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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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N-Dream investor KPIT becomes majority shareholder
KPIT Technologies Limited has increased its stake in Swiss startup N-Dream to 88.9%. With this EUR 16.35 million acquisition deal, KPIT aims to enhance automotive…
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N-Dream investor KPIT becomes majority shareholder
KPIT Technologies Limited has increased its stake in Swiss startup N-Dream to 88.9%. With this EUR 16.35 million acquisition deal, KPIT aims to enhance automotive…
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Ecorobotix secures USD 150 million to accelerate growth
Ecorobotix is the global leader in AI-powered Ultra-High Precision (UHP) spraying. Building on rapid growth, proven field results, and a strong financial foundation with $150…
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Energy Vault raises USD 300 m to build and operate energy storage assets
Energy Vault Holdings, a leader in grid-scale energy storage solutions, closed a $300 million preferred equity investment with North American infrastructure investment firm OIC L.P.,…
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NeuroX, successor to MindMaze, joins Relief Therapeutics to form SIX-listed company
SIX-listed biotech company Relief Therapeutics and NeuroX Group SA, have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their businesses. The combined company will be renamed…
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New investment to scale Akselos’ simulation technology
Akselos, the global leader in Structural Performance Management, has obtained a follow-on investment from GRO Capital, a leading software-focused private equity firm. The funding will…
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Teylor secures €150 million to accelerate its pan-European expansion
Teylor, one of Europe’s leading technology-driven SME financing platforms, has secured €150 million in new financing from Fasanara Capital, a leading fintech-focused structured credit asset…
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Axon Technologies acquired by Aquavit Pharmaceuticals
Axon Technologies AG, formerly known as Genève Technologies, has been acquired by Aquavit Pharmaceuticals AG, marking a strategic leap forward in artificial intelligence and advanced…
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Spineart secures CHF 25M investment to boost global growth
Geneva-based Spineart, a global medtech innovator in advanced spine surgery solutions, just announced a CHF 25 million capital increase backed by its long-standing investors Gimv…
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FenX banks CHF 8.2 million series A funding
FenX, a cleantech startup pioneering sustainable insulation materials for buildings, has closed its Series A funding round, raising CHF 8.2 million. Supernova Invest and Move…
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Knorr-Bremse acquires Swiss industrial computing company duagon for EUR500 million
Duagon has established itself as a leading supplier of hardware and software solutions for safety-related applications primarily in the railway industry. Following the investment by…
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Belgium company acquires young Lausanne startup
Less than six months following its incorporation, Haicker has been acquired by Belgian cybersecurity company Aikido Security NV to help to transform weeks-long pen tests…
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Read more: Decoding the 2025 Top 100 Swiss Startup AwardLast night, the Swiss innovation ecosystem gathered under the bright lights of the ZSC Swiss Life Arena in Zürich, a major ice hockey stadium. The…
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Read more: Into the Web with DTN’s Spider Analysis: Where We’re Strong, Where We’re Slow, and What To Do About ItOur new spider graph maps Switzerland’s position across four pillars of deep tech: Innovation & IP, Academia, Ecosystem, and Capital & Investment. A clear picture…
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Read more: From Momentum to Mission: What the Latest VC-Trends Mean for Deep Tech in SwitzerlandThis mid-year reading of startupticker.ch and SECA’s Swiss VC Report takes the surface rebound—a healthy rise in invested capital—and weighs it against quieter signals: fewer…
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Read more: Globally Unique Focus on Deep TechThe first Swiss Deep Tech Report presents data-driven evidence of the advantages that make Switzerland a global deep tech hotspot. It also provides an in-depth…
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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…
