Top 40 Social Media Startup Investors in Switzerland (September 2026)

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• IMPRESSO — The place where recruiters search for authentic career profiles. Job seekers mint and save their career NFT. Save your NFT CV on the blockchain. Meet and connect with verified professionals on the Metaverse. Real identities, jobs and networking on IMPRESSO.

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• hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
• Carewell — Carewell is influencing the way people work in healthcare by providing flexible digital solutions tailored to their specific needs.
• Ionic Wind Technologies — Ionic wind technologies, which use an internationally patented concept, alter the way airflow is generated. Instead of conventional rotating machinery, we move air with electric fields.

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• Fabas — Explore Fabas Solutions' innovative, sustainable, plant-based yogurt mixes. Perfect for creating high-protein, vegan dairy alternatives from natural ingredients, driving food industry innovation.
• Refluence — LinkTrust offers powerful business-building tools for agencies and networks. Discover how to manage campaigns, partners and channels at scale. Book a demo.
• Refluenced — Refluenced is an online platform that specializes in connecting brand enthusiasts with brands, aiming to revolutionize word-of-mouth marketing. Originating from the success of the SunIce Festival's micro-influencer campaign, which reaches millions annually, Refluenced offers a unique opportunity for creators to engage with brands andcampaigns. With a focus on marketing services, the company operates with a team of 15 employees and is based in Switzerland. Refluenced is dedicated to transforming the interaction between brands and their advocates, providing new avenues for marketing engagement.

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• Axelera AI — Axelera AI is a company that delivers purpose-built hardware and software platforms designed to accelerate artificial intelligence tasks, particularly in edge computing. The company's flagship product, the Metis™ AI Platform, integrates both hardware and software components to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient AI inference solutions.This platform has been recognized for its innovation, notably being named a CES® 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree.Incubated in 2019 by the emerging technologies leader Bitfury and joined by the leading nano-technology group imec in early 2020, Axelera AI launched as a new company in 2021. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Axelera AI has R&D offices in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. Its team of experts in AI software and hardware hail from top AI firms and Fortune 500 companies.
• Aylight — Aylight develops semiconductor laser and photonics platforms designed to improve optical connectivity in AI datacenters and related infrastructure. The company focuses on frequency modulated comb laser technology that generates multiple stable wavelengths from a single InP-based laser cavity. Its architecture produces an equidistant, RF-lockedwavelength grid that aligns with dense wavelength-division multiplexing requirements and reduces control complexity and power consumption. Aylight targets use cases in AI datacenter interconnects, quantum computing hardware, precision metrology, and communication equipment. Its products aim to integrate with terabit optical links and wavelength-division multiplexing systems while remaining compatible with existing fabrication processes.
• Atana Elements — Atana is accelerating the exploration and development of flowing critical minerals and industrial gases. Atana uses a proprietary tech stack to identify and mature mineral resources quickly and effectively.

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• practize — See posts, photos and more on Facebook.

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• Olyverse — An innovative blockchain-powered social platform built to reward engagement, bringing fans and stars closer together
• Saalg Geomechanics — SAALG Geomechanics, creating engineering tools that will shape the future of a sustainable, efficient and safe construction industry.

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• Olyverse — An innovative blockchain-powered social platform built to reward engagement, bringing fans and stars closer together

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• Tset — Tset is a software company that develops a SaaS enterprise solution for product cost and CO2 emission estimation.
• Kooky — - What is kooky? kooky is a digital cup smart system and offers you the possibility to dispose your reusable cup on your way in an easy and sustainable way through kooky boxes.- How does kooky work? You order your drink as usual and get it in a kooky cup. You simply pay for the drink plus 1 CHF deposit. When you return the cup in a kooky drop offbox, you will immediately get your 1 CHF deposit credited in the wallet of your app.- What do I have to do when I got the cup with the drink? Simply scan the QR code of the cup with the kooky app (registration required), and the cup will be paired to your app account.- Where can I return the cup? In all the kooky boxes around town and in all the venues of the kooky network. You can find both in the app.- How do I get my credit? In order to withdraw the credit in your app wallet, you need to enter your bank details in the app. Then you submit a payout request of the desired amount. Kooky only takes a 10% fee as cost of service, you will receive a receipt for each withdrawal.- What does kooky do with the cups? Our employees empty the kooky boxes and bring the cups to our rinsing logistics. There, they are cleaned according to hygiene regulations and standards, picked, packed and distributed to our partners again.- Are e-vehicles used for logistics? Yes, the logistics for collecting and distributing the cups takes place exclusively with electric vehicles.
• Allthings — Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau.

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• CryptoSlam — An NFT industry data aggregator backed by Mark Cuban. Features project analytics, NFT values, rarity, scarcity, most popular collections, activity history & more.
• Forge — Playtest, market and sell great Steam Games
• Castle Finance — Castle Finance provides the safest way to earn yield for DAOs and their communities.

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• MyFeld.ch — Das Geldspielgesetz 2019 regelt legale Online-Casinos in der Schweiz. Was du als Konsument wissen musst: Konzessionen, Steuern, Schutz und deine Rechte.
• dropz — Dropz provides various natural flavoured drink filled with vitamins and minerals.
• Findependent — Findependent goal is to enable you to make more of your savings with findependent and thus to be able to live more financially independently and self-determined - financially independent or findependent for short.

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• Boomerang Ideas — We transform the 4bn social media users into survey-takers to source representative, fast and affordable market feedback with a few simple clicks from the place where people nowadays are.

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• Olyverse — An innovative blockchain-powered social platform built to reward engagement, bringing fans and stars closer together

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• HyperWeek — HyperWeek is a subsidiary of Knowledge Plaza, based in Belgium. HyperWeek provides a social platform for citizens & institutions to socialize their content assets.

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• NewBay — NewBay enables operators and device makers to deliver a lifetime of digital content experiences across any connected device such as mobile, PC, tablets and TV. The NewBay white label software platform powers cloud-based services for storing, sharing, accessing and organizing digital content. NewBay enables customers to monetize a wide range ofbranded services such as social networking, photo and video albums, digital vault, notifications and converged messaging. NewBay is delivering highly successful commercial services for operators and device makers worldwide. Customers include T-Mobile, Telefonica O2, Orange, U.S. Cellular, AT&T, Telstra, Verizon and LG Electronics. NewBay is processing millions of messages daily and stores billions of media for live operator and device maker services. NewBay is based in Dublin, Ireland; Seattle, USA; Atlanta, USA; London, UK; Sydney, Australia and Seoul, South Korea. NewBay was founded in 2002. Following acquisition in 2011, NewBay is a wholly owned subsidiary of Research In Motion Limited (RIM).
• Wayve — Wayve are pioneering an AI-centric approach to self-driving, inspired by our vision of a smarter, safer and more sustainable world.
• GitGuardian — GitGuardian provides a platform for detecting and managing sensitive digital credentials and machine identities within software development environments. The company’s solutions scan source code repositories, cloud infrastructure configurations, and other development tools to identify exposed secrets such as API keys, security tokens, andcertificates that could be inadvertently committed. Its offerings include internal monitoring tools that help organizations observe secrets within private codebases and public monitoring capabilities to uncover leaks that occur in publicly accessible repositories. GitGuardian also supports governance over non‑human identities by maintaining inventories of machine accounts and associated credentials while offering contextual insights and workflows to assist security teams in prioritizing and addressing potential risks. The platform integrates with a variety of developer and security tools to bring visibility into hidden credentials across a technology stack and to support collaborative remediation activities. GitGuardian delivers automated detection paired with incident tracking features that assist in classifying exposures and guiding corrective actions throughout the software development lifecycle. The company’s technology targets security, DevOps, and compliance functions that aim to strengthen credential hygiene and reduce chances of unauthorized access within organizational systems.

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• Distran — Distran is a spin-off from the Autonomous System Lab, ETH Zurich, developing advanced acoustic sensors for industrial applications.Distran's goal is to reduce risks for industrial workers and the environmental impact of the industry through the use of sound sensing and technology.Workers use their ears every day, consciously orunconsciously, to assess machine conditions. Traditional acoustic sensors have been used for long for that purpose but are limited by the background sounds that are present in usual industrial environments. Phased-array sensors developed by Distran overcome this limitation by spatially filtering the sounds. It becomes possible to locate defects, such as leaks or discharges, while being at a safe distance.
• TVP Solar — Our target Industrial Process Heat is the largest energy sink Urgency Industrial decarbonization has yet to be addressed and is critical to achievingESG targets. TVP cuts industrial fossil fuel use
• AgroSustain — AgroSustain is a one-stop-shop solution for biological plant protection. It aims to reduce food waste and support organic food production by developing farm to fork solutions, like biological fungicides and coatings.

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• Allthings — Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau.
• Imburse — Deliver seamless insurance payment experiences with Duck Creek Embedded Payments. Connect policy, billing, and claims workflows to simplify operations and improve customer satisfaction.

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• encosa — encosa helps commercial and industrial customers cut electricity costs with battery storage systems and software. It plans, finances, installs, and operates these systems as a complete service. The company also uses energy optimization and electricity trading to improve system returns.
• VoiceLine — VoiceLine is AI-powered field sales revenue intelligence. Document any customer interactions in seconds, get actionable insights and boost sales performance. Start today!
• Playbook® - Company AI — Teams use Playbook OS to automate their work, without a line of code. Build a leaner, smarter, and stronger organization, today.

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• Redpill AI — Access 200+ AI models with privacy-first infrastructure. Private models in GPU TEE, OpenAI-compatible API, zero data retention.
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• Karmine Corp — Karmine Corp is an esports organization that offers merchandise and competes in games like league of legends, trackmania, and others.

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• A-World — Welcome to Animal World, a battle game based on #BNBCHAIN's super metaverse card tower defense. By setting up a hero tower to destroy monsters.
• NeuronX — The First AI-Driven Lending Protocol on @dfinity
• Vue Protocol — Community-First Layer for AI Memecoins. @solana @pumpdotfun @ton_blockchain Dvo1Fb7FxtUxsLbcQaizftfUT9HtL9P6swaQAScZDeQQ

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• Botify — Search engines miss about half the content on enterprise websites. Uncover those hidden opportunities with Botify, the leading enterprise SEO platform!
• LumApps — LumApps is the only intranet packaged solution that enables employees to feel connected to their organization and engaged in their work from anywhere by delivering a modern, smart digital headquarters that empowers your employees to design a work experience that works for them.
• Stanley Robotics — Stanley Robotics is a DeepTech business helping the transportation and logistics industries digitalise and robotise outdoor operations.

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• Boomerang Ideas — We transform the 4bn social media users into survey-takers to source representative, fast and affordable market feedback with a few simple clicks from the place where people nowadays are.

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• Laurence — Laurence is the autonomous e-commerce growth platform for brands on Amazon.
• Positron — Positron makes purpose-built hardware to accelerate generative AI.
• Silicon Data — Revolutionize compute markets through unparalleled data transparency, financial product innovation and market intelligence

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• Kapkap — Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming.
• Almanak — Almanak is a decentralized finance (DeFi) smart agent platform that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to automate, optimize, and intelligently manage a wide range of DeFi investment strategies. It enables users to create and deploy automated DeFi trading and risk-management strategies through coordinated AI agents. It provides anenvironment where AI handles strategy coding, backtesting across thousands of Monte Carlo simulations, optimization, risk monitoring, deployment via non-custodial Safe-based multisig accounts, and real-time performance monitoring with alerting capabilities. The platform supports seamless interaction with multiple blockchains and protocols via an LLM-powered interface.Almanak targets active DeFi participants, developers building financial applications, investment professionals, and users seeking automated portfolio insights. It emphasizes enhanced automation, continuous strategy execution, and adaptive automation driven by emerging AI techniques to respond to evolving market conditions.
• Open Campus — The Open Campus is a community-driven protocol that leverages the power of blockchain and invites all to build the future of education by putting the power of learning back in the hands of educators, students, and the community.

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• KRNL Labs — The only verifiable orchestration layer | Testnet live
• Credit Coop — Earn through curated credit vaults backed by vetted borrowers, transparent on-chain repayments and programmable collateral. Lend to real businesses with Credit Coop.
• Warlock Labs — Warlock Labs is a provider of an omni-chain liquidation engine that improves the safety and profitability of decentralized protocols by recapturing the maximum extractable value.

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• NuLink — NuLink combines best practices with best-of-breed security solutions to provide privacy-preserving technology with enterprise level security for decentralized applications
• COTI AI Agents — COTIAgents researches and builds at the intersection of blockchain and AI on COTI Network. First AI Grantee of @MomentumX_ Accelerator by @COTInetwork
• Velvet Capital — Velvet Capital is a DeFi operating system that helps launch and manage on-chain funds and structured products. Velvet Capital offers its users a way to gain exposure to digital assets.

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• EPTI — All-in-One AI platform with 150+ models for chat, documents, voice, video, images, agents, avatars and workflow automation, unified through one API.
• ReDev — ReDev will be the Social Media Platform used for hiring across all roles, levels, and geographies in Intelligent way, Digitally and Fully Automated! ReDev make it possible for every Talented Person in the world to find their Dream Job free of charge.
• Vinivia AG — Experience live streaming like never before - combining cutting-edge technology and continuous innovation with a creator-centric approach. Get early access now.

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• Abionic — Abionic SA is ideally positioned at the boundaries of medical technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology. As a spin-off from EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland), Abionic uses these highly advanced technologies to provide the medical profession with a novel diagnostic tool designed to give patients personal allergyprofiles. Abionic aims to become an important international player in the field of personalized medicine, in particular in allergy detection.Abionic SA is a certified ISO 9001/13485 company, including research, development and commercialization of in vitro diagnostic devices for allergies detection. The standard ISO 13485 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization has to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and regulatory requirements.Abionic SA is a privately owned high-tech company and is strongly supported by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), The Canton of Vaud and Venturelab.Abionic was founded by former scientists from the biomedical optics laboratory (LOB) at EPFL. Its headquarters are located in Lausanne, Switzerland.Abionic appreciates the support it has received from:
• GUURU Solutions — Discover how community-powered advice can turn your PDPs into trusted, high-converting content and get cited in AI search.
• Pregnolia — Pregnolia ensures that every woman can have a happy, healthy and informed pregnancy until term. Their team knows that the existing research about preterm birth assessment is very promising, but this alone does not guarantee success. Sabrina, Francisco and Annette are highly committed to develop the commercial version of the device, complete theclinical trial, follow the regulatory roadmap and execute on their business vision to successfully support gynaecologists in improving the preterm birth risk assessment and birth management.

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• NeoFi — Buy, Sell, Trade and Invest in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Shiba Inu, Dogecoin, Cardano, Polygon and 100s other cryptocurrency from India's best cryptocurrency exchange.
• metameet — Create worlds, explore and trade NFTs in the first-ever virtual world owned by its users.
• Neo Financial — At Neo, we're innovating to make saving, spending and getting rewarded even more rewarding.

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• Bewelab SA — Bewe is a mobile game designed to reduce cravings, using neuroscience to automatically retrain your brain and effortlessly reclaim your health.
• BOOMPower — Help your customers electrify their homes while you hit your net zero goals. BOOM! Power delivers turnkey solutions for organisations ready to lead.
• Inceptoo — World's First Group Marketing Platform

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• feey — feey is a houseplant shop. They offer plants that include entry-level plants, baby plants, animal-friendly plants, large plants, home office plants, hanging plants, aglaonema, alocasia, calathea, hoya, monstera, and philodendron.
• Amplify — Amplify is a platform that allows users to create a powerful, optimized, and targeted advertising campaign to sell their products and services. Their platform enables users to track and analyze the results of their advertising campaigns.
• Cleveron — Cleveron is an innovative Swiss start up company that has developed an intelligent system for radiator heating systems. With Cleveron, the room temperature in each individual room of a building can be individually and optimally controlled. This can save costs and energy. Simple Home's technology makes an active contribution to reducing CO 2emissions.They have the vision to make part of the big, public buildings in Switzerland and Europe, such as school buildings and administrative buildings, more environmentally friendly. To make this happen, they want to convince cities and communities to convert their buildings to Cleveron technology as quickly as possible. Because with the conversion they are now making a concrete contribution to the rescue of the climate.

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• Sogni AI — Unleash creativity with the Sogni Supernet: a purpose-built DePIN protocol for Creative AI. Empowering Creative AI apps with unmatched speed and scale.
• Bondex — Join Bondex, a Web3 network with 4M+ users. Monetize connections, build your reputation, and earn $BDXN rewards. Advance your career or discover top talent now.
• Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a permissionless DeFi lending platform where users can lend and borrow crypto across chains, access loans, and manage digital assets in one unified liquidity protocol.

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• Veertly — Veertly provides a modular all-in-one platform that satisfies all your needs for digital collaboration.
• yeekatee — yeekatee is an independent investing-based networking connecting people and investing for the whole investment journey.
• bNovate Technologies — BNovate Technologies develops automated water monitoring systems, focusing on microbiological analysis through flow cytometry. The company designs devices that measure bacterial loads in water, supporting applications in drinking water safety and pharmaceutical processes. Its technology enables continuous and automated detection of microbialcontamination, reducing the need for manual testing and improving response times.

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• Altoida — Altoida is creating a new gold standard in brain health with Precision Neurology. We're radically transforming the method for measuring brain function and diagnosing neurological disease, using just your smartphone or tablet.Our products are backed by more than 20 years of innovative research in digital biomarkers, augmented reality (AR),and artificial intelligence (AI).Altoida received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation in July 2021. Our first device is a Computerized Cognitive Assessment Aid that is classified as Class II, 510(k) exempt.
• Sandbox — Sandbox is a global community for young entrepreneurial people. It helps young, entrepreneurial, and passionate individuals who like to develop and build new things.Sandbox’s mission is to identify ambitious young people and to help them become global leaders by connecting them with peers and mentors. Its team includes entrepreneurs, designers,opera singers, investment bankers, academics, and more.Sandbox enables its users to find their professional peers in any field of expertise, in any region, and at any time; build up their social presence in the network and connect online as well as offline; communicate with members across borders and industries in a secure private environment; and receive updates about the network, follow other members, and share ideas of their own.Sandbox was founded by
• Crypto Finance Group — Crypto Finance is a partner of financial institutions. Our market-leading, integrated platform enables access to manage, trade, and store digital assets securely. Crypto Finance Group was established in June, 2017 by Jan Brzezek and Tobias Reichmuth in Zug, Switzerland.

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• Wyden — Wyden is an institutional trading platform for banks and brokers, unifying digital asset execution, treasury, settlement, accounting, and connectivity through a single platform.
• Storyline — Storyline is an Data Infrastructure and Analytics firm offering AI based transformation of raw data into content.
• Crypto Valley Exchange — The first portfolio risk capable platform for Options & Futures trading in DeFi, offering 1000x+ leverage based on margin offset.

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• HyperWeek — HyperWeek is a subsidiary of Knowledge Plaza, based in Belgium. HyperWeek provides a social platform for citizens & institutions to socialize their content assets.

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• Anevo — Anevo helps real estate companies eliminate tedious backoffice work. Saving up to 90% of your time, Anevo lets you focus on what truly matters.
• Menon Skills — Menon Skills is an information technology firm that develops digital tools to enhance organization team skills through feedback and reviews.
• Waka Payments — Waka Payments is a mobile application that allows user to access, transfer, and manage cross border financial transactions.

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• metameet — Create worlds, explore and trade NFTs in the first-ever virtual world owned by its users.

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• ViewsML — Explore cutting-edge AI solutions for cancer treatment, diagnosis, and research. Discover how clinical labs leverage artificial intelligence for precise cancer detection and diagnosis.
• StratifAI — Building the next generation of biomarkers for precision oncology
• Immunexpress — Immunexpress is a molecular diagnostic company committed to improving outcomes for suspected sepsis patients and healthcare providers.

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• Allthings — Allthings enables digital communication and interaction between property users, owners and property managers. Allthings bundles various digital services around life and work in buildings in one app. By doing so, Allthings achieves operational cost reductions while simultaneously increasing the value of the property. The company was founded in 2013by an experienced team and has offices in Basel, Berlin and Freiburg i. Breisgau.

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• SIRION BIOTECH — Viral Vector Technology as key enabler for innovative therapeutics. Viral vectors are a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic material into cells. This technique enables research of gene function and innovative therapeutics designed to correct defective genes and cancer. These technologies also assist in the discovery ofnew drug, food and cosmetic compounds. SIRION is a global leader in viral vector technology for gene modification of mammalian cells. Along with custom services, the company stands ready to outlicense its unique technologies. An initial target currently being pursued by one of SIRION's partners is a gene therapeutic for cervical cancer. The company started business in 2007 and since then has been changing the paradigm of viral vector supplies. Specifically, all commonly applied vector types are now available within a matter of weeks - adenovirus, adeno-associated virus (AAV) and lentivirus - and a full range of virus related services is at your fingertips spanning from particle production to virus driven cell modelling, all at highest titers and in quantities required for preclinical, clinical and animal testing.The company is easily accessible with presence in Munich, Tokyo, New Hampshire and Tel Aviv. Commercial arrangements range from fee-for-service over exclusive rights on single clones all the way to milestone & licensing arrangements. The business model proves successful: an annual 70% growth since 2007 and experienced in more than 500 projects for both the academic and industry sector.The company is privately held and has over the years raised funds from 8 investors both private and government. In order to support further growth and to benefit from technology development in this exciting industry, the company welcomes new investors. Please contact Management for further information about the company and its future plans.
• CryoTherapeutics — CryoTherapeutics is focusing on the development, demonstration of clinical benefit, and early-stage commercialization of a proprietary cryotherapy system for use in the treatment of coronary artery disease that causes heart attacks. The safety and efficacy of cryoenergy in the cardiovascular system has been demonstrated and CryoTherapeutics intendsto extend the benefits of cryoenergy to the problem of diseased coronary arteries.
• Chundsell Medicals — Chundsell Medicals AB was founded in 2007 as a spin off from Karolinska Institutet, Solna, in order to commercialize the research results of Chunde Li and his group on prostate cancer genomics. The first product: The Prostatype® Test System can assess prostate cancer aggressiveness in conjunction with currently used clinical parameters. TheProstatype® Test System measures the expression pattern of three selected and specific prostate cancer embryonic stem cell genes in tumor cell tissue specimens. These expression patterns together with a group of a selected number of known clinical parameters will help the health care professional to predict the disease outcome, the overall survival as well as cancer specific survival of patients.