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Calingo Insurance, a Zurich-based pet insurance provider has closed its Pre-Series A funding round, securing CHF 3.2 M. With emma Ventures as the lead investor, the startup is now set to strengthen its market position and spread its footprint across Switzerland.

Several opportunities await startups holding the SEF.Growth High Potential Label, including access to tailored strategic support assessments, increased credibility and visibility among others. The new flag bearers of this label have demonstrated their potential for growth in various aspects of their business development.

Der albanisch-schweizerische Verein swissalbs vergibt zum vierten Mal einen Preis an eine Unternehmerin oder einen Unternehmer, herausragende unternehmerische Leistungen. Die Verleihung findet am 7. September im Kongresshaus Zürich während des swissalbs-Unternehmerballs statt.

Founded as an EPFL Spinoff, DemoSquare offers an AI-based platform for monitoring and analysing political and regulatory activities. The startup has now secured CHF 1.2 million in pre-seed funding from Swiss and German investors to fuel its European expansion.

Zurich based cleantech, Metafuels and the Paul Scherrer Institute have received a CHF 4.4 m funding grant from the Swiss Government’s Federal Office of Energy for the realisation of a pilot facility. This aims to demonstrate the companies’ aerobrew technology for the production of sustainable aviation fuel made from renewable energies. Operation is planned…

The Venture Leaders expert Jury selected the ten most promising Swiss Cleantech startups to join the Swiss National Startup Team 2024. The startups will head to Munich in November for a business development and investor roadshow to accelerate their growth and expand their international presence.

Climeworks schliesst mit der Zürcher Kantonalbank einen mehrjährigen CO₂ -Abbauvertrag ab. Flux Mobility liefert einen ersten E-Sattelschlepper an die Transport- und Recyclingfirma Trans Cycle während die Swiss drei Kleinstfahrzeuge von Microlino gekauft hat. Und MyCamper überschreitet 5’000er-Grenze an von Privaten angebotenen Mietfahrzeugen auf seiner…

The ETH spin-off Flink Robotics received the final CHF 150,000 kick from Venture Kick to enable the next generation of industrial robots to seamlessly adapt to dynamic environments. The core of the technology is FlinkAutonomy, a software with built-in physical intelligence that transforms robots into plug-and-play systems for material handling.

Maven Health, a Swiss startup specializing in metabolic health, has launched its flagship product, the Metabolic Insights test, in Switzerland and will launch it soon in the Netherlands. The test assists healthcare professionals in assessing and tracking clients' metabolic profiles by measuring 47 metabolites using saliva samples.

Six startups have secured first place prizes and a ticket in various startup competitions across Europe. Besides gaining visibility, the programs give them opportunities to advance their solutions and get access to relevant industry players.