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Engineers at EPFL’s DESL lab, working in association with EPFL spin-off Swisspod, have built a Hyperloop test track on the Lausanne campus. They will use the loop – a large vacuum tube for ultra-high-speed travel – to test a linear induction motor. The research is being funded by an Innosuisse grant.

Juries of award competitions and accelerator programs in the US, the neighbouring countries like Germany, Austria and France have recognised and awarded seven  innovative solutions from Switzerland. Participation in acceleration programs is one of the prizes.

Neuchâtel based privacy startup Nym Technologies has closed a 6.5 million USD funding round from venture capital in order to build an open source and decentralized privacy network that plans to compete against closed source privacy networks such as Apple’s recently announced “private relay” network.

With its B2B Software-as-a-Service solution for computer-vision-enabled human motion analysis in real-time, Zurich based Vay has attracted interest from renowned players in fitness, therapeutics and rehabilitation space. The secured CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick will allow the startup to strengthen its position.

Beim UBS Swiss Growth Project erhalten Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer Denkanstösse, Antworten und Unterstützung – von anderen Unternehmern und Unternehmerinnen sowie aus dem UBS-Netzwerk. In einem ersten Video-Talk tauschen Christoph Jenny von Planted und Michael Born von PXL Vision Erfahrungen aus.

Kooky hat ein Mehrwegsystem inklusive Rückgabeinfrastruktur mit digitaler Anbindung für Getränkebecher entwickelt. An den Bahnhöfen in Basel und Zürich wird das System nun vier Monate getestet.

Four startups have joined forces with other organisations in the energy, healthcare, space and fintech sectors. Their aims: to boost their growth, develop and test products and leverage each other’s expertise.

Die Helvetia Versicherung und die ETH Foundation haben zusammen mit weiteren Investoren, in Adresta investiert, ein Zürcher Startup, das sich auf die Erstellung digitaler Identitäten für Uhren spezialisiert hat. Eine Zusammenarbeit mit Swisscom ermöglich Adresta nun auch hochsichere, in der Schweiz gespeicherte Zertifikate anzubieten.

Led by Digital Health Investor, SeedLink, Biospectal’s seed round will enable the startup to scale OptiBP, a clinical-grade blood pressure measurement and monitoring product and operations worldwide. Renowned interventional cardiologist and inventor, Fred St. Goar and SeedLink's Tim Juergens joined Biospectal's Board of Directors.

Following the closing of its CHF 1.1 million investment round in April, Bottmedical has launched its product, Naturaligner. The CE certified teeth correction system is now available in Switzerland within an increasing number of clinics.

As part of their strategic partnership, Helena Special Investments, has injected $20 million in Lugano based startup, Energy Vault. The capital will help to expand the circular economic value proposition of the startup’s energy storage platform and its remediation technologies.

According to a survey by the Swiss Environment and Energy Innovation Monitor two thirds of Swiss startups from the energy and environment sectors needed support as a result of the pandemic. For 75% the support was sufficient.

Mit der Lösung vom Zürcher Startup Sleepiz kann der Schlaf zuhause gescreent werden – ganz ohne Verkabelung und Nasenkanüle. Jetzt kommen die Geräte bei der Lungenliga Zürich zum Einsatz.

Designed to strengthen the development of promising startups, the Microsoft for Startups program has welcomed new entrants: Acodis, KimboCare and Facedapter. The cohort will benefit from Microsoft’s technology expertise and infrastructure to advance their solutions.

Swiss startup RigiTech, in collaboration with NGO Path, is implementing life saving technology operated locally in Senegal to support medicine, vaccine and laboratory sample delivery. The pilot project is the first step towards a more regional deployment of drone delivery services to clinics throughout the region.

Nuniq is battling the waste problem in the beauty industry by providing reusable, recyclable and biodegradable packaging for its natural hair care products. The startup is now shipping across Switzerland.

Sowohl VW, Renault als auch Volvo haben angekündigt, dass bidirektionales Laden der Fahrzeugbatterien zum Standard für ihre E-Flotte werden soll. Das spielt dem Luzerner Startup sun2wheel in die Hände: Seine Ladestation macht solche Batterien als Stromspeicher für Gebäude nutzbar.

In an amendment to the registration statement for its IPO at Nasdaq, SOPHiA GENETICS provides information about the listing and its financials. The Lausanne based company plans to raise between $220 and $240 million. For 2020 SOPHiA reported $28 million in revenues and a loss of $39 million.

A large proportion of the newly appointed board members the Swiss startups DiNAQor, Memo Therapeutics, Urban Connect, Inyova and Asceneuro, bring considerable experience from various industries to support the startups’ growth and development.

In recent years, more and more Swiss companies have set up their own venture capital units. An analysis based on the survey developed and conducted with the Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts provides an overview of the activities of these corporate venture capitalists (CVCs) for the first time.

In the first half of 2021, CHF 1.7 billion was invested in Swiss start-ups, with 124 financing rounds completed. The total is more than twice as high as in the first half of the previous year, with the number of investments increasing by a quarter. In addition, six start-ups went public, as shown by a study from the online news portal startupticker.ch and the investor association SECA.

TargImmune Therapeutics AG, focused on the development of new medicines through the use of novel targeted immunotherapies, has closed a financing round expanding the company’s cash position into the clinical development of its lead candidate. In addition, Peter Braun, who has extensive experience in the healthcare industry, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective August 16, 2021.

Elbit Systems, a $4.7 billion company, and SWISSto12, a leading provider of 3D printed products for radio frequency (RF) applications in the aerospace and defense industries, entered into a long-term cooperation agreement for the development and production of 3D-printed RF antennas.

No one knows a local market better than the local people. That's why you should work with local partners as soon as you have established an initial foothold in a new market. Serial entrepreneur Dorian Selz explains how to manage these partnerships and what you have to keep in mind.

Geneva-based Liti Capital has raised $5M from a private investor to help purchase more litigation assets and expand operations. Those assets back the LITI equity token which opens up a new asset class for retail investors.

PriceHubble, the globally leading AI analytics and data company for the residential estate industry, is active in nine markets in Europe and Asia. The new funds will be used to strengthen its leadership position in Europe and accelerate its international expansion.

Selected deeptech startups pitch their solutions to address specific  business challenges provided by Roche. The Roche Venture Day is organised by Startup INVEST.

Following the success of the first panel discussion on International Women's Day 2021, Venturelab is organizing the second panel on how tech startups can hire diverse teams.

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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.

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.