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F10, Switzerland’s Fintech Incubator and Accelerator offers two, six-month “Prototype to Product (P2)” programs per year which assist up to 20 selected, promising Startups to transition their prototype into a sellable product. The application period for the second batch starts today.

G7 Therapeutics, a spin-off from the University of Zurich is based in Schlieren and was founded in 2013. The biotech start-up will become a wholly owned Zurich-based subsidiary of Heptares and will be renamed Heptares Zurich.

ESG Solutions is a leading supplier of microseismic monitoring technology and analysis solutions to customers in the oil and gas and mining sectors. The company has confirmed the acquisition of Spectraseis, an industry leader in surface-based seismic technology and services.

Acceleratoren sollen die Entwicklung von Startups beschleunigen. Ein Schulbeispiel liefert Smart Home Technology. Das ETH Spin-off, das den Kickstart Accelerator absolvierte und in der Sparte „Smart and Connected Machines“ gewann, ist bereits in konkreten Gesprächen mit Grosskunden.

EspeRare relaunches an active implantable medical device, FloWatch. The therapeutic device has medically proven abilities to protect the heart and lungs of newborn babies with severe cardiac defects while they wait to undergo a surgical operation to repair their hearts. The FloWatch technology was developed at EPFL and further developed by Endoart and Leman...

ProteoMediX raised CHF 5 million from existing investors. The new funding brings the total capital raised by ProteoMediX to date close to CHF 12 million. The company develops non-invasive diagnostic tests for the accurate detection, prognosis and therapy-selection of prostate cancer.

Das vom Förderfonds Engagement Migros geförderte Matchmaking-Modul vernetzt Gamestudios und andere Firmen aus der Kreativwirtschaft mit internationalen Geschäftspartnern. Das Programm kann handfeste Erfolge vorweisen, zum Beispiel für EverdreamSoft (Bild). Für das im kommenden Januar stattfindende Gamefestival Ludicious wurde das Modul zum "Ludicious...

Following the intensive two-day bootcamp, six startups dedicated to creating solutions based around a new technology or service with provable climate impact were selected to enter the Climate-KIC accelerator program. These include: ChemAlive, Insolight, InstaHeat, Power4All, Smart Home Technologies and Trea Tech.

Im Rahmen des 11. Swiss Innovation Forum hat eine Expertenjury aus den neun Finalisten die drei Sieger in den Kategorien «Inventors», «Start-ups» und «Innovation Leaders» erkoren. Die Gewinner heissen Projekt Mesh Mould, Topadur Pharma AG und Ampegon AG. Für weitere Höhepunkte am Swiss Innovation Forum sorgten die Startups machIQ und Selfnation.

Insightness is a Zurich based ICT startup specialising in Visual Positioning Systems that compute the position and orientation of devices. The startup announced the completion of the seed round and the introduction of new members in their board of directors.