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SpiroChem is a Swiss fine chemicals company specialised in creating novel building blocks for use in drug discovery by its pharma and biotech partners. Customer base, number of employees, revenues and the breadth of the solutions and collaboration packages SpiroChem offers has been growing. The company relecated its business to state-of-the-art facilities in...

After the successful launch of the first Female Founder Summit in Switzerland in 2016 with over 300 guests the second edition will be held this year on 6 November in Zürich. The event offers founder insights, founder pitches, and an international evening program. 

The ETH Entrepreneur Club invites startups and students to their speed dating event. This Match-Making event brings together a large pool of talented jobseekers and up to 30 startups looking for new team members. Registration deadline is 9 October.

Smart Home Technology, a Zurich based startup offering hardware and software solutions for process and fleet optimisation based on IoT technologies, was awarded the UBS Award for social innovation at the seif Award ceremony. UBS will support the start up in further developing their products. Swiss Blue energy also won the public vote.

Am 16. November 2017 findet im Congress Center Basel bereits zum zwölften Mal das Swiss Innovation Forum (SIF) statt. Vor über 1000 Teilnehmern präsentieren sich Startups, die Finalisten des Swiss Technology Awards, die Gaststadt Tel Aviv und 20 Speaker wie der profilierte Biomechatroniker Hugh Herr oder Philosophie-Professor Markus Gabriel. 

Stanley Black & Decker, the world’s second largest security company, and Swiss start-up Sunflower Labs will work together on new and innovative security solutions. The partnership includes an agreement to integrate Sunflower Labs' technology to co-develop future products, and was launched in conjunction with a strategic investment by Stanley Ventures.

Im kommenden Jahr sollen 500 Spezialisten mehr aus Ländern ausserhalb der EU und der EFTA in der Schweiz arbeiten können. 2017 waren die Kontingente in Basel-Stadt, Genf und Zürich bereits im ersten Quartal aufgebraucht. Die niedrige Zahl der möglichen Bewilligungen ist allerdings nur eine Hürde für Startups. 

Carbon Delta has been awarded the Risk, Intelligence & Security Award at the European Fintech Awards 2017. The Zurich-based environmental fintech startup developed a technology that produces research focusing on identifying and analysing the climate change resilience of publicly traded companies.

Die Berliner Firma Taxfix hat eine Finanzierungsrunde über zwei Millionen Euro abgeschlossen. Das Start-up lancierte jetzt eine Steuer-App auf dem deutschen Markt. Hinter Taxfix stehen die Gründer der Zürcher Firma Smallpdf.

Die neue KI-Plattform TRINITY von Squirro unterstützt maschinelles Lernen und ermöglicht die Erstellung moderner, Insights-getriebener Applikationen. Die TRINITY-Plattform wird so zum digitalen Nervensystem eines Unternehmens.