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Fixposition, an ETH spin-off provides reliable, centimeter-accurate positioning services for autonomous vehicles. The startup has welcomed renowned companies like Huawei, Yuneec, and Robsense as its first customers.

In this article, Sadik Hafizovic, CEO and co-founder of Zurich Instruments tells the story of the start-up. He explains why he started the company despite doubts of some sceptics, how the start-up manages to grow without venture capital and that to his surprise advertisements in glossy publications have an impact.

Swisscom has selected the top 10 tech startups in the Swisscom StartUp Challenge. The shortlist will be narrowed down to five through public voting. Five best startups will join a five-day acceleration programme in Silicon Valley.

Im November werden zum sechsten Mal die besten Schweizer Apps ausgezeichnet. App-Projekte können ab sofort in zehn Kategorien wie «Games» oder «Mixed, Augmented & Virtual Reality» eingereicht werden. Anmeldeschluss ist der 10. September.

Martina Hirayama will head the State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation from January 2019. She is dean of the ZHAW School of Engineering and serves as vice-president of the board of Innosusuisse. She had also co-founded an ETH Zurich spin-off in new coating technologies, and has been CEO of the company until 2008.

Im ersten Halbjahr 2018 verzeichnet die Schweiz bei Firmengründungen ein Plus von 1.8% gegenüber der Vorjahresperiode. Im Kanton Zug gibt es einen veritablen Gründungboom. Dies zeigt eine Auswertung des IFJ der Neueintragungen im Handelsregister.

Cytosurge, the provider of high-precision nanotechnology instruments has won Bruker, one of the world's leading analytical instrumentation companies with over 6000 employees worldwide, as its partner. Bruker will launch cytosurge’s FluidFM on its BioScope Resolve AFM, bringing a whole range of novel single-cell investigations.

An der «SBB Sandbox» können Erfinder und Gründer ihre digitalen Produkte und Prototypen einem Realitätscheck unterziehen. Die Tester sind die Bahnhofbenutzer des meistbesuchten Schweizer Bahnhofs, dem Zürich Hauptbahnhof. Bis Ende Juli kann man sich bewerben.

More than 200 women gathered at the Female innovation forum to celebrate the accomplishments of female entrepreneurs. Two startups swept away awards: Master 21 received the Recognition Award while Glycemicon won the Female Innovator of the year prize.

Bitforge, the developer of in-house software for mobile devices has acquired Weavr, a Zurich based startup that developed a platform for curating VR stories based on user’s photos and videos. With the acquisition, Bitforge is now addressing the mass market.