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Swiss Deep Tech News & Analysis
Stay informed on the Swiss technology landscape. This is your central resource for Deep Tech News, combining key developments from across the ecosystem with original, data-driven analysis from the Deep Tech Nation Foundation. We track and report on significant technological milestones, funding rounds, and research to provide a comprehensive overview for international investors, partners, and researchers.
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GetYourGuide becomes profitable with almost a €1 billion in revenues
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Breakthrough US Launch and Validation for Aspivix
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General Intuition raises USD 134 million
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EssilorLuxottica acquires RetinAI
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N-Dream investor KPIT becomes majority shareholder
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N-Dream investor KPIT becomes majority shareholder
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DTN Highlights
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Read more: Project Switzerland: A Mission to Scale the Next Global Market LeadersToday marks a defining moment for the Swiss innovation ecosystem. Deep Tech Nation Switzerland officially launching Project Switzerland, a national initiative with a singular, critical…
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Read more: Switzerland: A Leading Global Scale-up HubMore money has flowed into all Swiss scale-ups per capita than into scale-ups in the US or Israel. This is backed by a ten-year growth…
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Read more: ACE Ventures: A Matter of ScaleImpatience is Imperative There is a distinct cultural friction when a Swiss founder steps into the US market. In Switzerland, the prevailing operating system is…
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Read more: ACE Ventures: Backed to the FutureThe Art of the Imperfect Bet A venture capitalist is only as good as their conviction when things look messy. For Alessandra Agnello, the “perfect deal”…
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Read more: ACE Ventures: At Face ValueFrom Equations to Exposure It isn’t surprising that Alessandra Agnello, Director at ACE Ventures, describes Venture Capital as picking out gems out of a pile of rocks- after all, her…
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Read more: Small Country, Big Deep Tech Nation: Switzerland as Europe’s Technology HubWhile the world talks about GenAI, Switzerland is quietly building something almost as significant: an industry founded on physics, precision, and patience. Deep tech—the fusion…
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Read more: The Evidence We Needed: Establishing the First Benchmark for Swiss VC ReturnFor years, institutional investors have cited the same obstacle when asked about venture capital allocation: insufficient performance data. Without a credible benchmark, Swiss pension funds…
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Read more: NextIn Business: Switzerland’s AI-Powered Response to the Workplace Mental Health CrisisOne in three sick notes in Switzerland stems from mental health issues, with workplace stress as the primary culprit. As the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Read more: Beyond Early Stage: The Rise of the Swiss Scale Up EngineFor years, the global narrative regarding European innovation has been consistent: excellent research, strong early-stage formation, but a fragmentation that hampers growth. However, new data…
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Oculis raises USD 100 million
Nasdaq-listed biotech company Oculis announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 5,000,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of $20.00 per share, for…
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Swiss startups and scale-ups join the EU AI Champions Initiative
Business and politics must align to drive innovation, particularly in today's technological era where artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly dominant. The newly launched €150 billion…
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Nexoya drives European growth with Italian expansion
As of February 2025, Nexoya is focusing on continued growth and European expansion. Building on its success in Switzerland and Germany, the marketing analytics company…
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vVARDIS secures USD 35 million to accelerate global growth
vVARDIS, a Swiss high growth dental company, and OrbiMed, a leading healthcare investment firm, today announced the closing of a $35 million financing. The capital…
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Global investors bolster swiss fintech, insurtech, and deeptech sectors
Silicon-Valley based MS&AD Ventures and Redstone are extending the partnership bringing in Redstone as a partner across the full venture capital value chain. The Redstone…
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Three million to make self-healing software a reality
LogicStar, building the AI agent for fully autonomous application maintenance, raised a $3m round led by Northzone. The company founded by successful serial entrepreneurs empowers…
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BioVersys Opens IPO Season at SIX Swiss Exchange
Today, BioVersys, a leading Swiss biotech company specializing in novel antibacterial products for serious life-threatening infections, listed its shares at SIX Swiss Exchange. At an…
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SAEKI raises $6.7M to transform large-scale manufacturing
As AI accelerates design capabilities, SAEKI is bridging the widening gap between what engineers can design and what can actually be manufactured, end to end.…
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CHF 2.4 billion for Swiss start-ups
Investment in knowledge-based start-ups fell again in 2024, by 8.5% compared with the previous year. The number of financing rounds also fell for the first…
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Frank Thelen invests in Akina’s CHF 2.8 million seed round
Through its investment in Akina, Freigeist Capital, the Deep Tech VC founded by Frank Thelen, has led its first investment in the healthtech sector. The…
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Start-up boom thriving at ETH Zurich
Once again, around 40 spin-off companies were launched at ETH Zurich. Start-ups in the fields of artificial intelligence and biotechnology were particularly well represented.
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$16 million to fight forever chemicals
Swiss startup Oxyle announced a $16m funding round to scale its breakthrough solution to destroy, not just relocate, PFAS from wastewater. This builds on its…
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Read more: Deep Tech Nation CEO in Le Temps: “If We Want Economic Giants, We Must Wake Up”Our CEO, Joanne Sieber, recently sat down with the influential Swiss newspaper Le Temps to discuss a critical challenge for the nation’s future: financing the…
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Read more: Microsoft’s USD 400 Million Bet on Swiss AIMicrosoft has confirmed a four-hundred-million-dollar programme to expand its Swiss cloud and AI footprint, launch a national accelerator for startups and SMEs, and equip 100…
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Read more: AI Pioneers in the Life Sciences SectorSwitzerland’s strong life sciences sector is a pace setter in combining traditional approaches from the pharma and medtech industries with AI. Several start-ups have recently…
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Read more: Swiss AI Enters a New Era: inait SA and the Rise of Digital BrainsSwiss AI startup inait is redefining artificial intelligence by building digital brains—software systems that simulate human reasoning. Backed by Microsoft and rooted in neuroscience from…
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Read more: CUTISS: A Swiss Techbio Champion Ready to Lead the Global Health RevolutionCUTISS is reshaping the future of skin surgery with denovoSkin™, a groundbreaking techbio innovation born in Switzerland. As it nears global commercialization, CUTISS highlights both…
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Read more: Success Story: Péter FankhauserANYbotics’ Péter Fankhauser takes on Boston Dynamics with robot dogs built for dangerous inspections—backed by $60M and global clients.
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Read more: Millions for Research but no Money for Growth: Swiss Startups are Looking Abroad for InvestorsTranslated from NZZ, this article explores why Swiss startups often seek growth capital abroad despite strong local innovation roots.
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Read more: How Swiss Startups are Making Their Mark on Agentic AIDiscover how Swiss startups are leading the crowded agentic AI space with cutting-edge, goal-driven AI agents tailored for finance, law, gaming, and software—powered by scientific…
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Read more: Swiss Deep Tech Venture Capital: The 2025 EU Deep Tech ReportEurope’s deep tech ecosystem has become a potent driver of innovation, standing strong despite broader venture capital market fluctuations. Switzerland is gaining recognition as a…
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Read more: Deep Tech: The Engine of Disruptive InnovationDeep tech is at the forefront of technological evolution, driving breakthroughs that redefine industries and address complex global challenges. Unlike traditional tech startups that often…
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Read more: What Can We Learn From W.A. De Vigier Awards 2025 FinalistsDiscover insights about the Swiss Innovation ecosystem through an analysis of the W.A. De Vigier Startup Funding Competition Finalists
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Read more: Unlocking Swiss Deep Tech for Institutional InvestorsThe AWI Deep Tech Fund is bridging the gap between Swiss tech and institutional investors. Discover how it’s unlocking new opportunities.
