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This month, SICTIC has organised 3 Investor Day events in Zurich, Geneva and Liechtenstein on the 21^st, 25^th and 27^th September respectively. SICTIC Investor Day is a match making event where tech startups pitch to find experienced investors and supporters. For each of the three events the jury has selected the startups to pitch before the investors.

The Swiss Federal Commission For Technology and Innovation, CTI, is funding a joint project by Carbon Delta and the Weather and Climate Risk Group at ETH Zürich to develop a tool for the assessment of current and future tropical cyclone risks. Such tools are required for a successful climate risk mitigation by governments, enterprises and investors.

Gestern wurde das diesjährige Kickstart Acclerator Programm in Zürich offiziell gestartet. Am Anlass wurde auch eine neue Partnerschaft des Kickstart Accelerator-Startup Veezoo mit der AXA bekannt gegeben. 

Swiss Startup Invest has completely redesigned its Swiss Venture Day to allow for one to one meetings, keynote speeches and startup pitches. The first Venture Day Romandie in the new format will take place on 19 September. More than 130 people have already registered.

La 7ème édition du TOP 100 des meilleures start-up suisses a eu lieu ce soir à Zurich en présence de plus de 700 invités. Les jeunes pousses au TOP 3 sont Ava (Zurich), L.E.S.S. (Lausanne) et Flyability (Lausanne). / Die Gewinner des Top 100 Swiss Startup Award 2017 sind Ava, L.E.S.S. und Flyability, Startups, die global expandieren und bereits mehrere...

The seventh edition of the TOP 100 Swiss startup ranking was disclosed tonight in front of more than 700 people in the old NZZ printing house in Schlieren. The broad spectrum of innovative high-tech startups attracted dozens of investors from abroad, and even from China. The 2017 ranking winners are Ava, L.E.S.S. and Flyability, startups which are expanding...

Zurich based startup, F Ective, has been selected among the seven finalists of the EY startup Academy. Together with the finalists from Germany, Sweden and Morocco, F Ective will join the 3 months acceleration program offering training and networking opportunities. The winner will receive the Academy Award.

The Swiss Finance + Technology Association (SFTA) is hosting the third Swiss Fintech Pitch on 11 October at the Landesmuseum in Zurich. The event brings together FinTech entrepreneurs with investors, corporate clients, and the media. Five startups and five investors will present their companies. The best startup will receive an award. Registration closes on...

Mit dem neuen Accelerator unterstützt die HWZ ausgewählte Projekte von Studierenden. Gemeinsam mit der Swiss Startup Factory (SSUF) will man die Entwicklung von Startups beschleunigen. 

modum.io announces that its token sale has raised $10 million in only five hours of opening on Friday 1 September, successfully fundraising for its revolutionary product using Blockchain and IoT technology in the pharma supply chain. The MOD token sale will be used to bring modum.io’s innovative supply chain solution to the market.