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Hackathon event
Zurich - The largest blockchain hackathon in Switzerland will attempt to find effective solutions to specific issues at the end of October. The hybrid event will take place simultaneously in Zurich, L...
New capital for Sleepiz
Zurich - The MedTech start-up Sleepiz has secured investment of 4.4 million Swiss francs as part of a Series A financing round. The spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in...
University of Zurich opens new lab building
Zurich - The University of Zurich opened its new lab building at the Irchel Campus on Friday. The Institutes for Chemistry, Biomedicine and Evolutionary Biology will all be housed under one roof there...
Researchers seeking to grow tissue in space
Zurich - Researchers from the University of Zurich are working with Airbus to send human stem cells to the International Space Station. Tissue is to be grown from these stem cells. At the moment, this...
Energy Vault raises 100 million dollars
Lugano - Energy Vault has raised a total of 100 million US dollars as part of a Series C financing round. This should now allow numerous pre-orders of the company’s innovative gravitational energy sto...
Swiss Re will pay Climeworks US$ 10 million
Zurich – Reinsurer Swiss Re and the cleantech company Climeworks have signed the world’s first agreement for the direct air capture and storage of carbon dioxide. Over the ten-year term of the agreeme...
FHNW offering spatial data analytic course
Olten SO – The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) will be offering practice-based training in spatial data analytics from January. The course will impart digital e...
On targets IPO in New York
Zurich – The running shoe firm On is planning an IPO in New York. The company has submitted the required paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the responsible supervisory body for the...
Canton of Zurich secures top-level domain of its own
Zurich – The canton of Zurich is now able to offer business and organizations based in the canton the top level domain .zuerich for their websites. This move is intended to symbolize the success of th...

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