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Guido Fluri Foundation

Cham, Zug, Switzerland

The Guido Fluri Foundation is a self-financed Swiss philanthropic foundation established by entrepreneur Guido Fluri in 2010. Its registered legal name is Guido Fluri-Stiftung, UID CHE-115.861.632, with its registered office in Cham, Canton Zug and federal foundation supervision. Its own history dates its establishment to 21 July 2010. It pursues three related purposes: helping children grow up without violence, supporting the social participation of people with schizophrenia and their family caregivers, and improving access to information, research and treatment for people with rare brain tumours, particularly acoustic neuroma. Activities include patient information and self-help through the acoustic-neuroma community, financial support for neurological research and patient care, the KESCHA advice service, the Living with Schizophrenia initiative, child-protection reporting services, historical research into institutional care, the Mümliswil memorial and the European Justice Initiative. The foundation states that it finances its projects without external fundraising; no public exact endowment, assets-under-management figure or closed LP fund is inferred. Its neuroscience and deep-technology investment relevance is concrete: machineMD explicitly identifies the foundation as lead investor in its CHF3.2M seed financing announced 6 September 2022 for AI- and virtual-reality-assisted neuro-ophthalmological diagnostics. This is an institutional foundation investment, distinct from an individual Guido Fluri check, a foundation research grant or the conversion of machineMD’s earlier financing. Current legal leadership comprises founder and president Guido Fluri, vice-president Tânia Fluri-Simão and board member Bruno Frick, the social educator and former KESCHA leader. Official Swiss Gazette notices appoint Tânia in December 2024 and remove Antonia Bissig in September 2026, overriding the foundation website’s older imprint. Nik Schwab is the external media officer through Branson Kirk. Published earlier affiliations of Antonia Bissig, historian Thomas Huonker and brain-tumour ambassador Tanja Gutmann are qualified historically. The foundation is recorded as a nonprofit organization with an Investor identity for its documented company investment, rather than as a commercial venture-capital fund manager.

Founded 2010

Team

Antonia BissigFormer Member of the Foundation Board (withdrawal published September 2026)

Bruno FrickMember of the Foundation Board

Guido FluriFounder and President of the Foundation Board

Nik SchwabExternal Media Officer (Branson Kirk)

Tanja GutmannBrain-Tumour Awareness Ambassador (2010–2017 publication; current status unverified)

Thomas HuonkerHistorical Research Project Lead, Kinderheime Schweiz (2010–2014)

Tânia Fluri-SimãoVice-President of the Foundation Board

Investments

CHF 3M2022-09-06

machineMD

Guido Fluri Foundation

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Current board audit: the foundation imprint retains Antonia Bissig but is superseded by official notices. Tânia Maria Fluri-Gomes de Brito Simão was appointed vice-president in the December 2024 publication. Antonia’s withdrawal is published September 2026. Current legal board is Guido Fluri, Tânia Fluri-Simão and Bruno Frick. Bruno is the social educator and former KESCHA leader, distinct from the politician and attorney of the same name. Exact current employee roster, beyond the named public board and external media officer, is not disclosed. No portraits guessed for Tânia or Antonia. Source: https://www.shab.ch/shabforms/servlet/Search?DOCID=HR02-1006197127&EID=7 https://www.shab.ch/shabforms/servlet/Search?DOCID=HR02-1006744614&EID=7 https://www.guido-fluri-stiftung.ch/en/kontakt/ Reviewed 2026-10-07.
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Programme funding is distinguished from company investment. The foundation reports initiating and financing historical care research, the Mümliswil memorial, patient assistance, KESCHA, Living with Schizophrenia and the Justice Initiative. The Swiss government’s CHF300M reparation measure in its history is government compensation, not foundation endowment or a venture fund. machineMD’s actual CHF3.2M seed is recorded separately by the company owner, with the foundation’s lead Investor identity and no disclosed individual ticket. Source: https://www.guido-fluri-stiftung.ch/en/stiftung/ https://www.machinemd.com/news/oversubscribed-seed-round-for-machinemd Reviewed 2026-10-07.
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Historical neuroscience research support: the foundation’s own timeline reports CHF250000 in 2011 to support tinnitus research at the Tübingen neurosurgery clinic under Marcos Soares Tatagiba. This is charitable research support, not venture equity, foundation fundraising or a personal check. Its 2010–2017 magazine separately describes support for a TMS instrument for tinnitus, the European Glioma Network, medical reports and patient care, without disclosed exact amounts for those other activities. Source: https://www.guido-fluri-stiftung.ch/en/stiftung/ https://www.guido-fluri-stiftung.ch/default-wAssets/docs/Magazin/Stiftung-Magazin.pdf Reviewed 2026-10-07.
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Self-financed charitable foundation: its own website states it brings its projects to fruition without external fundraising. Exact endowment, annual income, fund size and assets under management are undisclosed in the reviewed primary sources. No commercial InvestmentFund or fundraising InvestmentRound is created for this nonprofit. Source: https://www.guido-fluri-stiftung.ch/en/stiftung/ Reviewed 2026-10-07.