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6/1/2023

Hexem and Adaptyv Bio receive FIT Tech Seed loans of CHF 100’000 each

Adaptyv Bio lets users test and synthesise any protein, while Hexem has developed a novel water cleaning technology that produces biogas from industrial wastewater. The FIT Tech Seed loan will help Adaptyv Bio roll out its platform and Hexem test its industrial demonstrator.

5/22/2023

TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2023: Vote for your favorite Vaud-based startup!

Participate in the TOP 100 Public Voting and support your favorite Vaud-based startup! From now until July 23rd, 2023, all LinkedIn users have one vote each in the public competition to choose the 10 most innovative Swiss startups. The winners will be announced at the TOP 100 award ceremony on September 6th, 2023. Vote now!

5/12/2023

Bearmind SA wins the PERL Trophy 2023

The PERL 2023 ceremony took place this Wednesday, May 3 in Beaulieu-Lausanne in front of some 250 guests. The Lausanne Region Trophy, endowed with CHF 50,000.-, is awarded to the company Bearmind SA for its creation of sensors integrated into sports helmets to anticipate the risk of brain damage. Four other prizes worth CHF 10,000.- each went to innovative companies in the Lausanne region. The Public Prize, an additional amount of CHF 10,000.- goes to Wepot.

5/10/2023

BMW’s Largest Shareholder, Stefan Quandt, Invests in Swiss Scaleup Ecorobotix

Swiss AgTech company, Ecorobotix, to accelerate growth of AI powered plant-by-plant recognition and ultra-high precision smart sprayer system after completing its largest funding round to date - investments co-lead by Stefan Quandt, owner of Aqton PE.

4/6/2023

PeriVision and Swistor receive FIT Tech Seed loans of CHF 100’000 each

PeriVision makes functional eye testing accessible to everyone and everywhere using virtual reality and AI algorithms. Swistor is developing supercapacitors that will replace or complement conventional batteries in portable devices. Both start-ups received a Tech Seed loan of CHF 100,000 from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT), which will allow PeriVision to further develop its eye testing platform and prepare market entry in the US and Switzerland and Swistor to finalize its product and market it.

3/21/2023

Alithea Genomics receives 500,000 Francs to boost RNA sequencing

Alithea Genomics, an EPFL spin-off, is active in high-throughput RNA sequencing, used to examine gene expression and discover new biomarkers and drugs. The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) has chosen to support Alithea with a Tech Growth loan of CHF 500,000 to bring two new products to the market.

3/21/2023

Astrocast participates in EU funded XGain initiative and enables Croatian aquaculture project

Vaud-based scale-up Astrocast, a leading global Satellite IoT network operator, will be participating in the European Union (EU) funded XGain initiative. Its Satellite IoT (SatIoT) technology and network will be deployed within an aquaculture project in Dalatia, Croatia to monitor water quality within remote oyster farms.

3/14/2023

Aequaland and Stacksync receive a combined CHF 70’000 from the FIT Digital programme

The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) has chosen to support the two start-ups with a 50’000 CHF Digital Seed loan for Aequaland and a 20’000 CHF Digital Grant for Stacksync. Aequaland built a gamified educational platform for kids ages 4-9 and Stacksync offers real-time syncing between data warehouses and CRM systems.

3/6/2023

Resilient and Heima receive FIT Tech Seed loans of CHF 100’000

Resilient is developing a technology that predicts and prevents employee burnout, mainly in multinational companies. The Heima project, by Cielo Azzuro SA, designs tiny-houses that aim to be more sustainable and modular than current housing. Both start-ups received a Tech Seed loan of CHF 100,000 from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT), which will allow Resilient to develop its application in depth in the framework of an InnoSuisse project and Heima to develop its product and market it.