News

Swisspod aims to make the Hyperloop concept a reality in Switzerland. Both founders - CEO Denis Tudor and CTO Cyril Dénéréaz – have won multiple prices including Best Design, Innovation, Speed and Most Reliable System at competitions organized by SpaceX between 2016 and 2018.

In October five Swiss start-ups will travel to the Silicon Valley for a tailor-made business acceleration program. Today Swisscom announced the ten finalists having a chance to win the trip.

Last year 17 persons from the Swiss start-up scene made it to the Forbes 30under30 2019 list for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This year their number rose to almost 30.

In der Schweiz setzen das Widder Hotel und Restaurant in Zürich, das Appenzeller Berggasthaus Aescher oder das Luzerner KKL auf das Reservierungssystem von aleno. Nun steht die Auslandsexpansion an. Die notwendigen Mittel liefert eine Finanzierungsrunde.

Established as a spin-off from the ETH Zurich, PXL Vision offers solutions for online user verification. The startup has now completed a 'pre-seed' round led by SIX FinTech Ventures with contribution from the Zürcher Kantonalbank and a private business angel. A bigger round is planned for Autumn.

Er hat schon von Startups gesprochen, als viele der heutigen Gründer noch Kinder waren. Heute hat die Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA) Christian Wenger zum Schweizer Business Angel des Jahres gekürt. 

The Swiss Youth and Future prize 'Together we're better' recognizes projects designed to promote sustainable development in Switzerland’s partner countries. Five out of 92 projects won the award prizes of between CHF 10‘000 and CHF 4000.

Gestern strahlte TV24 die siebte und letzte Folge von «Die Höhle der Löwen» aus. Drei von sechs Startups – Yarykidz, Shareley und Tastier ‒ stiessen bei der Jury auf Interesse und befinden sich in Investitionsverhandlungen.

Arijana Walcott and Sophie Lamparter founded the incubator DART Labs last year and have now transformed the organisation into an independent company, offering a broad range of services. In an interview with Startupticker, Walcott reveals the plans for DART Labs, explains the offering for start-ups and the business model and shares insights into starting a...

VAY Sports, a spin-off startup from the University of Zurich, has launched the first digital fitness coach. The app uses artificial intelligence to motivate and correct the user in real time on the exercise execution.