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The Zurich based startup Embotech AG, developing decision-making software solutions for autonomous systems, has raised CHF 1 million in a seed financing round. The funds will be used to adapt its core technology for automotive applications and to fund go-to-market activities. Lead investors in the round are Swiss business angels and the Zürcher...

QualySense, a pioneering company focused on innovative grain, seed and bean sorting technologies based on space technologies and artificial intelligence announced raising CHF 14 Million in equity. This financing will be used to accelerate growth through the development of new sorting solutions and scale up the sales and marketing effort.

Peripal, an ETH start-up developing medical devices to facilitate dialysis has completed the first closing of its series A financing round. The funds will be used to accelerate production as the company gets ready for the EU launch in 2018.

Vergangenes Jahr investierte die Zürcher Kantonalbank 9.5 Millionen Franken in insgesamt 27 Startups. Acht der Investments waren Neufinanzierungen.

Basel ist die Fahrradstadt der Schweiz und trotzdem war das Fahrrad als Werbefläche bisher eine ungenutzte Ressource. Das will das Ende Januar gegründete Startup Working Bicycle ändern -  nicht nur in Basel.

Three Swiss startups, Sonect, SkAD Labs and Parquery have been accepted to join weXelerate, the biggest innovation center in Central and Eastern Europe with an area of 9000 sqm. The startups will travel to Vienna to work with selected companies on defined innovation projects for four months.

Wealthinitiative has won the Wealthbriefing Swiss Award for the best innovative fintech solution. The award is timely, as the start-up has launched its marketplace for non-bankable assets and is planning to launch its valuation module in Q2 this year.

Unternehmen, die energiesparende Projekte und klimafreundliche Produkte entwickeln, können ihre Bewerbung bis zum 1. März bei der Klimastiftung Schweiz einreichen. Die Stiftung wird von 27 renommierten Partnerfirmen unterstützt, über eine Million Franken sollen dieses Jahr investiert werden.

Munich Re, one of the world's leading reinsurers, works together with Starmind to engage and cultivate the expertise of the risk management leader's several thousand employees in a new application called OneMind.

Medtech startup Medyria spcialising in cardiovascular catheter navigation and sensing has successfully closed its series B round at CHF 3.7 Million with a contribution of CHF 1.28 from investiere.ch. The medtech startup also announces receipt of approval for first-in-man clinical trials.