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Mercredi dernier s’est tenu la deuxième édition de l’IPO Day à Lausanne. Comme à Zurich il y a quelques mois, l’événement a connu un succès encourageant, réunissant près de 70 participants, dont une quinzaine de banquiers d’affaires et 11 jeunes start-up à forte croissance intéressées par la perspective d’une introduction en bourse.

SRF zeigt diese Woche mehrere Sendungen und Reportagen zum Thema Startups. Dank einer Partnerschaft mit dem Wettbewerb venture kann man auf der SRF Webseite auch für die beste Geschäftsidee abstimmen. Dabei ist auch das Westschweizer Fernsehen RTS mit von der Partie.

Bereits vor einem Jahr hatte sich die AMAG neu aufgestellt, um den Veränderungen im Mobilitäts- und Fahrzeugmarkt Rechnung zu tragen. Um Innovationen noch schneller und noch fokussierter voranbringen, neue Geschäftsmodelle entwickeln, sowie Beteiligungen und Startups operativ zu führen gründet die AMAG Gruppe per 1. Juli 2018 ein Innovation & Venture LAB.

Kenzen, with its biosensor wearable patch, has received the CES Asia Startup Award in the category Best Health startup. The patch uses non-invasive sweat analysis predict, monitor and prevent avoidable diseases.

Internal and external investors of the Zurich based startup, InSphero, have contributed an additional $10 million to the startup’s recent financing round. The investment brings the total funding to $35 million. The funds will flow into its Organ-on-a-Chip Disease Models.

Algrano, the Zurich based online platform for coffee trading, has closed its Series A funding with CHF2 million to accelerate growth in Europe. The startup has additionally welcomed three members to its board.

Following its participation in the HongKong-based SuperCharger acceleration program, the Zurich based, Investment Navigator has opened its services to the Asian market. The company launched a platform for its HongKong clients and established a subsidiary in Singapore.

The UZH Life Sciences Fund launched last year invests in a second spin-off from the University of Zurich. Anaveon will use the investment to develop new immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer.

The Swiss Nano- and Microtechnology Network has selected Resistell as the «Best Swiss Nanotechnology Startup 2018». With a cash prize of CHF 10’000, Resistell becomes the first company to receive the startup award.

The successful pilot project with Swiss startups has resulted in the official launch of DART17, a testing lab bringing together university projects and early-stage startups working on the next human-machine interfaces. Swiss startups can now apply to join the lab and further develop their projects in San Francisco.