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The Zurich-based startup CellSpring, specialising in 3-Dimensional Cell Culture solutions for high-throughput creation of functional microtissues, announced their collaboration with Plasticell, a biotech company in the United Kingdom. Together they will validate osteogenic cell therapy and 3D cell culture models for high performance drug screening.

Jeune pousse suisse du web, la startup vaudoise Youpaq vient d’annoncer le lancement de la première plateforme permettant aux commerçants de proximité de s’allier et de créer leur propre supermarché virtuel.

The Startup Essentials / Acceleration Workshops of venturelab are a series of 8 modules covering the know-how and tools required to accelerate the development of startups. Start: October 5th at EPF Lausanne and October 4th at ETH Zurich.

LORIOT is a Swiss start-up in the field of Internet of Things, founded in 2015. Its technology is being used in more than 70 countries on 6 continents. This September, Loriot has expanded its LoRaWan services to South America.

The City of Zurich, Climate-KIC and Impact Hub Zurich organise a 24-hour Climate-Hackathon to develop solutions for climate issues. Developers, technology experts, entrepreneurs, students or any one with ideas to solve climate challenges may apply.

Pregnolia and Inositec have received a CHF 100’000 interest free loan from the Swiss Federal Foundation for Promotion of the National Economy through Scientific Research. These funds will aid them to further develop their technologies.

Vergangene Woche gingen in Zürich zuerst das erste Digital Festival und dann der dritte HackZurich über die Bühne. Beide Veranstaltungen waren ein voller Erfolg. HackZurich brach die bisherigen Rekorde. Viele der Teilnehmenden werden die Resultate des Hackathons in Startups oder Projekten weiterentwickeln.

Swiss Finance + Technology Association is organizing the first “Reverse Pitch”, a pitch event where investors pitch to start-ups. The main goal is to demystify the investors, to offer start-ups an important exposure and to educate Swiss entrepreneurs on how to approach investors.

Four Swiss startups, Haelixia, SwissDeCode, Smart Home Technology and Treatech, are among the finalists of the Hello Tomorrow Challenge. They compete together against other finalists in one of ten industrial categories to win €15,000 and the €100,000 grand prize.

Kickstart Accelerator, an initiative of digitalswitzerland and one of Europe’s largest multicorporate, zero equity tech accelerators, will host its midterm demo day today. The demo day will provide the 30 startups with an opportunity to present their products to a panel of international investors.