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Last week the Department for Economic Affairs of the Canton of Zurich published a report examining the current state of Zurich’s financial market with a focus on private equity. Within the region of Zurich, they found 168 private equity and venture capital firms plus hundreds of family offices. While these numbers reflect a robust foundation, the authors…

As of February 2025, Nexoya is focusing on continued growth and European expansion. Building on its success in Switzerland and Germany, the marketing analytics company is now offering its AI-driven solutions to optimize digital marketing campaigns for companies in Italy. A new office and team have been established in Milan to support this growth.

On February 5, the AI Startup Center by Technopark Zürich was officially launched. Its goal is to become the place to be for AI innovations in Switzerland, in close collaboration with ETH Zurich’s AI Center. It already has 20 startup members which benefit from various offers.

ZWEI Wealth wurde 2014 als Schweizer Beratungsunternehmen für Vermögensverwaltung gegründet und hat sich seitdem als Plattform etabliert. Mit der Akquisition erweitert Swiss Life ihr bestehendes Angebot im Anlagegeschäft. ZWEI Wealth gewinnt einen starken Partner für die nächsten Expansionsschritte.

Nextesy nutzt modernste KI, um wichtige Geschäftsprozesse wie Dokumentenmanagement, Buchhaltung, Gehaltsabrechnung und Bankgeschäfte zu optimieren. Nun hat das von einem erfahrenen Team lancierte Startup, eine Pre-Seed-Finanzierungsrunde abgeschlossen, die von prominenten Business Angels sowie dem renommierten early-stage Investor Fifth Quarter Ventures…

Silicon-Valley based MS&AD Ventures and Redstone are extending the partnership bringing in Redstone as a partner across the full venture capital value chain. The Redstone team will support MS&AD Ventures in all aspects of their operations including deal sourcing, portfolio management and business development, working closely as a trusted partner. As…

Der Health Innovation Hub Aargau und das Kantonsspital Baden eröffnen auf dem Gesundheitscampus direkt beim Spital einen Startup Hub. Nebst Arbeitsplätzen für Health- und Medtech-Startups werden die Gründerinnen und Gründer hier auch gezielt mit der Klinik, Forschung und weiteren Playern in der Umgebung vernetzt.

In 2024, the amount of venture capital invested in Swiss start-ups fell once again. Nevertheless, the start-up ecosystem is looking to the future with confidence, due in part to the AI trend.

LogicStar, building the AI agent for fully autonomous application maintenance, raised a $3m round led by Northzone. The company founded by successful serial entrepreneurs empowers engineering teams to focus on innovation by automating tedious application maintenance tasks.

Scanvio aims to enhance endometriosis diagnosis through non-invasive methods, as the current diagnostic gold standard - laparoscopic surgery - is invasive, costly, and typically only used after years of symptoms. The ETH spin-off has obtained CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick to refine its AI-supported ultrasound solution and reduce diagnostic delays.