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The seventh edition of the TOP 100 Swiss startup ranking was disclosed tonight in front of more than 700 people in the old NZZ printing house in Schlieren. The broad spectrum of innovative high-tech startups attracted dozens of investors from abroad, and even from China. The 2017 ranking winners are Ava, L.E.S.S. and Flyability, startups which are expanding...

Zurich based startup, F Ective, has been selected among the seven finalists of the EY startup Academy. Together with the finalists from Germany, Sweden and Morocco, F Ective will join the 3 months acceleration program offering training and networking opportunities. The winner will receive the Academy Award.

The Swiss Finance + Technology Association (SFTA) is hosting the third Swiss Fintech Pitch on 11 October at the Landesmuseum in Zurich. The event brings together FinTech entrepreneurs with investors, corporate clients, and the media. Five startups and five investors will present their companies. The best startup will receive an award. Registration closes on...

Mit dem neuen Accelerator unterstützt die HWZ ausgewählte Projekte von Studierenden. Gemeinsam mit der Swiss Startup Factory (SSUF) will man die Entwicklung von Startups beschleunigen. 

modum.io announces that its token sale has raised $10 million in only five hours of opening on Friday 1 September, successfully fundraising for its revolutionary product using Blockchain and IoT technology in the pharma supply chain. The MOD token sale will be used to bring modum.io’s innovative supply chain solution to the market.

In collaboration with NOMADS Foundation, the Canton de Vaud is bringing this week ten startups to this year’s DLD Festival in Tel Aviv, a major tech conference that gathers over 10,000 participants. This year the Swiss Delegation is gathering momentum and the first impressions are very positive. A good sign for the week to come.

Nach der ersten Finanzierung durch Swisscom Ventures in 2014 hat das Adtech-Unternehmen Adello eine weitere Wachstumsrunde abgeschlossen.

Swiss companies including Geneuro and Genkyotex went public recently at Euronext. Now Euronext launches a European Tech SME initiative, opening offices in four new countries – Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland –  and deploying teams on the ground to work collaboratively with local ecosystems.

Zurich based startup Illotros GmbH has launched version 2.0 of their App, SnowHaze, a no-log VPN service and search engine for iOS devices. SnowHaze is a fast and easy to use browser with extensive anti-phishing possibilities designed to improve user privacy and security on the internet. The App is now available is the Apple App store.

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