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Volumina Medical closes its Series A funding to develop Adipearl

Volumina Medical

Clinique La Prairie and Skyviews Life Science Ltd are among the new investors   Volumina Medical, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) specializing in developing innovative biomaterials announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A fundraising. Around 2 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer…

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Three new buildings on the Biopôle site in Lausanne

Biopôle SA

Biopôle SA announces a new partnership with Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate SICAV for the construction of three new buildings dedicated to Life Sciences. The work will start in December 2022 in Épalinges.   This new 23,000-m2 complex, distributed over three buildings, will host up to 500 people and has been designed to house both…

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iOnctura, EBAMed and Terapet awarded by the Fongit

Fongit Fund

Fongit, the Fondation Genevoise pour l’Innovation Technologique, has just announced the latest beneficiaries of the Fongit Innovation Fund (FIF). iOnctura is awarded a growth loan of CHF 400,000. EBAMed and Terapet receive each a seed loan of CHF 100,000.     The Fongit Innovation Fund The FIF is the instrument for fostering innovation and the…

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Future of Health: 10 digital healthcare start-ups awarded

Future of Health Grant

EPFL Innovation Park and CSS present the 2022 cohort   The Future of Health Grant programme to support innovation in digital healthcare has been launched. The ten selected start-ups will benefit from funding and know-how to help them accelerate the development of their solutions. A whole ecosystem of partners and experts in digital healthcare is…

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Nanolive SA closes a series C round at $22.2 million

Nanolive

After the successful closing of a US $22.2 million Series C equity financing, Nanolive announces the appointment of two extraordinary women to its board of directors: Dr. Deborah Birx and Mrs. Victoria Wang.   Nanolive, based in canton de Vaud (Switzerland), develops cutting edge state-of-the-art label-free live cell digital analytical solutions to provide researchers and…

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Hedera Dx raises €14 million in seed funding

Hedera Dx

The Swiss companies wants to accelerate the adoption of liquid biopsies for cancer testing   Swiss techbio company Hedera Dx, based in Biopôle Lausanne and founded in 2021 by veteran healthcare entrepreneurs and executives, will be launching this fall a blood-based testing solution to profile cancer DNA circulating in the blood, helping patients access better…

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Incepto raised €27 million

Incepto

The platform for artificial intelligence solutions applied to medical imaging, announces a €27 million round of financing. The goal: to treat one million patients in Europe per month by 2024.   Incepto, which has a branch office at the Biopôle Lausanne in Switzerland, has just raised €27 million in a financing round led by LBO…

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Selexis and NexImmune Sign an Agreement to Advance Multiple Immunotherapies Targeting Rare Cancers

Selexis - Next Immune

This Agreement supports the development of molecules targeting acute myeloid leukemia, multiple myeloma, human papillomavirus (HPV) associated tumors, and additional human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) that have the potential to increase immunotherapy options for patients   Selexis SA, a JSR Life Sciences company based in Geneva Switzerland, and NexImmune Inc. (Nasdaq: NEXI), a clinical-stage biotechnology company…

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Debiopharm Innovation Funds invests to accelerate the development of genomics medicines via technology powered AI

Debiopharm Whitelab Genomics

The strategic investment arm of Swiss biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm wants to reduce biotherapies’ development time and cost using AI (Artificial Intelligence)   Debiopharm Innovation Fund announced an investment in Whitelab Genomics alongside French Venture Capital company, Omnes Capital, in a $10 Million Series A Round to advance their mission to accelerate the development of genomics medicines…

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Top 100 Swiss Startups 2022: the Life Sciences Winners

Top 100 startups

17 Western Switzerland Life Sciences startups in biotech, medtech and foodtech were selected   The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2022 celebrated Switzerland’s most promising startups. The 12 edition winners were announced on 7 September 2022. Congratulations to all the Western Switzerland and their amazing project that were celebrated this year.   Geneva Stalicla SA (41)…

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