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The Academia-Industry Training (AIT) program helps Swiss sciencepreneurs in transforming high-level applied research into market applications and helping them enter foreign markets. The AIT jury has now revealed the nine startups travelling to Brazil and eight to Colombia.

In a world of fast fashion, clothes are cheaper, the quality continues to deteriorate while the lifespan is shorter. «She Is Rebel» has set the goal to change this: the startup introduced the next generation of fast-fashion by offering fashionable clothes without sacrificing price and the planet. After Zurich, the brand has recently hosted its first pop-up...

Zurich based AI startup, Daedalean has closed a new funding round, bringing its total funding to CHF 11.8 million. The startup developed first certifiable AI for autonomous piloting and flight control which will soon be launched on the market, thanks to the new capital.

Twenty-two startups from different industries will each receive EUR 50,000 as part of the Horizon2020's SME Instrument Phase I program to conduct feasibility studies. In addition, thirteen startups in phase II will obtain up to €2.5 million for piloting and scaling.

Der erste, von einer KI in der taktischen Asset Allocation gesteuerte Fonds etabliert sich: Private Alpha, das Schweizer Fintech-Startup von Christoph Gum und Christoph Züllig hat die Assets under Management in ihrem  'Private Alpha AI Global Opportunity Fund' bereits sechs Monate nach Auflage von 5 auf über 10 Millionen USD verdoppelt.

Maximiser les revenues des chauffeurs indépendants, tout en offrant un meilleur choix et des prix plus bas aux clients. Tel est l’objectif de Lymo. Un crédo qui a séduit le tennisman Suisse, Stan Wawrinka.

Today, independent game studio Gbanga has launched ‘Voltron: Cubes of Olkarion’ on the gaming platform Steam. The game is based on a show created by Dreamworks. Gbanga received access to the Universal-owned IP by winning last year’s Universal GameDev Challenge.

The Swiss innovation platform Kickstart has selected 48 growth companies from 17 countries to participate in this year's edition. From Switzerland, 14 startups in five verticals made it into the program.

The American multinational company launched its first fintech competition with the aim to launch joint solutions with later stage startups and scale-ups. Among the four winners were the two Swiss companies Araneum Technologies and Squirro.

Das ETH Spin-off Futurae und Scalable Capital, Europas grösster Robo-Advisor, haben eine Partnerschaft bekannt gegeben. Futuraes Multi-Faktor Authentication Suite wird nun in die Scalable-Capital-Investment-Plattform integriert.