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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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The Swiss open source LLM is live
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USD 1.6 million to empower European retailers with AI
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Healthtech startups in the global spotlight
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Defense startup CDDS off to a good start
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DTN Highlights
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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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NextIn Business: Swiss Drones – Flying Robots Transform Industrial Inspection and Emergency Response
Read more: NextIn Business: Swiss Drones – Flying Robots Transform Industrial Inspection and Emergency ResponseWhere humans cannot safely reach, such as in burning buildings, on collapsed structures, or atop windswept industrial towers, Swiss drones are redefining what is possible.…
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Read more: So Far, We Feed the Roots, but Others Reap the HarvestSwitzerland reigns as the world’s innovation champion. Yet Joanne Sieber, CEO of the Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation, warns against complacency. In this interview, she…
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Read more: Project Switzerland: 20 outstanding entrepreneurs for next-gen market leadersSwitzerland is consistently hailed as the world champion of innovation. Yet, the critical challenge remains: scaling these innovations into enduring, global companies. Many promising Swiss…
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Read more: Spacetek Technology Secures CHF 9.6M to Bring Swiss Space Tech to Global SemiconductorsIn the global race for semiconductor dominance, yield and efficiency are the ultimate currency. As manufacturers push for nanometer precision, the margin for error effectively…
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Read more: NextIn Business: Swiss Biotech Battles Superbugs – Deep Tech Solutions to Antibiotic ResistanceModern medicine faces an existential threat: multi-resistant bacteria. As vital antibiotics “no longer work”, infections once easily treated are becoming life-threatening, and routine procedures like…
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Read more: European Spinouts Report 2025: Switzerland Confirmed as Europe’s Deep Tech PowerhouseThe most critical metric in innovation is not volume but efficiency. While larger economies naturally produce higher absolute numbers of companies, the true measure of…
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Swiss startups across industries in the global spotlight
A host of awards were bestowed upon Swiss startups developing innovative solutions across sectors such as medtech, robotics, energy, and fashion. Along with cash prizes,…
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Switzerland leads the way in spin-offs
Swiss universities and the Swiss innovation system as a whole consistently perform very well in rankings, while the start-up ecosystem usually revealed some weaknesses. The…
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A $16M round and key milestones strengthen Sunflower Labs’s position
Sunflower Labs, creator of the Beehive autonomous security drone system has obtained nationwide FAA approval to operate beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) across the…
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$150 million to scale DEXTER the surgical robot across the US
Distalmotion, the developer of surgical robot DEXTER which is designed to empower access to the benefits of robotic surgery in outpatient sites of care, has…
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Albatross raises CHF 9.7 million to reinvent product discovery for the web
Former Amazon AI leaders raise CHF 9.7 m to deploy AI that understands user intent in real time, transforming how they discover products and content…
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Indivi secures CHF 15 million
TechBio company Indivi has closed a CHF15 million investment round led by Ava Investors to accelerate the validation and deployment of precision medicine tools in…
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CHF 172 million for growth start-ups
Following the first closing of the Swisscanto (CH) Private Equity Switzerland Growth II fund, managed by Zürcher Kantonalbank, investment activities will now commence. The majority…
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NNAISENSE gets acquired by Germany asset management firm
Based in Lugano, NNAISENSE has built a generative AI framework for financial markets to enable the prediction of coherent market scenarios across multiple asset classes,…
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Delvitech closes USD 40 million Series B round to accelerate global growth
Delvitech, specializing in the development of AI-native Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) solutions for electronics, closed a Series B investment round of USD 40 million. Delvitech…
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Wellcome awards CHF 14 million for BioVersys’ BV100 Phase 2b study
BioVersys’ lead asset BV100, an innovative anti-infective developed for hospital infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii, including carbapenem resistant strains (CRAB), has been selected to participate…
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AstraZeneca acquires SixPeaks for up to USD 300 million
Following an initial investment of USD 15 million in 2024, AstraZeneca has acquired Basel-based SixPeaks Bio AG. SixPeaks is investigating potential therapies for weight-management with…
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Positrigo on a growth momentum in the US
One year following the acquisition of its first customer in the US market, Positrigo continues to strengthen its position in America. The company has installed…
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Read more: The Evidence We Needed: Establishing the First Benchmark for Swiss VC Return
For 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 Crisis
One 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 Engine
For 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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NextIn Business: Swiss Drones – Flying Robots Transform Industrial Inspection and Emergency Response
Read more: NextIn Business: Swiss Drones – Flying Robots Transform Industrial Inspection and Emergency ResponseWhere humans cannot safely reach, such as in burning buildings, on collapsed structures, or atop windswept industrial towers, Swiss drones are redefining what is possible.…
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Read more: So Far, We Feed the Roots, but Others Reap the Harvest
Switzerland reigns as the world’s innovation champion. Yet Joanne Sieber, CEO of the Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation, warns against complacency. In this interview, she…
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Read more: Project Switzerland: 20 outstanding entrepreneurs for next-gen market leaders
Switzerland is consistently hailed as the world champion of innovation. Yet, the critical challenge remains: scaling these innovations into enduring, global companies. Many promising Swiss…
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Read more: Spacetek Technology Secures CHF 9.6M to Bring Swiss Space Tech to Global Semiconductors
In the global race for semiconductor dominance, yield and efficiency are the ultimate currency. As manufacturers push for nanometer precision, the margin for error effectively…
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Read more: NextIn Business: Swiss Biotech Battles Superbugs – Deep Tech Solutions to Antibiotic Resistance
Modern medicine faces an existential threat: multi-resistant bacteria. As vital antibiotics “no longer work”, infections once easily treated are becoming life-threatening, and routine procedures like…
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Read more: European Spinouts Report 2025: Switzerland Confirmed as Europe’s Deep Tech Powerhouse
The most critical metric in innovation is not volume but efficiency. While larger economies naturally produce higher absolute numbers of companies, the true measure of…
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Read more: NextIn Business: Beyond the Factory – Swiss Robots Integrate Into Daily LifeSwitzerland is a “robotics country,” and its innovators are at the forefront of moving robots from industrial cages into daily life. This transition is driven…
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Read more: Swiss Deep Tech Milestone: Delvitech’s 400% Growth Attracts $40M InvestmentA Swiss AI company just demonstrated the kind of explosive growth that gets international investors’ attention. Delvitech, which develops AI-native solutions for automated optical inspection…
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Read more: NextIn Business: Rethinking Energy Storage – Swiss Battery Innovation Powers the TransitionThe global energy transition cannot happen without batteries. Yet, conventional technology faces fundamental constraints, including a reliance on scarce raw materials, long charging times, and…
