Das Online-Startup bexio lancierte im November 2015 die schweizweit erste Schnittstelle zwischen Buchhaltungssoftware und E-Banking. Nur 15 Monate später bietet bexio nun Verbindungen zu den fünf grössten Schweizer Banken an: Postfinance, Raiffeisen, UBS, Zürcher Kantonalbank und neu Credit Suisse.

The second edition of MassChallenge Switzerland starts today and is ready to take in the next batch of startups. Selected startups will benefit from the four months acceleration program, a strong network and cash prizes of up to CHF 1M. Registration is now open.

A new global community of parents, teachers, educators and enthusiasts is coming together to demystify the 21 century learning and nurturing system. Inspired by the desire to promote a better future for the children, Zurich based We Are Play Lab has been launched to help children discover and define success on their terms.

After more than ten years, the event format of the Swiss Venture Days has been completely revised. The first of the new Swiss Venture Days will be held in Zurich on 5 April. Start-ups can already apply.

Geneva based Prexton Therapeutics develops novel therapeutic compounds for the treatment of Central Nervous System (CNS) conditions. The Series B funding will be used to finance two phase II studies of Prexton’s lead product. Prexton Therapeutics was founded 2012 as a spin-off from Merck Serono.

Myravan Solutions vient de remporter avec nutriMenu, le programme développé en partenariat avec la Ville de Lausanne, le Grand Prix Suisse « Santé-Entreprise 2017 » de la section suisse de Citizen@Work | European network for health promotion and economic development. Ce prix est une belle reconnaissance pour le travail de l’entreprise portée par la Dr. Maryam Yepes.

SimplicityBio appoints its Co-founder Matthew Hall as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The start-up will keep focusing on discovering novel biomarkers for more robust and accurate diagnostics for its clients and partners. One example for a successful collaboration is the partnership with Minomic International. The two companies developed a new prostate cancer test.

More than 100 startups applied for the AI Bootcamp of the Deutsche Telekom and the incubator hub:raum in Berlin. One of the selected companies was Spitch, a Swiss provider of solutions based on Automatic Speech Recognition, Voice User Interfaces, and natural language voice data analytics.

Three Swiss startups in the sports industry have won the ISPO Award, a globally recognised award in the sports industry. On’s new running shoes cloudflash are among the 5 global products of the year 2017/18, selected out of 500 applications from around the globe. Two additional Swiss startups received awards from other categories.

Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) und Startups, die an der Entwicklung klimafreundlicher Produkte beteiligt sind, können bis 1. März bei der Klimastiftung Schweiz finanzielle Unterstützung beantragen. Die Beiträge der Stiftung sind à fonds perdu.

Die Webapplikation von yutongo dient dem strukturierten Sammeln und dem systematischen Bewerten von Ideen im Rahmen des betrieblichen Innovationsmanagements. Nun hat das Startup zusätzlich einen Brainstorming Chatbot auf Facebook lanciert.

The four finalists for the Swiss Fintech Awards 2017 have been nominated. The two finalists of the early stage startup category have the chance to win CHF24’000.

EdgeLab, a data platform company providing actionable intelligence to the financial services industry, today shares some of the operating and financial highlights from 2016. In its first year of commercial operation, company signs 16 customers, 6 major partners and turns a profit.

Zum Netzwerk der Schweizer Impact Hubs gehören Grossunternehmen wie die SBB genauso wie Startups. Synergien liegen auf der Hand. Dies will die SBB nun gezielter nutzen und hat einen Call für Startups aus dem Impact Hub Netzwerk gestartet.

Das Förderprogramm Venture leaders schickt regelmässig Gründer und CEOs von jungen Technologiefirmen ins Silicon Valley. Im März geht’s wieder los. Auf der einwöchigen Roadshow wird die Schweizer Delegation Investoren und Experten treffen. Nun sind die zehn Teilnehmer bekannt.

Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc. and Switzerland-based YouRehab AG announce the continued collaboration and commercialization of "YouGrabber." The product is a key component of the YouRehab advanced suite of medical rehabilitation technology products.

Das Insurtech Startup FinanceFox setzt auf die Kooperation mit Brokern. Dieser Bereich soll in Zukunft noch weiter gestärkt werden. Nun hat die Versicherungsplattform einen neuen Leiter der Abteilung Partner Services berufen, die für das Management und die Akquise von Broker-Partnern zuständig ist. Hugo Pfister bringt 20 Jahre Erfahrung in der Versicherungsbranche mit.

The Summerpreneurship program is again open for application. This program brings impact driven startups together with talented students for a summer internship from June to August in Zurich and Geneva. Registration for startups is open until 19 February, 2017.

The EPFL School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering ENAC has launched a new initiative "InnoSeed program" to help promote innovation and technology transfer within the school. The program dedicates specific maturation and funding programs to individuals with innovative technological ideas relevant to ENAC's research topics.

The early stage investing platform Go Beyond and a fintech incubator and accelerator F10, have joined hands to work on a number of initiatives. Members of Go Beyond will share their know-how and evaluate investor pitches of startups in the master class on investor pitching.

Apidel SA, a Geneva based pharmaceutical company, announced the completion of its third private financing round. The startup raised a significant amount of funds to accelerate and progress clinical and commercial development of its pipeline of therapeutic products.

Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative is looking for startups from Europe to participate in the two weeks YTILI Fellowship program in the United States. YTILI Fellowship is a series of professional development and leadership activities that are designed to support the growth and development of commercial and social business ventures. Registration closes on 6th February.

Die APG|SGA, das führende Aussenwerbeunternehmen der Schweiz, geht neue digitale Wege und baut ihre Aktivitäten im Bereich Mobile Media, Interactive und Data Collecting aus. Im Zuge dessen hat die APG|SGA das auf die Beacon-Technologie spezialisierte Start-up Blinq und dessen Mitarbeitende inklusive Gründer Alex Zimmermann und Jan Berchtold übernommen. In naher Zukunft wird die APG|SGA ein Beacon-Netzwerk ausrollen.

The main objective of the M-CUBE research project is to go beyond the limits of existing clinical imaging using an MRI scanner and radically improve spatial and temporal resolutions on image quality.  

Die Babybreie von yamo sind frisch, biologisch, ohne Zusatzstoffe und trotzdem mehrere Wochen haltbar. Nun wird das Food-Tech-Startups von Genilem gecoacht.

During its meeting on 1 February 2017, the Federal Council initiated the consultation on amendments to the Banking Act and Banking Ordinance in the fintech area. The revision should ensure that barriers to market entry for fintech firms are reduced and that the competitiveness of the Swiss financial centre is enhanced. The consultation will last until 8 May 2017.

Xeltis has been granted permission by the US Food and Drug Association to begin its Xplore-II clinical trial for its pulmonary valve in the United States. The startup aims to reduce the risk of complications and of re-interventions in this pediatric population.

Kickstart Accelerator is one of Europe’s largest multi-corporate, zero-equity technology accelerators and an initiative of digitalswitzerland. Applications are open to international startups. This year’s shortlisted startups will meet with over 15 corporate partners and mentors.

Vor drei Wochen lancierten die Pizolbahnen und die Belalp Bahnen Tickets mit wetterabhängigen Preisen. Hinter dem Angebot steht das Berner Startup tipo ticketing. Wir haben uns mit Mitgründerin Rahel Ryf über erste Erfahrungen unterhalten.

Since its inception in 2016, SwissLending, the Swiss real estate "Crowdlending" specialist, has financed 4 European real estate projects. SwissLending has now repaid investors for the first transaction with 8% profitability over 12 months.

ParkU, a Zurich based startup offering off-street parking reservations in 10 countries in Europe, has entered into a strategic partnership with INRIX. The latter provides connected car services and transportation analytics in over 4,500 cities in 65 countries. The companies will bring embedded payment and reservation technology to the dashboard of connected cars.

NoisyPeak est la millième start-up suisse à intégrer BizSpark, le programme d’accompagnement de Microsoft. L’entreprise de haute technologie implantée en Suisse romande s’est spécialisée dans le transcodage vidéo de très haute qualité.

Die auf Sportprojekte fokussierte Crowdfunding-Plattform Ibeliveinyou.ch befindet sich auf der Überholspur. Die Summe der eingesammelten Gelder ist innerhalb eines Jahres von 1.3 auf 2.2 Millionen Franken gestiegen.

ReFlow Therapeutics AG has been awarded a non-dilutive public grant of over CHF 823'000 from the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation. The funds will allow the Company to run their current project over the next 18 months.

Digital Festival is a five day event bringing together digital start-up founders, established brands, programmers and CEOs. Unlike other events, the program, speakers and topics for the festival are proposed by the public. Individuals with ideas and suggestions for the 2017 Digital Festival are invited to submit them.

A delegation including Swiss startups and academia were invited by swissnex India for a week-long Fintech tour in India. Having explored and learnt about the Indian fintech market, the Swiss delegation is certain about embracing the untapped potential in the country.

Der Pfizer Forschungspreis ist einer der renommiertesten Medizin Forschungspreise der Schweiz. Vergangene Woche wurde ein gemeinsames Projekt von Universität Zürich und der jungen Biotech-Firma Neurimmune ausgezeichnet.

Die b2c link GmbH, einer der führenden Anbieter bei der Generierung von Online Leads sowie der Bewerbung von Gewinnspielen ist auf Wachstumskurs. Das 2011 gegründete Unternehmen hat den gesamten Gewinnspiel-Bereich der rueeger media GmbH übernommen.

Jury und Publikum waren sich an der vierten Ausgabe der SGDA Swiss Game Awards einig. Das Zürcher Studio INK KIT gewinnt mit dem Spiel DERU sowohl den Hauptpreis Swiss Game Award als auch den Publikumspreis Audience Choice Award. Die beiden weiteren am Ludicious Festival verliehenen Preise gingen an ein britischen Game Studio und an einen Berliner Studenten.

Cellestia Biotech AG, a private biopharmaceutical company with strategic focus on anti-cancer drugs modulating the NOTCH signaling pathway, announced the final closing of its seed financing rounds securing a total of CHF 8 million in funding.

This week we presented the Swiss Venture Capital Report 2016. Data from other sources allow to compare Swiss investments with those of other countries.

A new version of the startupticker App was released this week in Zurich. The App enables users to receive the latest news and important events happening in the Swiss startup scene. The newly integrated features enable users set reminders, share the news and access our daily twitter account in the App. The App is available for both the iOS and Android devices.

Sotheby’s announces an exclusive collaboration with Artmyn, the startup from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, to apply their pioneering scanning and display technology to major highlights of Sotheby’s spring and summer 2017 auctions.

La fintech CashSentinel franchit une étape importante en s’associant avec Allianz Protection Juridique en France. Cette alliance stratégique permet à la startup vaudoise de proposer sa solution de paiement sécurisé sur le marché français et de développer sa présence en Europe. Autre bonne nouvelle, l’entreprise collabore depuis le début du mois de janvier avec bateau24.ch, la plus grande place de marché en ligne pour les bateaux en Suisse, une référence.

Innovaud lance son portail des technologies qui a pour but d’être un point de rencontres professionnelles entre porteurs de technologies et entreprises à la recherche de savoir-faire technologiques. Ce site servira en outre d’outil de valorisation et de promotion complémentaire pour les entreprises porteuses de technologies et d’innovations dans le canton de Vaud.

ObsEva's common shares have been approved for listing on The NASDAQ Global Select Market and are expected to begin trading under the ticker symbol “OBSV” on January 26, 2017. Today ObsEva CEO Ernest Loumaye will ring the Nasdaq stock market opening bell in celebration of the IPO.

OrbiWise SA, a leading supplier of LoRa Solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, has been selected by visionary network operator eleven-x to supply the LoRaWAN Network Server Solution for its nationwide Canadian LoRa Low Power Wide Area Network.

Coworking ist das Schlagwort einer neuen Arbeitskultur. Fixe Arbeitsplätze werden abgelöst durch mobiles Arbeiten unterwegs, zu Hause und flexibel nutzbare Gemeinschaftsbüros – sogenannte Coworking Spaces. Der Technopark Winterthur eröffnet am 1. April 2017 mit der «Workeria» ein Coworking Space auf 200 m2.

SelectUSA Investment Summit is an annual event dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. The event unites over 2500 companies, investors and political persons with the goal to facilitate business investment. Participants from Switzerland are invited to participate. 60 Swiss delegates were part of the summit last year.

Johnson & Johnson and Actelion Ltd. today announced that they have entered into a definitive transaction agreement under which Johnson & Johnson will launch an all-cash tender offer in Switzerland to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Actelion. Actelion will spin out its drug discovery operations and early-stage clinical development assets into a newly created Swiss biopharmaceutical company which will be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.