Five Swiss startups on the winners’ podium

PhotonHub Europe, an EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation program dedicated to accelerating the uptake of photonics technologies by European industry, has awarded Aseptuva research funding of €60,000 to realise a project in partnership with VUB B-PHOT Brussels Photonics (Belgium). As part of this EU-funded project, Aseptuva is developing the next generation of in-situ UV-based disinfection technology to prevent pathogenic colonisation on and around medical catheters used in acute care units. In addition to the funding, the startup will also receive business coaching from Czech-based Business Innovation Management Institute AMIRES.

lleve District – OPTI newcomer AWARD
Formerly Lars Brillen, lleve District develops Swiss-made cycling glasses that combine high functionality, minimalist design and long-lasting quality. The glasses are embodied with a patented click-in technology to ensure a stable connection between the contact points at the nose and the ear. They thus do not slip off when climbing out of the saddle or on rapid descents. With their Swiss-made sunglasses, the company stood out from nine startups that participated in the 2023 optiBOX Award. Having met the criteria of innovation, design, function and sustainability and impressed the jury, the founding team took home the OPTI Newcomer Award.

Hive Zox World Economic Forum
One of the highlights of the World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos was awarding startups with innovative ideas in different award competitions. The ‘Start-Up Innovation Award’ prize went to Hive Zox International, a logistics startup offering connected Monitoring as a Service (cMaaS) via its complete real-time visibility platform for global supply chains. cMaaS is a full-stack solution incorporating next-generation Mobile-IoT networks to offer an automated and seamless approach to monitoring products and shipments from the first mile to the last mile and everything in between 24/7. The platform thus helps clients reduce costs, reduce waste, guarantee products, and ensure public safety.

IAMX AG and Fiat24 – Web3Port Entrepreneur Acceleration
Zug-based IAMX is one of the 25 promising startups participating in the Web3Port Entrepreneur Acceleration program, selected from over 100 applicants. During the 8-12 weeks, the startups will work with partners to advance their product, grow their user base and get access to investors. The Swiss startup developed a fully compliant reusable KYC, KYB worldwide with transformation to digital identity enabling the holder to use the internet like he is logged in (W3C accredited, open standard). Fiat24 is the first and the only bank that is fully built on blockchain and fully regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Fiat24 uses a NFT to represent the client ID and uses internal “stablecoin” to represent client’s assets.

(RAN)