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Swiss Sports-tech startups will be competing against industry giants in the finals of the forthcoming Sports Technology Award in London. The eight selected startups offer innovative solutions not only to enhance performance of sports persons but also to engage spectators.

Securosys’ hardware security modules are being used for the Swiss interbank clearing system. Crypto Storage AG is part of the Crypto Finance Group. The two young companies aim to build the most secure storage solution for crypto and blockchain-based assets to date. Currently, several Swiss banks are being onboarded.

Last autumn Balluun announced the opening of a subsidiary in Hong Kong. Now the Swiss company provided the technology for ITB2B.Asia, Asia’s first end-to-end digital marketplace for technology vendors and business partners for the IT Industry, operated by Hong Kong-based Appsicon.

Der Prophet gilt wenig im eigenen Land. Roman Gaus, Co-Gründer und CEO von Urban Farmers über seine Rooftop-Farm in Den Haag, das neue Lifestyle-Konzept und Fehler, die er nicht mehr machen würde.

This week the first Venture Day of the year was held in Zurich. 20 startups presented themselves to investors. 250 one-to-one meeting took place. In addition, Startup Invest announced some news at the event.

Seit rund sechs Wochen ist das Regtech-Startup Ledgy auf einem starken Wachstumskurs. Ein wichtiger Grund dafür sind Weiterempfehlungen. Mit dem neu lancierten Dashboard für Investoren will Ledgy das virale Wachstum für sein digitales Aktienbuch weiter verstärken.

Lighthouse, a leader in technology-enabled discovery of data for use as evidence in a civil or criminal legal case, has acquired Zurich-based Forexus. The company is a a rapidly growing provider of consulting services and chat processing software.

Bei B2B-Unternehmen, so heisst es, funktioniert das Crowdfunding nicht. Das Zürcher Startup Vatorex strafte diese Aussage Lügen und lancierte eine Crowdfunding-Kampagne, die innerhalb weniger Tage durch die Decke ging.

Eight startups made it to the Swiss finals of Temenos Innovation jams in Geneva. Only two will now join the grand final in Ireland.

Swiss startups may look forward to larger sums in their seed financing rounds. Creathor Ventures with over EUR 230 million under management has joined the Swiss ICT Investor Club (SICTIC) as preferred co-investor.