12 Swiss start-ups selected for the Tech4Trust program

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06.10.2022
Tech4Trust announcement

Today the Trust Valley Day was held at EPFL. On the agenda: emergence of new talent, support for SMEs and start-ups through investment and training. In the afternoon the start-ups selected for the 4th edition of the Tech4Trust acceleration programme have been announced.

Tech4Trust is an intense 6-month support programme designed to accelerate the activities of cybersecurity start-ups and to promote sustainable growth. The 70 startups already boosted by the programme have raised 150 million Swiss francs to date, positioning Tech4Trust on the international stage. "Six months ago, we had one idea and no fundraising, and almost no network. Six months later, we have raised 2.5 million, we have 7 clients in Switzerland and France, and 12 employees. Tech4Trust acts as a seal of confidence that propels us and encourages investors to talk to us. We remain humbled and delighted by this result and will get back to work," says Olivier Eyries, one of the three co-founders of Saporo, the winning startup of Tech4Trust in 2022.

26 companies have been selected for the fourth edition. All start-ups presented their solutions and technologies during short pitch sessions. The selected Swiss companies include:

Agora Care 
Agora Care is the first digital health company to develop a patient-centered platform for storage and communication of medical images allowing to share the results of imaging data with medical practitioners and healthcare providers anywhere anytime.

Altkimya  
Altkimya is a data science startup that transforms IT and Telecom SMEs into smart data driven Managed Services Providers.

Authena
First Authenticity and Traceability as a Service eliminating counterfeiting & grey market, by providing real-time traceability, omnichannel management, and direct consumer engagement at product level and extended to its collectible twin in the Metaverse.

ClearSky
ClearSky designs Private Personalized & Proactive apps based on Edge AI technology. The goal is to transform the way personal data are processed on mobile devices and to give the data ownership back to the user by reducing interaction with cloud services.

Cognitechs
With its agile real time risk management platform, the start-up helps companies keep their risks under control in complex conditions and changing environments.

DemoSquare  
DemoSquare's machine-learning algorithms help legal and political experts save time and money by providing an automated, comprehensive, and efficient way to access, analyse, and monitor legal and political data.

fidentity
The AI-tech start-up is active in the digital trust market, that is, identity verification and digital signatures.

Lynx Technologies  
Lynx platform connects brand owners to contract manufacturing suppliers, simplifying reception of supply chain data and ensuring its consistency.

Resilio 
Resilio allows organisations to securely achieve a sustainability IT transition. The clients can access information on their footprint through a transparent process while maintaining the control of their data. Reslio’s solution will guide them on strategies to reduce their impact as their costs.

sequal
The company provides end-to-end information security management to SMEs, according to the ISO 27001 standard by providing ISO 27001 auditors, consultants and tools.

Synergy Quantum
Synergy Quantum, registered in Geneva 2018, provides quantum communication technology that has been developed with CERN scientists, through investments in Quantum companies and collaboration with National Science and Defence Ministries.

TTM Holdings The company's main objective is to provide robots and artificial intelligence managed entirely by decentralized app (DAPP) users in a transparent and autonomous way thanks to the various technologies offered by the blockchain.

The complete list with all 26 selected companies and additional information about the Tech4Trust program can be downloaded below.

In the morning, the Trust Valley Day has been launched by the joint speeches of Fabienne Fischer, Head of the Department of Economy and Employment of the Republic and Canton of Geneva and Isabelle Moret, Head of the Department of Economy, Innovation, Employment and Heritage of the Canton of Vaud. The morning was marked by round-table discussions and concrete testimonies from SMEs, including Plumettaz, as well as presentations by experts, including Florian Schütz, the Federal Delegate for Cybersecurity, Jean-Marc Rickli, Director of Global Risks at the GCSP, Delphine Donné, General Manager of the Business Group at Logitech, and Philippe Amon, Managing Director of SICPA.

In the afternoon, three roundtables focussed on the role of investors and acquisition strategies for large companies in an uncertain economic climate, with first-hand accounts from winning startups. Speakers in the afternoon include Edouard Bugnion, Professor at EPFL, Jean-Damien Marie, Global Co-Head of Investments at Barclays, Stephen Perkins, Global Head of Corporate Incubation at SGS, Olivier Eyries, CEO of Saporo and Juan Troncoso, CEO of Tune Insight.

(Press release / SK)

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