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Zurich – Zurich has been assessed as one the 13 most promising tech cities across Europe by fDi Intelligence. The city performed particularly strongly in the categories of innovative power and economi...
US firm acquires gaming start-up Struckd
Zurich - The Swiss Startup Group has successfully closed the sale of one of its portfolio firms Struckd. An unnamed US technology company has now acquired the start-up’s first, and so far largest, mob...
Librec secures 3 million Swiss francs
Oensingen SO - Librec has secured 3 million Swiss francs of fresh capital. The startup has developed a technology for recycling batteries that are used in electric cars. It plans to build a national r...
Drone performs measurement flights at cement factory
Zurich/Siggenthal AG – A special drone created by the startup Voliro has successfully performed a measurement flight at Holcim’s cement factory in Siggenthal. According to Holcim, using such a drone f...
Researchers newly explain blood supply to muscles
Zurich – A team of researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich has discovered a new type of cell in muscles. This finding explains why new blood vessels form particularly rapidly w...
Work to begin at new digital health institute
Zurich - The establishment of the Digital Health Engagement Institute was announced on Tuesday. Here, specialists are planning to drive forward digital prevention techniques for non-communicable disea...
Scandinavian Airlines turns to Scandit
Zurich - Scandinavian Airlines is using a development from the start-up Scandit for its ground handling operations. The solution allows barcodes to be scanned via a cell phone app. The airline will us...
Morgan Stanley invests in Virtual i Technologies
Zurich - Virtual i Technologies has raised 2 million dollars in a seed financing round. In the process, the Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab became the first institutional investor of the Z...
FHGR approaching new world record
Chur - The University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons is on the cusp of bringing the world record for calculating the mathematical constant pi back to Switzerland. On Wednesday morning, the high-pe...

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