Swiss Startup Investments - Weekly recap (15.-19.05.2023) - Week #20
The third week of May ‘23 features 13 startups and 1 exit. It's time for Startup Days in Bern and the second edition of the Italian Tech Night is sold out!
Hey there!
Last week, two noteworthy Swiss startups made waves in the headlines! ANYbotics successfully secured a remarkable $50 million in a Series B funding round from global investors, while Metaco exited to Ripple for $250 million. Congrats to both teams for their achievements!
This week, I am looking forward to meeting many of you at the startup days in Bern. Additionally, I'm thrilled to announce the upcoming second edition of the Italian Tech Night in Switzerland. Alongside my colleagues at pizzatech, we have assembled a diverse panel of experts and esteemed guests from Italy and Switzerland. Our aim is to delve into the opportunities between the two startup ecosystems.
Although the event is already sold out, you can find more information about it here: "Il 25 maggio a losanna l’edizione bis della 'italian tech night'" (Italian).
Have a great week,
Gian
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Biotech
ASTRA Therapeutics: CHF 150k - Grant
FluoSphera: CHF 100k - Loan
Kylys Aesthetics: CHF 100k - Loan
Cleantech
SolidWatts: CHF 100k - Convertible Loan
Arrhenius: CHF 40k - Convertible Loan
SEPARATIC: CHF 40k - Convertible Loan
E-commerce
Decommerce: Undisclosed
Engineering
Corintis: CHF 50k - Award
Foodtech
sallea: CHF 40k - Convertible Loan
Material
qCella: CHF 25k - Award
Medtech/Healthtech
Breathe: CHF 150k - Grant
Consulto: CHF 50k - Award
Robotics
ANYbotics: $50M - Series B
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Exit
Ripple acquires Metaco for $250M
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Swisspreneur Podcast
Listen to Laurent Decrue, co-founder of the moving company MOVU and Holycode: Iterating Your Product To Greatness - EP #321