After the Top 16 was announced by the W.A. De Vigier in March, now the Top 10 finalists for this year’s Award are published. The winners will be announced in early June! We are particularly proud to see our portfolio company Annaida Technologies in the Top 10 and wish them and all the Top 10 Startups […]
Congratulations to LiVET for closing their seed financing round, led by a private investor, together with the Zentrum für Innovation und Digitalisierung Bernapark (ZID) and Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) who back the start-up developing a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for infectious diseases in horses. LiVET is a Swiss start-up with a profound knowledge and expertise in […]
2020 Swiss Innovation Challenge – the traditional networking kick-off event for the SIC was held virtually due to COVID-19 crisis on April 2, 2020! Numerous entrepreneurs from Switzerland and other European countries attended the online kick-off for this years challenge. 100 start-ups from all categories will be admitted to the first pitch, but only 50 […]
Inura Medical AG is admitted to participate at the 2020 >>venture>> competition! Inura Medical AG is a Swiss start-up company focused on the development of re-purposed urological products that combine a medical technology consisting of an urethral suppository and a pharmaceutical agent. Its first product offers a rescue therapy to two highly prevalent and disabling […]
After the Top 60 selection day for the W.A. De Vigier Award on February. Today the Top 16 were published. In the coming weeks the W.A. de Vigier jury will select the Top 10, based on expert reports, business plans, assessments and another presentation the winners will be announced at our Award Ceremony on June […]
Startups and SMEs are invited to participate in the Swiss Innovation Challenge, organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Baselland, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and the Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB), and present their outstanding innovations and business ideas to the jury. Applications are open until 31st March. In order to […]
60 startups pitched their ideas on February 13 at the 2020 Selection Day. It was a full house and we were once again impressed with what Switzerland has to offer when it comes to innovation and leadership! We’ll let you know in the middle of March who goes on to the Top 16. The winners […]
The W.A. de Vigier Award is the oldest and highest endowed prize for startups in Switzerland, giving away five awards of CHF 100’000 each. Applications are open until January 6th. Since 1989, the foundation has distributed over CHF 11 million of seed money, resulting in more than 90 thriving Swiss startups, successful IPOs, multiple company […]