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 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 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...
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...
News Mar 10, 2021 Researchers from Bern developed an approach to predict cancer therapy success Scientists from the University and Inselspital of Bern have established organoid culture models from prostate tumor biopsies. These are small clu...
News Mar 09, 2021 Cybersecurity expert Approach launches Swiss presence Belgian company Approach has joined forces with Swiss IT services provider EYRA Group to offer cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions to companies ...
News Mar 09, 2021 EHL named world’s best university in hospitality education The Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) has once again secured its position as the world’s leading institution in hospitality management education ...
News Mar 08, 2021 The Lausanne University Hospital still ranks among the ten best hospitals worldwide in 2021 After an especially challenging year 2020 for hospitals, the prestigious U.S. magazine Newsweek has once again included the Lausanne University H...
News Mar 08, 2021 Debiopharm enters EUR 900+ million contract with Merck Debiopharm has granted a worldwide exclusive license to pharma giant Merck for the development and commercialization of its Xevinapant head and n...
News Mar 08, 2021 A team from the University of Bern assesses the transmissibility of new SARS-CoV-2 virus mutants An international team involving researchers from the Institute of Virology and Immunology of the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office and th...
News Mar 03, 2021 Bloom Biorenewables raises EUR 3.9 million for its biomass-based plastics with the support of Bill Gates The technology for the production of biomass-based plastic developed by Bloom Biorenewables, an EPFL spin-off, represents an alternative to petro...
News Mar 02, 2021 Ophtalmology start-up Optimo Medical partners with computer simulation leader Ansys Biel-based medtech company Optimo Medical has sealed a partnership with Ansys, a global 1.516 billion revenue company providing multiphysics engi...
News Mar 02, 2021 Valais-based start-up Urbio receives funding for its algorithms promoting energy transition Rewarded with a Tech Seed loan, cleantech start-up Urbio develops a software that helps key players in the energy transition to plan and design i...