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Ten startups have stood out from a pool of 60 applications that were submitted for the Swiss Fintech Awards for the categories“Early Stage Start-up of the Year” and “Growth Stage Start-up of the Year”. A winner for each category will be crowned during the award ceremony on 11 June.

Project Tandem has entered the Wyss Zurich program, joining MYNERVA and Tethys which were accepted in the past six months. With CHF 120+ million already invested in all projects since 2018, the program will provide the new entrants with funding, access to infrastructure and expert support to fuel their project development.

Climeworks started out as a pioneer in direct air capture and storage (DAC+S) technologies. Based on its own plants for removing CO2 from the atmosphere, the company launched its carbon removal offsets business about a year ago. Now Climeworks is adding carbon removal portfolios to its offering, complementary to its existing carbon removal service focused on…

The coming months are poised to be busy for the founders of Parquery, rrreefs, ORamaVR and SOORT. The companies have been selected for various accelerator programs, where they will receive support and mentorship from experienced industry players to advance their solutions. Scandens and aiEndoscopic and MediRapp also stand in the spotlight of the Forbes…

The International Cooperation (IC) Forum in Switzerland announced the three winners of the IC Awards 2024, awarding companies with the greatest potential for deployment in international cooperation contexts. The first place, endowed with a gold medal, went to AIDONIC. ETH spin-off breathe medical and Ageospatial scored the second and third places. The awards…

Der Finanzplaner  Philippe Muntwyler und die Produktspezialistin Chantal Heinis Hiroz bringen mit ihrem Startup Caveo eine Robo-Advisor-Lösung für den Vorsorgebereich auf den Markt. Dadurch können Privatpersonen ihre Versicherungs- und Vorsorgeprodukte umfassend digital verwalten und datengestützt optimieren.

Lakestar closed its latest funds, Lakestar Early IV and Lakestar Growth II, for around $600 million to inject new capital into the next generation of European start-ups, bringing Lakestar’s assets under management to €2bn.

With the acquisition of Standard Notes, an encrypted notes-app, Proton has made its second acquisition to expand its portfolio. The Geneva based startup currently offers a suite of products, including the end-to-end encrypted email ProtonMail with over 100 million accounts.

Zurich-based startup progile developed the AI platform, TestResults.io, to empower software developers and testers to deliver high-quality software. The closing of its seed funding round provides the startup with the resources to advance its technology and expand into new markets.

Die Stadt Wien setzt als erste Millionenstadt smino ein. In Deutschland ist smino bereits in mehreren Städten und Kommunen erfolgreich im Einsatz – so etwa in Essen und Darmstadt. Insgesamt nutzen 27.000 Unternehmen Softwarelösung für Planungs- und Bauprojekte.