Seventeen Startups representing Switzerland at SLUSH 2021

After a one-year break due to Covid-19, Slush will again take place physically in Helsinki with 3,200 startup founders and operators and 1,500 investors expected to join. In total, the conference will host 8,000 attendees. Under the theme ‘the entrepreneurial renaissance’, Slush 2021 will spark a discussion on how entrepreneurship should change. Top-level speakers from companies such as Tinder, Calm, and Miro will take the stage. Overall, 150 speakers will address the audience. The conference is special in several ways, for example, each speaker dedicates at least one hour of their time to mentoring startups 

A delegation from Switzerland will attend the event to showcase the country's innovation while putting Swiss deeptech startups in the spotlight. Innosuisse is supporting the participation of 17 startups as exhibitors and visitors. Under the umbrella of #swisstech@SLUSH 2021, startups will have a joint stand as a point of contact and a platform to pitch to visitors. In collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Finland, Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE), Presence Switzerland (PRS) and the other #swisstech partners, side events with selected start-up investors as well as tailor-made business support are provided to maximize the impact of the Swiss participants at SLUSH. 

Startups attending as exhibitors

Bloom Biorenewables – develops the world’s first technology to valorise all fractions of plants to produce sustainable and cost-competitive bio-based materials for the chemical industry.

CompPair – self-healing technology for composites.

DePoly – a novel technology to depolymerise post-consumer PET plastics into their two main chemical components with the goal to save plastic and reduce the energy to make new PET bottles 

Exploris Health – Artificial Intelligence-based diagnostic and therapeutic lab tests.

Foodetective – a universal platform for restaurant systems and software.

Matriq – unique watermark for plastics for better traceability, identity and brand protection

reCIRCLE – the world’s first industry solution for returnable packaging.

Sleepiz – medtech device for contactless sleep monitoring.

Traverz – AI-driven preference-based conversational search and discovery engine for e-commerce sites and marketplaces.

Typewise – designed a smartphone keyboard app with a hexagonal layout to reduce typos and increase typing speed.

Startups attending as visitors

Pixchange – a GIF, sticker, and AR asset community enabling everyone to send personalised visual messages.

Alver (Golden Chlorella) – develops sustainable food products based on microalgae.

Bottmedical – CE certified and patented transparent dental aligner material system.

Signifikant – offers advertisers a tool to analyse the impact of their online and offline campaigns.

Nanoga – developed Nanodink, a photonic digital ink for classrooms.

MPower Ventures – provides affordable clean energy products in emerging markets.

Vatorex – built beekeeping platform and chemical-free varroa treatment technology.

(Ritah Ayebare Nyakato)