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Vergangene Woche ging in Zug das Finale der Blockchain Competition über die Bühne. Zwei der drei Finalisten kamen aus der Schweiz. Einer von ihnen ist LoyaltyCoin. Die Lösung des Startups wird bereits von mehreren Läden eingesetzt. 

Until July 30, 2017, teams and startups from around the world can register for the Blockchain Competition in the so-called Crypto Valley. The competition has attracted applications from as far away as Japan and India. Now several Swiss universities joined as science and research partners.

Felix Holzner und Philipp Paul, die beiden Gründer des Hightech-Startups SwissLitho, haben grosse Anteile ihres Unternehmens an Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik verkauft. Der Standort Zürich soll erhalten bleiben.

F10 Incubator and Accelerator has announced the final selection of fifteen startups for Batch III of its P2 Prototype to Product Program. The selected projects come from 7 countries. 

Procivis, the company behind the Valid project, has entered a collaboration with Neo to incorporate NEO’s native digital identity layer, NeoID, for the development of Valid’s agnostic e-Identity layer. The startup has also confirmed NEO Council as a key strategic investor in Valid.

The first phase of the BaseLaunch Healthcare Accelerator program is now underway. 13 startups ranging from therapeutics and diagnostics to digital healthcare and medtech have been selected to work with industry experts to develop their business cases over the next three months. Several Swiss companies were selected. 

BaseLaunch provides handpicked ventures funding and access to the Basel region’s life sciences ecosystem including pharma companies, talent and advisors. The accelerator has been initiated and is operated by BaselArea.swiss, supported by Novartis Venture Fund, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Pfizer, and partners with digitalswitzerland’s Kickstart...

Der Online-Hofladen Farmy.ch erzielt im Mai 2017 einen Umsatzrekord und erhält CHF 5 Mio. neues Kapital zur Erweiterung des Angebots. Zu den Investoren gehören Ständerat Ruedi Noser sowie Fabio Borzatta, Enkel des Denner-Gründers Karl Schweri.

Morgen eröffnet Crypto Valley Labs in Zug den Coworking-Space «The Block». Neben rund 20 Startups aus dem Bereich Blockchain-Technologie zieht auch die ETH Zürich ein.

Der ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark Zürich wird bereits zum 17. Mal verliehen. Seit heute sind die Finalisten bekannt.