The company's purpose is to finance start-up companies, develop and promote new technologies, and invest in alternative sustainable investment vehicles. The company places particular emphasis on sustainability criteria and ethical principles in its investment decisions. The company can also provide intra-group financing to support the development and implementation of business activities within the group. The company can conduct all related business, including the acquisition, ownership, management, sale, trading and financing of participations in other companies of all kinds, as well as participation in joint ventures and cooperations. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company can acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It can also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.