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Pexapark offers renewable energy investors an all-in-one solution for their energy risk management and sales. After its last financing round, the company recently expanded to the UK, grew the energy advisory team and successfully tested its SaaS risk monitoring software.

Die Zürcher Kantonsrätin Judith Bellaiche wird Geschäftsführerin des ICT Wirtschaftsverbands Swico. Bellaiche hat sich im Kantonsrat immer wieder für Startups eingesetzt, so zum Beispiel in Steuerfragen oder bei der Standortsicherung des Impact Hubs.

On the 30th anniversary of the W. A de Vigier Award, 17 companies will enter the race. They were chosen in mid-February from a pool of 60 pre-selected applicants on the first „Selection Day" after a record number of 256 applications was received.

Vorbild Amazon: Der grösste Schweizer Onlinemarktplatz fürs Nähen eröffnet in Zürich-Binz ein Ladenlokal mit Showroom.

The Spark Award for the most promising invention at ETH Zurich of 2018 went to Raffaele Mezzenga, Sreenath Bolisetty und Qingrui Zhang. They developed an affordable filter which removes fluoride efficiently from water. The filter could make the life safer for those 260 million people who are living in areas with high concentration of fluoride in the ground...

Relevant advertisement for viewers from different countries is now possible thanks to a Swiss start-up. UniqFEED has developed a software technology that enables virtual advertising by overlaying desired content on the pitch or perimeter boards for live broadcasting. The first live case of the Eisenhower Cup Tie Break Tens broadcasted on 20 TV stations...

Morgen startet die SBB Sandbox am Zürich HB in die zweite Runde. Während vier Tagen testen Startups, Firmen und die SBB ihre Prototypen an den Besuchern des meistbesuchten Bahnhofs der Schweiz. Die Produkte reichen dabei vom virtuellen Fitnesstrainer zum veganen Poulet.

Seven startups joined the ninth cohort of CyLon’s ninth accelerator program for cybersecurity in London. Among the startups, hailing from the UK and Israel is also Swiss startup BinaryEdge.

The European Commission has granted a EUROSTARS grant to thirteen Swiss startups and seven research institutions. The selected companies are united by one common characteristic: they all leverage high-tech technologies in their designated fields of medtech, biotech, additive manufacturing, nano-technology among others.

Noch nie wurde so viel Geld in europäische Startups investiert wie 2018. Die Schweiz belegt beim Transaktionsvolumen den vierten Rang. Dies sind die wichtigsten Ergebnisse des aktuellen «Start-up Barometers» von Ernst & Young.