Recognition and support for Swiss startups

Eldico is the newest startup in the Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation’s UpScaler programme, supporting companies to keep a sizeable growth rhythm. ELDICO’s dedicated electron diffractometer is a disruptive instrumentation concept that will revolutionise the analysis of nano-sized solid compounds. Organic chemists will be among the first users to learn about and appreciate this fascinating technology's advantages. The company will ship the first unit this summer. Joining the Upscaler programme will enable the startup to build a scalable organisation with a robust supply chain to cope with a global client community's needs. 

Vay – Category winner Life Science & Health at CashWalk
CashWalk by German Entrepreneurship offers a platform for startups and investors to meet in an exclusive virtual environment to get in touch, meet potential partners, and kick off prosperous relationships. Following their pitching session with over 100 investors, the winners for each category were determined. The sports-tech startup VAY was announced as the winner for the "Life Science & Health" category. VAY offers a reliable and precise monocular human pose estimation technology as a service and building customised applications on top.

eCollect – European Unicorn Pitches
European Unicorn Pitches Event is the world’s largest startup pitch contest organised for startups to meet some of the most prominent international venture capitalists and investors from all over the World. More than 40 startups from Germany, Switzerland and Austria participated in the program. The Switzerland based startup eCollect went home as the winner of the competition. The startup is a receivables management platform with services covering all of a revenue assurance department's tasks, including billing & dunning, instalment plans & dispute management, pre-legal & legal collection, payment processing, and even debt purchasing.