W. A. de Vigier Top 50 live pitch
On February 17, 50 startups will enter the race for up to six prestigious W.A. de Vigier Awards. The startups will pitch their ideas via a public live stream on www.devigier.ch.
On 10 February the W. A. de Vigier Foundation announced this year's Top 50 start-ups. Each startup is assigned to one of seven industry clusters and will have three minutes to present its project via live stream on www.devigier.ch. After the event, the jury will select their Top 15, which will be further evaluated in the following weeks. From these Top 15, the ten best are then selected.
Program
09.00 – 10.30 Life Sciences & Biotech & Pharma / Interdisciplinary / Services
11:00 – 12:00 Cleantech
13:00 – 14:20 Medtech
14:50 – 15:45 ICT/ Micro- & Nanotechnology
The new Swiss Venture Capital Report was published on 26 January. It analyses 304 financing rounds closed in 2020 and includes further article such as an interview with Michael Hengartner, President of the ETH Board, and a list of Swiss "soonicorns". 
