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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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$22 million for weather intelligence company
Meteomatics, the weather intelligence and technology company that enables the world’s leading companies to accurately forecast the weather’s impact on business, has closed its $22M…
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BioVersys to go public next week
BioVersys started the offer period of its newly issued shares. Based on the offer price, the implied market capitalization of BioVersys is about CHF 212.9…
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Spanish travel-tech unicorn acquires Yokoy
Yokoy, the leading spend management platform, has been acquired by TravelPerk, a business travel platform based in Barcelona. In parallel, TravelPerk announced the closing of…
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AB2 Bio signs USD 600 million agreement with Nippon Shinyaku
AB2 Bio Ltd., developing therapies for the treatment of severe systemic hyperinflammatory diseases and conditions driven by IL-18, has entered into an option and licensing…
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ZuriQ secures $4.2M seed funding to break quantum computing's scaling barrier
Quantum computing startup ZuriQ has today announced the closing of its $4.2 million seed funding round to commercialize a radical new architecture that will enable scaling…
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Transmutex receives $4 million grant to enable nuclear waste transmutation
Geneva-based startup Transmutex has received more than $4.2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy as part of the NEWTON Program.…
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Tech Tour Growth Top 50 showcases Swiss deeptech companies
Switzerland is a hub of innovation, home to numerous trailblazing startups, including six that have earned a spot in the Tech Tour Growth Top 50…
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BioVersys to go public at SIX Swiss Exchange
BioVersys develops novel antibacterial products for serious life-threatening infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria. The Basel-based company plans to conduct an initial public offering on the…
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Swiss startups strengthen presence in North America
With the establishment of their new offices in the US, Attolight, Blocksport and NewBiologix, aim to increase proximity to customers in the North American market,…
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RhyGaze raises USD 86 million to advance gene therapy for retinal diseases
Based in Basel and Philadelphia, USA, RhyGaze has secured a Series A financing of USD 86 million to enable clinical advancements for its lead candidate,…
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Sygnum achieves unicorn status with USD 58m growth round
Global digital asset banking group Sygnum has raised a total of USD 58 million in its oversubscribed Strategic Growth Round, giving it a post-money valuation…
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Windward Bio launches with $200 million Series A financing round
Founded by serial entrepreneur Luca Santarelli, Windward Bio has just launched with a $200 million capital injection. These funds will accelerate clinical advancements in programs…
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Read more: Swiss AI and the New Autonomous Driving RegulationAs unsurprising as it will sound to people familiar with Switzerland and its priorities, the country spends a lot of time debating, planning, and maintaining…
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Read more: AWI and DTN Launch AWI DTF Fund Manager Request for ProposalsThe Anlagestiftung Winterthur für Personalvorsorge (AWI), in collaboration with Deep Tech Nation Switzerland (DTN), has launched a Request for Proposals (RfP) for the AWI Deep…
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Read more: Switzerland: The Global Deep Tech LeaderSwitzerland was recently named a deep tech beacon by Forbes. Through data backed facts, discover why it’s even more than that; a global deep tech…
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Read more: Deep Tech Startups Drive Swiss InvestmentMore venture capital went to Swiss startups from deep tech sectors such as biopharma and hardware & robotics in 2024 than in 2023 – and…
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Read more: New Information Platform Aims to Boost Funding for Swiss Deep Tech ScaleupsDeep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation and Startupticker Foundation announce the launch of the Deep Tech Nation Information Platform, a digital portal meant to facilitate investments…
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Read more: Fajer Mushtaq, Clean Tech EntrepreneurFajer Mushtaq, co-founder and CEO of Oxyle, has raised about CHF 9 million in non-dilutive funds in recent years from innovation programmes, the public sector…
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Read more: Andreas Brenner, Serial EntrepeneurAndreas Brenner started at the age of 28, when he founded Avrios.com. He spent seven years as CEO responsible for building an SaaS platform that…
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Read more: Switzerland, Big Pharma’s Shopping CentreThe top pharmaceutical companies are very active in Switzerland, participating in large financing rounds and acquiring companies or drug candidates. In 2024, the global number…
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Read more: Robots and the Swiss Tradition of Customer Focus
For Swiss robotics startups, customer success and investor success go hand in hand. In addition to outstanding technology, this requires a high degree of customer…
