Innosuisse Scale-up Coaching programme to boost 17 start-ups

The Scale-up Coaching programme is aimed at young companies with high growth potential and primarily aims to boost them by helping them refine and implement their growth strategy. After an initial intensive phase of about three months, the startups enrolled in the programme presented their objectives and concept for commercial growth to a committee of experts and representatives of the Innosuisse Innovation Council.

Out of 20 startups participating in Phase 1 of the programme, 17 were positively evaluated and received the Scale-up Award. They demonstrated their past growth performance and presented an ambitious and achievable future growth strategy. The program will help them grow in Switzerland and to expand into new global markets. Specialised coaches will help them on topics such as organisational growth and scaling, regulatory affairs, fundraising and investor relations. In addition, the teams can benefit from Innosuisse’s internationalisation offers during the 24-month period of the coaching programme.

The 17 startups are:

Altoo AG (Fintech) – developed a SaaS platform for private wealth owner, family offices and trusts and foundations enabling users to manage the most complex aspects of their global wealth.

dimpora AG (Material Sciences) – offers a new generation of fluorine-free, fully microporous – highly breathable, and waterproof membranes based on sustainable materials for outdoor clothing.

FAIRTIQ AG (Travel) – built a transport ticketing app that enables fast check-in and check-out on public transport. The hardware-free post-payment solution is growing fast across Europe.

Galventa AG (Healthcare) – developed and patented B-SYNC ON, the world’s first food supplement that empowers users to control their sleep-wake rhythm to wake up with ease. 

KEMARO AG (Robotics) – offers best-in-class autonomous robots and related services to help industrial companies reduce cleaning costs by up to 50%.

Komed Health AG (eHealth) – developed a messaging platform for healthcare professionals to connect them on one single interface in real-time.

Lyfegen HealthTech AG (eHealth) – built a value and outcome-based agreement platform for health insurance companies, pharma, medtech and hospitals worldwide.

Mpower Ventures AG (Cleantech) – provides small and medium-scale solar energy infrastructure in developing countries with a B2B model combing hardware, software, and financing solutions.

Positrigo AG (Medtech) – developed a brain PET system (NeuroLF) to offer functional brain imaging at a fraction of today´s cost.

SAMAWATT SA (Energy Management) – helps wind and solar park operators manage the market risk efficiently by providing solutions such as production and price forecast, spot market trading strategies and insightful analysis using modern technology and powerful algorithms..

SEED Biosciences SA (Biotech) – is an EPFL spinoff developing products that enable scientists to isolate single cell lines 3x faster and 10x cheaper than existing solutions.

Signifikant Solutions AG (Adtech) – offers a SaaS platform that helps companies generate up to 30% return on investment on their advertising campaigns using AI-based campaign controlling and management for all channels (on-, offline & CRM) via a central dashboard.

Smeetz SA (Fintech) – is a unified commerce SaaS powered by AI sales optimisation for visitor attractions and venues. They provide an all-in-one commerce solution to manage, market and price products efficiently by leveraging data and approaching sales from a tech-savvy perspective.

Topadur Pharma AG (Pharmaceuticals) – Its new dual-acting drugs stimulate microcirculation, enable tissue regeneration, and avoid local oxygen deficiency. Based on this key invention drug candidates are in development to treat aging-related diseases like chronic wounds, skin fibrosis, age-related macular degeneration, colorectal cancer, hair loss and skin aging.

Tradeplus24 AG (Fintech) – created a globally unique B2B lending solution for SMEs through using an asset-backed securitisation structure that leverages technology and a bespoke insurance package. The company is active in Switzerland, Australia, the UK and the Netherlands.

UniSieve AG (Material Sciences) – offers a high-precision membrane solution that decarbonizes heavily emitting industries by drastically reducing heating and cooling today necessary for separating chemicals, energy carriers, or CO2 from flue gas.

Veezoo AG (Artificial Intelligence) – offers a search-based self-service analytics tool that empowers employees at every level of an organisation to extract the desired insights from data by simply asking questions in plain English.

(Press release/RAN)