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The Swiss Medtech company Symetis and Boston Scientific have reached a definitive purchase agreement whereby Boston Scientific will acquire Symetis for $435 million in an all cash, up-front payment.

In the Kenzan Arena up to 12 players can immerse into virtual worlds together. The Arena which will be sold on a franchise basis worldwide is set to change the face of shopping malls, leisure centers and all other venues that have high footfall.

This week the annual award ceremony for the Spark Award was held at ETH Zurich. The prize, which recognises the most promising invention at ETH Zurich registered for a patent in 2016, went to Sabine Werner, Michael Meyer and Luigi Maddaluno. They have developed a new method to treat infections with numerous different viruses.

Vier Master-Absolventen haben mit Eduwo eine Online-Ranking-Plattform für Studiengänge gestartet. Das Ranking basiert auf seriösen Beurteilungen – Professoren-Bashing ist tabu. Das Interesse der Hochschulen an der neuen Plattform ist gross.

Alcide Barberis has recently become a member of the board of trustees of the Startupticker Foundation. The co-founder of biotech company Esbatech is now head of the Ticino incubator CP Start-Up and the support organisation AGIRE. We talked to him about the start-up ecosystem in Ticino and the strengths of the canton.

Die Crowdlending-Plattform Swisspeers und der Devisenmarktplatz Amnis spannen zusammen. Swisspeers bietet KMU erstmals die Möglichkeit, in Schweizer Franken gewährte und finanzierte Kredite zu einem fix definierten Wechselkurs entweder in Euro zu erhalten oder in Euro zurückzubezahlen.

Crowdlending in Switzerland is still in the early stage yet significant growth results have been recorded. Last year, a growth rate of +126% was recorded with CHF 7.9 million invested in 266 projects. The crowdlending market has opened new opportunities for entrepreneurs to create new startups in form of platforms.

Eine fachkundige Expertenjury hat aus über 250 Bewerbern 18 herausragende Jungunternehmen erkoren. Als nächsten Schritt zum Gewinn des SEF.Award werden diese Start-ups am 6. April 2017 am Campus Day in Zürich auftreten.

Skypull received authorization from the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) to operate its prototype beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). In a few weeks, the flight test campaign will start. Skypull developed an autonomous drone for generating wind energy at higher altitudes.

Founded in 2016 in Opfikon, Zippsafe designed and developed a secure hightech self-service coat check system for public places. The startup was awarded 130’000 Swiss francs at the Venture Kick final for the innovativeness of their idea.