Swiss Alpine Air is enabling people in heavily polluted cities to breathe fresh clean air from the Swiss Alps. The air is delivered in hand-held bottle allowing users to transport it everywhere. The startup yesterday launched its bottled air on the market and now plans its expansion in China.

Flisom is ready for the global market: the company, a spin-off from ETH Zürich and Empa, has developed a unique roll-to-roll process for the cost-effective production of flexible and highly efficient thin-film solar modules. The first pilot plant on the Empa campus in Dübendorf was officially inaugurated and shown to potential customers and partners of the company on 19 September 2017. The solar cells produce renewable energy for "move", Empa's mobility demonstrator.

Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) is Austria’s leading corporate and investment bank and also very active in Central and Eastern Europe. Sonect was selected for the first accelerator program of RBI.

Swiss start-up OneSky starts tests of their hardware-software solution for drones and airplanes collision avoidance, within a pilot project with Payerne based swiss aeropole. The company administers the civil operations of Payerne Airport and developing the business and technological park related to aeronautics.

Im August hat Redalpine ihren dritten Fonds geclosed. Insgesamt hat der Zürcher Risikokapitalinvestor nun deutlich über 100 Millionen Franken under management. Wir haben mit Peter Niederhauser (Bild links) und Michael Sidler, beide Gründungspartner bei Redalpine, gesprochen. 

Redalpine, a venture capital firm supporting European seed- and early stage startups, announced the final closing of the third fund. Redalpine has now over 100 million francs under management. This enables Redalpine to support startups in scaling their businesses.

Im ersten Jahr nach dem Start verzeichnete Loanboox, eine Finanzierungsplattform für Gemeinden, Städte, institutionelle Anleger und Banken, ein Anfragevolumen von 4 Milliarden Franken. Nachdem das Startup bereits einen Martanteil von 50 Prozent in der Schweiz erreicht hat, laufen nun in Deutschland Pilotversuche. Bis 2019 will Loanboox in weiteren europäischen Märkten erfolgreich Fuß fassen.

After starting the commercialisation of AneVivo, its first assisted reproductive technology device, Anecova is proud to announce a major breakthrough this summer: the birth of over 50 babies ever conceived using AneVivo Natural Fertilisation treatment. 

Im Rahmen des Digital Festivals ging am Wochenende der HackZurich über die Bühne. Zwei ETH Doktoranden programmierten eine Augmented-Reality-App zur Visualisierung von Gerichten auf der Speisekarte. Damit will das Team Pineapple nun durchstarten. 

Zum diesjährigen Start-up-Duell anlässlich des 5. Jungunternehmerforums Graubünden haben sich so viele Jungunternehmen angemeldet wie noch nie. Die drei Finalisten für den Jungunternehmerpreis Graubünden sind CB Financial Services AG, Maienfeld, energieingenieur.ch GmbH, Malix und Eturnity AG, Chur. Die Preisvergabe findet am 26. Oktober 2017 zum vierten Mal statt.

Konduko closed a deal in Dubai. The start-up has signed a two-year extension of its partnership with Informa Middle East. Konduko will integrate its Smart Event platform into the 2018 and 2019 Middle East Electricity and Agra Middle East shows. This collaboration moves the agreement out of the trial phase and into full roll-out.

CodeCheck, a Zurich based startup offering an online product compendium via an app, has today announce that it is introducing a personalization feature in the app. In the future each user can set their own weighting of the evaluation circle, based on their personal interests, needs and purchasing habits.

Im Kraftwerk wird an der Zukunft der Schweiz gebaut. Im geschichtsträchtigen ewz-Unterwerk Selnau in der Zürcher Innenstadt arbeiten Grossunternehmen, Organisationen, Startups, Selbständige und Kreative künftig in firmen- und branchenübergreifender Kollaboration an nachhaltigen Lösungen für die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit.

TOLREMO therapeutics’ aim is to prevent drug resistance in cancer therapy. The successful first financing round allows to advance drug discovery and development efforts. 

The global UBS Future of Finance Challenge supports start-ups,  established and growing companies which have potential to change the way finance works and how banks meet their clients’ needs. Three Swiss companies have been selected as regional finalists: Wealthinitiative, Inpher and eWise. Following the mentorship program, four regional winners will be selected and awarded a cash prize of  $80,000 each. Up to $200,000 to fund proof-of-concept will also be awarded.

As part of a research project, thyssenkrupp Elevator is testing TeleRetail delivery robots to make elevator maintenance safer and more efficient. TeleRetail is headquartered in Sierre. 

Die Zahl der Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) und der damit generierten Gelder steigt stark. André Wolke, Mitgründer und CEO von Validity Labs, erklärt, wer hinter dem Boom steckt, welche Gefahren bestehen, wie Schweizer Startups die Chance nutzen können und warum die Schweiz zu einem globalen Zentrum für ICOs werden könnte. 

The first phase of the BaseLaunch Healthcare Accelerator program is now underway. 13 startups ranging from therapeutics and diagnostics to digital healthcare and medtech have been selected to work with industry experts to develop their business cases over the next three months. Several Swiss companies were selected. 

Das Team von Nexenic entwickelt eine heizbare Lunchbox. Als Gewinner der ZHAW Startup Challenge nahm das Team am Final der VTKW Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge in den USA teil. Dort holte es den mit 5000 Dollar dotierten People’s Choice Award.

Top 11 startups have been nominated for the Swiss final of the Imagine IF accelerator for science-based start-ups. The Swiss winner will be awarded CHF 2’500 and a ticket to the global finals held with in the framework of the Innovation Forum 2017 in Oxford.

Zurich based startup Distran, offering ultrasonic inspection solutions, has secured a 7-digit CHF Series A financing. The proceeds will enable Distran to accelerate the market roll-out of its Ultra M, expand its team and operations.

Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc., and Numab Therapeutics AG announced the achievement of a key milestone in their on-going development partnership – the selection of a multi-specific antibody construct targeting autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. This delivery triggers a payment to Numab that will bring the total payments for this project to CHF 11.5 million to date. 

Der 3D-Druck-Wiederverkäufer iMakr ist ab sofort offizieller Vertriebspartner der Sintratec AG. Die Sintratec-Produkte werden im iMakr-Flagship-Store in London sowie im iMakr-Webshop präsentiert und vertrieben. Sintratec reagiert mit dieser Partnerschaft auf die steigende Nachfrage aus Grossbritannien.

Application for the 2018 Swiss Fintech Award has been launched. Five finalists from two categories will be selected to attend Accenture’s bootcamp and pitch at the Finanz und Wirtschaft Forum. The winner will be announced during the Swiss FinTech Awards Night. Registration closes on 3 November 2017.

Das Schweizer Insurtech Anivo und die Atupri Gesundheitsversicherung bieten gemeinsam den ersten vollständig digitalen Abschluss für Versicherungsprodukte mit integrierter Gesundheitsprüfung an. 

Stoff & so expandiert nach Zürich. Der erfolgreiche St. Galler Stoffladen eröffnet am Samstag, 16. September 2017 im Greencity Areal in Zürich eine Filiale. Angefangen hat Stoff & so im Keller einer der Gründerinnen.

The ten finalists in the SEIF Awards for Social Entrepreneurship 2017 have been revealed. Among them are four Swiss startups. The finalists will pitch to the jury and the audience during the seif award ceremony on 2. October at Volkshaus Zurich. This year five winners from five categories will be chosen and each awarded CHF 10'000. An Audience award will also be awarded to the startup with the most votes.

Swiss startup, Kitro, providing solutions for optimizing performance by reducing avoidable food waste, has been selected among the ten startups from the hospitality industry to join the three months program by Metro accelerator in Berlin. Startups will receive, among others, an offer of €120,000 worth of investment.

Swissnex India is leading a delegation of experts from India through a week-long tour in Switzerland from 23rd to 26th October 2017 in Zurich, Lausanne and Berne respectively. They will explore the Swiss startup ecosystem and meet with key players from the ecosystem to establish collaborations. Startups will also have the chance to meet them 1:1 in Lausanne and at the Swiss Startup Days.

Ausweis-Scan und digitale Unterschrift, Gesichtserkennung und Dokumenten-Scan: Mit dem von Sunrise und dem Schweizer Startup PXL Vision AG entwickelten Sunrise ID Checker lassen sich Identifikationsprozesse und Schriftenverkehr einfach digitalisieren. Bestellungen oder Halterwechsel lassen sich künftig durchgängig digital abwickeln.

Climeworks, L.E.S.S. und Sophia Genetics sind im Rennen um den Titel Entrepreneur of the Year in der Kategorie „Emerging Entrepreneur“. Mit Webrepublic ist zudem ein jüngeres Unternehmen in der Kategorie „Dienstleistung“ nominiert.

Im April 2016 hat der Bundesrat seine Strategie "Digitale Schweiz" verabschiedet. Im Rahmen einer nationalen Konferenz in Biel diskutieren am 20. November 2017 Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der verschiedenen Interessengruppen über das bisher Erreichte und den Handlungsbedarf für eine nachhaltige Weiterentwicklung der digitalen Schweiz.

Die Steuerungssoftware AMPARD fasst Stromspeicher zu einem virtuellen Kraftwerk zusammen. Dieses ermöglicht die Vermarktung von Regelleistung und weiteren Netzdiensten. Dank einer Partnerschaft ist AMPARD nun auch auf dem deutschen Markt erhältlich. 

VAXIMM AG, a Swiss/German biotech company focused on developing oral T-cell immunotherapies, today announced that the Company’s lead product candidate, VXM01, has received orphan designation from the European Commission and from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of glioma, a difficult-to-treat form of brain cancer. 

Antavi, a Zurich based software startup offering solutions for crowd management at large scale events, announced that its solution will be implemented at the Octoberfest in Munich as part of their collaboration with PwC Munich. Antavi’s solution allows safety personnel to enhance security during the event period.

The technology of the Swiss start-up Faceshift, which Apple bought two years ago, plays an important role in the new iPhone X. TechCrunch reports about Teralytics, another spin-off from ETH Zurich. Climeworks’ world-changing machine is featured by Bloomberg. And The Next Web explains why you need to pay attention to Switzerland as a startup nation. Our start-up press review. 

The company will use the resources to further develop its cutting-edge technology. Additionally, the company will continue recruiting top talent and accelerate hospitals’ adoption of clinical genomics testing.

Impact Hub Geneva just launched Pulse, the new edition of its incubation program to support entrepreneurs working towards solving a social or environmental problem. The four most promising teams will be selected at the Pulse Pitch Fest in October. Each projects will benefit from a 4-month incubation support beginning on November 1st.

Dans la lignée de la scale-up DEPsys, une nouvelle startup a rejoint le Smartgrid Hub vaudois: Aurora’s Grid. Cette société, fondée par Dimitri Torregrossa, a développé une solution informatique pour la gestion intelligente des batteries industrielles. Après avoir obtenu, cet été, le soutien du Fonds pour l’efficacité énergétique (FEE) de la Ville de Lausanne pour le développement de son logiciel, l’entreprise vient de signer un deuxième mandat dans le cadre du projet démonstrateur Demo-REel FURIES entrepris par Romande Energie avec le soutien de l'OFEN.

Die Gebäude am Zürcher Sihlquai, in denen sich unter anderem der Impact Hub Zürich und der BlueLion befinden, können zwei Jahre länger genutzt werden als bisher geplant. 

Kenzen, an innovator of wearables for precision health, has two headquarters in San Francisco and Switzerland. The combination works well, the start-up raised $5 million from strategic investors. The team in Switzerland will now be expanded. 

Anergis, a company developing proprietary ultra-fast allergy immunotherapy, announced the top-line results from the ATIBAR trial, a Phase IIb field-based clinical trial with Anergis’ lead compound AllerT for patients with birch pollen allergy.

Am 13. September öffnet das Digital Festival in Zürich seine Tore. Nach dem erfolgreichen Start im letzten Jahr mit über 2500 Besucherinnen und Besuchern, will das mehrtägige Event die Erfolgsgeschichte im Jahr 2017 weiterschreiben.

15 places are open for the first round of Switzerland’s top startup accelerator program. Startups in Fintech, Insurtech and Regtech are invited to apply.

This month, SICTIC has organised 3 Investor Day events in Zurich, Geneva and Liechtenstein on the 21st, 25th and 27th September respectively. SICTIC Investor Day is a match making event where tech startups pitch to find experienced investors and supporters. For each of the three events the jury has selected the startups to pitch before the investors.

Das Schweizer Fintech Devisenwerk AG verspricht, den Devisenumtausch für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen um bis zu 90 Prozent günstiger zu machen. Schweizer Partnerbanken sorgen für eine reibungslose Abwicklung.

Swiss startups interested in exploring the Israel startup ecosystem are invited to apply for the START JLM, a five-day immersive startup program in Jerusalem. The most promising entrepreneurs will be invited to a final event in Bern where an expert panel will choose and announce the winner. Deadline for the submission of applications is 22 September.

Jean-Marc Wismer, an experienced start-up and medtech manager has joined MindMaze. Cyrill Boinay has left Bcomp to become Co-Managing Director of the Association of Swiss Scientific Olympiads. And Roman Probst, who had sold his first company last year, has launched a marketing and communication agency.

The Swiss Federal Commission For Technology and Innovation, CTI, is funding a joint project by Carbon Delta and the Weather and Climate Risk Group at ETH Zürich to develop a tool for the assessment of current and future tropical cyclone risks. Such tools are required for a successful climate risk mitigation by governments, enterprises and investors.

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