LogicStar, building the AI agent for fully autonomous application maintenance, raised a $3m round led by Northzone. The company founded by successful serial entrepreneurs empowers engineering teams to focus on innovation by automating tedious application maintenance tasks.

18 hours ago · Dear reader. This week we reported on seven financing rounds, along with Nasdaq-listed biotech company Oculis, which has secured USD 100 million.What was striking about the venture capital investments was that they took place in sectors such as fintech and consumer products, where not much has happened over the past year.

Jan 17, 2025 · Based in Basel and Philadelphia, USA, RhyGaze has secured a Series A financing of USD 86 million to enable clinical advancements for its lead candidate, a novel gene therapy for optogenetic vision restoration in diseases causing blindness.

Der Health Innovation Hub Aargau und das Kantonsspital Baden eröffnen auf dem Gesundheitscampus direkt beim Spital einen Startup Hub. Nebst Arbeitsplätzen für Health- und Medtech-Startups werden die Gründerinnen und Gründer hier auch gezielt mit der Klinik, Forschung und weiteren Playern in der Umgebung vernetzt.

Jan 31, 2025 · Dear reader. The most clicked news of the week once again concerned an exit: Yokoy has been acquired in an all-equity deal by a Spanish unicorn, business travel platform Travelperk. It is clear that exits are crucial for the success of the ecosystem as a whole and that the fintech sector could use a boost right now.

1 day ago · The EU AI Champions Initiative launched at the AI Action Summit in Paris, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, aims to position Europe as a global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The initiative will foster collaboration across technology, industry, and policy sectors, boosting AI adoption, talent, investments and innovation to drive Europe’s economic growth and global ...

Feb 7, 2025 · Dear reader CHF 2.4 billion was invested in Swiss start-ups in 2024 – 8.5% less than in 2023. Nevertheless, there is positive news in the new edition of Swiss Venture Capital Report.The amount invested in biotech start-ups has already approached the record level of 2020.

Jan 17, 2025 · Dear reader Switzerland has a new unicorn. Digital asset banking group Sygnum, which was launched in 2018, has raised a total of USD 58 million in a Strategic Growth Round, giving it a post-money valuation of more than USD 1 billion.Remarkably, the co-founders, board and team members continue to hold majority ownership of Sygnum.

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Swiss Startup Radar 7: Financing crisis, International investments, Liquidations. The seventh edition offers data-based insights into the current financing crisis, cross-border investments and the failure rate of Swiss start-ups.