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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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Swiss delegation set for VivaTech 2026
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Idorsia secures CHF250 million loan
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Startup ecosystems: Mixed Results for Switzerland
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Temenos acquires additiv to accelerate AI-driven orchestration
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Quantum Design completes acquisition of Qnami
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DTN Highlights
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Read more: Swiss Venture Capital Matures: Returns, Exits, and a Sharper Investor LayerSwiss venture capital recorded its first annual rebound since 2022 last year, with CHF 2.95 billion invested and a record CHF 1.116 billion flowing into…
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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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Three Swiss start-ups selected for the inaugural Google DeepMind Accelerator batch
15 robotics companies from across Europe have been selected to join the Google DeepMind Accelerator program. It provides three months of intensive mentorship and technical…
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Swiss delegation set for VivaTech 2026
Twenty-five Swiss startups will showcase their technologies at Viva Technology 2026 in Paris from 17 to 20 June. Exhibiting at the Swiss Pavilion, they will…
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Idorsia secures CHF250 million loan
Idorsia Ltd, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, entered into a senior secured term loan agreement of up to CHF 250 million with investment funds managed by…
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Startup ecosystems: Mixed Results for Switzerland
The Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2026 by Dealroom delivers mixed results for Switzerland. While Swiss startup hubs struggle to compete with the world's largest ecosystems…
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Temenos acquires additiv to accelerate AI-driven orchestration
Temenos AG, a global leader in banking technology, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire additiv AG, a Switzerland-based fintech company. Additiv integrates process…
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Quantum Design completes acquisition of Qnami
Quantum Design has acquired Qnami, a leading developer of diamond-based quantum sensing technologies with its roots at the Physics Department of the University of Basel.…
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NUCLIDIUM's Series B reaches CHF 105 million with latest extension
Basel-based biotech NUCLIDIUM has closed an oversubscribed CHF 26 million Series B extension, bringing the round to CHF 105 million, to advance its copper-based cancer…
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Terra Quantum changes its IPO plans
Following an initial announcement in April regarding an IPO via SPAC, Terra Quantum has now presented a new plan involving a different shell company and…
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AI firm Visium secures funds to scale across Europe and US
Visium has closed its first institutional funding round after eight years as a bootstrapped company. Now employing 100 people across Europe, the firm provides AI…
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InSphero acquires PhenoVista to expand US presence
InSphero has acquired PhenoVista Biosciences, a California-based contract research organization specializing in imaging-based laboratory assays. The deal expands the Swiss company's presence in the United…
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DePoly's new plant sparks high demand
DePoly has secured contracts worth a total of CHF 50 million for its demonstration plant in Monthey, which is currently in the final stages of…
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Neurosoft Bioelectronics Closes $7.5M Oversubscribed Seed Round
Neurosoft Bioelectronics, a Swiss neurotechnology startup developing scalable and soft brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), today announced that it has raised a $7.5 million oversubscribed seed financing…
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Read more: VI Partners: At Face ValueThe Relay Node Olivier Laplace, Partner at Vi Partners, still views the world through the structural lens of a software engineer. While his days of…
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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)…
