The CE-marked wristband by Aktiia is the world's first device for  24/7 optical blood pressure monitoring. Currently, over 60,000 customers and dozens of healthcare organizations use the solution. The Neuchâtel-based startup has raised CHF 27 Million (USD 30M) in a financing round led by Redalpine to bring its solution to more people. 

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.

Founded in 2020, LEG&AIRY is a deeptech startup aiming to transform the orthopaedic braces industry. An industry that has remained mostly unchanged for over 50 years. Using 3D technology, the startup designs and develops tailor-made orthopedic devices and delivers them faster than orthopaedic suppliers who rely conventional processes. The startup has generated to date a six-figure revenue and catered tailor-made orthotics to over 30 patients.

On February 23, 50 pre-selected startups pitched their solutions to the foundation board to secure a spot in the next round. The jury has now nominated the top 15 startups from various industries that will contest in the next stage. The competition offers a total prize of CHF 500’000 to up to five startups.

EPFL spin-off Senbiosys developed a smart ring providing users with a comprehensive picture of their health and wellness. Their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter is very successful. More than 2000 backers have already committed more than CHF500k.

Xsensio, a Swiss company that is developing the Lab-on-Skin sensing platform, has entered into a know-how and stock purchase agreement with Mayo Clinic for the development of new wearable products for the early detection of rapidly evolving acute events.

Existing and new investors have invested a total of CHF 10 million in greenteg. With the proceeds from this round the ETH Zurich spin-off focussing on thermal sensors will invest strongly into R&D for medical applications in the wearable market, and further scale its production capacity in Rümlang (Zurich) by a factor of 10 already in 2023.

OVOMIND is on a roll. The Geneva startup with offices in Tokyo has successfully completed a second funding round raising total investments to USD 1.6 million. The funds will allow the company to boost R&D and push a product to market. OVOMIND aims to integrate emotion in human-machine interaction and revolutionize gaming. 

Sensawear has developed the world's first wearable, textile-based, tissue oxygenation monitoring sensor using trusted, proven, non-invasive near-infrared spectroscopy. The newly obtained funds will help the company to build partnerships with industrial partners and launch the sensors.

Customers as a point of sale and a web App as the gateway to affordable luxury watches: Neuchâtel based BA11OD developed a new distribution model – and it works. With over 3000 units sold, the company has reached CHF 3 million in revenues.

Capskin, the developer of soft sensors for capturing motion, shape and pressure inside the shoe, has obtained new funding with contributions from Serpentine ventures. The capital will flow into launching an early adopter program to advance the Capskin sensor sock.

Startups offering innovative solutions for the mobility, energy, and wearable sectors have been awarded in various global award and accelerator programs. Besides support, the startups receive access to supporter’s networks allowing them to boost their visibility, increase their chances to win new partners, customers and more.

Das Soft-Exoskelett Myosuit des ETH-Spin-off MyoSwiss hat 2020 die Zulassung als Medizinprodukt erhalten. Bereits setzen über 20 Physio- und Rehazentren im In- und Ausland auf die Bewegungshilfe.

Auxivo’s exoskeletons are designed to support industrial workers while performing physically demanding tasks. With currently more than 100 customers using the wearable, a new round of investment will enable the startup to grow and expand into new markets.

Wearonize AG, a fintech start-up for future-oriented wearable payment solutions for banks and producers alike, has raised more than EUR 1.6 million via the investment and crowdfunding platform Companisto. Busines angels, commercial and private investors participated in the round.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is coming towards the end and Swiss startups have been causing a stir with their innovations. Biped, Aktiia and Typewise made major announcements, including product launches and market entry.

The first closing of Xsensio’s new financing round with Swiss and international investors was CHF 4.2 million. The funds will flow into advancing the startup’s proprietory Lab-on-Skin sensing platform for continuous body monitoring through wearable devices.

Nanoleq, a Swiss wearable technology company headquartered in Zurich, announces the closing of a CHF 11.5M Series A funding round. With the fresh capital, the company will pursue its vision to rethink and reinvent health monitoring based on smart textiles.

Recon Health will integrate greenTEG's proprietary CALERA core body temperature sensor solution for continuous and non-invasive core body temperature measurement into its Virtual Care Patch for remote patient monitoring and diagnostics.

Following the strategic partnership with Takeda, Idun Technologies has won Austrian hearing training experts Everlisten GmbH to co-create a neuro-enhanced hearing training solution. This collaboration provides a unique opportunity to enter the hearing health market and to build the future of listening.

The ETH Zurich Spinoff develops lightweight exoskeletons to improve workers‘ lives. More than 100 customers use both its LiftSuit and CarrySuit in European, American and Asian markets. The startup is now taking up speed, despite early challenges arising from the pandemic.

In backcountry skiing, and mountain sports in general, everyone knows the safety devices that are avalanche transceivers. Synctech has now developed a smartwatch providing the same level of safety to water sports enthusiasts. 

Following successful pilot tests of the Core body temperature wearable by greenTEG, Deceuninck – Quick-Step has decided to use the wearable throghout the 2021 season. The device will be used to further investigate the correlation between body temperature and endurance performance in elite athletes.

Aktiia's automated optical blood pressure monitoring technology is from today available in the UK. The device, which received its CE Mark as a Class IIa medical device, gathers data 24/7 and estimates blood pressure accurately and painlessly by analyzing signals from the wearer’s wrist.  

Netsensing Technology has successfully raised funds from Swiss and French private business angels. The funds will firstly be used to support the validation of its automatic sleep apnea scoring cloud-based software and the integration of its Home Sleep Apnea Test (HSAT) final device.

The Tour de France will start in Nice tomorrow. One of the teams will use a new monitor developed by the Swiss tech company greenTEG which is able to measure the core body temperature of the riders non-invasively.

ETH Spin-off MyoSwiss aiming to help people with mobility impairments has raised CHF 2.2 million with existing investors and the new investor, T-Robotics, a leading robotics company from South Korean developing industrial and healthcare robots. The funds will accelerate growth and market entry.

ETH Zurich spin-off GreenTEG and U-Blox have announced the commercial launch of a new venture brand. Named CORE, it comprises a wearable for continuous and accurate core body temperature monitoring targeted at people seeking to return to work safely.

Just a month after the closing of its seed round with Sony, IDUN Technologies specialised in sensors for wearable devices, has received additional investment from Joyance Partners. The startup will benefit from the latter’s expertise for the development of new products.

Instead of performing expensive and time-consuming performance tests only 2-3 times a year at specialized centres, a new system developed by the Swiss start-up Archinisis enables track and field athletes to automatically obtain detailed performance analysis for each of their training. A first customer in Sweden already relies on the system that was launched this week.

IDUN Technologies, a spin-off from ETH Zurich, develops and manufactures comfortable sensors providing unparalleled signal quality for wearable devices. After participating in the Sony Startup Acceleration Program Europe, IDUN Technologies now adds Sony as one of its investors. In total, IDUN has raised CHF1.5 million in a seed round with Sony. The round is not definitely closed and the company is open for talks with further investors. 

The Zurich-based Biovotion, provider of a clinical-grade wearable biosensor platform is now a subsidiary of Biofourmis, the Boston based global leader in digital therapeutics. Following the acquisition, the entire startup team will be incorporated into the parent company under the new name Biofourmis AG based in Zurich.

Two years after its foundation, the medtech startup Idun Technologies has launched its first product, the Dryode on the market. Dryode is a soft and flexible dry electrode that allows for high precision biopotential monitoring.

Bisher vertrieb das Zürcher FemTech-Startup Ava seine Zyklus- und Fertilitätstracker in Deutschland ausschließlich über den eigenen Webshop. Künftig werden die Datenarmbänder auch bei OTTO, MediaMarkt und Amorelie erhältlich sein.

The startup’s Lab-on-Skin sensing platform aims to extend the functionality of wearable devices with continuous monitoring of biochemical parameters on the skin’s surface to provide real-time health information, for example about dehydration and fatigue. The Growth FIT loan will be used to advance Xsensio’s commercialization.

Dicronis, the developer of Lymphit a diagnostic tool for early tracking of lymphedema, is joining the Merck Accelerator program in Darmstadt. Over three months, the startup will receive monitoring, coaching and up to €50,000. For the first time, all participants have the chance to join the Merck China Innovation Hub in Shanghai for an extension of the program.

Der vom Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship der ZHAW und eqlosion betriebene Innovation Monitor hat sich der Aufgabe angenommen, die Schweizer Energie- und Umweltstartups bekannter zu machen. Das Team hinter dem Monitor wird einmal jährlich eine Analyse zu den erfassten Unternehmen sowie weiterführende Publikationen veröffentlichen. Nun wurde die erste Auswertung publiziert.

Aktiia’s patented technology combines common optical sensors and clinically validated software algorithms to measure an individual’s blood pressure at the wrist. The start up has raised CHF 4 million in seed round led by the Silicon Valley based TransLink Capital, and Swiss based Redalpine to commercialize its algorithms.

The ETH Zurich spin-off developed thermal sensors for wearables or portable devices measuring accurately the core-body temperature. Being the first company in the field with their technology the startup has a high growth potential. This won the company the «SEF.High-Potential SME» quality label.

Vivior has signed an agreement with Kochoptik. Kochoptik’s customers will wear Vivior’s Visual Behavior Monitor to provide a recommendation for an individualized vision care solution.

A top semiconductor company will integrate and license ActLights’s Dynamic PhotoDiodes. They will be used in wearable devices for vital signs monitoring. 

Biovotion’s Everion is used as central data pillar in Mundipharma's painfocus digital platform to revolutionise pain Management through artificial intelligence. Everion is a wearable device that collects patients’ real-time data.

UbiHealth, a MedTech Startup based in Lugano is has launched its wearable device and software platform for continuous remote patient monitoring. The solution allows for more efficient, qualitative and sustainable healthcare.

The Zurich based startup Vivior AG is developing an eye wearable device that uses machine-learning algorithms to track patient’s daily activities. The collected data helps opticians to offer personalised solutions. The startup has raised funds to finalise their clinical studies.

FieldWiz is a flagship product of the Lausanne based Advanced Sport Instruments (ASI). The startup has obtained an "earlyloan" of CHF 300’000 from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) to reinforce its growth.

Ava reports over 10’000 pregnancies among users. Today, the startup has raised $30 million in a strategic Series B funding round. The funding will fuel R&D to expand product offering beyond fertility into pregnancy and contraception.

The Swiss Medtech Day presents three nominees of the Swiss Medtech Award. While the startup Ava offers fertility-tracking wearables and Xeltis a new restorative approach in heart valve therapy, the established company Bühlmann Laboratories enables patients to conduct laboratory tests at home with their smart phone.

The bracelet of aktiia enables the continuous, wireless measurement and monitoring of blood pressure with precision using a special technology developed by CSEM. The new start-up has already attract a solid basis of investors.

Das Ava-Armband erkennt das fruchtbare Fenster seiner Trägerinnen dank Sensortechnologie in Echtzeit. Soeben hat das Medtech Startup einen Meilenstein der etwas anderen Art verkündet: das erste Schweizer «Ava Baby» ist auf der Welt.

SmartCardia SA has been granted the CE Medical Device Certification for its cordless wearable medical multi-sensor monitoring system, SmartWearable. The device measures a complete set of physiological and vital parameters at clinical accuracy and can provide early warning of a health risk.