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Smartphone Blood Pressure App Publishes Clinical Validation
The team behind the OptiBP app that uses a smartphone’s camera to accurately record blood pressure has announced the publication of clinical study results that
Biospectal Raises $4.3M Seed Funding Led by Digital Health Investor, SeedLink
Remote patient monitoring and biosensing company will use investment to scale its OptiBP™ blood pressure measurement and monitoring product and operations
ScanTrust – ePac Flexible Packaging & Scantrust’s ambitious new Global Partnership
Innovative companies providing connected packaging for brands of all sizes LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Scantrust has entered into a global agreement
BYHOURS – “If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go accompanied”. Guillermo Gaspart
Today we feature Guillermo Gaspart, CEO and co-founder of ByHours, a venture-funded hotel booking company with a difference. Born and
Privilège Ventures makes five investments in two months
Just 60 days after the first close of its Capital Fund III, Privilège Ventures added five startups to its investments portfolio.
BYHOURS – Every Crisis Is an Opportunity, Even in Hospitality
The tourism sector is in a delicate moment, although with the opening of tourism and new measures, it is gradually
ScanTrust on a steady growth path
The outbreak of the global pandemic accelerated the need for contactless solutions to facilitate customer interactions and for QR codes as
BYHOURS – Sabre partners with ByHours to sell hotel rooms by the hour
Sabre has teamed up with microstay hotel booking platform ByHours to offer by-the-hour hotel reservations. The Texas-based global distribution system says the agreement
Startupticker – Privilège Ventures launches third fund
Privilège Ventures announces the first closing of its Privilège Capital Fund III. The fund with a target size of CHF20 million
Zucchetti punta su benessere e motivazione delle persone con Beaconforce
La suite Zucchetti per la gestione delle risorse umane si arricchisce di una soluzione capace di analizzare e misurare il ‘sentiment’
Switzerland a Startup Nation?
In 2009, a book with the title “Start-up Nation” was published celebrating Israel. No such book has been published yet with
Moona – Sleep Startups Reveal How Consumer Hardware Can Help You Catch More Zs
Moona’s smart pillow helps regulate pillow temperature for a full night of sleep. This year on World Sleep Day (March 19,
Gondola – Building clinical research momentum with 500’000 CHF Tech Growth loan from FIT
Clinical research and studies demonstrate Gondola AMPS therapy’s effectiveness for people with neurological disease to move better and live better. The
After 11 Years, Bode Miller Just Explained the Creative Mental Trick He Used to Win Olympic Gold
He wasn't thinking about the course, or how badly he wanted to win. Instead, he trained himself to think of something
Amazon stands to win big on Deliveroo’s IPO
LONDON — Deliveroo is planning to raise £1 billion ($1.38 billion) in its initial public offering next month when it is
Ava Announces Launch of First Clinical Trial Evaluating Effectiveness of Its Fertility Tracking Sensor Bracelet in Real-time, Pre-Symptomatic Detection of COVID-19
Data analysis from earlier COVI-GAPP pilot study shows Ava’s algorithm accurately detected 71% of COVID-19 positive infections two days prior to
Deliveroo eyes £8.8 bn valuation at London float
British meal delivery app Deliveroo is aiming for a higher-than-expected valuation of up to £8.8 billion when it launches shortly on
Startup Stoyo ist „Europe’s fastest growing advertising company“
Berlin, den 22. März 2021 – Hohe Auszeichnung für Stoyo. Die Berliner Werbeagentur wurde von der Financial Times als das am schnellsten wachsende
BYHOURS – The Importance of Direct Sales in the Hotel Sector
Given the situation of the hotel sector around the world, the exercise of promoting direct sales for hotels is elemental
Keyless launches biometrics on Auth0 Marketplace for passwordless authentication
Tool intended to simplify enterprise access and combat fraud. Cybersecurity firm Keyless announced its Keyless Authenticator and Keyless Mobile SDK are now available on
SKEO – Martin Kawalski, MD, PhD
Martin Kawalski, MD, PhD Chief Executive Officer Technology, Entrepreneur Zurich, Switzerland Listen to Martin’s Podcast! Martin Kawalski, MD, Ph.D., is CEO
Martin Kawalski of Snowcookie Sports: “Fire fast, hire slowly”
As a part of our series about business leaders who are shaking things up in their industry, I had the pleasure of
Deliveroo chooses London for stock market listing in boosts for Britain and Rishi Sunak
Deliveroo today declared it had chosen London for its $7 billion stock market flotation in a major boost to Rishi Sunak’s plan to make the
Creoptix launches new way of measuring kinetics to accelerate drug discovery
Creoptix, a Switzerland-based company focused on next-generation bioanalytical instruments, has launched waveRAPID (Repeated Analyte Pulses of Increasing Duration), a novel, label-free
