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The Tech Tour Growth Summit held in Geneva showcased the Top50 scale-ups in Europe; six startups with their roots in Switzerland made it to the rank. The super scale-ups have the potential to become tomorrow’s unicorns.

A few days after joining the Qatar Financial Center platform, the Zurich based fintech startup Instimatch Global  has entered the Kuwaiti market, with the Gulf Bank as its first a client in the Middle East.  With over 58 branches and total assets of KD 6 billion, the Gulf bak is one of the leading banks in Kuwait.

The Zurich based fintech startup, Sonect has outcompeted 60 start-ups that participated in the FinovateEurope 2020, one of the largest FinTech fairs in Europe. The startup brought home the title “Best of Show”.

Following the launch of its App, Snaq has won the first place prize of the bytes4diabetes awards 2020. The startup developed a patent-pending food analysis app to enable users to integrate a healthy, balanced diet in their lifestyle by capturing their nutrition intake in a convenient manner. 

Das grösste deutsche Vergleichsportal CHECK24 nutzt fortan die Lösungen des Zürcher Proptech-Unternehmens PriceHubble. Damit kann das Wachstum in Deutschland weiterbeschleunigt werden.

Six startups have been selected to join the startup exchange programme with Israel. They will have the opportunity to explore Israel's startup scene through workshops, networking and meeting with potential stakeholders.

The Zurich based Loriot has entered a partnership with the West Africa Network and Security company Layer3 to bring IoT to Nigeria. The partners will deploy infrastructure to build on smart city and smart building solutions.

The Medtech startups PiaVita, a specialist in veterinary care and DistalMotion with its robotic surgery system Dexter won the IF Design Awards 2020. With PiaVita holding a gold Award, the two startups stand among 54 winners from Switzerland.

The  Academia-Industry Training Camp 2020 has closed after one week of workshops and company visits to India and Switzerland.  Twenty early-stage startups participated in the program which culminated in the awarding the best ideas in the pitch contest. REA and Adiposs won the AIT India prize.

Der Versorger ewz und die Stadt Zürich planen den Aufbau eines ein stadtweiten Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) für die Realisierung von IoT-Anwendungen. Die Basistechnologie liefert der Startup Akenza.