Posts Tagged ‘Funding’
Bioscibex, Inkocell Therapeutics, and OrthoSens Supported By Venture Kick
Bioscibex, Inkocell Therapeutics, and OrthoSens were selected at Venture Kick’s second financial and entrepreneurial support stage and get each a CHF 40’000 support. These three Swiss Health Valley startups reshape biopharma, oncology, and orthopedic recovery. Bioscibex, Inkocell Therapeutics, and OrthoSens have progressed to the second stage of Venture Kick, securing support to drive their innovations…
Read MoreClee Medical receives CHF 150’000 from Venture Kick to develop a new era of highly targeted neurotherapies
Addressing the challenges of precision and efficiency in brain surgery, the Wyss Center Spin-Off Clee Medical is developing technology that enhances neurosurgical procedures through advanced imaging and AI-driven guidance. The startup was financed with CHF 150,000 by Venture Kick, winning the third stage of the program. Current neurosurgical procedures face significant hurdles due…
Read MoreTwo Geneva-based startups and projects get fundings by FONGIT
“Patient-specific post-operative orthoses for hallux valgus” project and Immitra Bio GmbH have been selected to receive funding through the FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF), aimed at fostering innovation and advancing sustainable solutions in the Canton of Geneva. CHF 50,000 FIF Grant awarded to “Patient-specific post-operative orthoses for hallux valgus” project Led by engineer Alexandre…
Read MoreGeneva Unveils Master Plan To Become An Innovation Hub
The State of Geneva has unveiled an ambitious master plan aimed at transforming the canton into a global innovation hub. In addition to the CHF 10 million already invested annually in the sector, an extra CHF 11 million will be injected over the next three years, until 2027. Unveiled at Campus Biotech by State Councilor…
Read MoreLaunch of the Deep Tech Nation Information Platform
The Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation (DTN) and the Startupticker Foundation have launched the Deep Tech Nation Information Platform to help venture capitalists (VCs) and institutional investors navigate Switzerland’s deep tech ecosystem. The platform enhances access to information, promotes investment in Swiss deep tech start-ups, and aims to strengthen Switzerland’s position as a…
Read MoreLemna Bio awarded a CHF 100’000 EPFL Innogrant
Lemna Bio – an EPFL startup hosted by Professor Dal Pararo’s Laboratory of Biomolecular Modeling – has been awarded a CHF 100,000 Innogrant by the jury at the EPFL Startup Launchpad. With ageing populations and chronic diseases on the rise, the demand for effective medicines and therapies has never been greater. Yet, for decades, drug development has…
Read MoreAstrocyte and MyoLink supported by FIF
Two Geneva-based life sciences projects have been selected to receive funding through the FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF). Astrocyte and MyoLink, received a grant and a Seed Loan. MyoLink: Simplifying muscle monitoring for gait rehabilitation MyoLink is addressing unmet needs in gait rehabilitation with a non-invasive, easy-to-set-up system for real-time muscle monitoring. Current tools…
Read MoreLimula, Actival and AirCurve supported by the FIT
Limula and its automation process for the production of cell therapies, Actival and its ‘active’ dental aligners, and AirCurve and its AI-guided robotic system for tracheal intubation, have all received Tech Loans from FIT. Limula: automating the production of cell therapies to make them more accessible to patients In the treatment of cancers…
Read MoreSaisiR and GutUp win the 5th edition of Prêt, Partez, Pitch!
The curtain has fallen on the 5ᵉ edition of the Genilem competition Prêt? Partez, Pitch! In front of a packed house of over 200 people, seven finalist projects rose to the challenge of convincing jury and audience in just 151 seconds. Five of them are future gems of Swiss Health Valley. And two life sciences…
Read MoreONWARD Medical Awarded Grant to Study Potential for ARC-BCI Therapy to Restore Movement after Stroke
ONWARD Medical, the Lausanne-born medical technology company creating innovative spinal cord stimulation therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), announces a grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to study the use of its investigational ARC-BCI Therapy to restore upper limb movement after subcortical stroke. While…
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