The purpose of the company is to provide consulting services in the field of venture investments, venture portfolio management, as well as consulting on other investments such as private equity, stocks, bonds, and other asset classes. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, encumber, and sell intellectual property rights and real estate. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may provide direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly invested, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders are directly or indirectly invested, by means of loans and/or other financing. The company may grant security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including by means of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind, or by means of offset obligations, whether for consideration or not, even if such financing, security, or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly invested, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders are directly or indirectly invested.