind the count.

Recent Updates

The 12 most recent, in the order the tracker itself uses. Every line links to the document it came from. See all 32 updates for Zurich.

  1. 2026-04-14
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    UBS AG: Agustin Guillermo CARSTENS CARSTENS appointed a director on 14 April 2026

    A UK company must tell the registrar who its directors and secretaries are, so this is a complete record of board-level change at large British employers rather than a selective one: it covers the employers no outlet writes about on the same basis as the ones it does. Read it as the legal fact and not as a hire. The register does not say whether the person came from inside or outside the business, or what they will do, so a run of appointments at one employer is worth reading as a board being rebuilt and a single one is worth reading as housekeeping until something else says otherwise.

    UBS AG · Zurich, United Kingdom · Official Filing · Companies House officer appointments

  2. 2026-01-07
    Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding

    Vontobel Holding Ltd. raised $1.7M in a private placement

    Vontobel Holding Ltd. reported a $1.7M private placement to the SEC on 2026-01-07, listing an address in Zurich, Switzerland. The filing records the money only; it names no roles and no hiring plan.

    Vontobel Holding Ltd. · Zurich, Switzerland · $1.7M raised · Official Filing · SEC EDGAR (Form D)

  3. 2021-10-29
    Adding Roles Ways of working

    Zürich: Stadtpolizei wird mit 152 neuen Stellen ausgebaut

    Stadtpolizei Zürich is adding 152 new operations roles, direct headcount growth for the city's public-sector police force in Switzerland.

    Stadtpolizei · Zurich, Switzerland · 152 roles · News Report · Limmattaler Zeitung · archived copy

  4. 2019-09-11
    Adding Roles Ways of working

    Google schenkt Zürich 1000 neue Stellen

    Google is adding 1,000 new roles in Zürich, Switzerland, direct headcount growth at one of the tech sector's largest engineering hubs. The announcement names no specific teams or functions.

    Google · Zurich, Switzerland · 1000 roles · News Report · Blick · archived copy

  5. 2018-06-26
    Adding Roles Ways of working

    MAN will in Zürich bis zu 40 neue Stellen schaffen

    MAN, the automotive maker, plans to create up to 40 new roles in Zürich, Switzerland, a direct headcount expansion. The announcement names no specific job titles or functions.

    MAN · Zurich, Switzerland · 40 roles · News Report · Tages-Anzeiger · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

  6. 2026-09-04
    Headcount Not Stated Ways of working

    Belgische Privatbank lässt sich in in Zürich nieder und sucht nach Übernahmezielen

    Delen Private Bank expands into Zürich, focusing on finance roles in the Swiss market, with plans to grow through acquisitions.

    Delen Private Bank · Zurich, Switzerland · News Report · finews.ch · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

  7. 2026-09-04
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    Verium holt ehemaligen Schweiz-Chef von Goldman Sachs als Partner

    Verium adds a former Goldman Sachs Switzerland CEO to its partnership in Zürich.

    Verium · Zurich, Switzerland · News Report · finews.ch · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

  8. 2026-09-03
    Headcount Not Stated Ways of working

    Delen Suisse eröffnet neues Büro in Zürich

    Delen Suisse opens a new office in Zürich, expanding its presence in Switzerland.

    Delen Suisse · Zurich, Switzerland · News Report · Moneycab · archived copy

  9. 2026-09-01
    Headcount Not Stated Leadership moves

    Luca Patrignani nommé directeur général de GM Europe - Autoactu.com

    GM Europe has a new Chief Executive Officer: Luca Patrignani. One appointment, not a headcount change; the report names no wider hiring plans.

    GM Europe · Zurich, Switzerland · News Report · Autoactu.com · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

  10. 2026-09-01
    Headcount Not Stated Ways of working

    Luxemburger Fondskanzlei fasst in Zürich Fuss

    Leroy & Goldbach opens a new office in Zürich, focusing on advising Swiss and Liechtenstein fund providers on Luxembourg structures.

    Leroy & Goldbach · Zurich, Switzerland · News Report · finews.ch · archived copy

  11. 2026-09-01
    Headcount Not Stated Growing and expanding

    Zurich-based xorlab secures €5 million to scale sovereign email security across Europe

    xorlab has €5M of new capital in Zurich. The announcement does not disclose hiring plans; watch its careers page for tech roles.

    xorlab · Zurich, Switzerland · €5 million raised · News Report · EU-Startups · archived copy

  12. 2026-09-01
    Headcount Not Stated Ways of working

    HSBC-Trio lanciert neue Vermögensverwaltungs-Boutique in Zürich

    Global Strategic Advisory Group opens a new wealth management boutique in Zurich, led by CEO Patrick D'Amico.

    Global Strategic Advisory Group · Zurich, Switzerland · News Report · finews.ch · No archive snapshot yet. We re-check weekly; next check by Sep 12.

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