| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.01.2026 | Gradium Ignites Voice AI Revolution with $70M Seed Funding | Gradium, an AI startup, secured $70M in seed funding. It launches Audio Language Models (ALMs). ALMs revolutionize voice AI. They deliver natural, ultra-low latency interactions. This technology outperforms existing systems. Gradium's missi... |
| 23.01.2026 | From idea to impact: Europe’s 15 largest tech seed rounds in 2025 | In 2025, European tech companies raised more than €2.4 billion in seed funding, representing 3.3 per cent of the total €72 billion raised across the sector. While seed rounds accounted for a relatively small share of overall capital, they m... |
| 04.09.2025 | 15 Years of Top100: Corintis tops the ranks |
The Top100 Swiss Startup Ranking showcases the 100 Swiss startups with the most significant potential. Each year, a jury of 100 startup investors selects the most promising companies that are no older than five years after incorporation. W... |
| 29.03.2022 | SERI confirms CHF 58 million SERI-funded EIC Accelerator Grants for 24 start-ups | |
| 01.12.2021 | Seventeen Startups representing Switzerland at SLUSH 2021 | |
| 16.12.2020 | DePoly raises CHF1.3M Pre-Seed round to revolutionize PET plastic recycling globally | DePoly raises CHF1.3M Pre-Seed round to revolutionize PET plastic recycling globally 16.12.2020 14:42, Jonatan Masseus linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
DePoly, an EPFL spin-off and chemical technology startup, tackles the ... |
| 16.12.2020 | DePoly secures CHF 1.3 million pre-seed financing | |
| 16.12.2020 | DePoly secures CHF 1.3 million pre-seed financing | Alongside the lead investor Wingman Ventures, DePoly received contributions from Berlin-based Angel Invest Ventures, US-based Tiny VC and two seasoned executives from the chemicals industry. The company has previously obtained financial sup... |
| 16.12.2020 | DePoly raises CHF1.3M Pre-Seed round to revolutionize PET plastic recycling globally | DePoly has developed a novel, groundbreaking solution that allows them to depolymerize PET plastic back to its two main chemical components that are identical in quality to the raw materials currently used. Their process differs from other ... |
| 14.12.2020 | Meet the 38 winners of the IMD Startup Competition | The IMD Startup Competition is looking for early-stage companies that have a solid chance of market success. During the program they will enter into both strategic and business model discussions a small group of management "students&qu... |
| 14.12.2020 | Meet the 38 winners of the IMD Startup Competition | |
| 30.10.2020 | MassChallenge Switzerland 2020 Awardees revealed | The top 12 prize winning startups were selected following an online pitch, during which the startups demonstrated their growth and impact. The 2020 prize winners reflect MassChallenge Switzerland’s ongoing commitment to diversity: 50% of th... |
| 30.10.2020 | MassChallenge Switzerland 2020 Awardees revealed | |
| 29.10.2020 | MassChallenge Switzerland Awards Equity-Free Cash Prizes to Top 2020 Startups | Renens, Switzerland – MassChallenge, the global network for innovators, tonight awarded CHF 400,000 in equity-free cash prizes to the top 12 startups in its 2020 Swiss early-stage accelerator. The announcement – made during the 2020 MassCha... |
| 27.10.2020 | Financial boost for nine deeptech startups | |
| 27.10.2020 | Financial boost for nine deeptech startups | The InnoBooster program aims at speeding up innovative, science-based deep tech businesses which have already entered the Venture Kick process and promise high market potential. At the previous two selection meetings, the Gebert Rüf Stiftun... |
| 12.10.2020 | MassChallenge Switzerland Announces Top 12 Startups From 2020 Program | The top 12 startups, which are launching innovative and groundbreaking businesses, will showcase their talent, pitch live, and compete for the cash awards during a livestream of the 2020 Awards Ceremony on October 29, 2020
(Renens, Switzer... |
| 19.06.2020 | Accolades for technology driven sustainable solutions | This year, the SEIF Awards celebrated their 10th anniversary and the second edition of the competition focusing on the theme Tech for Impact, which targets European impact entrepreneurs who develop or make innovative use of technologies to ... |
| 19.06.2020 | Accolades for technology driven sustainable solutions | The competition attracted close to 365 applications from 34 countries spanning across various impact and tech. Ten startups that made it to the final round presented their solution to the audience during the first virtual award ceremony. Th... |
| 05.06.2020 | CHF 100'000 to support DePoly's PET recycling | |
| 05.06.2020 | CHF 100'000 to support DePoly's PET recycling | Plastic waste, landfill pollution and reliance on oil are major issues of our modern society, and current PET recycling technologies often face the challenge of mixed plastic types in the waste. With a recycling process that can selectively... |
| 02.06.2020 | MassChallenge Switzerland reveals the 2020 cohort | MassChallenge Switzerland brings together people and organizations to enable high potential startups to solve problems and stimulate economies. More than 1,000 startups submitted their applications to enter the program. Today, the award com... |
| 02.06.2020 | MassChallenge Switzerland reveals the 2020 cohort | |
| 02.06.2020 | MassChallenge Switzerland Announces 5th Cohort | June 2, 2020 (Renens, Switzerland) - MassChallenge Switzerland, part of MassChallenge’s global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today announced its 2020 cohort, selected from more than 1,000 applications and representing some of... |
| 19.05.2020 | Cleantech startups run the W. A. de Vigier Top 10 award | |
| 19.05.2020 | Cleantech startups run the W. A. de Vigier Top 10 award | Besides the innovativeness, value for society, technical aspects and financial viability of the solutions, the selection committee of the W. A de Vigier Award seeks entrepreneurs that have an strong personality. This year, 192 startups subm... |
| 30.04.2020 | 10 start-ups selected for SEIF Awards Tech for Impact finals | With 365 applications, the number of applications for the SEIF Awards 2020 Tech for Impact hit a record high. According to a SEIF press release the competition was very strong, with high quality applications from more than 30 different coun... |
| 30.04.2020 | 10 start-ups selected for SEIF Awards Tech for Impact finals | |
| 11.03.2020 | W.A. de Vigier Award : Numerous Cleantech Startups in the Top 16 | |
| 11.03.2020 | W.A. de Vigier Award : Numerous Cleantech Startups in the Top 16 | The Top 16 startups were selected from 60 young companies who presented their ideas to the foundation board, investors and invited guests on Selection Day in mid-February. A total of 192 registrations were received this year. |
| 10.10.2019 | EIT Climate-KIC Switzerland to accelerate 11 solutions to counter climate change | |
| 04.09.2019 | CHF 10,000 each from Venture Kick for startups developing crop protecting drones, a chemical recycling technology for plastics, a platform to find the right treatment for cancer, and a sustainable ene... | Aero41: Swiss precision for plant protection via ecological drones
HES SO-Wallis graduate Frederic Hemmeler , co-founder and CEO of Aero41 brings together the team of European pioneers in the development of drones dedicated to crop protecti... |
| 02.07.2019 | DePoly is the first >>venture>> Grand Prize winner | |
| - | DePoly | “Rethink — Recycling: Creating a Sustainable Circular Economy for Plastics” |
| - | DePoly | “DePoly’s novel and patented technology breaks down PET back to monomers allowing to produce recycled PET and create a sustainable circular economy for plastics.” |
