Catering to the growing demand for its digital leasing platform, LeaseTeq has obtained non-dilutive growth funding to strengthen its market position and accelerate its expansion beyond Switzerland. This step was achieved through Lendity, a peer-to-peer lending platform.

Zug-based startup Splint Invest has acquired all assets from Elephants, a Ticino-based co-investment platform for luxury watches. This strategic move allows Splint to further diversify and enhance its investment opportunities for its more than 10,000 active users. 

Finanzierungen mit Hilfe der Crowd verzeichneten im Jahr 2023 das zweite Mal in Folge einen Volumenrückgang. Auch Kampagnen von Startups konnten sich dem Abwärtstrend nicht entziehen. Insbesondere beim Crowd-Investing floss deutlich weniger Geld als noch 2022. 

Tenity, redalpine and Privilège Ventures have welcomed new leaders in the roles of Managing director and General Partner to guide them through their new strategic direction as they continue to support startups and entrepreneurs. The appointment of the Silicon Valley investor and startup expert marks its first steps in establishing its US base.

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Skyline Parking, founded in Winterthur in 2007 and specializing in automated vehicle storage and retrieval, has a new owner: Texas-based Junction Industries. The acquisition was accompanied by the announcement of a first project in the USA.

At the world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies taking place this week, Oxyle and the Belgian water technology company Waterleau announced the signing of a strategic partnership that will significantly accelerate Oxyle's market entry. The cleantech startup is working with a number of other companies in other regions of Europe to achieve similar goals.

Two startups have seen internal leadership changes, with their co-founders handing over their position to new members. Meanwhile, three startups seek to accelerate their business development based on the experience of the newly appointed Chief Product Officer, Chief Medical Officer, and Chief Financial Officer.

La 22ème cérémonie des Prix entreprendre Lausanne Région (PERL) s’est déroulée ce mercredi 15 mai à Beaulieu-Lausanne devant quelque 300 personnes. Le Trophée Lausanne Région, doté de CHF 50'000.-, a été décerné à la société lausannoise Elythor pour son drone permettant d’entretenir et de vérifier l’état des d’infrastructures énergétiques sur terre comme sur mer.

Refluenced hat sich in der Schweiz als führende Plattform für Nano- und Microinfluencer etabliert. Mit einer gross angelegten Online-Kampagne und einer erfolgreichen zweiten Finanzierungsrunde expandiert die Schweizer Plattform nun nach Deutschland.

Artificial intelligence is at the core of diverse solutions from several startups that have been awarded in the recently held competitions. The winners secured varying prizes, with Soort receiving the highest award packet, comprising support worth $350’000 from Google for Startups.

With offices in San Francisco and Lugano, Anthropos is a platform for employees to upskill themselves in the age of AI, while helping companies map out and verify critical employee skill. The startup has secured a $2.7 million pre-seed round led by Founderful with participation from multiple investors.

The new CEO of Innosuisse is Dominique Gruhl-Bégin. The Federal Council approved her appointment by the Innosuisse Board on 15 May 2024. Ms Gruhl-Bégin will take over the position from 12 August 2024. The current CEO, Annalise Eggimann, is stepping down for reasons of age.   

Selected from a pool of 329 submissions, the Top 18 early-stage startups in six verticals will proceed to the final stage of the >>venture>> competition. They will pitch in front of the Advisory Board Members, who will determine the rankings and the 2024 Grand Prize winner.

Produktionskapazität ausbauen, internationale Vertriebspartner gewinnen und neues Testzentrum: Das Cleantech-Startup Cowa hat viel vor mit den in einer zweiten Finanzierungsrunde eingesammelten 1,9 Millionen Franken. Das frische Kapital kommt von bestehenden und neuen Privatinvestoren aus der Schweiz und den USA.

Enerdrape is picking up momentum on strategic markets. The Swiss startup headed by Margaux Peltier is currently finalizing a large-scale project in Aigle and multiplying promising projects abroad, opening new market perspectives. Enerdrape co-founder Alessandro Rotta Loria is already based in Chicago.

Um schneller profitabel zu werden, schliesst der Online-Supermarkt Farmy den zweiten Standort und das Lager in Ecublens bei Lausanne. 29 Personen werden entlassen. Der Grossteil der Kundschaft aus der Romandie wird künftig von Zürich aus beliefert. Farmy rechnet mit einem Umsatzrückgang in der Westschweiz.

HemostOD et Transfusion Interrégionale CRS, le plus grand centre de transfusion sanguine de Suisse, vont œuvrer à la production future de plaquettes in vitro. Cette collaboration permettra à la startup vaudoise de biotechnologie préclinique de passer du bioréacteur aux patients.

HeroSupport and Calico Biosystems have made it into the Tech4Eva, a six-month equity-free accelerator program focusing on propelling women’s health technologies around the globe. The startups will have the chance to advance their business models and go-to market strategies whist gaining exposure to investors, partners, and customers.

SOPHiA GENETICS, a cloud-native software company in the healthcare space, has entered an agreement with life sciences investment firm, Perceptive Advisors, for up to $50 million in debt financing to support its growth initiatives and operations. This news coincides with the company’s $15 revenue growth in first quarter of 2024.

Auxivo experiences rapid increases in sales volume of its wearable exoskeletons. The company has now obtained a growth loan to finance its rapid expansion. Qualifying for the loan shows how far Auxivo has come as a company and that the team is ready ready to take it to the next level.

Battery startup 8inks, which has developed a multi-layer coating technology for scalable lithium-ion battery production reducing production costs by 30 percent, has successfully closed a pre-seed round of nearly three million euros. With these funds, 8inks plans to scale its already validated and patented production technology.

AC Immune and Takeda entered into an exclusive, worldwide option and license agreement for AC Immune’s active immunotherapies targeting toxic forms of amyloid beta, including ACI-24.060 for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. AC Immune will receive upfront payment of $100 million upon closing and is eligible for an option exercise fee and additional potential milestones of up to approximately $2.1 billion.

Following a CHF76 million funding round, Fideuram - Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking becomes the majority shareholder of Swiss digital bank Alpian. Alpian's total client assets are rapidly nearing CHF 100 million.

Die Mirus Software AG, Marktführer von Hospitality Back-Office Software in der Schweiz, hat die innovative KI-Planungs- und Auswertungssoftware von Prognolite in einem Asset-Deal übernommen. Mirus, 1993 gegründet und in Davos ansässig, verstärkt durch die Integration ihren Fokus auf künstliche Intelligenz.

Beim Cleantech-Startup NORM geht es Schlag auf Schlag: Innerhalb weniger Monate gewinnt der digitale Energieausweis-Anbieter weitere grosse Namen für sein B2B2C-Geschäftsmodell. Darunter sind zwei Versicherer und neu auch die UBS sowie ein erster Energieversorger. Die Anzahl bestellter Ausweise zieht merklich an.

Das Cleantech-Startup Yuon Control hat eine Finanzierungsrunde abgeschlossen. Unter den Investoren sind unter anderem S2S Ventures, der Berner Wärmeverbundexperte Allotherm und das finnische Kiilto Ventures. Das frische Kapital fliesst in die Marterweiterung in der Schweiz und in die geplante Expansion nach Deutschland.

Backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Axmed has secured additional $2 million to transform access to critical medicines in low- and middle-income countries. Its two-sided B2B marketplace bridges the gap between pharmaceutical manufacturers/suppliers and healthcare providers, ensuring a steady, affordable supply of critical medicines. The capital will fuel further development, leading to the launch in selected markets in Africa and the Caribbean.

Jurata entwickelt seinen Anwalts-Marktplatz zu einem One Stop-Shop für Fachdienstleistungen wie etwa der Gründung oder Buchhaltung für Einzel- und Kleinunternehmen. Im letzten Jahr konnte das Zürcher Legaltech-Startup seinen Umsatz verdoppeln und im 2. Halbjahr Break-Even erreichen. Vor Kurzem kam nun ein Agreement zur Übernahme des Projekts JustitiaAI und zur weiteren Zusammenarbeit mit dessen Entwickler zustande.

A few weeks ago, Phoenix Technologies announced that it will build up a Swiss AI Innovation Center at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area in collaboration with IBM and Red Hat to serve the rising demand for building and deploying advanced AI models on a sovereign cloud in Switzerland. QAI Ventures, an ecosystem builder born out of the privately funded initiative of uptownBasel, has now acquired a stake in Phoenix Technologies.

Following a clinical trial involving over 500 participants and leading academic institutions, the Ticino-based startup is currently undergoing beta testing and plans to approach the Swiss and Italian markets with its digital toolbox for therapists and patients in the upcoming months. In the context of an ongoing seed round GoHealthy attracted a distinguished researcher as investor.

Green-Y Energy, das Cleantech-Startup aus Hasle bei Burgdorf, hat in einer weiteren Finanzierungsrunde über drei Millionen Franken vom bestehenden Lead-Investor Schweizer Kapital Global Impact Fund aufgenommen. Mit dem Kapital treibt das Startup nach vier Jahren Entwicklungsphase den Markteintritt mit seinem Druckluft-Energiespeicher für Gebäude und Industrie voran.

Leica Microsystems, the global manufacturer of high-end cameras and lenses, has acquired the Lausanne-based startup Viventis, which offers complete, detailed live imaging systems based on light sheet microscopy. The merger has the potential to promote in-depth functional studies and push the boundaries of scientific understanding in the life sciences. 

Based in Zurich, mimic is developing breakthrough collaborative robots with humanoid hands powered by generative AI to ease severe global labour shortages across industries. Founderful, together with German and UK-based VCs as well as specialized angel investors, participated in the startup’s funding round.

The start-up Decentriq from Zurich uses data protection technology and artificial intelligence to enable companies to analyse data across organizations without sharing raw data. The company was awarded the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark yesterday at the award ceremony attended by 350 guests. The first-ever audience award went to cleantech start-up 4QT.

Basel-based startup Allegria has closed a USD 3.5 million seed financing round led by Forty51 Ventures to advance the research and development of its therapeutics for mast cell-mediated diseases. This news coincides with the appointment of co-founder Dr Maria van Dongen as the new CEO. 

neon steigert seine Userzahl 2023 weiter und zählte Ende Jahr über 200’000 Kontoinhaberinnen und -Inhaber. Im 1. Quartal dieses Jahres konnte das Zürcher Fintech-Startup seinen Umsatz um gut 50 Prozent gegenüber der Vorjahresquartal steigern. Und auch die Pace mit der Lancierung von neuen Produkten und Features geht ungebremst weiter: Seit neustem gehört etwa das Gemeinschaftskonto dazu.

In line with their expanded collaboration to advance the development of alpibectir for the treatment of tuberculosis, GSK has taken an equity stake in BioVersys, joining new and existing investors in the series C extension round. The company raised CHF 12.3 million, bringing the total proceeds in this round to CHF 44.9 million. The funds will fuel the clinical development of BioVersys’ portfolio.

Anapaya secures business critical services with the SCION Internet architecture. The additional funding will power Anapaya’s global expansion efforts, further strengthen its presence in Switzerland, and drive adoption of the innovative solutions across diverse industries.

Memo Therapeutics or “MTx” has successfully raised CHF 20 million as part of an extension of its Series C financing, bringing the total amount raised in the funding round to CHF 45 million. The new funding will be used to bolster the clinical advancement of MTx’s lead asset, AntiBKV for kidney transplant patients with a BK virus infection.

In den vergangenen Wochen und Tagen konnten MPower Ventures, noii und I’m Back ihre Crowd mobilisieren und mehrere 100'000 Franken einsammeln. noii knackte gar bereits während dem Pre-Sale sein Sammelziel von 650'000 Franken und peilt nun die Million an.

IMD's Jim Pulcrano shares insights about selecting companies based on decades of experience. Mark Suster talks about the investment climate and why Private Equity will replace IPOs and M&A as exit path. And Alan Frei published his Startup Guide, a practical handbook providing his most important learnings and hands-on advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. 

Cinq sociétés ont été retenues par le Jury de la 22e édition du Prix Entreprendre Lausanne Région (PERL). Elles seront récompensées lors d’une cérémonie qui se tiendra le mercredi 15 mai prochain. Parmi les six distinctions décernées ce soir-là, le Trophée Lausanne Région, doté de CHF 50'000.-, constitue une consécration et un précieux sésame dans le monde de l’entreprenariat.

Since the beginning of 2023 Innosuisse has been able to directly support innovation projects from start-ups before they go to market. Up to now 45 start-ups received funding – check the full list.

Lausanne-based startup Testmate Health has raised USD 6 million of funding to boost the development and commercialization of their at-home rapid test for sexually transmitted infections STI. The investment round was led by RH Capital with participation from notable co-investors including the Zürcher Kantonalbank and New York City-based venture firm The Helm. 

Shearwater uses state-of-the art seismic vessels and equipment to explore the seabed and processes the data using market-leading proprietary software. The Norwegian company will collaborate with the Zurich-based start-up Mondaic to improve visualisation of subsurface structures and enhances reservoir understanding. Furthermore, Shearwater has acquired an equity stake in Mondaic.

Ascento Guard, a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) solution for autonomous outdoor security patrolling has been deployed at the Bildungscampus in Heilbronn, marking the first international operation.

Digital transformation is happening in various sectors including material sciences, food and education. Swiss startups, that are some of the enablers in these fields, convinced judges with their solutions, winning prizes, high level rankings and accelerator spots worldwide.  

Three new projects will each receive CHF 150’000 from the Gebert Rüf Stiftung as part of the InnoBooster program to help them fast-track their startup journey. The selected grant recipients are working on new solutions to predict pacing-induced heart failure, enhance plastic and cardboard recycling and tackle workforce shortage in the construction sector.