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Kickstart announces milestone of 200 collaborations
Zurich - Kickstart has conducted over 200 innovative partnerships between young and established companies since it was founded six years ago. Digitization and sustainability are among the drivers of i...
VirtaMed simulators being used in Finland
Schlieren ZH/Kuopio – VirtaMed’s arthroscopy simulator ArthroS is now being used to train surgeons at Kuopio University Hospital in Finland. The procedure being practiced is repair of the rotator cuff...
Industry location Schaffhausen counting on application clusters
Schaffhausen – The industry location of Schaffhausen can reinforce its strengths by establishing application clusters. These should be developed in the areas of food and health as well as modern plast...
Microrobots mimic starfish larvae
Zurich – Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich have built a microrobot that imitates the moving and feeding mechanisms found in starfish larvae. The device measures just a qu...
GlycoEra raises 45 million Swiss francs
Schlieren ZH – The biopharmaceutical start-up GlycoEra AG has raised a total of 45 million Swiss francs after closing a Series A financing round. The proceeds are to be put towards supporting the comp...
iRewind cooperating with the New York City Marathon
Zurich - The video technology firm iRewind recorded 33,000 videos of participants crossing the finishing line of the New York City Marathon on Sunday. The runners can now obtain their own personal run...
UBS joins forces with FinTech Yokoy
Zurich – The major Swiss bank UBS and the start-up Yokoy from the Greater Zurich Area have entered into a partnership together. To this end, UBS company cards will be linked to a smart platform for ma...
Construction work starts on the InnoQube
Chur – Ground has now been broken in the construction of the new InnoQube Swiss innovation center. Financed by the ITW Unternehmensgruppe, the project is expected to commence operations in 2024. It is...
Great interest in Swiss Robotics Day
Zurich – The Swiss robotics scene gathered in Zurich to mark Swiss Robotics Day. With just under 500 participants, there was a new record for visitor numbers. A new funding program for robotics was al...

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