4 days ago · Swiss startup Oxyle announced a $16m funding round to scale its breakthrough solution to destroy, not just relocate, PFAS from wastewater. This builds on its $3M pre-seed round in 2022, growing support for its mission.

Jan 17, 2025 · Based in Basel and Philadelphia, USA, RhyGaze has secured a Series A financing of USD 86 million to enable clinical advancements for its lead candidate, a novel gene therapy for optogenetic vision restoration in diseases causing blindness.

As the new year begins, FIT is announcing the granting of two Tech Seed loans worth CHF 100,000 each to Juvion Health Sciences for its platform whose mission is to preserve the structure and function of motor system and prevent age-related mobility decline in the elderly, and to Neuria for its game software aimed at re-calibrating the brain to combat ‘unhealthy’ behaviours such as ...

3 days ago · Dear reader. The most clicked news of the week once again concerned an exit: Yokoy has been acquired in an all-equity deal by a Spanish unicorn, business travel platform Travelperk. It is clear that exits are crucial for the success of the ecosystem as a whole and that the fintech sector could use a boost right now.

Didier Cuche, figure emblématique du sport Suisse, devient ambassadeur de kiiz SA. Aspirant à révolutionner le courtage immobilier en Suisse, l’agence immobilière veut permettre aux propriétaires de vendre leur maison en évitant de payer une commission allant jusqu’à plusieurs dizaines de milliers de francs.

4 days ago · Industries have long struggled with PFAS treatment. Current methods like filtration and adsorption merely move PFAS from water to other waste streams, requiring expensive incineration or landfilling that risks these chemicals leaching back into the environment through air or soil – creating an endless cycle of contamination.

Jan 24, 2025 · Dear reader Switzerland has a new unicorn. Digital asset banking group Sygnum, which was launched in 2018, has raised a total of USD 58 million in a Strategic Growth Round, giving it a post-money valuation of more than USD 1 billion.Remarkably, the co-founders, board and team members continue to hold majority ownership of Sygnum.

Aug 30, 2024 · Dear reader. There was little news this week in terms of financing, but the news that there was was all the more spectacular. Robotics start-up Swiss-Mile received USD 22 million from an illustrious group of investors, including lead investor Jeff Bezos through Bezos Expeditions and from Switzerland Armada Ventures.. The second piece of news came from Redalpine: the Zurich-based VC closed its ...

Jan 30, 2024 · In 2023, the downturn on the global venture capital market reached Switzerland. The causes were the same as in the US, the UK, Germany and the Scandinavian countries: first, rising interest rates slowed the influx of funds from institutional investors, asset managers, family offices and private individuals, and, second, general economic uncertainty caused venture capitalists to hold back on ...

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