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The growth of Blockchain has provoked antagonism between corporates and startups. At the 2^nd Blockchain Summit on 26^th April the two parties take the stage to defend their positions in an “Old versus New” format and discuss new approaches of building solutions with distributed ledger technology. Six startups will present in the panel.

The Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC) organises regular events to bring together investors with startups looking for investment. Last year one third of the 91 startups that received funding, pitched at the events. The call for applications is now open for startups interested in pitching at the upcoming events.

The IMD Startup Competition has come to an end. Out of 130 submitted applications, the award committee selected 27 winners. While 12 companies work with the EMBA classes, and travel to Silicon Valley with them, 15 ventures will collaborate with IMD’s fulltime MBA class during the first half of 2018.

Les huit startups demi-finalistes de la 25ème éditon du Prix Strategis, organisé par l’association d’étudiants HEC Espace Entreprise, ont été désignées lors de la première réunion du jury ce mardi 21 novembre à Lausanne. Venant de toute la Suisse, ces startups furent choisies parmi 70 dossiers de candidatures, une participation record.

An der GDC 2018 in San Francisco sorgen Schweizer Game Studios für positive Schlagzeilen. Die Erfolge kommen zu rechten Zeit. Ein Bericht des Bundesrates anerkennt Schweizer Games als Kulturgut. Nun fordert der Branchenverband SGDA eine formalisierte und nachhaltige Förderung des Mediums, für die auch die jüngsten Erfolge gute Argumente liefern.

The Swisscom StartUp Challenge ended officially last Friday, but two start-ups are still in the US, as they were able to arrange further promising meetings with investors and well-known large companies. The week in Silicon Valley also led to tangible results for the remaining three start-ups.

Advertima, AlgoTrader, ecoRobotix, 1Drop, OneSky, so heissen die Gewinner der fünften Swisscom StartUp Challenge. Sie haben im Jury-Pitch am meisten überzeugt. Und reisen nun von der La Werkstadt in Biel weiter ins Silicon Valley – wo sie direkt Kontakte knüpfen und von den Besten lernen werden.

The venture leaders jury has selected the first Fintech Team of the venture leaders history. The ten high potential Swiss startups will take part in the high-powered business and financing roadshow in New York. The Swiss Fintech Night on 19 June in Schlieren will showcase the winners.

Mit dem Spark Award wird die vielversprechendste Erfindung an der ETH Zürich ausgezeichnet. Diese Woche ging die Preisverleihung zum siebten Mal über die Bühne. Gewonnen hat zum ersten Mal ein Team, das bereits ein Startup gegründet hat: Das Biotech-Unternehmen PharmaBiome.

The Fashion Innovation Award is aimed at existing companies and start-ups who have a technology or product which has the potential to widely disrupt the fashion and retail industries. Ten finalists were announced this week.