The Week in Swiss Startups (16-20.6.2025) - Week #25
The newsletter features 13 startups and 1 exit. $11M Series A extension for a drone startup. Google announced Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash general available. SECA named the Business Angel of the year!
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Swiss startups announced $17M+ last week. This was fueled by Voliro $11M Series A extension. The W.A. De Vigier Award named 6 winners, each received a CHF 120k award.
More news worth mentioning:
🔥 Google LLM: Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash are now generally available (GA) 👉 test them now on Google Cloud!
SECA awards Peter Kessel as the Business Angel of the Year 2025 - Congrats!
Planted opened a new manufacturing center in Germany expanding production capabilities, congrats!
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💰Financing rounds
Tot. money announced last week: $17M+
Biotech
Visienco: CHF 120k - Award
Myriad Optics: CHF 100k - Convertible loan
Blockchain
Giza Protocol: $5.2M
Cleantech
CellX Biosolutions: CHF 120k - Award
Sixteen44: CHF 40k - Convertible loan
Drones
Voliro: $11M - Series A extension (total Series A: $23M)
Avientus: CHF 40k - Convertible loan
Foodtech
New Roots: CHF 120k - Award
Gametech
SONIX: CHF 1.1M - Crowd-investing
Medtech/Healthtech
Axmed: CHF 120k - Award
Clee Medical: CHF 120k - Award
Quantum
YQuantum: CHF 40k - Convertible loan
Spacetech
PAVE Space: CHF 120k - Award
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Exit
Ascentys acquired by Planted (DE)
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🇨🇭Swiss Startup Resources Hub
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🚀 Programs for Swiss-based startups: a curated list of programs designed to propel Swiss startups to the next level
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🗒️ Startup news, podcasts and media: a curated list of news, media and podcasts about Swiss startups.
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🎧 Swisspreneur Podcast
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News & Jobs
Jobs
Product Manager - Data & AI - Sonar
Head of AI & LLM Partnerships - Sonar
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