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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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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: Swiss Venture Capital Matures: Returns, Exits, and a Sharper Investor Layer
Swiss 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 Summit
ESA 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 Scale
In 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 Future
Thomas 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 Value
The 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 Gathering
On 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 Density
The 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 Moon
On 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 leaders
Today 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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Read more: Swiss Deep Tech in 12 Charts: The 2026 Facts & Figures UpdateDeep Tech Nation Switzerland has refreshed its Facts & Figures page with 2026 data covering venture capital flows, startup creation, sector momentum, and founder profiles.…
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Read more: Amazon Acquires RIVR: How an ETH Zurich Lab Built the Robot That Delivers Your PackagesWhen the world’s largest logistics company needs to solve its hardest physical problem, it looks to Zurich. On March 19, 2026, Amazon confirmed the acquisition…
