The submissions deadline for Startup Open, a featured competition at Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 that recognizes startups with high-growth potential, is now only one week away. Startups can register at www.startupopen.com/register until Sept. 15.

Seven prize winners from the “Call for Projects: Swiss Games” are showing their products at Fantoche, the international animation film festival in Baden. The seven winning games of start-ups like Games2be or Bitforge can be tried out exclusively in the exhibition until Sunday.

SalsaDev, the software company from Geneva, is on the road to success. Sales figures are rising sharply. One of the reasons: the core product of the company demonstrates a clearly identifiable technology breakthrough. Therefore the product is selected as one of the KMWorld’s Trend Setting Products of 2011

Biocartis named as a Technology Pioneer 2012 by the by the World Economic Forum. Technology Pioneers comprise 25 of the most innovative young companies from around the world, companies poised to have a critical impact on how business and society work.

Living PlanIT’s CEO Steve Lewis selected by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer 2012. Living PlanIT, a Swiss registered entity, designated as one of 25 winners chosen from around the world

Twenty-five companies have been selected as the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers 2012. Two companies come from Switzerland: Living PlanIT SA (Nyon) and Biocartis SA (Lausanne).

Grosses Interesse für den Heuberger Winterthur Jungunternehmerpreis 2011. 136 Jungunternehmerinnen und Jungunternehmer aus der ganzen Deutschschweiz haben um das Preisgeld von insgesammt 600‘000 Franken beworben.

ETH-Startup Mirasense holt beim Nokia-Wettbewerb „Calling all Innovators“ den ersten Preis der Kategorie Lifestyle und Gesundheit. Ausgezeichnet wurde das App Scandit mit integriertem mobilen Barcode-Scanner.

Aimago ist Träger des Medtech-Awards 2011. Freuen konnten sich am diesjährigen Medtech Event auch zwei weitere Jungunternehmen. Bundesrat Johann Schneider-Ammann überreichte ihnen Innovationsvoucher im Wert von mehreren hunderttausend Franken.

FedEx and Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe have named the Swiss Team “Backbord” as winner of the prestigious FedEx Access Award, presented to the JA-YE student company which best demonstrates understanding and application of global access, leveraging international trade to create jobs, grow small businesses, expand global development and improve the environment. Backbord was recognised for its unique conceptualization around the development and retail of bags and cases made out

Als einzige europäische Firma ist die Jungfirma Memonic mit ihrer Erweitergung "Memonic for Salesforce" beim AppQuest 11-Wettbewerb unter den 16 Finalisten. Memonic-CEO Dorian Setz will weiterkommen und bittet um Unterstützung und zwar möglichst bald, denn die Abstimmung dauert nur bis zum 5. August.

Auch 2011 vergibt der Immobilienunternehmer Robert Heuberger in Zusammenarbeit mit der Standortförderung Region Winterthur den Heuberger Winterthur Jungunternehmerpreis und dies zum 5. Mal. Eingabeschluss für den mit 600'000 Franken dotierten Preis ist der 24. August 2011.

The European Tech Tour announced the 2011 Web & Mobility Summit will be held November 2-3, 2011 in London. The Tech Tour will pair the most promising early and later stage growth companies with representatives from leading cross-border venture capital and global corporate firms. The Funds that will be present at the Tour represent over €10 billion worth of investment capital.