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Das Management von GET LOCAL hat überzeugt: zwei Mitglieder der Business Angels Switzerland ermöglichen dem Jungunternehmen mit der Concierge Plattform in Zürich zu starten. Darüber hinaus profitiert das Gründerteam von strategischen Wissen und dem Netzwerk der Investoren.

Les membres de l’association Business Angels Switzerland (BAS) en Romandie fêtent leurs dix ans. Durant cette première décennie d'activité, plus de 50 startups ont été soutenues et quelque 15 millions investis. Parmis les projets financés on retrouve des sociétés telles que Goodwall ou Abionics.

Mit einer Minderheitsbeteiligung durch PostFinance schafft das Schweizer Startup RaiseNow die Grundlage für weiteres Wachstum. Die Investitionen fliessen in die Produktentwicklung und Markterschliessungen im In- und Ausland.

For the 4th time, the venture leaders jury has selected the venture leaders China team 2017, forming the “Swiss National Startup Team China”. The ten high growth Swiss startups will take part in the high powered business and financing roadshow, co-organized with swissnex China. Coined as a “flagship program” by the Swiss Ambassador in China, the program...

The venture leaders Life Science program is a one-week investors and business roadshow in Boston, co-organized with swissnex Boston. This year’s winners develop amazing technologies such as a prosthesis which allows amputees to naturally feel their missing limbs again or an ingeniously simple approach to computed guided needle navigation in the body.

Swiss fintech start-up SONECT has recently closed their first funding round. The start-up will use the funds to further develop the platform and to roll out the service. Customers will be able to withdraw cash from first stores in April.

The funding round for the biotech start-up was led by Redalpine Venture Partners. The funding brings resources to advance Versantis’ lead candidate VS-01 to first-in-human study and transform the care of patients with rare and life-threatening liver diseases.

Beekeeper’s mobile platform enables companies to effectively reach and engage workers without access to corporate email in industries such as retail, hospitality, and manufacturing. The financing will propel the momentum the company has experienced in 2016.

Qumram, a global RegTech firm, providing digital compliance and risk management solutions, has announced further investment of 1.5 million Swiss Francs, from the technology-focused venture capital firm, Mundi Ventures. Headquartered in Madrid, Mundi Ventures has operational presence in Barcelona, London and Seattle

Collaborations with start-ups are now seen as a good thing for large companies, but various conditions must be met if they are to lead to tangible results. Swisscom, Nestlé and Deutsche Telekom are examples of this.