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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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Digitalhealth company Oviva banks USD 200M Series D funding
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Vi Partners: first closing of new CHF 150 million fund completed
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Swissto12 raises over €100M for HummingSat industrialization
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Cloover secures $22M in equity and a $1.2 billion debt facility
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DTN Highlights
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Read more: Swiss AI Governance Leader LatticeFlow Acquires Irish AI Sonar in Cross-Border ExpansionZurich-based LatticeFlow AI announced the acquisition of Dublin’s AI Sonar at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2026, marking a strategic shift…
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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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Switzerland Shines as a Deep Tech Hub at CES 2026
The first days at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) have already been exciting for several Swiss startups—Algorized and the KUKA Group unveiled a new robot…
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€13.9 million for glucose-monitoring wearable
Liom, the developer of the world’s first non-invasive glucose-monitoring wearable, has secured additional €13.9 million (CHF 13 million) in its Series A extension round, bringing…
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Enlightra raises USD 15 million to tackle the biggest bottleneck in AI infrastructure
Enlightra, a Swiss-American deeptech startup building chip-scale multiwavelength lasers for next-generation data transmission, announced it has raised a total of $15 million to make data…
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Neural Concept closes $100M funding round to scale AI-Native engineering
Neural Concept, a global AI platform and leader in Engineering Intelligence powering next-generation product development, today announced it raised a $100 million Series C funding…
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FoRx Therapeutics raises $50 million to advance clinical trials
In August this year, FoRx Therapeutic initiated its first human trial Phase 1 clinical development of its lead drug candidate, FORX-428, designed to target and…
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Swiss-US startup HomeBuddy acquired for $190 million
Established by Schwyz-based SIREN GROUP AG, HomeBuddy is a digital marketplace platform that matches homeowners with the most appropriate home services professional. QuinStreet, a leader…
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Los Angeles cloud production studio acquires PRODUCER
PRODUCER.io is a Swiss-based production management platform trusted by with more than 20’000 users, including in-house media departments worldwide. The company has joined the family…
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SK Capital acquires majority stake in Swixx Biopharma at EUR 1.5 billion valuation
HBM Healthcare Investments, together with the founders and other shareholders such as Mérieux Equity Partners, will sell a majority of their current stake in Swixx…
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Swiss delegation warms up for CES 2026 in Las Vegas
The upcoming year will again kick off with the annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, held on 6-9 January 2026. Close to 150’000…
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Startups score prizes across Asia and Germany
In recognition of their innovative solutions — from digitally printed solar cells and scenario-based modelling to sono-instruments and solar fuels — juries in Taiwan, the…
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Assaia finalises $26.6m Series B round to scale aviation technology
Assaia, the Zurich-based aviation technology company dedicated to optimizing the commercial aircraft turnaround process, has raised $26.6m in an oversubscribed Series B funding round led…
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Forbes 30Under30 spotlights Swiss innovators
Twenty-three personalities in the startup ecosystem made it to this year’s Forbes 30under30 — the annual premier list that presents influential personalities in Switzerland, Germany,…
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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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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…
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Read more: Redalpine: At Face ValueLab Rat turned Gardener Michael Sidler, Founder and Partner at redalpine, has spent a fair share of his career in a lab. As a trained…
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Read more: Redalpine: Backed to the FutureComing to Play Michael Sidler likes to describe redalpine as a “one-stop shop” for founders. “We don’t only provide money,” he says. “We provide infrastructure,…
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Read more: Redalpine: A Matter of ScaleBigger Cakes and Smaller Slices With a name like redalpine, a powerful symbol of a rising sun amidst the impressive peaks of the Swiss alps,…
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Read more: Beyond Lithium-Ion: Swiss Startup BTRY Raises $5.7M to Industrialize Next-Generation Solid-State BatteriesSwiss battery startup BTRY has closed an oversubscribed $5.7 million seed round led by Redstone VC, with participation spanning Europe and Asia. Speaking to us…
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Read more: From ETH Labs to $300M Valuation: How DeepJudge’s $41.2M Round Showcases Swiss AI ExcellenceThe Zurich-based legal AI startup’s Series A demonstrates how Switzerland’s research institutions, funding mechanisms, and talent density create global category leaders DeepJudge, the Zurich-based legal…
