Posts Tagged ‘Biotech’
Switzerland is high on the financing of medical startups
Switzerland ranks fourth in Europe in terms of the number of deals behind Britain, Germany and France. Last year, investments in startups reached CHF 2.78 billion, half the amount in 2020 according to a survey by EY Switzerland Venture capital. In terms of volume, Switzerland is the seventh-largest country in Europe. The number of…
Read MorePlair SA raised CHF 2,7 million
A grant to fund the Rapid-C Real-Time Microbial Detector Plair SA, based in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, has been awarded CHF 2.7 million in funding from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI and the EIC Accelerator (former SME Instrument), a highly competitive programme of the European Commission offering funding, coaching and business acceleration services…
Read MoreArtiria Medical raised CHF 3.8 million to improve stroke treatment
Artiria Medical, a swiss neurovascular start-up, raised CHF 3.8 M, including a CHF 2.7 M grant from the highly selective EIC accelerator program and a CHF 1.1 M bridge financing. With its breakthrough technology, Artiria Medical has been awarded the highly selective EIC Accelerator Grant supporting disruptive innovation across Europe, funded by the Swiss State…
Read MoreAn electronic implant helps a bedridden patient to walk again
Researchers at the NeuroRestore research center in Lausanne Switzerland helped a patient suffering from a neurogenerative disease to leave her bed without fainting. Jocelyne Bloch, neurosurgeon at the CHUV and professor at the UNIL in Lausanne Switzerland, and Grégoire Courtine, professor in neurosciences at the EPFL, and their teams, have enabled a 48-year-old woman…
Read MoreNeurosoft Bioelectronics raised CHF 3 Million
The Geneva-based company developed soft and flexible electrodes which can seamlessly interface with the brain Neurosoft Bioelectronics, an early-stage company developing tools for unmet needs in epilepsy and tinnitus, was awarded nearly $3 million, from the SERI-Funded European Innovation Council Accelerator Grant and a share of the $165 000 through the European Research Council…
Read MoreWestern Switzerland, paradise for Life Sciences Companies
18 new foreign life sciences companies settled in our region in 2021 Last year, according to GGBa’s annual report, 86 foreign companies established new business operations in Western Switzerland, with the support of GGBa and the cantonal economic development agencies of Bern, Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, and Valais. Among them, 18 companies are active…
Read MoreTech4Eva 2022 cohort
13 growth-stage startups and 15 early-stage start-ups and projects have been selected for the 2022 program. Tech4Eva is an EPFL initiative that aims at creating a long-term impact for FemTech startups and a global FemTech Community. The 2022 international cohort, selected from a total of 124 applications, is mainly represented by Swiss-based, USA-based and…
Read MoreDayOne Accelerator 2.0
Three programmes that enable the growth of global healthcare and medtech startups at various stages of their development Digital Health Nation Digital Health Nation is an NTN Innovation Booster powered by Innosuisse that aims at transforming and improving the Swiss healthcare system, but more importantly, patients’ lives. Day One helps the applicants with all the…
Read MoreNanolive raises US $ 20 million
The Swiss company is a pioneer in the development of live-cell imaging, and digital analytical solutions The swiss leading live-cell imaging and analysis company, announces that it has successfully completed the initial closing of US $20 million in the Series C-1 equity financing round of investment, led by a US-based and NASDAQ listed life science…
Read MoreCompletely locked-in man uses brain-computer interface to communicate
Researchers at the Wyss Center Geneva created a device and a computer program to decode brain signals Completely paralyzed and unable to speak, a 30-year-old man was able to speak with its caregivers and his family. He even managed to ask his 4-year-old son : “Do you want to watch Disney’s Robin Hood with…
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