December 20, 2013
Gifts for our readers
For some start-ups, this week has already felt like Christmas. Arviem finalised a financing round of approximately CHF1.35 million with investiere, Swisscom and ZKB, and Abhati managed what many Swiss start-ups have failed to do: the young cosmetics company completed a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo and generated $25,000.
And 29 Swiss start-ups have been selected under the IMD Startup Competition to work with IMD’s MBA and EMBA classes and benefit from the help, insights and network of IMD’s experienced MBA participants.
A very special honour for Sophia Genetics: the Lausanne bio-computer science company was invited to 10 Downing Street in London as part of the ‘Genomics England’ project.
The startupticker team will publish reports of success between now and new year with the next newsletter appearing on 3 January. Until then, I wish you all a few restful days and a happy Christmas.
Stefan Kyora
Managing Editor, startupticker.ch