SOPHiA GENETICS
Series F in 2020
SOPHiA GENETICS is a healthcare technology company specializing in data-driven medicine. It offers the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform, a cloud-based SaaS solution that analyzes complex multimodal datasets from various diagnostic modalities to generate insights. With over 780 global clients, including hospitals, laboratories, and biopharma institutions across three continents, the company aims to make data-driven medicine the standard of care in healthcare and life sciences research.
Polares Medical
Series B in 2020
Polares Medical S.A. is a medical device company headquartered in Ecublens, Switzerland, with an additional office in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes in developing innovative solutions for the treatment of mitral valve regurgitation. Its proprietary trans-catheter mitral valve system is designed to replace the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve with a prosthetic leaflet, allowing for hemi-replacements that improve coaptation with the native anterior leaflet. This novel approach aims to reduce or eliminate mitral valve regurgitation, addressing a significant medical need for affected patients.
Polares Medical
Series A in 2018
Polares Medical S.A. is a medical device company headquartered in Ecublens, Switzerland, with an additional office in Palo Alto, California. The company specializes in developing innovative solutions for the treatment of mitral valve regurgitation. Its proprietary trans-catheter mitral valve system is designed to replace the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve with a prosthetic leaflet, allowing for hemi-replacements that improve coaptation with the native anterior leaflet. This novel approach aims to reduce or eliminate mitral valve regurgitation, addressing a significant medical need for affected patients.
SOPHiA GENETICS
Series B in 2014
SOPHiA GENETICS is a healthcare technology company specializing in data-driven medicine. It offers the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform, a cloud-based SaaS solution that analyzes complex multimodal datasets from various diagnostic modalities to generate insights. With over 780 global clients, including hospitals, laboratories, and biopharma institutions across three continents, the company aims to make data-driven medicine the standard of care in healthcare and life sciences research.
OncoEthix
Series B in 2013
Oncoethix SA is a private Swiss company that was founded in 2007 by Esteban Cvitkovic, MD, Kay Noel, PhD, Yves Paternot, and Patrice Herait, MD (all former associates at Cvitkovic & Associes Consultants SA) to develop a portfolio of 3 to 5 promising new drugs for cancer treatment. The company intends to develop its compounds through clinical proof of concept and the identification of an expedited registration strategy, after which pharmaceutical partners will be sought to fund pivotal trials and handle commercialization.
Oncoethix founders have an unsurpassed track record in identifying and bringing oncology leads to global markets. Dr. Cvitkovic, Chief Scientific Officer for Oncoethix, led the clinical development of single agent and combination regimens for cisplatin, vindesine, bleomycin, navelbine, and, more recently, irinotecan, oxaliplatin, docetaxel, and trabectedin, first as an academic investigator and then through a specialized oncology clinical research organization. Prior to founding Oncoethix and assuming responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Noel had co-founded another oncology drug development company which in-licensed oxaliplatin as its first portfolio product and subsequently identified, evaluated, and in-licensed novel agents for several clients. Additionally, Dr. Noel has developed expedited registration strategies for many cancer drugs and registration files for a few of these. Dr. Herait managed clinical development of irinotecan, from Phase 1 through Phase 3, while at Rhone Poulenc Rorer and subsequently, as a consultant, managed clinical studies for several novel cancer drugs.
Since its founding, Oncoethix has in-licensed three promising cancer drug candidates, each a first-in-class agent to a novel target or with a novel mode of action. Currently, two portfolio compounds are in clinical development.
Oncoethix was launched with an initial financing of 1.30 million Swiss francs from the founders to finance portfolio development. In December 2009, the company closed a Series A financing of 3.7 million Swiss francs with leading venture capital firms Index Ventures and Endeavour Vision.
OncoEthix
Series A in 2012
Oncoethix SA is a private Swiss company that was founded in 2007 by Esteban Cvitkovic, MD, Kay Noel, PhD, Yves Paternot, and Patrice Herait, MD (all former associates at Cvitkovic & Associes Consultants SA) to develop a portfolio of 3 to 5 promising new drugs for cancer treatment. The company intends to develop its compounds through clinical proof of concept and the identification of an expedited registration strategy, after which pharmaceutical partners will be sought to fund pivotal trials and handle commercialization.
Oncoethix founders have an unsurpassed track record in identifying and bringing oncology leads to global markets. Dr. Cvitkovic, Chief Scientific Officer for Oncoethix, led the clinical development of single agent and combination regimens for cisplatin, vindesine, bleomycin, navelbine, and, more recently, irinotecan, oxaliplatin, docetaxel, and trabectedin, first as an academic investigator and then through a specialized oncology clinical research organization. Prior to founding Oncoethix and assuming responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Noel had co-founded another oncology drug development company which in-licensed oxaliplatin as its first portfolio product and subsequently identified, evaluated, and in-licensed novel agents for several clients. Additionally, Dr. Noel has developed expedited registration strategies for many cancer drugs and registration files for a few of these. Dr. Herait managed clinical development of irinotecan, from Phase 1 through Phase 3, while at Rhone Poulenc Rorer and subsequently, as a consultant, managed clinical studies for several novel cancer drugs.
Since its founding, Oncoethix has in-licensed three promising cancer drug candidates, each a first-in-class agent to a novel target or with a novel mode of action. Currently, two portfolio compounds are in clinical development.
Oncoethix was launched with an initial financing of 1.30 million Swiss francs from the founders to finance portfolio development. In December 2009, the company closed a Series A financing of 3.7 million Swiss francs with leading venture capital firms Index Ventures and Endeavour Vision.
Symetis is a Swiss company based in Ecublens that specializes in developing innovative minimally invasive heart valve replacement therapies. The company focuses on improving patient care and safety through its proprietary Acurate™ Aortic Valve Replacement System, which features a unique self-positioning design. This design allows for easier implant positioning and alignment, enhancing the overall user experience for healthcare providers. Symetis aims to address the needs of patients suffering from aortic valve stenosis, enabling the effective treatment of severe cardiac valve conditions through its advanced transcatheter aortic valve implantation devices.
SmallRivers
Series A in 2011
SmallRivers develops web services that are facilitating the interconnection of people
around shared interests.
SmallRivers is a privately held startup incorporated in Switzerland (Lausanne) and located on the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL campus, Scientific Park.
Symetis is a Swiss company based in Ecublens that specializes in developing innovative minimally invasive heart valve replacement therapies. The company focuses on improving patient care and safety through its proprietary Acurate™ Aortic Valve Replacement System, which features a unique self-positioning design. This design allows for easier implant positioning and alignment, enhancing the overall user experience for healthcare providers. Symetis aims to address the needs of patients suffering from aortic valve stenosis, enabling the effective treatment of severe cardiac valve conditions through its advanced transcatheter aortic valve implantation devices.
Lumavita AG is a biopharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland, specializing in the development and commercialization of novel anti-infectives aimed at women's health. Founded in 2008, Lumavita focuses on addressing infections that affect women, with key products including FemiFect, an antibiotic designed to treat vaginitis caused by various pathogens, and SPK-601, which targets human papilloma virus (HPV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV). The company operates as a subsidiary of Shogoo Pharmaceuticals KK and distributes its products through a network of distributors. Lumavita AG was previously known as Shogoo Pharmaceuticals, AG before rebranding in 2007.