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Digital Insurance Group was established when Knip and Komparu merged. The Group has now closed by a EUR 15 million funding round co-lead by Zurich Insurance and Finch Capital.

With SCX (Swiss Crypto Exchange), another exchange platform for blockchain-based products and crypto currencies officially started trading today. SCX wants to be the leading Swiss provider of clean access and fair trading in the blockchain-based trading segment. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Christian Katz, the former head of SIX Swiss...

Carbon Delta, a data analytics startup specializing in climate change analysis for institutional investors, plans to hire new employees and open a new office in Germany. The growth steps will be financed by the CHF 1.7 million from its investment round.

Two joint projects developed by startups and AXA have won two of the eight EFMA-Accenture Innovation Insurance award categories. The award recognizes the best ideas that are transforming the insurance industry.

Ava AG has won the Swiss Medtech Award at Swiss Medtech Day in Bern. The Zurich start-up was honoured for developing a fertility tracker which helps women who wish to have children recognize which are their fertile. The jury acknowledged the high benefit for users as well as the entrepreneurial achievements of the company

Can foreign startups establish contacts with potential business partners and gain an overview of the Swiss start-up scene in just two days? The digitalswitzerland Market Entry Bootcamp, which is organised together with Impact Hub Zurich, pursued exactly these goals. We asked the startup teams about the results.

Bis am 17. September können sich Grossunternehmen und Startups für den Digital Economy Award bewerben. Nur für Startups gibt es die Kategorie «The Next Global Hot Thing».

Die Zentren der Startup-Szene befinden sich in Zürich und Lausanne, die Peripherie tut sich schwer. Nun nehmen mehrere Startup-Initiativen in Luzern Anlauf. Ab Herbst wird die Zentralschweizer Stadt um zwei Coworking Spaces an bester Lage sowie einen Startup-Award bereichert.

Die Schweizer Stromwirtschaft traf sich letzte Woche an den Powertagen in Zürich. Dieses Jahr durften neu auch Startups ausstellen. Sie hatten die Chance, den xplor Startup-Award zu gewinnen. Die Sieger sind smart-me, Clemap und Virtual Global Systems.

FUSION, operating accelerator programs for fintech, proptech and lifetech start-ups, hosted last Thursday their Annual Demoday. With over 250 people in attendance the 21 startups from the Class of 2017 - including 10 Swiss companies - presented their achievements midway into the programme.