News Mar 31, 2021 EPFL spin-off CompPair raises CHF 950’000 for its self-healing composites Bringing the healing capability of human flesh to composites, EPFL spin-off CompPair Technologies has closed a seed round of CHF 950’000.
News Mar 30, 2021 Valais’ coffee machine manufacturer Eversys acquired by De’Longhi for CHF 150 million A minority shareholder of Valais-based high-end coffee machine manufacturer Eversys since 2017, the De’ Longhi Group has reached an agreement to ...
News Mar 30, 2021 “A machine that is more intelligent than a human being does not yet exist” Artificial intelligence is expected to create new economic possibilities. But what exactly are they, and how can they be developed? These are the...
News Mar 29, 2021 “Switzerland owes its success to its liberal and pragmatic mentality.” IDSIA The Swiss research institute IDSIA in Lugano is a global leader in AI research. It has received worldwide attention for its LSTM algorithm, the m...
News Mar 26, 2021 The important role of Chile towards a more sustainable world As a former Minister of the Environment, University Professor and Director of an important Climate Action Center, Marcelo Mena is a key policymak...
Expertise Mar 25, 2021 Swiss Medtech in Chile The Medtech market in Chile has been growing steadily and reached a market size of 979 million USD in 2019 (+25% since 2016). With a 95% import r...
Global Opportunities Mar 25, 2021 Green Hydrogen: The “once-in-a-century opportunity” for Chile and the potential role of Swiss companies
Focus on exporters Mar 24, 2021 How Geobrugg is aiming to fully exploit Chile’s market potential From his base in Santiago de Chile, Gabriel von Rickenbach manages Geobrugg’s business in North and South America. In an interview, he tells us h...
News Mar 24, 2021 Medtech company MedAlliance raises over USD 50 million to commercialize drug-eluting balloons Vaud-based MedAlliance has raised over USD 50 Million in equity funding for its novel balloon that provides a controlled sustained release of a l...
News Mar 24, 2021 Vaud-based start-up Green Motion acquired by Eaton to accelerate energy transition internationally A pioneer in the design and production of charging systems for electric vehicles, Green Motion has become a subsidiary of Eaton, a global leader ...
News Mar 23, 2021 Nespresso invests CHF 117 million in the expansion of its production site in Avenches In response to growing consumer demand for its coffees, Nespresso has announced a new investment of CHF 117 million to expand its production cent...
News Mar 23, 2021 Tech4Eva, the first Swiss start-up accelerator addressing women’s health The EPFL Innovation Park and Groupe Mutuel are joining forces to launch Tech4Eva, the first start-up acceleration program in Switzerland addressi...
News Mar 23, 2021 Geneva-based agritech start-up Farmer Connect raises USD 9 million Farmer Connect, a Geneva-based start-up aiming to increase transparency in the supply chain of coffee has secured USD 9 million in a series A fin...
Global Opportunities Mar 23, 2021 Food production in Türkiye and opportunities for Swiss SMEs Food production is an important part of the Turkish economy. Almost 20% of its GDP is provided by the food and beverage industry and it is prepar...
Success stories Mar 22, 2021 «The result was not just satisfactory, it exceeded our expectations» BSL Business School Lausanne SA offers courses in business administration. In particular, it offers a Big Data MBA program organized in partnersh...
Export Knowhow Mar 18, 2021 "A membership with S-GE is worthwhile for every export-oriented company" Don't spend time on time-consuming research, but concentrate fully on your core business: How start-ups in the cleantech sector can benefit from ...
News Mar 16, 2021 HES-SO Valais-Wallis will contribute to the world’s largest database of medical images As part of the Horizon 2020 research program, the European project BIGPICTURE, to which the HES-SO Valais-Wallis is contributing, aims to build t...
Success stories Mar 15, 2021 Xsensio: the Lausanne start-up gambled on going global from the beginning Xsensio SA has developed the Lab-on-Skintm sensing platform, an ultra-sensitive nanolaboratory that, when placed on the skin, is capable of detec...