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Seven Swiss startups will showcase their innovations at the Swiss Start-up Corner within the Swiss Biotech Pavilion at BIO International Convention in Boston. The startups offer solutions ranging from cancer therapies, heart failures, multiple sclerosis, scars among others.

Leading Swiss digital marketing agency Yourposition joins Dept, an international digital agency headquartered in Amsterdam with close to 1000 employees.

TestingTime recruits the participants for user tests, focus groups or interviews. The fast growing start-up closed a Series A financing round led by investiere.

Die Zürcher flatfox AG konnte den Helvetia Venture Fund, Ringier Digital Ventures und Investis als Investoren gewinnen. Das Proptech Startup digitalisiert den Vermietungsprozess von Wohnimmobilien.

For the first time a Venture Leaders trip will head to South Africa. Venturelab has now selected ten start-ups for the 5-day business development trip to Johannesburg. The winners are active in three main industries: Material Sciences / Cleantech, ICT and Biotech / Agritech.

Das Medien- und Technologieunternehmen LikeMag hat einen Konkursantrag gestellt. Als Grund für das Aus werden Änderungen im Facebook-Algorithmus sowie eine gescheiterte Finanzierungsrunde genannt.

For more than a year, the University of Zurich supports scientists who are planning to start a business with BioEntrepreneur Fellowships. Thanks to a generous donation, UZH is now able to expand the program to the MedTech field.

Das Vermarktungsunternehmen echowerk beteiligt sich mit 20 Prozent an der Firma Vertical Ventures GmbH, die hinter dem ersten Schweizer Virtual-Reality-Kino We Are Cinema steht. Schon seit Anfang Jahr hatte echowerk die Vermarktung der Werbe- und Sponsoringflächen des Zürcher Film- und Kino-Unternehmens übernommen.

Guests at the W. A. de Vigier award ceremony witnessed the awarding of CHF 100’000 to each of the five award winners. The startups offer solutions to improve the lives of the hearing impaired and mobility impairments, pave the way for the safe introduction of drones into air traffic, bring cables to the market that are unparalleled in their longevity and...

Whether Fintech or InsurTech, startups maps in these sectors have already been distributed. Today, the Swiss Environment and Energy Monitor has released the first Swiss Energy Startup Map comprising of over 200 startups in the environment and energy sectors.