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F10 Incubator and Accelerator has announced the final selection of fifteen startups for Batch III of its P2 Prototype to Product Program. The selected projects come from 7 countries. 

Procivis, the company behind the Valid project, has entered a collaboration with Neo to incorporate NEO’s native digital identity layer, NeoID, for the development of Valid’s agnostic e-Identity layer. The startup has also confirmed NEO Council as a key strategic investor in Valid.

The first phase of the BaseLaunch Healthcare Accelerator program is now underway. 13 startups ranging from therapeutics and diagnostics to digital healthcare and medtech have been selected to work with industry experts to develop their business cases over the next three months. Several Swiss companies were selected. 

BaseLaunch provides handpicked ventures funding and access to the Basel region’s life sciences ecosystem including pharma companies, talent and advisors. The accelerator has been initiated and is operated by BaselArea.swiss, supported by Novartis Venture Fund, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Pfizer, and partners with digitalswitzerland’s Kickstart...

Der Online-Hofladen Farmy.ch erzielt im Mai 2017 einen Umsatzrekord und erhält CHF 5 Mio. neues Kapital zur Erweiterung des Angebots. Zu den Investoren gehören Ständerat Ruedi Noser sowie Fabio Borzatta, Enkel des Denner-Gründers Karl Schweri.

Morgen eröffnet Crypto Valley Labs in Zug den Coworking-Space «The Block». Neben rund 20 Startups aus dem Bereich Blockchain-Technologie zieht auch die ETH Zürich ein.

Der ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark Zürich wird bereits zum 17. Mal verliehen. Seit heute sind die Finalisten bekannt.

Ten Swiss startup projects have been selected in the cut-off 8 of the Eurostars-2 program, supporting international innovation projects led by R&D-performing SMEs. A funding volume of €18.5 million will be invested in the projects. The funds will support the startups and their research partners in improving their performance and focus on world-class...

Die Blockchain-Technologie bietet mehr Anwendungsfelder als nur Kryptowährungen. Auch das Internet der Dinge profitiert immer mehr von den verteilten Datenbanken. Dies zeigte eine Veranstaltung an der ETH Zürich. 

Five Swiss startups have appointed new managers to different positions in their companies. With their more than 20 years of experience, they will support the startups through their growth phases, strengthen their position existing markets while reaching out for reach new ones and expand their networks.