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With the second intake, 15 European agrifood start-ups join the EIT Food Community. The Rising Food Stars will benefit from access to the partners, the expert network, programmes, technological infrastructure and business creation support as well as potential customers and distribution channels, which will significantly accelerate their international...

Yova kombiniert einen Impact Investing Ansatz mit einer weitgehenden Automatisierung. Damit konnte man nicht nur die ersten Anleger überzeugen, sondern nun auch Investoren. Mit den zwei Millionen Schweizer Franken kann Yova die Präsenz in der Schweiz ausbauen und sich für die Internationalisierung rüsten.

For the first time F10 Incubator and Accelerator organizes a program for later stage fintech startups. Among the selected companies are three from Switzerland.

Das diesjährige Digital Festival steht unter dem Motto «Hello Optimism» und bietet Startups Gelegenheit für den Austausch mit Grossunternehmen wie der Swisscom, KPMG und Bâloise. Zudem halten unter anderem die Gründer von Reddit, dem Stanford Peace Innovation Lab und Revolut Keynotes. Das Festival findet vom 13. bis 16. September in Zürich statt.

Der Schweizer E-Government-Dienstleister Procivis verstärkt seinen Verwaltungsrat mit der FDP-Politikerin Doris Fiala, dem Strategieexperten Huw Evans und dem Cyber-Security-Spezialisten Roger Wirth. Zudem sollen ein neuer COO und Geldmittel aus einer Zwischenfinanzierung die internationale Expansion vorantreiben.

AAAccell, Dotphoton, Exeon Analytics, Sentifi and ROVENSO have been named as the winners of the sixth Swisscom StartUp Challenge. All gave a successful pitch to the jury panel at the Swisscom Braingym in Bern. ROVENSO is also the winner of the public voting.

Kido Dynamics is a people mobility analytics start-up based in Lausanne. The startup has closed its Seed round, raising close to CHF 500’000 from business angels in Switzerland with additional subscription rights for CHF 200’000 later this year.

Snowcookie’s smart ski technology is set to revolutionize the world of skiing. The three-sensor wearable device, which gives skiers advanced telemetry and ski analytics is now on the market.

Ten Swiss sciencepreneurs from various industries are selected for the AIT Brazil program. They will travel to Brazil to acquire skills and knowledge to facilitate the transformation of their research projects into business.

The Zurich based Ectica Technologies develops tools for cell culturing for the biotech and pharma industry. The startup has won Merck as one of its first customers. Merck has 350 year of experience in the field and employs over 50’000 people.