The Week in Swiss Startups (25.9-6.10.2023) - Weeks #40-#41
The fifth week of Sept and the first week of Oct '23 feature 21 startups and 3 exits. There's a new VC in town - TIME Magazine featured Earkick, the Swiss AI-mental health companion.
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This newsletter highlights a total of 21 investments and three exits - summarizing two busy weeks!
Special acknowledgments to Pexapark for securing €20M in Series C funding, Sparta for its $17.5M Series A round, and Nagi Bioscience, which successfully raised CHF 12.4M in Series A funding!
Here are some other highlights from the week:
Earkick, the Swiss AI-mental health companion, gained recognition by being featured in TIME Magazine.
There’s a new VC in town who seeks to foster diversity in the Venture Capital space: emma Ventures
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AI/ML - B2B SaaS
Atinary: $5M - Seed
Helio: €4.8M - Seed
Tune Insight: $3.4M - Seed
biGENIUS: €2M
Biotech
Nagi Bioscience: CHF 12.4M - Series A
Limula: Undisclosed - Biopôle startup fund
Cleantech
Pexapark: €20M - Series C
Voltiris: Undisclosed - Biopôle startup fund
enshift: CHF 3.5M - Seed
Engineering
NovoViz: CHF 40k - Convertible Loan
Fintech
Sparta: $17.5M - Series A
Frigg.eco: Undisclosed - S2S Ventures
Marketplace/Platform
storabble: Undisclosed - S2S Ventures
Foodtech
AlpineWell: CHF 40k - Convertible Loan
Medtech
Parithera: Undisclosed - Biopôle startup fund
HeroSupport: CHF 150k - Venture Kick
LighthouseTech: CHF 10k - Award
Sensawear: Undisclosed - S2S Ventures
enhance-d: Undisclosed - S2S Ventures
Robotics
Bota Systems: $2.5M - Seed
Robotic On-Site Technologies (ROST): CHF 40k - Convertible Loan
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Exit
Bruker Corporation acquires majority in MIRO Analytical
Infineon acquired 3db Access
MediCrops acquires Swiss AlpinoPharma
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Swisspreneur Podcast
Listen to Adrian Krebs, CEO at Kadoa: AI & the Boom of Unstructured Data - EP #345
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News
There’s a new VC in town: emma Ventures
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