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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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Indivi secures CHF 15 million
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CHF 172 million for growth start-ups
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NNAISENSE gets acquired by Germany asset management firm
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Wellcome awards CHF 14 million for BioVersys’ BV100 Phase 2b study
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AstraZeneca acquires SixPeaks for up to USD 300 million
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DTN Highlights
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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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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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CUE Labs exits stealth after $10 million capital increase
Zug-based CUE Labs has emerged out of stealth, introducing the widely adopted CUE open-source configuration language. Its Configuration Control Plane is a central system that…
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BE WTR wins strategic investor to grow in France
BE WTR France, the subsidiary of the Swiss premium, filtered, local and sustainable water brand, and Cafés Richard, France’s leading coffee supplier for the hospitality…
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ETH-Spin-off secures €3.5 million to advance its under water robot
Tethys Robotics has raised €3.5 million in a pre-seed financing round led by Redstone, to further develop and scale up its autonomous underwater drone, the…
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Vista Equity Partners acquires majority in Nexthink in $3 billion deal
The transaction reinforces Nexthink’s standing as one of the most successful and innovative enterprise software companies in the world, serving more than 1,500 enterprise customers…
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21shares joins FalconX to advance digital asset investment products
FalconX is one of the largest and leading digital asset prime brokerage firms, providing deep liquidity, advanced technology solutions, and 24/7 access to global crypto…
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Relai: MiCA license opens a gateway to Europe
The French Financial Markets Authority has granted Relai authorization to become a Crypto-Asset Service Provider under the EU's MiCA Regulation. As one of the first…
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Giovanna Dipasquale is the ‘Female Innovator of the Year’ 2025
The eighth edition of the Female Innovation Forum once again highlighted the leadership and creativity of women driving technological innovation. Giovanna Dipasquale was awarded Female…
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Series A to boost exnaton intelligence platform for new energy
exnaton, a Swiss software company developing an AI-driven intelligence platform for utilities, has raised a Series A round from a global VC consortium. The funds…
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GetYourGuide becomes profitable with almost a €1 billion in revenues
GetYourGuide, the German and Swiss-based online travel experiences platform dedicated to transforming how people travel and book experiences, has become profitable for the first time,…
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Breakthrough US Launch and Validation for Aspivix
In a milestone US launch, Aspivix has officially made available its novel carevix device to physicians in Southern California and New York. Furthermore, a key…
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General Intuition raises USD 134 million
General Intuition, a start-up with teams in Geneva and New York, closed a USD 133.7 million funding round. The spin-off from Dutch company Medal uses…
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EssilorLuxottica acquires RetinAI
EssilorLuxottica announces the acquisition of Ikerian AG, the Swiss health technology company founded in 2017 and operating under the RetinAI brand, specializing in AI and…
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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.
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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…
