Innovation as a team sport

Swiss startup Nomoko has taken an important step forward in its mission to take its Digital Twin solutions for real estate beyond the borders of Switzerland. With the approval of its first SORA (Specific Operations Risk Assessment) application by the Direction de l’Aviation Civile (DAC), Nomoko is conducting its inaugural EU-compliant drone capture service in Luxembourg.

Plug and Play has chosen 153 start-ups to join their Winter 2021 Batches. Among them are six companies from Switzerland. They have been selected for the Energy, Mobility, Real Estate and Travel programs.

Exomotion’s intelligent wheelchair ALLURE provides users with the highest level of manoeuvrability, enabling them to move freely in different environments. Exomotion will use the CHF 150,000 to advance its market entry in 2022.

Proteomedix, the Swiss cancer diagnostics company, has entered into a research and development partnership with New Horizon Health Limited. To support the joint program New Horizon Health has invested CHF 3.0 million in a convertible loan in Proteomedix.

Ein junges Cleantech-Unternehmen und ein ETH-Zürich-Spinoff schafften es beim Swiss Excellence Produkt Award ganz oben aufs Treppchen. In der Kategorie Startup gewannen die mobilen Toiletten von Kompotoi, in der Kategorie KMU setzte sich Rheonics mit Sensoren für Flüssigkeiten durch.

Wendy Holdener und Michelle Gisin sind neu Investorinnen beim Sportnahrungs-Startup Nutriathletic. Die Spitzenathletinnen und das Team wollen zusammen die Produktentwicklung vorantreiben.

Authena has developed a globally unique solution to make products secure and supply chains transparent with the use of blockchain-based technology. This new funding will be used to ensure continued growth and the development of new prototypes for major customers.

Ob druckfrisch oder online: Die Liste der diesjährigen 100 «Digital Shapers» der Bilanz, Handelszeitung, PME und Digitalswitzerland ist da. Die Digitalisierung in der Schweiz treiben demnach auch über 40 Startup-Gründerinnen und Gründer an.

Last night, the 28th winning start-up of the Prix Strategis was revealed among the 111 candidates who participated in this 2021 edition. Active in the field of reconstructive surgery Volumina Medical develops regenerative and degradable implants for minimally invasive breast reconstruction. It won the CHF 50,000 prize after attracting the jury's attention.

Locatee, the leading workplace analytics solution, has raised 8.4m USD (7.7m CHF) in a growth financing round. The round is led by SmartFin, a European growth equity fund, and will enable the Swiss start-up to attract more customers and to further develop its platform.

Mit seiner Plattform digitalisiert und vereinfacht Kollabo die Stellensuche in der Baubranche. Mit der Finanzierung, die von PropTech1 Ventures angeführt wurde, will das Zürcher Startup zum dominanten digitalen Ökosystem für qualifizierte Handwerker in der DACH Region werden.

Nouscom announced initial results from the Phase 1 trial of NOUS-209, the first clinical results for the company. NOUS-209 was shown to be safe, highly immunogenic, and demonstrated promising early signs of clinical efficacy in the treatment of Microsatellite Instable High (MSI-H) gastric, colorectal and gastro-esophageal junction solid tumors.

As part of the Venture Leaders program, ten start-ups will showcase Switzerland’s deeptech expertise and lay the foundation for their global growth. Pitching in front of international investors, networking with experts and industry leaders, and learning from each other’s entrepreneurial experience will ensure the startups get ready for internationalization and fundraising success.

Tune Insight B2B software enables organizations to make better decisions by collaborating securely on their sensitive data to extract collective insights. Incubated at the EPFL Laboratory for Data Security, with a deployment in Swiss university hospitals and customer-funded projects in the insurance and cybersecurity businesses, Tune Insight will use the funds to accelerate product development, strengthen the team, and onboard more customers.

Die Gesundheits-App Manoa von Pathmate unterstützt Menschen bei der Prävention und dem Selbstmanagement von Bluthochdruck im Alltag. Jetzt nehmen vier private Krankenversicherer aus Deutschland mit über 1,3 Millionen Versicherten die App in ihr Versorgungsangebot auf.

Das St. Galler Startup Gossik testet die Beta-Version seiner Personal Assistant-App. Bis Ende Jahr soll sie in den App-Stores für alle zugänglich sein. Die soeben abgeschlossene Finanzierungsrunde bringt finanzielle Mittel in sechsstelliger Höhe für die weitere Produktentwicklung.

Luxury Venture Group teams up with Synergy Asset Management, managing more than CHF2 billion for institutional and private clients, to form a joint venture. The objective of the new entity named LVG Capital will be to raise a 100 Million USD Fund dedicated to promoting and developing start-ups in the field of luxury, supported by a well-developed and structured Swiss Luxury Ecosystem created by Luxury Venture Group.

Six startups have won partnerships with leading companies such as Telefonica, BMW, Airbus, Rega, Diamond Denim and Saturn Satellite Networks. They strive to bring better solutions for customers in be it in telecommunications mobility or health rescue service.

Founded in 2020, flowbone has developed a bioactive gel for the local treatment of osteoporosis, a disease that weakens bones. Directly injected into the areas to be treated, the gel restores bone strength within few weeks and prevents fractures. Thanks to the CHF 100’000 Tech Seed loan from FIT, flowbone will be able to acquire production equipment to pursue the company’s development.

SNAQ has launched their diabetes management app in the US to help people living with diabetes take the guesswork out of mealtime decisions. The launch in the US is the first step in SNAQ's broader vision to reveal the impact of food on health by analyzing nutrition and biosensor data.

With the acquisition Novartis adds a pre-clinical optogenetics-based gene therapy program and Arctos’ proprietary technology to its ophthalmology portfolio. The acquisition underscores the Novartis commitment to finding treatments for patients with severe vision loss and the potential of optogenetics as the basis of successful therapeutics.

Das Ziel von ConReal ist der Aufbau eines digitales Ökosystem für die Schweizer Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft. Nun ist der Küchenhersteller Forster Swiss Home AG mit der Plattform eine Partnerschaft eingegangen. Gleichzeitig investieren die Hauptinhaber von Forster via ihrer Investmentgesellschaft e-comm Beteiligungen in das Winterthurer Startup.

Switzerland is the most innovative country in the world for the eleventh year running. This is the conclusion of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2021 based on an assessment of more than 130 economies worldwide. Sweden and the USA follow in second and third place.

In der Schweiz ist fidentity seit 2017 mit einer automatisierten Online-Identifikation für Finanzdienstleister erfolgreich. Die Finanzierungsrunde mit Lead Investor Spicehaus erlaubt nun die Expansion in der Schweiz und angrenzenden Ländern.

Zurich based Boostbar is picking up momentum: following its launch this year, the workplace refreshments provider has already secured contracts with major companies for a total of 100 points of sales at CHF 2 million annual recurring revenues.

Recent leadership change saw the promotion of startups' existing leaders and the appointment of new ones. For the companies notably Clever.care, ImmunOs Therapeutics and wefox, the change at the top indicates an important development step. However not all entrepreneurs continue their career in the startup space; ImagineCargo’s founder and CEO has joined DPD Switzerland, following the acquisition of the startup's technology.

Santhera Pharmaceuticals has strengthened its capital structure via an oversubscribed equity financing of CHF 20 million, a placement of private convertible bonds of CHF 15 million and upsizing of an existing financing arrangement of up to CHF 10 million. The new funding secures current operations to mid-2022, past the NDA filing for vamorolone.

Following the launch of its phase I clinical trials for lead candidate CALY-002, Merck Serono spin-off, Calypso Biotech, has secured €8 million in a Series A extension round, bringing the total capital raised to €28 million. The funds will accelerate clinical developments.

Venturelab will be hosting an exceptional happening presenting the Swiss National Startup Teams - Technology and Deeptech, and featuring world-class entrepreneurs as speakers.

Every month, eight projects are selected and given the opportunity to present their business ideas in front of a jury of successful entrepreneurs and investors.

Am Dienstag, 28. September 2021, informiert der Business Parc Reinach wieder vor Ort über den Schritt in die Selbständigkeit. Ein «Startup-ler» erzählt von seinen Erfahrungen und beantwortet zusammen mit den ReferentInnen die Fragen der Teilnehmenden. Diese können sich am anschliessenden Apéro austauschen und vernetzen.

Venture case is the second stage of Venture Kick that is carried out three months after the first stage and the winning teams will be awarded CHF 40.000 each.

The Female Founders Talks are monthly inspiration events for female founders and women who deal with the topic of self-employment. At this Female Founders Talk, Laura Matter, the founder of noii, will share her founding story and will give you an insight into her most interesting learnings and experiences.

StartupBlink Monthly connects you to other entrepreneurs and help your project grow by knowing the active people in your startup ecosystem.

Das STARTUp Forum Thurgau an der WEGA ist der Treffpunkt der Thurgauer Jungunternehmerszene. Viele Informationen, Inputs, Tipps und Tricks für einen erfolgreichen START warten auf dich

Zum Potenzial der Daten für den Kunden von morgen tauschen sich am 1. Oktober 2021 namhafte Vertreterinnen und Vertreter aus der Finanzbranche an der Swiss Digital Finance Conference aus.

This conference offers a diverse range of workshops, mentoring, talks and coverage for and about diversity in the tech industry.

An der Startup Night geht es darum, Startups und Gründungsinteressierte zu inspirieren, zu unterstützen und zu repräsentieren. Als Speaker mit dabei sind etwa Pascal Bieri von Planted, Léa Miggiano von Carvolution, Alan Frei von Amorana, Melanie Gabriel von Yokoy und Nicholas Hänny von NIKIN. Erwartet werden 1000 Besucherinnen und Besucher.

Der Workshop findet im Zeitraum der sechswöchigen Vorphase des Schweizer Digitaltag statt (29.09. – 10.11.2021). "Unter der Fragstellung Wie kann uns die Digitalisierung helfen, das Netto Null Ziel bis in Jahr 2050 zu erreichen?" können die Teilnehmenden mit ihren Ideen an der City Challenge der Stadt St. Gallen teilnehmen.

The Trust Valley is pleased to invite you on October 4th for its big annual event. Held from the EPFL Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne with only speakers and partners on site, the event will be broadcasted live ONLINE all day.

Blockchain to AI, IoT and more: At the event the latest technological trends impacting the financial industry will be discussed

The SICTIC Investor Day is a matchmaking event where tech startups pitch for funding in front of experienced investors and supporters.

Software as a Service Businesses sind am Boomen! Jedoch kann es schwierig sein, das Geschäftsmodell skalierbar zu gestalten.

Partners, team member and friends are invited to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Impact Hub Zürich.