Several Swiss start-ups in the Semifinals of Masschallenge

MassChallenge is a four-month start-up accelerator that supports high-impact, early-stage entrepreneurial projects with no strings attached. More than $1 million in cash is available to winning start-ups, and additional benefits include world-class mentorship and training, free office space, access to funding, legal advice, media attention and more than $10 million of in-kind support. MassChallenge is a non-profit organisation and does not take equity or place any restrictions on participating start-ups.

The organizers have published a list with about 300 Semi-Finalists that were invited to pitch in-person to panels of expert judges. The names of start-ups in stealth mode were not announced. On the list with the Semi-Finalists are 5 Swiss start-ups:

OneDropDiagnostics, Medtech, high performance point-of-care diagnostics devices

Faveeo. ICT, web and social media research tool for discovering information in an easy way

Nonee, Medtech / Interdisciplinary, low cost exoskeleton that the workers can wear called Chairless Chair

Sanovation, ICT / Medtech, digital pain diary "CatchmyPain"

Sherpany, IT, secure digital network for shareholder relations

The 2014 MassChallenge accelerator runs from June to October, and provides 128 start-ups with mentorship, office space, access to funding and other benefits. MassChallenge will award $1.5 million in grants to winning entrepreneurs at the 2014 MassChallenge Awards Ceremony, comprising $1 million in accelerator awards and $500,000 in sidecar prizes.