Here is the 4th MassChallenge Switzerland Cohort

The selected 76 companies represent the top 8% of applicants for the program – the most competitive cohort to date. Selected startups come from 34 countries, and represent the following industries:

• 18% Healthcare and Life Sciences
• 37% High Tech
• 24% General
• 8% Social Impact
• 13% Energy/ Clean Tech

Swiss startups in the 2019 MassChallenge Switzerland Cohort

Healthcare / Life Sciences

Annaida Technologies (VD, improving In Vitro Fertilization), 
Artiria Medical (VD, medical device to navigate in brain arteries), 
CellSpring (ZH, development of new tools for detecting cancer), 
Clemedi (ZH, faster antibiotic resistance testing), 
Combioxin (GE, anti-virulence treatments for serious bacterial infections), 
OxyPrem (ZH, monitoring brain oxygen levels of preterm babies), 
Regenosca (VD, regenaration over scarring),
Yago (VD, robotic glove for people with hand motor impairments)
TERAPET

High-Tech

ACUBE Technology (BE, access solution),
Antavi (ZH, mobile command and control platform), 
Dronistics (VD, delivery drones), 
eMazing-retailing (GE, solution to improve conversion rate), 
Enterprise Bot (ZG, Chatbots), 
kaiosID (VD, cloud based traceability solution), 
Logmind (VD, big data analytics platform), 
Pi Lighting (VS, R&D service for lighting), 
Plair SA (GE, real-time particle analysis), 
PXL Vision (ZH, solutions for identity verification and customer onboarding), 
Smeetz (VD, booking platform for events and activities), 
Systemcredit (ZH, marketplace for SME financing), 
Tomplay (VD, interactive tool for learning musical instruments)

General

BeeHelpful (TI, new patented honeybee hive), 
Dimpora (ZH, functional membranes for the outdoor textile industry), 
FGen (BS, CRO focussing on efficient bioprocesses and to develop new biopharmaceuticals), 
FoodUnite, 
Hempfy (VD, legal hemp infused products), 
Microcaps (ZH, novel technology for the production of microcapsules), 
Planted (ZH, tasty ‘meat’ directly from plants), 
safefood.ai (SG, food safety notifications),
Silencions, 
trustful.ai (VD)

Energy / Clean Tech 

1H2O3 (LU, marketplace for cleantech equipment),
GreenStore, 
iWin (TI, innovative windows for solar facades), 
SAMAWATT (VD, helping wind and solar park operators to optimise the renewable energy sales), 
Swoxid (VD, innovative air/water purifier),

Social Impact 

Emotion Food Company (VD, binding agent for people with dysphagia), 
recoverie,  
Seniors@Work (BS, platform where retired people can offer their services, skills and experience), 
UP Green Organic

Discover the full list on MassChallenge Switzerland website

“I’m really excited to welcome a new group of startups to MassChallenge Switzerland. We have a very diverse pool across industries and countries, which shows that our program attracts a range of entrepreneurs, who are working to establish their ventures”, said Matt Lashmar, Managing Director of MassChallenge Switzerland. 

As part of the 2019 cohort these 76 startups will have access to top corporate partners,  mentoring from industry experts, tailored programming and teaching. Plus the chance to be rewarded with up to CHF 1M in zero-equity prize money, and several other in-kind prizes. 

Over the past three years, MassChallenge Switzerland distributed CHF 1.3M in equity-free cash prizes to its top 21 startups and over CHF 500K of in-kind awards. MassChallenge Switzerland has graduated more than 191 startups from its accelerator – in addition to 17 startups from its EIT Food Accelerator Network program, a dedicated agri/tech food vertical. These startups have collectively raised more than CHF 107M and created more than 1,000 jobs.

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