Top news of the week: 16.12.2021.
Swiss Innovation
10 Venture Leaders pitch to Chinese investors and enterprises in fourth Swiss-Sino Pitchinar
The fourth China-Switzerland Innovation and Entrepreneurship Pitchinar showcased the two nations’ innovation potential while fostering the exchange between Swiss and Chinese startups. ...
Parliament gives Innosuisse more leeway for innovation promotion
In the winter session, both councils adopted the revision of the Federal Act on the Promotion of Research and Innovation (RIPA) with various amendments. Swiss Parliament approved …
AIT India 2021: 20 Swiss and Indian entrepreneurs advance their research with international support
The Swiss-Indian Academia-Industry Training Camp aims to help scientists from Switzerland and India turn their advanced research into market-ready products and services. This year’s ...
Innovaud and EPFL Alumni host webinar on space innovation in Switzerland
In a webinar organized by Innovaud in partnership with the EPFL Alumni, three entrepreneurs from Switzerland’s space industry discuss how “new space” is steadily emerging as a …
raises CHF 11.5m Series A
The financing round was led by Capnamic Ventures alongside ZKB, Verve Ventures, and a high-profile angel group including Michael Halbherr, ex-CEO of Here, and Oliver Pabst, ex-CEO of Mammut.
Rapid PCR tests at the touch of a button
ETH researchers Michele Gregorini and Philippe Bechtold have developed a PCR testing device that can easily be used outside the lab – and that takes less than 30 minutes to …
Chew on this: Microalgae for protein?
Research project develops nutritious microalgae-based seafood alternatives
Memo Therapeutics gets CHF 10.5 million from the Swiss government to clinically develop their antibody against COVID-19
Memo Therapeutics, an innovator in the field of antibody discovery and development, announced today the receipt of CHF 10.5 million from the Swiss Federal Funding Programme for COVID-19 ...