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Am 23. Oktober wird zum ersten Mal der «Nachhaltigkeitspreis der Wirtschaft» der Schweizerischen Umweltstiftung und Go for Impact verliehen. Unter den drei Nominierten befinden sich die zwei Startups Carbon Delta und Ecorobotix.

The peer-peer-lending platform CreditGate24 was announced the winner of the first BBVA Open Talent Awards in Switzerland. BBVA is a multinational Spanish bank with over 100000 employees in more than 50 countries. The startup will get access to BBVA’s client base and new markets, an all-inclusive trip to BBVA Open Summit Madrid and Mexico, and the...

The mission of Klazz is to revolutionize the mainly offline language travel industry by matching international students and domestic teachers. The start-up founded by an experienced team will use the new funds to expand to further markets and destinations.

2019 würde Alfred Escher, Eisenbahnpionier und Mitgründer verschiedener Institutionen wie der ETH Zürich und der Credit Suisse, seinen 200. Geburtstag feiern. Zu dessen Ehren verleiht die ETH nächstes Jahr den Alfred-Escher-Preis für junge Innovatorinnen und Innovatoren. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 19. November.

EY closed a collaboration agreement with Apiax. Combining Apiax’ regulatory technology and EY’s regulatory content, the companies join forces to deliver financial institutions machine-readable regulations.

Die Immobilienbranche entdeckt das Potenzial der Digitalisierung. Treiber sind Proptech-Startups wie PriceHubble. Nun wurden die Zürcher an der Immobilienleitmesse Exporeal 2018 mit dem ersten Preis in der Kategorie «Invest» ausgezeichnet.

Minimizing food waste lies in the hearts of Anastasia Hofmann and Naomi MacKenzie the founders of KITRO. Thanks to their fully automated food waste measurement system for restaurants, the startup has attracted investors that contributed to its first financing round to accelerate market entry.

The first Digital Health Day will take place in Zurich on 30 October 2018. The objective of the event is to develop an action plan and put together a task force made up of key players to drive the digitalisation of healthcare in Switzerland. 

Tonight is the opening ceremony of Kickstart Accelerator’s 2018 program, in which 30 startups from twelve countries are participating. Startupticker asked two international startups, Gnowbe from Singapore and Yarok Microbio from Israel, about their goals for the accelerator, what attracted them to the Swiss market and what their further plans for...

GetYourGuide, the booking platform for travel experiences, crossed major growth milestones such as over one million ticket bookings in a single month in August 2018. In addition, the company announced it has named Sharon McCollam, former Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer at US electronics retailer Best Buy, to its board of directors....