Posts by Noëlle Aubert

Additional USD 1.3 million to secure the execution of the pilot clinical trials to start early 2021   One year following the closing of its seed round, Comphya a developer of the first neuromodulator to treat erectile dysfunction, has obtained an additional USD 1.3 million in a bridge financing round. The funds will facilitate the…

Targeting launches in the US & EU: 2021   Swiss diagnostics firm ABCDx is developing a point-of-care blood test for stroke to enable faster diagnosis and treatment of the condition. Targeting launches in the US and EU next year, the Geneva startup is now prepping for Regulatory Submissions. The Geneva-based ABCDx presented data from an ongoing…

LymphoDRAIN product: advance in clinical trials & improve the usability and digitisation   LYMPHATICA Medtech, a vascular medical device development start-up, closes a seven-digit financing round to advance clinical validation aiming at revolutionising the treatment of chronic lymphoedema. The investment round was led by the High Tech Gründerfonds, a large and experienced German VC fund…

The new SICHH symposium series is supported by Innosuisse    The Swiss Integrative Center for Human Health (SICHH) is supported by Innosuisse for the symposium series of the new BrainFit4Life initiative. The aim of the initiative is to promote research and investment in neurological diseases in Switzerland. BrainFit4Life is a large-scale project which recently received funding…

New opportunities in R&D and technology development   The CSL Behring Research External Innovation (REI) team in Europe & Biopôle SA announced that they are to form a corporate partnership before the end of the year. The partnership aims at bringing the Biopôle ecosystem and its start-ups closer to this global biotechnology leader and opening…

The 1st COVID-19 severity score facilitating patient triage   Abionic launched a 5-minutes test for scoring COVID-19 severity. This test that can quantitatively assess the severity of COVID-19 and enable rapid, objective triaging is now CE-marked and available in Europe. The point-of-care diagnostic – described by its Swiss developer Abionic as the first of its…

A Campus for new synergies   Consisting of three main buildings, the campus will be a training centre for health professionals. It will be part of a new district that will accommodate nearly 2,500 students and residents by 2024. This vast district of 100,000 m2 will be located close to the UNIL and EPFL in…

New private investor   Life-sciences startup SEED Biosciences raised CHF 1 million in a Series A fundraising round. The capital will support the company’s growth ambitions, product industrialisation, and further develop its proprietary technology. The funding round was led by a new tech-savvy investor together with existing business angels from the biotech and lab automation…

Eyeware has just entered into a partnership with the company Studio Uni    The startup Eyeware, hosted at IdeArk in Martigny, has just entered into a partnership with the company Studio Uni for the distribution of its eye tracking products in Japan. A recent article published in a Japanese magazine dedicated to digital innovations (the…

Netsensing Technology secures a seed financing round to accelerate Home Sleep Apnea Test device development   Netsensing Technology Sàrl has successfully raised funds from Swiss and French private business angels. The funds will firstly be used to support the validation of its automatic sleep apnea scoring cloud-based software and, the integration of its Home Sleep Apnea…