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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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Fruitful AI closes strategic investment round
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Market momentum for thriving Kitro
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New MiFID license opens European Market to Taurus
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Swiss Biotech Report confirms the sector’s strong performance
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Windward Bio secures USD 165 million to advance clinical trials
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Read more: Bridging the tough middle: Key takeaways from the Deep-Tech x Space SummitESA chose ESDI at Park Innovaare for its first dedicated Deep-Tech × Space Summit on 13 May 2026. Deep Tech Nation Switzerland CEO Joanne Sieber…
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Read more: SICTIC: A Matter of ScaleIn Parts 1 and 2 of our series, we followed Thomas Dübendorfer from a student fund at ETH Zurich to SICTIC, Switzerland’s largest angel investor…
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Read more: SICTIC: Backed to the FutureThomas Dübendorfer doesn’t invest like a portfolio manager optimizing for returns. He invests like a scout who found someone worth running alongside – and then…
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Read more: SICTIC: At Face ValueThe Very First Cheque When you ask investors at what point in their careers they wrote their first cheque, most will probably tell you a…
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Read more: “Kick Ass Globally”: Inside Project Switzerland’s First Community GatheringOn April 30, 2026, the country’s most accomplished tech founders and the ten Scale-ups selected for the inaugural Project Switzerland cohort sat down together for…
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Read more: AI in Switzerland: Stanford Data Confirms World Leading Talent DensityThe Stanford AI Index Report 2026, released in April 2026, ranks Switzerland first in the world for AI researchers and inventors per capita, with 110.5…
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Read more: Swiss-Built Precision Powers NASA’s Return to the MoonOn April 1, 2026, NASA’s Artemis II mission launched four astronauts toward the Moon, marking the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.…
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Read more: Project Switzerland: 10 Scale-ups selected to join the ranks of Switzerland’s global market leadersToday marks another milestone for Project Switzerland, the national Scale-up initiative initiated by Deep Tech Nation Switzerland. 10 high-growth companies have been selected for the…
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Read more: 2026 European Deep Tech Report: ETH Zurich and EPFL Lead the World in Deep Tech Founder and Spinout CreationThe 2026 European Deep Tech Report, published by Lakestar, Walden Catalyst, and Dealroom, confirms what the data has been building toward for years: Switzerland’s deep…
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Terra Quantum AG to go public at Nasdaq in $3.25 billion SPAC deal
Terra Quantum AG, a leading quantum technology company, and Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), today announced that they have…
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Herbert Ventures launches CHF 30 million seed fund
Zurich-based Herbert today announced the official public launch of Herbert Ventures Fund I, a CHF 30 million industry agnostic venture capital fund focused on pre-seed…
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Amundi invests in Youdera to scale distributed energy infrastructure
Youdera Group SA has announced the closing of a strategic investment by Amundi Energy Transition. The investment will support Youdera’s next phase of growth and…
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Ark Labs raises $5.2M backed by Tether to build programmable finance on Bitcoin
Lugano-based Ark Labs, the leader in open, programmable finance, raised $5.2M in a seed round to unlock Bitcoin capital using its flagship technology, Arkade. The…
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UBS makes a strategic investment in Artificialy
Lugano-based Artificialy announced an a strategic investment from UBS, strengthening the partnership between Artificialy and the global banking group. Alongside the investment, UBS plans to…
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Zürich-based Starmind acquired by US AI platform company Capacity
Swiss AI pioneer Starmind has been acquired by US-based support automation platform Capacity. Starmind's technology, which identifies which employees hold undocumented organizational knowledge, will be…
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10 scale-ups selected for the first Project Switzerland batch
Project Switzerland pairs promising founders who already have a strong track record with a group of more than 20 of Switzerland’s most successful entrepreneurs. The…
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Solar Monkey and Eturnity merge and attract fresh capital
Eturnity and Solar Monkey merge to form the European leader in installer software. The new company is backed with fresh capital by a group of…
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MESH secures US$3.8 million seed round to automate rebar construction globally
MESH, an ETH Zurich spin-off, closed an oversubscribed US$3.8 million seed funding round backed by industry leaders and experienced investors including ABB Robotics Ventures and…
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PAVE Space raises $40M to disrupt satellite deployment
PAVE Space, a Swiss space infrastructure company, today announced it has raised USD 40 million in seed funding to develop a new generation of spacecraft…
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Kandou AI closes $225m Series A round to break memory bottlenecks in AI
Kandou AI, a leader in high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity and system solutions for the AI era, closed its $225mm strategic funding round led by Maverick Silicon…
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Amazon acquires robotics start-up RIVR
Following an investment two years ago, Amazon has acquired ETH Zurich spin-off RIVR Technologies AG. The company has developed and trained their quadrupedal robots to…
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Read more: VI Partners: Backed to the FutureFrom Relaying to Refunding If Part 1 was about the who – Olivier Laplace as the “relay node” in a vast network -Part 2 is…
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Read more: VI Partners: A Matter of ScaleThe Corporate Paradox Olivier Laplace has sat in every seat at the table. He has been the engineer building the product, the banker structuring the…
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Read more: Switzerland Ranks 4th in Europe for VC Investment While Leading Per-Capita Deep Tech InnovationNote: Absolute investment figures in this article are based on preliminary Dealroom data and may contain inaccuracies. For verified Swiss VC data, see Startupticker’s Venture…
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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: 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…
