Let’s talk about Women’s Health

Women are generally known to suffer from more acute and chronic symptoms and use health services more frequently than men. Recent research highlights significant knowledge gaps in the field of women’s health.   “Despite medical advances in healthcare over the past decades, societ­ies are still failing women at key moments in their lives. Too many […]

Fighting COVID-19 with VirOmics Playground

BigOmics’ platform to win the battle against coronavirus is called VirOmics Playground. It analyzes and visualizes biological data for COVID-19, and it is accessible to everyone!   Open data can play a big role in understanding how pandemics works because it provides crucial insights about the patterns behind the data. BigOmics Analytics launched a special […]

Interview with Scailyte’s CEO Peter Nestorov

In an interview on the platform for high-tech startups Venturelab, Peter confirms something that we were already starting to presume in Hemex; Scailyte is developing rapidly. “However, the learning curve has been and still is extremely steep – as the start-up develops rapidly, so do I, and that is really exciting”. As a founder and […]

Scailyte is finalist for Nature Research Spinoff Prize!

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Congratulations to our portfolio company Scailyte for being selected among the 12 finalists for the Nature Research Spinoff Prize. The Spinoff Prize is a new Nature Research Award for early-stage university spinoff companies from around the world. The Award has been established by Nature Research in partnership with Merck to showcase and celebrate global excellence in […]

Swiss Innovation Challenge – 2nd Round!

Numerous Swiss and European start-ups and SME’s applied for this year’s Swiss Innovation Challenge! In the 1st pitching round, 100 innovative participants presented their projects in front of a competent jury.  Selected start-ups also benefit from a comprehensive support platform with individual coaching, tailored education, and mentoring, as well as get access to potential investors […]

“100 fürs Baselbiet” (100 for Baselland) Supports the Federal Program for Innovative Start-Ups

The “100 fürs Baselbiet” (1004BB) initiative was launched in November 2019 by the three partners University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, FHNW), the State Bank of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft (Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank, BLKB) and the Canton of Baselland. This popular initiative among start-ups in the region has been operational since the beginning of […]

Online Pitch Event @ HEMEX

Four promising Swiss start-ups pitched their ventures from the HEMEX Incubator to an online group of investors.    LiVET develops and produces rapid molecular point-of-care diagnostic tests for veterinary use. Based on their proprietary platform technology, veterinarians are able to diagnose infectious diseases on-site and within only 30 minutes for up to 16 samples at […]

Annaida Technologies In The Top 10 for the W.A. De Vigier Award!

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 […]

LiVET Closes CHF 1.3 Million Seed Financing Round

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 […]