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Today, it was announced that Qumram had been taken over by Dynatrace. We talked to Qumram CEO Patrick Barnert about the reasons for the sale, the prospects and the sentiment of Qumram investors.

For the past year, 396 audiences of up to 1,900 people have witnessed a troupe of eight colorful lampshades perform an airborne choreography during Cirque du Soleil’s Broadway show Paramour, which just ended on April 20. The flying lampshades, which turn out to be self-piloted drones, bear the signature of Swiss high-tech company Verity Studios.

AXA Winterthur lanciert gemeinsam mit dem Fintech Start-up Advanon «FlexCash», eine digitale Plattform für eine Rechnungs-Vorfinanzierung. Die Partnerschaft mit dem grössten KMU-Versicherer der Schweiz erweitert die Reichweite von Advanon deutlich. 

The winners of the annual Red Herrings Europe Top 100 Award 2017 have been announced. Among them are several Swiss startups.

An der Zürcher Messe Logistics & Distribution wird es wiederum einen Technologie- und Innovationspark geben. Er bietet ausgewählten Startups die Möglichkeit, sich einem Fachpublikum gezielt zu präsentieren. Schon am Auswahlverfahren sind 20 Logistiker beteiligt. 

This week SIX and Lendity hosted the first Swiss Alternative Lending Conference. 200 financial advisors, institutional investors and representatives of family offices gathered at the SIX Swiss Exchange.

During the latest round of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument, 10 Swiss Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and startups received funding of up to EUR 50’000 to finance a feasibility studies. Switzerland is the 3rd most successful country in this round. With a budget of about € 1.6 billion for the period 2018-2020, the EIC SME Instrument will support...

Four startups have graduated from Society3’s first acceleration program. During the program, the four startups, Artiazza, Yamo, connexa and Sonect succeeded in implementing their ideas and have achieved significant milestones including raising funds.

3Brain, the leading Swiss brain-computer company, changes corporate structure to 3Brain AG by a capital increase and appoints executives from USA, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland to its Board of Directors. Members include the former President and CEO of Takeda Ventures and the former CFO of Prionics. 

Die Codecheck App gibt es ab sofort auch auf Englisch. Momentan können erst Konsumenten aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz auf die englischsprachigen Produktinformationen zugreifen. Doch die Expansion in die USA steht bevor.