Develop Players
Seed Round in 2023
Develop Players is a software company focused on creating digital games that leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to support children with learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The company designs video games aimed at enhancing cognitive skills by targeting specific areas of the brain essential for learning and attention. Through its innovative approach, Develop Players aims to provide engaging solutions that facilitate improved learning outcomes for children and adolescents facing these challenges.
Avelo focuses on saving lives through swift and precise infectious disease diagnoses in primary care settings. It specializes in manufacturing breath aerosol diagnostic equipment designed to enhance tuberculosis diagnosis via a non-invasive, painless breath collection device. This enables faster, accurate diagnoses using existing PCR testing infrastructure, facilitating earlier appropriate treatment and rapid patient referral.
Wyth develops an all‑in‑one digital platform that enables large organizations to create, manage, and grow private communities. The platform, called Wyth Circle, offers a fully customizable user interface, end‑to‑end event management, and collaboration tools, all hosted on a private infrastructure owned by the client. By providing a single, integrated solution, Wyth reduces implementation time and operating costs by up to 80 %. The company has worked with pilot partners across Europe, hosting tens of thousands of users from more than a hundred countries on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Wyth’s approach is data‑driven, built from discovery phases and continuous feedback, and it has attracted early investment from venture firms.
Founded in 2016, Smeetz is a Swiss-based company offering an AI-powered commerce intelligence platform tailored for the leisure and entertainment industry. Its comprehensive suite of solutions includes ticketing, POS, CRM, data analytics, and dynamic pricing, empowering venues to optimize efficiency, increase revenue, and enhance guest experiences.
Inergio
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Inergio is a spin-off from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne that specializes in the development of advanced fuel cell technology. The company focuses on creating portable energy units that deliver ten times the power while being half the weight of existing solutions. Founded by Mahmoud Hadad, Inergio's innovative fuel cell design utilizes readily available and safe fuels like butane and propane, providing high autonomy for various applications. This modular and miniaturized power system is aimed at addressing the challenge of reliable energy supply, offering a clean, efficient, and lightweight solution. The technology is versatile, suitable for diverse applications, including charging consumer electronics, supplying auxiliary power for drones, and serving as automobile fuel cells. Inergio has developed a working prototype and is in the process of preparing a minimal viable product to initiate pilot projects with potential partners and customers.
Adiposs
Seed Round in 2021
Adiposs is a clinical-stage life science company developing innovative medical imaging products. Its flagship technology enables the early detection of cachexia, a debilitating body-wasting syndrome associated with cancer and other chronic diseases.
Xsensio
Seed Round in 2021
Xsensio is a digital health company focused on revolutionizing healthcare monitoring. It specializes in developing a wearable, Lab-on-Skin© platform that continuously analyzes biochemical data from the skin's surface in real-time, offering unprecedented insights into health and wellness.
Wyth develops an all‑in‑one digital platform that enables large organizations to create, manage, and grow private communities. The platform, called Wyth Circle, offers a fully customizable user interface, end‑to‑end event management, and collaboration tools, all hosted on a private infrastructure owned by the client. By providing a single, integrated solution, Wyth reduces implementation time and operating costs by up to 80 %. The company has worked with pilot partners across Europe, hosting tens of thousands of users from more than a hundred countries on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. Wyth’s approach is data‑driven, built from discovery phases and continuous feedback, and it has attracted early investment from venture firms.
IDUN Technologies
Seed Round in 2021
IDUN Technologies designs and manufactures biosensors for wearable devices, specializing in dry conductive electrodes for bio-potential monitoring (ECG, EEG, EMG). Its innovative products enable convenient EEG monitoring suitable for consumer applications and brain-computer interfaces. Founded in 2017, the company is based in Opfikon, Switzerland.
Hydromea
Venture Round in 2021
Hydromea develops portable underwater robotics systems that provide access to submerged assets and data. The company offers a scalable multi-robot inspection and sensing system that can be permanently deployed at sea or launched from mobile autonomous craft and remotely tasked to carry out regular inspections, environmental measurements and emergency response. Its in-house sensors can be integrated on drones to deliver faster underwater data collection both onshore and offshore, enabling companies to obtain valuable insights at lower cost. The solution emphasizes portability, affordability and ruggedness to withstand harsh underwater environments.
AgroSustain
Series A in 2021
AgroSustain is a Swiss company that develops solutions for biological plant protection across the farm-to-fork chain. It creates technology to detect plant-based toxins and uses natural plant extracts to stop and prevent the growth of fungal pathogens on crops after harvest. The product portfolio includes natural and organic coatings and pre- and post-harvest treatments that help control fungi such as grey mold, extend shelf life, preserve fruit and vegetable quality, and reduce food waste. The company emphasizes organic production and sustainability, offering plant-inspired products in a farm-to-fork approach. Founded in 2018 and based in Nyon, AgroSustain aims to reduce plastic use and support more sustainable post-harvest practices.
Biospectal
Seed Round in 2021
Biospectal is a remote patient monitoring and biosensing software company that has developed the OptiBP smartphone app, which allows users to measure and monitor blood pressure with medical-grade accuracy using their smartphones. The app utilizes the phone's built-in camera to optically measure blood flow from the user's fingertip, providing results in approximately 20 seconds, which is significantly faster than traditional blood pressure cuffs. Biospectal's proprietary algorithms interpret the captured data to deliver accurate blood pressure readings. The OptiBP app is currently available in public beta for Android users in several countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland. This innovative approach enables users to perform blood pressure measurements anytime and anywhere without the need for additional devices or accessories.
Cyltronic
Seed Round in 2021
Cyltronic specializes in the manufacture of electric cylinders, offering a range of linear actuators designed for easy replacement of standard pneumatic cylinders. Their products are known for efficiency and simplified installation, enabling businesses to adopt automation technology and reduce energy costs.
Cyltronic
Seed Round in 2020
Cyltronic specializes in the manufacture of electric cylinders, offering a range of linear actuators designed for easy replacement of standard pneumatic cylinders. Their products are known for efficiency and simplified installation, enabling businesses to adopt automation technology and reduce energy costs.
AnnAidA Technologies
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2019, AnnAidA Technologies specializes in developing innovative devices for biochemical research. Its flagship product, EmbryoSpin, enables chemical analysis at the scale of a single human embryo using microscopic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance technology.
For everyone who wants to expand their family-building potential, Mojo offers an online fertility care platform helping humans to test, understand and improve their fertility. Unlike current fertility care systems, which are only accessible by the privileged few at high costs and inferior effectiveness, the Mojo platform is accessible to everyone and powered by AI to ensure an unmatched level of effectiveness, scientific standard, and convenience at remarkable pricing.
Picstars
Venture Round in 2019
Picstars AG, established in 2014 and headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operates an online platform that connects brands with suitable influencers, particularly in the sports and lifestyle sectors. The company's core service involves helping brands identify and collaborate with appropriate brand ambassadors who can promote their products or services through their own social media channels. Picstars' platform enables brands to create and manage campaigns, track performance, and measure the success of their influencer marketing efforts. Recognized as one of the top 10 tech startups in Switzerland, Picstars aims to digitize the sponsorship of brand ambassadors, streamlining the process for both brands and influencers.