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The Swiss Startup Factory accelerator has shifted from incubation of ideas to acceleration of startups, which have already validated their business model and are ready for fast growth. Startups are invited to submit their applications.

Seervision, a spin-off from the Automatic Control Laboratory of ETH Zurich, is developing a new kind of video camera to allow for autonomous video production. The startup team will run the first field test of their solution at the #digital21 event in Lugano.

The New York Fashion Tech Lab announced the nine companies selected for this year’s program. Partners of the program include LVMH, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Global Brands Group, Microsoft and Accenture.

Daedalean’s vision based technology will be integrated into UAVenture’s autopilot system for unmanned applications. This partnership allows UAVenture to provide unrivalled guidance, navigation and control for UAV applications to their customers. Daedalean will gain engineering validation in real flight at scale, and to gather a high volume of high quality...

Der Zürcher Startup Caru entwickelt intelligente Alarmsysteme für Menschen, die sich alters- oder krankheitsbedingt nicht mehr sicher fühlen. Jetzt hat ein Pilotversuch mit dem Wohn- und Pflegheimbetreiber Tertianum begonnen.

Scandit and technology partner dm-drogerie markt have won the retail technology award Europe (reta) 2018.  The drugstore chain has provided 25,000 customer-facing employees in 3,450 stores with smartphones equipped with enterprise-grade barcode scanning technology from Scandit using augmented reality.

The Google for Entrepreneurs Exchange program, organised by Impact Hub Zurich, selected ten Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups from all over the world including Swiss company AAAcell. They will come to Zurich for a week long program in March.

Die Schweiz verfolgt eine aktive Politik zur Reduktion der Treibhausgase. Eine der Massnahmen des Bundes ist der Technologiefonds. Er vergibt Bürgschaften an Unternehmen, deren Produkte und Dienstleistungen zur Reduktion von Klimagasen beitragen.

Zwei Tage nach dem Launch, gab Gowago bereits ein Investment von Tamedia bekannt. Wir haben Gowago CEO Rutger Verhoef gefragt, wie die Offertenplattform für Neuwagenkäufe den Medienkonzern überzeugen konnte. 

Veterinary medtech startup Piavita has announced its Series A funding round in the amount of $5.5 million. Piavita’s palm-sized measuring device for horse vitals is currently available in Europe. U.S. market entry is planned for late 2018.