Accenture taps into Swiss expertise
Zurich/Dublin – Accenture is acquiring Orbium, a technology consultancy to the financial services industry from the Greater Zurich Area. The acquisition positions the Irish management consultancy to e...
Zurich is the city of the future
London – Zurich is the best mid-sized city in the world for attracting foreign direct investment, according to the latest fdi Global Cities of the Future ranking. Zurich scored particularly high for i...
GE turns to blockchain solution from ODEM
Zug – GeniusLink, a unit of General Electric (GE), will use a blockchain solution from Crypto Valley firm ODEM to make it easier to verify academic or professional certificates of potential employees....
Architects to breathe new life into university district
Zurich – Architecture firms Herzog & de Meuron and Christ & Gantenbein have won with their architectural projects for Zurich’s central university district. These designs not only feature more ...
Nemis Technologies impresses investors
Dübendorf ZH – Nemis Technologies has successfully raised 3 million Swiss francs in a seed financing round. The startup based in the Greater Zurich Area develops diagnostics solutions for the more rap...
Switzerland is leader for family businesses
Munich – Switzerland is the most attractive location for family businesses, according to a ranking from the Foundation for Family Businesses in Germany and Europe. Switzerland stands out in particular...
Auterion sets sights on growth in the Greater Zurich Area
Zurich – Three quarters of all drones worldwide fly with Auterion software. Although the startup has contacts in Silicon Valley, it has set its sights on growing at its location in the Greater Zurich ...
ETH reports record number of spinoffs
Zurich – A record-breaking 27 companies were founded as spinoffs from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) in 2018. Most of the companies are in ICT and medicine, while others are worki...
Greater Zurich Area excels with new companies
Schlieren ZH – Almost as many companies were founded in Switzerland in 2018 as in the record-breaking year of 2017, according to a new report. Over the last four years, the cantons of Zug and Glarus h...
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