On 16 April the next Swiss Venture Day will take place in Zurich. 23 startups have been selected to pitch at the event. It is still possible to apply for a pitching slot -investors and supporters are also eligible. More than 200 people have already registered for the Venture Day.
The Venture Day of Startup Invest will again bring together entrepreneurs, investors, supporters and representatives of corporations. The event includes pitches, 1:1 meetings and networking opportunities as well as keynotes. Startup Invest chairman Christian Wenger will give an update regarding the Swiss Entrepreneurs Fund, Nicolas Bürer, Managing Director digitalswitzerland, will talk about milestones and plans of his organisation. Before the public event the General Assembly of Startup Invest will take place.
The selected startups include:
AlgoTrader allows automation of complex, quantitative trading strategies in Equity, Forex and Derivative markets. It is the first professional algorithmic trading software system to allow automated trading of Cryptocurrencies and thereby helps banks offer crypto trading to their clients. The company has currently 80 clients around the globe and 25 people in its team.
Behamics is a Software as a Service solution that reduces product returns and increases net sales in E-Commerce by combining Behavioral Science with Machine Learning. The tool targets the right behavioral appeal for the right customer at the right touchpoint within the customer journey.
Diagnosis of infectious diseases is challenging for veterinarians because every sample needs to be tested in an external laboratory. Results can take several days. Certus Diagnostics’ point-of-care (POC) solution allows veterinarians to reliably detect a disease on-site and only takes 30 minutes to result.
Dacadoo develops and operates a mobile-first digital health engagement platform that helps people live healthier, more active lives. Available in over 13 languages, dacadoo’s technology is provided as a fully branded, white-label solution or it can be integrated into customer products through its API.
eLocations.com is the Commercial Real Estate Marketplace (like Airbnb & Trivago) which provides Location Intelligence of 100'000 properties, beside 4'000+ Listings worldwide. The aim is to be the one-stop-shop for all retailers, landlords, brokers and analysts.
Exomotion’s Virage is a Personal Transportation (PT) device, which can be used for entertainment purposes and "last-mile" transportation. Unlike self-balancing devices and other electric scooters, Virage provides the highest level of maneuverability and safety for users, both indoors and outdoors. The Exomotion team is currently using this technology to develop other innovative disruptive applications stemming from it.
Fastree3D delivers 3D vision LiDARs for automotive urban collision avoidance, robotics, automatic guided vehicles.
Growcer is a technology suite for robotic urban farming. We use advanced robotics & AI to go from seed to ready for sale product without any manual labor. Capable to grow year-round under stable conditions, Growcer farms save water, CO2 and do not require the usage of pesticides.
Hystrix medical launched in November 2018 the first digital marketplace for commodity medtech products in Switzerland. The startup aims to drastically accelerate everyday processes reducing the time-to-offer/time-to-market for both hospitals and suppliers from 4-7 months down to 5-10 minutes. Over 40,000 products are already listed.
I’m back gives a second life to analogue photo cameras. The start-up developed a camera back enabling photographers to take digital pictures or videos with old analogue cameras. The device is addressing amateur photographers who like high-quality mechanical devices and want to take pictures in a retro style.
Legal-i creates askRob, the first artificial legal research assistant. The USP of askRob is its ability to coin every legal case with a unique case-DNA. With such case-DNA askRob finds similar legal cases (ruled by courts (judgments) or contained in the internal archive of legal departments and law firms) with similar case-DNAs.
LEGRIA is a healthy, tasty, natural and cost-effective ingredient which enables to improve the nutritional profile of baked goods, breakfast cereals and chocolate by replacing up to 50% of the sugar with it.
Medyria develops an intelligent, novel and patented control unit for blood’s velocity measurements in cardiovascular procedures and a disposable sensorized catheter in cardiovascular procedures. The velocity measurements are used for catheter navigation, improving catheter’s tracking and eliminating the use of contrast dye reducing renal failure in patients and reducing x-ray exposition for surgeons.
Okomo is a sales and service communication software. It easily integrates an elegant live messaging, voice, video and appointment scheduling solution directly into online channels such as websites, emails, newsletters and social media boosting sales conversion and customer satisfaction for service-driven businesses and organizations.
Oxygen at Work turns indoor environments into healthy spaces for human beings. Using plants as a natural and sustainable solution the solutions of the company improve air quality in large office spaces leveraging the benefits of big data. The goal is to improve the physical and mental health of office workers and reduce sick-leave absences.
The solution of Prognolite can tell restaurants how many guests are coming tomorrow or on any specific day. This helps them to know how much food to prepare and how many people to schedule. The Machine Learning algorithms takes factors like past sales data, weather information, holidays, vacation time, etc. into consideration.
PXL Vision AG was founded by former key employees of Dacuda AG, an award-winning computer vision company that sold its 3D division to Magic Leap at the beginning of 2017. The company provides leading solutions for the automation and enhancement of identity verification and customer onboarding through tailored software solutions powered by the latest developments in Computer Vision and Machine Learning.
Scewo AG develops a sleek, self-balancing and stair climbing wheelchair that gives the user freedom like no other device currently on the market.
Sensoryx is a Zurich-based start-up that has developed the first Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) hand and finger tracking system with fully integrated 3D-positioning. This gives players an unprecedented level of immersion and intuitive hand and finger movement to conduct complex tasks in VR, such as playing the piano or painting a room, all without the need for cumbersome and counter-intuitive hand-controllers.
Smino is a cloud platform and a comprehensive, all-inclusive solution for successful construction management. Smino does optimize work intense workflows with automation and does structure the data handling. All project partners access the same data and interact with each other on the platform. The email flood is significantly reduced, oversight heavily increased. Smino is available on web and mobile app with offline functionality.
SteriLux was founded in August 2014 and has developed developed an innovative sterilization device based on the use of ultraviolet radiation to activate oxygen from the air into ozone. The goal was to develop an eco-friendly and cost-efficient sterilization system compliant with the most demanding medical regulations.
Tell The Hotel revolutionises the way guests and hotels interact by leveraging Instant Messaging capabilities via AI-powered chatbots. Tell The Hotel chatbots use text-recognition and artificial intelligence to provide the fastest answer to guest’s ordinary questions.
Vlot provides integrated (white label) life risk analysis and coverage solutions that smoothly adjust to changing life situations. Following a pull strategy, vlot helps insurers, banks and corporates to be present in context of their clients’ or employees’ relevant life events and decisions (such as getting married, getting a baby or taking out a mortgage loan).
In addition not only entrepreneurs can pitch but also investors, supporters and representatives of corporates. Some investors and supporters took the opportunity. They include Business Angels Switzerland, Evolution Europe, Redalpine Ventures, SICTIC, Speedinvest, Swisscom Ventures, Wellington Partners Life Sciences
The event will take place on 16 April at Kaufleuten in Zurich. More information on the website.
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