Zurich-based startup qCella produces natural cellulose fibers filled with copper to create a unique hybrid material to develop easily shape-customizable, paper-thin and fully homogeneous heating mats. The obtained prize of CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick will accelerate the startup’s market entry.

Das Startup ENSOY hat innert Jahresfrist die Verkaufspunkte seiner Tofu-Sorten fast verdreifacht und auf die ganze Deutschschweiz ausgeweitet. Derzeit produzieren die Ostschweizer aus Thurgauer Bio-Soja rund 2,5 Tonnen Tofu pro Monat.

Four startups have expanded their Board of Director with seasoned members from some of the largest companies in the finance, biotech and automotive industry. The startups will benefit from their expertise to bring accelerate their growth and development.

Two large banks, HSBC and Deutsche Bank are taking the leap in transforming the banking sector with quantum and Blockchain technologies. The newly formed partnerships will explore new applications.

Last year, Versant Ventures, through its Ridgeline Discovery Engine, spun out two biotech startups successfully. The journey for Its third venture, Vertical bio, which develops of novel cancer therapies, has been short: the company has been acquired by Pierre Fabre Laboratories, a €2.7 billion French medical and beauty care company.

Geneva-based deeptech startup Multiwave Technologies SA led by Tryfon and Panos Antonakakis, is attracting new capital to secure FDA approval for the world’s lightest portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device.

Based in Zurich, vlot assesses individuals’ and families’ financial status and employer-related social security benefits to help them identify a potential income and/or savings gap. At the beginning of 2023, the B2B2C SaaS solution was rolled out across Generali Switzerland.

Crowdinvesting has become popular in Switzerland with platforms focusing mainly on raising capital. Zurich-based Fintech startup Arcton is shaking up the scene with its new approach: immediately after the crowdfunding campaign has ended, the investors can trade their shares. The finalized pre-seed round with three renowned investors including Francesco Illy, former co-owner Gruppo Illy and president of the board of Amici Caffè.

Das Winterthurer Startup noii zählt mit seiner Video-Dating-Plattform im Raum Zürich über 15‘000 User. Die Akquise eines amerikanischen Startups ermöglicht es noii nun, seine Match-Making-Technologie weiter zu automatisieren.

Ob in der Zentralschweiz, national oder global: Die vier Startups MeinRad, Hoyou, Circleg und Acurast haben die Jurys überzeugt und Preisgeld oder Plätze in Förderprogrammen gewonnen.

The two year agreement between ONWARD and the Lovell Government Services provides rapid access to US Veterans Health Administration and US Department of Defense Military Health System. Lovell is a government vendor and third-party logistics provider partnering with more than one hundred US healthcare providers, and ONWARD innovative therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Four startups in the field of ICT have been awarded the Innosuisse Certificate by the Swiss Innovation Agency, acknowledging their readiness for sustainable growth. By harnessing artificial intelligence, the startups have developed and launched solutions to predict movies’ success, detect errors or emergencies and project virtual images with genuine depth.

Vaud-based Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, high-quality signal conditioning solutions, announces the successful first close of its $100M equity financing round on August 24th, 2023. This significant milestone will facilitate the company's ambitious expansion into new markets, further solidifying its position as a leader in the semiconductor industry.

Das ETH- und Empa-Spin-off viboo hat in einer Seed-Runde 1,5 Millionen Franken aufgenommen. An der überzeichneten Runde haben sich der High-Tech Gründerfonds, Swisscom Ventures und Rainmaking Impact beteiligt. Das frische Geld fliesst in die Kommerzialisierung der Gebäudeenergieoptimierungs-Software.

Huit mois après son lancement, NOW Care franchit une étape clé dans son développement commercial. Depuis le début du mois de septembre, les savons en poudre et distributeurs de la startup sont vendus dans les 31 magasins Coop City. Plus de 5'000 ménages suisses les ont déjà adopté.

The facility will provide SWISSto12 with flexible growth capital to meet strong customer demand for its geostationary SmallSat, HummingSat. The company currently has more than €200 million in back orders from customers across its Radio Frequency products and subsystems business, partnership with ESA and recent HummingSat contracts.

Im Rahmen des Sustainable Switzerland Forums wurde heute in Bern der mit 25'000 Franken dotierte Green Business Award verliehen. Mit seinem intelligenten Beleuchtungssystem hat LEDCity die Jury rund um Jurypräsidentin und alt Bundesrätin Doris Leuthard am meisten überzeugt. Das Zürcher Startup setzte sich gegen 27 Mitbewerber durch.

Beete mieten und die darauf wachsenden Früchte und Gemüse im Abo erhalten – dies war das Angebot von MyFeld. Trotz zwischenzeitigen Erfolgen konnte sich die Idee nicht durchsetzen. Nun schliesst das Startup die Tore.

Following the closing of its first funding round early this year, yeekatee has secured a further CHF 550,000 from FiveT Fintech and existing investor Ronald Strässler, a celebrated entrepreneur in the industry. The proceeds will enable the company to advance its social investing app – the platform allows investors to aggregate their portfolios and communicate investment moves in one place.

Zynnon, a Swiss startup dedicated to transforming healthcare through cutting-edge technology, has achieved a significant milestone with its successful clinical proof of concept study conducted at Nanterre Hospital in Paris. The study, which involved 31 patients, show cases Zynnon's pioneering solution for detecting respiratory infections and accurately distinguishing between infected and non-infected patients.

Die drei jungen Männer hinter Labwear Studios haben grosse Pläne: Sie wollen kleineren Marken und neuen Designern die Produktion ihrer Kollektion in Europa ermöglichen – mit tieferen Mindestbestellmengen, kürzeren Lieferfristen und weniger Aufwand. Über 145 Kunden haben seit dem Launch vor einem Jahr bereits auf die Dienste des Startups gesetzt. Parallel dazu hat Labwear Studios die Halbfinals des Hult Prize überstanden und 100'000 Dollar gewonnen.

Freename, a leading Web3 Domains platform, concluded its seed round, securing $2.5 million. The early-stage startup empowers users to safely register and create their own Web3 domains across various blockchains. 

Drilling boreholes for geothermal probes is energy-intensive and expensive. Responding to this challenge is Borobotics, with its drilling robot designed to operate in small spaces and at much lower costs. The ZHAW spin-off won CHF 150,000 in Venture Kick’s third stage after convincing the jury of its potential to shape the geothermal energy industry transition.

DayOne Health 4.0 Accelerator offers a six-month hybrid program in the Basel area focusing on Artificial Intelligence, data, and digitally enhanced clinical development. 15 startups from a global pool made it to the first phase of the program. Among them, the four Swiss startups Ancora.ai AG, machineMD, Risklick, and a company in stealth.

Ascento’s autonomous security patrolling robots are already in use in large outdoor warehouses and at industrial manufacturing and pharma campuses. The fast growing start-up is now rolling out its latest robot Ascento Guard. Further growth will be fuelled by new funding from experienced investors.

Acquiring Global Parametrics will strengthen CelsiusPro’s global capabilities to offer parametric risk transfer solutions to private and public sector clients in developed and developing economies. The newly formed group will operate from Zurich, Sydney, and London.

With more than 10,000 treatments performed in over 30 Swiss hospitals, Piomic is already transforming the wound care field in Switzerland. Parallel to ongoing studies and pilot programs in Europe, the startup launched the  MAVERICKS trial in the U.S. to assess the safety and efficacy of its COMS treatment for refractory diabetic foot ulcers.

The DFINITY Foundation entered into a partnership with the Municipality of Lugano. DFINITY launched a grant fund for companies developing solutions leveraging the crowd computing service “Internet Computer” which was initiated by DFINITY. In addition, DFINITY’s bitcoin twin ckBTC will be integrated into the MyLugano app.

Fintech startups swisspeers and SmartPurse and novel electric vehicles developer Tera Technologies celebrate the successful closing of their Crowdfunding campaigns. They raised between CHF 200,000 and CHF 1 million via their own platform, conda and Seedrs. On another note, Funders, the crowdfunding platform launched by the Lucerne Cantonal Bank announced, that it will cease operations at the end of the year. 

Nicht weniger als 82 Startups aus der Region Bern wurden für den be-connected Award in der Kategorie Team of the Year nominiert. Am Ende schaffte es das Digital Health Unternehmen machineMD ganz oben auf das Treppchen. Ausgezeichnet wurden zudem Unterstützer sowie ein Newcomer-Team.

Following their fruitful collaboration, Homburger, a leading Swiss business law firm, has deployed DeepJudge’s Knowledge Search as its enterprise search engine. The platform enables legal professionals to find and navigate their firm’s collective knowledge using natural language.

The latest Withings consumer hybrid wristwatch, the ScanWatch 2 features a new sensor that allows users to track core body temperature continuously 24/7. This technology comes from ETH Zurich spinoff greenteg, provider of sensors for wearables and medtech applications.

Challenged in Spring with liquidity problems, Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) recently closed a preliminary round of CHF 4 millions of an 8.5 millions financing round. High costs in Switzerland have also led the company to increase production capacity in Turkey and Asia where demand is growing and opening new business perspectives.

Die Finalistinnen und Finalisten des 26. Wettbewerbs des EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 stehen fest. Rund Hälfte der 15 Nominierten hat ihr Unternehmen vor weniger als zehn Jahren gegründet.

Neun neue Aktionäre aus der Region Ostschweiz bringen zusätzliches Kapital in Höhe von 1.55 Millionen Franken in die Switzerland Innovation Park Ost AG ein. Damit gewinnt der Park zusätzliche Mittel für wichtige Investitionen. Unter den neuen Unterstützern befinden sich neben Kantonalbanken und Unternehmen auch zwei erfolgreiche Startup-Gründer.

Aus Amateur-Fotos werden professionelle Mitarbeitenden-Porträts für Unternehmen: smartportrait setzt dafür auf eine einfache Knips-Anleitung und konsistentes Retuschieren von Hand. Ein erster grosser Kunde zeigt, dass das Startup auch umfangreiche Aufträge mit über 100 Portraits abwickeln kann.

DGTAL ist die erste europäische Plattform-as-a-Service, die mit Künstlicher Intelligenz unstrukturierte Versicherungsdaten entschlüsseln und verarbeiten kann. Nun erhält DGTAL 3 Millionen Euro zum Ausbau seiner KI-basierten Software.

Der Schweizer Buchhandel wird von den Platzhirschen Orell-Füssli und Exlibris dominiert. Zwei junge Zürcher sind daran, das Duopol zu brechen.

9T Labs, Loft Dynamics and Voliro have partnered with aviation and UAV companies to help drive innovation. Their solutions will enable the development of light-weight air cafts, research and development and operational excellence at their counterparts’ facilities. For Voliro, this is their first time bringing its solutions to South American markets.

The 13th edition of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award celebrated Switzerland’s best startups according to a 100-person strong jury: HAYA Therapeutics (1st), Planted Foods (2nd), and Yokoy Group (3rd) mad it to the podium. The award ceremony took place yesterday at the Startup Space in Schlieren. In the afternoon the TOP 100 Investor Summit brought together more than 100 handpicked Swiss and international investors with early and growth stage startups.

Haelixa provides next-generation solutions for transparency in consumer goods supply chains. The capital from the Zurich Silk Association (ZISG), one of Switzerland’s oldest trade groups, will support the scale of Haelixa’s global operations.

Neology is driving the evolution of carbon-free mobility by leveraging the potential of ammonia, while ClearSky is revolutionizing AI assistants by focusing on privacy protection. Awarded by the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT), the Tech Seed loans of CHF 100,000 each will boost these start-ups to the next level in their technological development.

The Swiss-South Africa Blockchain Innovation Challenge supports startups that apply Blockchain technology to solving real-world problems in business, society and government. Four startups from Switzerland have been selected to join the delegation to Cape Town to meet industry players and expand their network through events and meetings.

Das Schweizer Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Unternehmen deskbird hat 13 Millionen US-Dollar im Rahmen seiner Series A Finanzierungsrunde generiert. Damit ist deskbird weiterhin das bestfinanzierte SaaS-Startup für Arbeitsplatzmanagement in Europa. Zu den Investoren gehört ALSTIN Capital, der Fonds von AWD-Gründer und Milliardär Carsten Maschmeyer.

Das St. Galler Startup storabble verbindet mit seinem Marktplatz kommerzielle Lagerflächen-Vermieter mit Mietinteressenten. Jetzt hat das Jungunternehmen in einer Pre-Seed-Runde 335‘000 Franken von acht Angel-Investoren aufgenommen.

Swiss startups in real estate, energy, healthcare, and fintech have convinced juries with their solutions: ShareP offers its plug-and-play parking app, Beyond Scroll an oil-free energy technology and Syntheticus a synthetic data platform. MYSO Finance joined the Keyrock accelerator in Belgium, while MYNERVA continues to compete for the Falling Walls Lab prize in Berlin.

Hylomorph has closed an oversubscribed Series B2 financing round. The investment will help expand Hylomorph’s products portfolio, as well as achieve regulatory approvals and market launch for their first indication in cardiology.

GenTwo, a Swiss-based B2B Fintech platform specialized in securitization of bankable and non-bankable assets, has raised a USD 15 million Series A led by US-based Point72 Ventures. To date, GenTwo has served more than 250 clients in 26 countries. The funds will be used to expand internationally and further develop the company’s platform.