Das HR-Startup BuddyBroker hat sich im Sommer mit Eqipia zusammengeschlossen. Mit dem kombinierten Know-how wurde ein intelligentes Mitarbeiterempfehlungstool entwi­ckelt, das bereits bei ersten namhaften Kunden im Einsatz ist. Die bisherigen Leadinvestoren Roland Zeller und Adrian Dubler haben die Neuausrichtung mit einer Zwischenfi­nanzierung unterstützt.

Good news from PB&B: The biotech company developing biodegradable microspheres for natural anti-aging Aesthetics has closed a first seed financing round. In addition the company has been awarded with the Trophée de l'Innovation 2014 of the University Hospitals Geneva (HUG).

Die Zürcher Kantonalbank und die BKW AG beteiligen sich am High-Tech Start-up Ampard AG. Dieses entwickelt und vermarktet europaweit das Energie-Management-System AMPARD, mit dem die Gesamtkosten von Batteriespeichern signifikant gesenkt werden können und der Immobilienbesitzer selber am Markt für Regelenergie partizipieren kann.

Anergis, a company developing proprietary ultra-fast allergy vaccines, today announced the closing of a Series B financing round totaling CHF 14.5 million (€ 12.1 million, US$ 15 million). All Series A investors participated in the round together with new private European and U.S.-based investors.

Xeltis,a privately-held medical device company dedicated to transforming standards of care in heart valve replacement and vascular surgery, has announced that it has raised EURO 27 million (USD 34 million/CHF 32 million) in an oversubscribed Series B financing.

In its monthly European Venture & Growth Equity Market Bulletin Go4Venture reports about the end of the tech bubble and explains why there are domains such as gaming or Fintech where Europe can claim a lead over the US.

L’entreprise suisse Faveeo annonce la levée de 800 000 euros avec entre autres la participation de SBA (Sophia Business Angels) groupe de business angels de Sophia Antipolis.

The next SICTIC Investor Day will take place on 27 October at CVCI. The SICTIC Investor Day was formerly known as ICT Investor's Day.

Das Schweizer Startup Codecheck.info bringt per Web und App Licht in den Produkt-Dschungel. Zur Finanzierung des weiteren Wachstums schliesst das Startup eine Finanzierungsrunde mit einer namhaften Investorengruppe ab. Zu den Geldgebern gehört neben den Doodle-Gründern Myke Näf und Paul E. Sevinç auch die Innovationsstiftung der Schwyzer Kantonalbank.

Die Zeichnungsrunde von swiss cloud computing auf der c-crowd Plattform ist abgelaufen. Insgesamt konnte das Startup 225‘000 Franken generieren.

Zurich-based Nezasa a one-stop shop for fully customizable and personalized travel itineraries that offers clients the ease of booking everything in one place has just closed an investment round with the support of a family office, business angels and existing investors. Nezasa’s investors include Paul Sevinç, Myke Näf and Gregory Gerhardt.

Anokion SA announced today that it has successfully closed a Series A financing round for CHF 33 million ($37.5 million). A group of leading life sciences venture capitalists, consisting of Novartis Venture Fund, Novo Ventures and Versant Ventures, co-led the financing with additional participation by private investors.

Sequana Medical AG, a young Swiss company based at Technopark Zurich, raises CHF 23 million in a Series C financing led by LSP, and adds an Independent Board Chairman and Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

The second Swiss Venture Capital Report provides a comprehensive analysis of investment in Swiss start-up companies over the past year, with 90 rounds of financing listed and analysed. The report shows an encouraging trend: in 2013, more money flowed into more companies than in 2012. This second edition is a joint effort from the news portal startupticker.ch and the Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA). The report can be downloaded for free.

Das Schweizer Banking-Startup Numbrs gab gestern auf der FINOVATE-Konferenz in New York bekannt, weitere $ 3,8 Millionen Kapital durch Altinvestoren aufgenommen zu haben. Mit dem Investment wird Numbrs in New York ein Sales- und Marketing-Team aufbauen und im ersten Quartal 2014 auf den US-amerikanischen Markt expandieren.

Mind-NRG, the Swiss-based company focusing on developing neuregulins to treat neurodegenerative diseases, announces the close of its Series B financing raising 6 Million EUR (~8 Million USD). The financing was led by new investor LRM, a Belgian based investor specialising in Life Sciences, along with existing investor and leading venture capital firm Index Ventures.

EQT, a leading European private equity group, has invested CHF 44 million in Swiss dental chain swiss smile based on a partnership agreement with the founders and majority owners Dr Haleh Abivardi and Dr Golnar Abivardi. The sisters are both dentists and founded swiss smile in 2002. The existing minority shareholders have been bought out with the new funds provided by EQT.

Das Schweizer Start-up TrekkSoft AG schliesst eine erste Finanzierungsrunde mit namhaften Investoren ab. Zu den Geldgebern gehören Armin Meier, ehemaliger CEO von Kuoni, Walter Güntensperger, ehemaliger CEO von Hotelplan Schweiz, Adrian Locher, Gründer und COO DeinDeal.ch, sowie Redalpine und die Innovationsstiftung der Schwyzer Kantonalbank.

Chemspeed is pleased to announce a new partnership with a group of Swiss investors organized by Investnet, a Swiss investors’ community. The resources brought in by Investnet enable Chemspeed to further boost its rapid growth path of the past years.

OncoEthix, the Swiss-based specialist in oncology drug development, announces that it has closed a Series B financing raising 18 Million CHF (~US$19 Million). SV Life Sciences (SVLS) led the financing, joined by new investor Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners. Existing investors including Index Ventures and Endeavour Vision also participated in the round.

Asceneuron will develop Merck Serono’s research programs in the area of Alzheimer’s disease. And Merck Serono will invest € 5 million as seed funding.

Über den Family-Equity-Spezialisten Verium AG, Zürich, beteiligen sich verschiedene Familieninvestoren mit einer wesentlichen Minderheitsposition an swiss smile, dem Schweizerischen Kompetenzzentrum für Zahnmedizin. In den Verwaltungsrat der Gesellschaft werden neu Branchenexpertin Heliane Canepa und Verium-Vertreter Alexander Krebs Einsitz nehmen. Das Pionierunternehmen soll mit Priorität im Schweizer Heimatmarkt nachhaltig ausgebaut werden.

HouseTrip, Europe’s leading holiday apartment marketplace completed a CHF15 million Series B funding round led by Balderton Capital. Index Ventures reinvested pro-rata. The funds will be used to enhance further growth.

New funding for high-sensitivity broadband data acquisition systems for microseismic fracture and fluid mapping and to expand the company’s state-of-the-art GPU-based computing.