Venture Kick, a private philanthropic initiative, provides as much 150,000 Swiss francs in pre-seed funding to Swiss startups and offers structured, entrepreneurial training to build robust, winning businesses. Entrepreneurs pitch for finance as many as three times, as they compete for increasing amounts of funding at each stage. Founders gain direct feedback from the expert juries and access to an international network of successful entrepreneurs and investors. Venture Kick has supported 600 Swiss startup projects with 24.9 million francs to date. Supported projects have incorporated as 454 active companies, creating 6,033 jobs, and attracting 2.49 billion francs worth of subsequent investment. Companies founded by Venture Kick alums represented 55 percent of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2018. In 2019 Venture Kick will support idea-stage startup projects with 4.35 million francs, to bring Swiss science to global markets.
Our vision is to boost the innovation power and sustainability of the economy by enabling metal additive manufacturing for every organization. Thanks to our affordable, compact, and safe laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) machine, we make metal 3d printing more accessible to the broad industry.
Apheros is a metal foam cooling solutions company. It offers a patent-pending, easily scalable manufacturing approach for metal foams with unique cooling qualities.
Irmos Technologies is a start-up that seeks to transform bridges and building repair and preservation using real-time, AI-powered structural condition evaluation.
Neology’s ammonia-powered genset represents the next generation of clean power solutions. This advanced system delivers reliable energy with zero emissions, operating completely carbon-free. Designed to be mobile and versatile, it is perfect for off-grid and remote applications. Additionally, its silent operation ensures minimal noise pollution, making it an ideal choice for sustainable and efficient energy generation in any environment.
ASTRA Therapeutics is a medication development business that uses cutting-edge science and technology to discover new therapeutic treatment candidates for the full spectrum of parasite disorders.
Matriq is a machinery manufacturing company that offers automated solutions for the part-individual marking of plastic components of all kinds. With the DynamicMold technology, marking takes place directly in the manufacturing machine, whether in injection molding, blow molding or thermoforming. Besides the application for traceability, the DynamicMold technology also offers the possibility to integrate product protection.
SightIn Health develops artificial intelligence-powered software for using portable ultrasound. It provides image analytics, usage guidance, and interpretation of patient's diagnosis. SightIn Health was founded in 2021 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Corintis offers a game-changing solution to the cooling of next-generation high-performance GPUs, CPUs, and AI accelerators. It is developing silicon microfluidic cooling technologies that enable liquid coolant to flow in direct contact with the silicon chip.
School Rebound SA develops digital tools to help children with their difficulties at school. The main product, the Dynamilis iPad app, offers handwriting solutions for children aged 6 to 12.
viboo offers self-learning predictive control on the basis of physics-informed Machine Learning as a cloud service to smart-thermostat and building automation companies.
Suri Biotech is a biotechnology company, developing health-promoting bacterial strains with targeted mechanisms of action for the alleviation of bloating and intestinal discomfort. The company's proprietary strains reduce the production of hydrogen gas by intestinal microorganisms – with potential applications in multiple functional gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. infant colic, lactose intolerance, bloating).
Zurich Soft Robotics offers its multifunctional Adaptive Solar Facade (ASF), a second building skin that solves both problems: The ASF increases the PV generation by up to 40% due to active solar tracking and the AI-controlled shading capabilities reduce the building cooling energy demand by 20-80% compared to traditional systems while improving occupants' comfort and well-being.
Isospec Analytics SA is a life science company that aims at simplifying molecular identification. We are unlocking the potential of glycomics and metabolomics in disease biomarker discovery and for the development of safer nutritional and pharmaceutical products.
School Rebound SA develops digital tools to help children with their difficulties at school. The main product, the Dynamilis iPad app, offers handwriting solutions for children aged 6 to 12.
NALU offers personalized digital therapies for menstrual disorders. Their side-effect-free alternative to hormone-based therapies addresses issues like menstrual pain, endometriosis, and missing periods.
Vamoz is a Swiss-based SaaS solution enabling companies to make remote work abroad an official benefit for their employees. Whether that means to work from the beach in Mexico or from a relative's house by the sea. Our vision is to inspire and facilitate those reimagining traditional work-life. Giving employees the opportunity to work temporarily from anywhere, and companies the chance to attract and retain top talent without facing uncontrollable legal and business risks. Vamoz!
NextImmune focuses on the research and development of a new generation of immunosuppressive drugs for autoimmune diseases and Organ Transplantation - with objectives of high efficacy and good safety without adverse effects as known from conventional immunosuppressants.
YLAH develops web and mobile solutions for psychotherapists and patients. The company's technology provides individualized therapies, clinical assessments, and health monitoring, allowing therapists to use a digital tool to scale their services.
Reactive Illumination
Grant in 2022
Reactive Illumination proposes an innovative green way to convert any organic waste (biowaste, tyres etc.) to mainly solid carbon and energy-efficient gases like H2, CH4, etc. within seconds without any chemicals that can be collected and used.
AtlasVR specializes in virtual reality (VR) training solutions for professional education. We offer immersive and interactive VR experiences tailored to the needs of various industries, enhancing skill development and scenario-based learning. Our intuitive solution integrates seamlessly into existing training programs, leveraging cutting-edge technology for an engaging and effective learning environment. AtlasVR sets new standards in professional education, making it more accessible for students and scalable for companies. The Training of Tomorrow begins today!
Rhovica Neuroimaging is a rapid and safe placement of an external ventricular drain (EVD) and is a lifesaving emergency procedure. EVDs are thin catheters, that are inserted into the brain cavities (ventricles) for fluid drainage to decrease intracranial pressure (ICP) and for measurement of ICP.
NexMR is a Swiss company offering key-in-hand solutions to improve the throughput and optimize the resources of NMR-drug discovery pipelines. NexMR’s technology is designed to be accessible to the most and to ease the addressing of challenging targets.
Almer Technologies is a startup developing compact and lightweight augmented reality (AR) glasses to deliver effortless communication for frontline workers. Almer Technologies provides AR as a service, including hardware as well as software.
OVOMIND proposes a new way to share and interact with video games by adding a new dimension: Emotions. Our goal is to bring back human at the centre and create a new generation of UX.
TOSA Swisstech develops a manufacturing process and provides a solution to substitute metal bipolar plates, an essential element of these cells - representing more than 30% of the price and more than 70% of the weight - with composite bipolar plates.
BatteryLog shows the current status of your batteries at all times and points out unused optimization potential. This significantly extends the service life of your batteries.
WattAnyWhere is transforming how high power electricity demand is delivered to anyone, anywhere – shifting from fossil to renewable, from centralized, high-cost infrastructure to de-centralized, adaptable, customer-centric solutions.
Simon & Josef has designed and developed a solution for hoteliers that allows guests staying two nights or more to design and personalize room cleaning according to their wishes while saving valuable resources and protecting the environment.
Beyond Scroll is a Swiss start-up based in Winterthur, Switzerland. Its goal is to bring to the market a new compressor based on miniaturized scroll co-rotating technology, which enables oil-free operations and thermochemical cycles for renewable energy applications, today hindered by the presence of oil.
Voltiris develops innovative solar modules for greenhouses. The company uses spectral filtering technology to allow essential light for plant growth to pass through while converting unused light into renewable energy. This dual-use approach enables greenhouse owners to generate electricity without compromising crop yield, promoting sustainability and energy independence
Our vision is to make global supply chains future-proof. With our data-driven approach, a deep understanding of risks, we help our clients to reduce risks in their value chains. Through our expertise, we support our clients to improve their operations and their financial resilience in the face of climate change and emerging risks while ensuring the sustainability of their business activities.
Splint Invest is a marketplace for retail investors, to access alternative investments. Its platform, pre-selected issuers offer their investment products to private investors. Private investors can start investing. It take care of the legal requirements, the tokenization and custody, as well as the data and cash management.
SenSiC is a start-up focused on the development, manufacturing, and marketing of devices and systems in the field of radiation and process monitoring, in particular sensors made of silicon carbide.
NexMR is a Swiss company offering key-in-hand solutions to improve the throughput and optimize the resources of NMR-drug discovery pipelines. NexMR’s technology is designed to be accessible to the most and to ease the addressing of challenging targets.
School Rebound SA develops digital tools to help children with their difficulties at school. The main product, the Dynamilis iPad app, offers handwriting solutions for children aged 6 to 12.
Rhovica Neuroimaging is a rapid and safe placement of an external ventricular drain (EVD) and is a lifesaving emergency procedure. EVDs are thin catheters, that are inserted into the brain cavities (ventricles) for fluid drainage to decrease intracranial pressure (ICP) and for measurement of ICP.
OVOMIND proposes a new way to share and interact with video games by adding a new dimension: Emotions. Our goal is to bring back human at the centre and create a new generation of UX.
Sympheny empowers the planners and managers of buildings and areas to drive the global energy transition. Our SaaS solutions and energy planning services support optimized, sector-coupled energy systems design for sites from building via neighborhood to city level. With our unique synthesis of digital twin technology and powerful optimization algorithms, energy performance objectives which previously seemed unthinkable become practical design solutions. And analyses which previously took days can be completed in hours. For our customers, this means better energy performance, de-risked investment decisions in the drive towards sustainability objectives, improved buy-in from stakeholders, and less time and money wasted along the way.
AI Retailer Systems (AIRS) is an award winning startup delivering computer vision technology to automate retailer processes in the areas theft prevention, shelf intelligence and smart checkout. AIRS is a ETH and HSG Swiss Universities spin-off with international deployments.
Galventa their mission is to help us improve sleep and waking up through the development of innovative and clinically tested galenic platform technologies.
Sensemodi provides an AI-powered smart wearable that analyzes thermal, acoustic, and kinematic data to provide a quick joint health assessment. It offers an assessment of joint health and disorders through smart, multi-sensor wearables combined with AI algorithms.
Bottneuro offers a unique, non-invasive therapy for early- and moderate-stage Alzheimer's Disease patients using electrical stimulations of neurons and glia cells in the brain. Bottoneuro develops stimulation protocols using the NENI technology platform.
DeepJudge was founded by four Machine Learning PhDs with over 20+ years of combined experience with Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing at scale. DeepJudge founders received several medals in Computer Science and Theoretical Physics for their outstanding research. DeepJudge founding team has multiple years of professional experience with large scale Machine Learning at leading US tech companies. DeepJudge is supported by distinguished advisors from academia and industry that have themselves built and run highly successful companies.
biped is the future of accessibility. A smart shoulder-worn harness that uses autonomous driving technology to guide blind and partially-sighted people with 3D sounds. Ideal complement to your white cane or guide dog. All-in-one.
At InnoSpina, we design and develop novel 3d printed implants and unique surgical guiding instruments enabling surgeons to treat chronic back pain in less than 30 minutes.
MATIS is developing a versatile multispectral imaging system to analyze artworks for the art market, while enabling forensic and defense professionals to perform material identification and trace analysis through AI and secure data tools.
Exomotion develops robotics-based transporter devices designed to facilitate omnidirectional movement. Its devices are electronic movement systems that integrate electrical boards with motion sensors and a wheeled motion mechanism that enables the board to go in any direction and rotate immediately allowing for improved user experience. It rethinks the concept of e-mobility, bringing omnidirectionality and safety to the mix. Exomotion was founded in 2018 and is based in Plan-les-ouates, Geneve.
Galventa their mission is to help us improve sleep and waking up through the development of innovative and clinically tested galenic platform technologies.
Perovskia digitally prints custom solar cells based on patent-protected technology, operating at the intersection of printed electronics, photovoltaics, and material science.
VAY effortlessly digitizes humans and analyzes movements on a professional level from a simple camera. The computer vision company develops technology to make products smarter, interactive, and more immersive with real-life data and feedback. VAY offers unique value to their clients with their system and hardware agnostic approach. Applications find themselves in health (e.g., physiotherapy, rehabilitation, or gait/posture analysis), sports, or gaming. VAY was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
Resmonics is a spin-off from ETH Zürich and University St. Gallen that has been founded in October 2020. The core of our products is a privacy-friendly acoustic artificial intelligence that analyzes the soundscape in any given room with a focus on detecting symptoms of infectious lung diseases. Our product line, Quorum, combines this AI with air quality sensors and noise analytics to enable healthy and productive working conditions.
Enerdrape turns existing underground environments into renewable sources of energy for the heating and cooling needs of buildings. The company develop an architecturally integrated technology that captures both geothermal and waste heat present in underground existing environments, such as underground parking, tunnels, stations, and others. The solution offers an alternative, cost-effective, and easier way to source renewable heat for heat pump systems. Enabling the energy transition and access to affordable and efficient renewable energy systems in existing urban environments.
ABOLOGIX is developing best-in-class monoclonal antibodies by blocking the Junction Adhesion Molecule JAM-C and the extracellular matrix-related protein. The treatment is designed for patients that do not respond to traditional cancer therapies.
Bone fractures involving a joint are complex in nature, resulting in difficult and time-consuming procedures for the treating orthopaedic surgeon. We provide fracture specific optimization of complex bone reconstruction. Our software solution ensures efficacy of personalized surgical planning, as well as “save and effective” patient-specific implant and instrument design, changing the treatment strategy from a subjective to an objective approach with more predictable outcomes. This could improve outcomes of 400,000 trauma patients, addressing a $1.2 B market. A Harvard Medical School surgeon directing the medical aspects, provides crucial credibility.
Flybotix develops a drone-based on a proprietary propulsion and steering technology that brings disruptive changes to the market of indoor industrial inspection drones.
Matriq is a machinery manufacturing company that offers automated solutions for the part-individual marking of plastic components of all kinds. With the DynamicMold technology, marking takes place directly in the manufacturing machine, whether in injection molding, blow molding or thermoforming. Besides the application for traceability, the DynamicMold technology also offers the possibility to integrate product protection.
SoHHytec is your caterer for all your solar fuel and energy needs. SoHHytec provides a renewable system for onsite production of solar Fuel (Hydrogen, Oxygen) and Power (Electricity, Heat) which is cleaner, greener, and cost-effective. We use our innovative patented technology based on an integrated photo-electrochemical device. SoHHytec’s product called ‘Arb’ is inspired by trees. And it utilizes only the sun and water as the input resources and produces Fuel i.e. Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Power i.e. Electricity and Heat all at the same time and on the same site, requiring minimal ground/roof space. Our integrated device shows high solar-to-fuel & solar-to-electricity efficiency, works at unprecedented power and current density and provides cost-effective fuel & power production, all with a realistic potential for long-term stability. SoHHytec alleviates the current dependency on fossil fuels by bringing a cleaner, greener, sustainable, and cost-effective system for fuel and power production. Hydrogen is deemed to be the fuel of the future, though today 96% of world hydrogen production comes from offsite steam reforming of conventional fossil fuels and is then transported to its final places of utilization. This is neither clean nor renewable and is costly, polluting, and time-taking. SoHHytec provides a fully clean and green system for hydrogen production additionally co-generating electricity and heat. We alleviate and eliminate the grid instability problems which occur with intermittent renewable energy sources like solar energy as this source's energy is stored in an energy-dense fuel via our product. SoHHytec's vision is to be the game-changer for realizing a sustainable hydrogen economy. Our aim is to make the fuel of the future i.e. hydrogen, a reality of today.
Neurosoft Bioelectronics is developing next-generation soft implantable electrodes to interface with the nervous system. Neural implants are medical devices made of electrodes that can record or stimulate the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nerves to monitor or treat patients suffering from neurological disorders. However, current clinical devices are too stiff compared to the soft tissues of the body, which limits benefits for patients. At Neurosoft Bioelectronics, we have developed a new generation of soft and conformable implantable electrodes that seamlessly interface with the nervous tissues and can improve clinical outcomes for patients.
Logic Flow builds an AI bot which automates repetitive code translation tasks. The AI Bot works similar to Google Translate, based on deep learning and neural networks. It assesses the business logic of the current code, translates the code into the new coding language and runs test cases (unit and integration tests). Then, the expert team of Logic Flow will run a review or quality assurance with the client to check that the newly migrated code works.
Rea Diagnostics SA is a Swiss startup, spinoff of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and Lausanne's University Hospital. We develop wearable diagnostic technology for women healthcare. Our first product is a noninvasive test that identifies biomarkers of preterm birth in vaginal discharge.
UniSieve is a cleantech company that provides molecular separation membrane solutions for a wide range of applications. Its platform technology enables a unique combination of various molecular sieves and polymeric membranes, yielding reliable separation solutions. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
Regenosca develops biomaterials serving as an alternative to autologous tissue substitutes for soft tissue repair. Regenosca brings regeneration over scarring with our medical devices.
4iLabs
Grant in 2020
4iLabs is developing a diagnostic toolbox to support clinicians in the therapy decision-making process for patients with progressed cancer beyond the standard of care.
Bone fractures involving a joint are complex in nature, resulting in difficult and time-consuming procedures for the treating orthopaedic surgeon. We provide fracture specific optimization of complex bone reconstruction. Our software solution ensures efficacy of personalized surgical planning, as well as “save and effective” patient-specific implant and instrument design, changing the treatment strategy from a subjective to an objective approach with more predictable outcomes. This could improve outcomes of 400,000 trauma patients, addressing a $1.2 B market. A Harvard Medical School surgeon directing the medical aspects, provides crucial credibility.
Bota Systems' vision is to make robots feel and manipulate the physical world as easily as humans do. Bota Systems is a developer of force torque sensors, load cells, torque sensors, and robotic grippers. It aims to contribute to the increasing demand for automation technology by providing high quality and cost effective robotic components.
We believe the buildings sector represents a priority for our Planet since it accounts for about 40% of the World's total CO2 gas emission. In order to make our building more sustainable and energy self-sufficient, we have patented an innovative window that integrates a PV Venetian blind to protect buildings from overheating producing renewable energy on-site. That’s iWin. iWin is movable and customizable in size and in color, is durable, maintenance-free, with less than 10 years of payback time. The potential market for iWin is huge. Only in Switzerland about 900’000 m2 of glass façade are installed every year. Today we have realized our first working prototype and we have established a partnership with SUPSI and the worldwide leader of integral Venetian blind: Pellini Group.
CareerLunch is a recruitment platform that pairs potential hires with employees through informal exchanges over lunch. It was founded in 2019 by Simon Hofer and Konstantin Nesterov.
Bionomous combines innovative micro-engineering design and machine learning methods to develop devices that automatically inspect and sort miniature biological entities.
Logic Flow builds an AI bot which automates repetitive code translation tasks. The AI Bot works similar to Google Translate, based on deep learning and neural networks. It assesses the business logic of the current code, translates the code into the new coding language and runs test cases (unit and integration tests). Then, the expert team of Logic Flow will run a review or quality assurance with the client to check that the newly migrated code works.
Miraex develops, manufactures and offers photonic and quantum solutions for next generation sensing, networking and computing. Our industrial sensing solutions prevent asset failure before it happens in the most demanding environments, where standard electronic sensors do not work. At Miraex, we also build quantum integrated circuits for high sensitivity measurements and distributed quantum computing infrastructures.
AICA is a market of packaging materials. They provide products that include packaging material, concrete spacers, sewing bag closing machines, and straw bags. They offer services to design, features, desired color shades, winding, and packaging services.
Aseptuva is an early-stage MedTech startup based in Technopark Winterthur with the mission to combat Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI). In a healthcare facility, catheters are crucial lifesaving equipment which deliver essential drugs into the body, but often, the surfaces of these catheters get infected by pathogens present in a hospital environment. This leads to pneumonia or bloodstream infections which take thousands of lives annually across the world, resulting in billions of dollars in extra costs. To tackle this, we are developing a series of medical devices for in-situ disinfection of a wide range of catheters, thus preventing infection at its onset. In conclusion, we strive to set a new standard in critical care and impact millions of lives.
peakPCR develops Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) devices for research and private laboratories. peakPCR is a low-cost, small size device capable of performing real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). PCR is a method widely used in molecular biology to duplicate DNA segments, with applications such as genotyping, mutation detection, forensics, and paternity testing. The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a widely used molecular technique to make millions of copies of a DNA sample, with applications in a variety of fields such as medical diagnostics, biotechnology, and forensic sciences. We have analyzed the heat transfer limitations of conventional PCR machines. This has led to the design of a completely new sample holder with extremely high heating and cooling rates and a much lower sample volume, in order to cut analysis time from currently 1-2 h down to 10 minutes, and reagent consumption by 90%. Next to a first stand-alone desktop instrument, we have also developed a portable version that is battery-powered and that operates in conjunction with a smartphone. We aim to deploy these PCR devices to research and private laboratories at affordable prices.
SmartBreed is a Swiss Agritech start-up that offers insect breeders a complete breeding solution directly at the customer's site. We want to make the advantages of insects industrially usable and accessible to everyone. Therefore we offer stackable, fully automatic breeding boxes in which insects can be bred cost-effectively, resource-sparingly, and hygienically. With our stackable breeding systems, we offer breeding solutions with a produced quantity of a few kilos to several tons per year.
Enerdrape turns existing underground environments into renewable sources of energy for the heating and cooling needs of buildings. The company develop an architecturally integrated technology that captures both geothermal and waste heat present in underground existing environments, such as underground parking, tunnels, stations, and others. The solution offers an alternative, cost-effective, and easier way to source renewable heat for heat pump systems. Enabling the energy transition and access to affordable and efficient renewable energy systems in existing urban environments.
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