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Proceeds will enable product commercialization, business expansion, and CE certification. INERGIO successfully closed a Pre-Seed round of CHF 1.25 million. The round was led by Privilège Ventures SA. The StartAngels Network (SAN), DART Labs, and a group of private investors participated significantly in the financing. We interviewed CEO and Founder Mahmoud Hadad to know
The first closing of Xsensio’s new financing round with Swiss and international investors was CHF 4.2 million. The funds will flow into advancing the startup’s proprietory Lab-on-Skin sensing platform for continuous body monitoring through wearable devices. Xsensio is a Lausanne based startup seeking to address the emerging field of wearable biosensing. It develops the unique
11 May 2021 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Hydromea unveiled the prototype of world’s first wireless underwater drone in a pool demo today. The drone can fit into a backpack, can be remotely controlled, and sends HD video back in real time without any physical connection to the pilot. The drone will deliver significant benefits
Taking Pioneering Biometric Authentication to a New Level Andrea Carmignani, CEO and Co-Founder, Fabian Eberle, COO and Co-Founder, Paolo Gasti, CTO and Co-Founder. At Keyless, our mission is to provide people and organizations with a passwordless future, where the user is the key. We want to do it in a way that lets people
Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch is the Founder and CEO of Privilège Management SA, specialised in financial consulting for families and institutions. She also co-founded Privilège Ventures SA, a fast-growing seed and early stage venture capital firm. Jacqueline holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from Università degli Studi di Pavia, and is a member of the
La start-up basée au Biopôle d’Epalinges va travailler avec le prestigieux Mount Sinai Health System de New York. C'est une nouvelle collaboration prometteuse qu’a annoncée Gondola Medical Technologies. La start-up, basée au Biopôle d’Epalinges, va travailler avec le prestigieux Mount Sinai Health System de New York. Ensemble, ils mèneront des études cliniques afin de mieux
LEILA für Frauen und Paare, die einen unerfüllten Kinderwunsch haben Stellen Sie sich und das Startup LEILA doch kurz unseren Lesern vor! Ich bin Caroline, 30, ursprünglich Wienerin und eine der Gründerinnen von LEILA. Zusammen mit meinen Mitgründerinnen, Silvia Hecher und Dr. Theresa Vilsmaier, haben wir einen auf medizinischen Leitlinien basierenden Algorithms entwickelt, der es
Complications from high blood pressure kill 10 million people a year. Studies show that while control has plateaued in developed countries, in the developing world prevalence continues to grow while awareness remains low. As early detection is essential, more accessible and frequent monitoring is now seen as vital. What if it were possible to put
España lidera la innovación en el sector con más 'startups' que ningún otro país en el ranking de la Organización Mundial del Turismo. De las 100 mejores startups del mundo seleccionadas por la Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT), España se sitúa a la cabeza de la contribución innovadora al sector turístico con 24 firmas, seguida muy de
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 validate the accuracy of the technology. Conducted by the team of Prof. Patrick Schoettker at CHUV Lausanne University hospital and the University of Lausanne UNIL in Switzerland, the study results confirm Biospectal OptiBP meets the ISO 81060-2
Remote patient monitoring and biosensing company will use investment to scale its OptiBP™ blood pressure measurement and monitoring product and operations worldwide; Renowned interventional cardiologist and inventor, Dr. Fred St. Goar, MD and SeedLink's Tim Juergens appointed to Biospectal's Board of Directors LAUSANNE, Switzerland and SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Biospectal SA, the remote patient monitoring and biosensing software
Innovative companies providing connected packaging for brands of all sizes LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Scantrust has entered into a global agreement with ePAC as the technology provider for a new connected packaging and connected goods service under the name ePacConnect. ePacConnect flexible packages are used by consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and have Scantrust secured and
Today we feature Guillermo Gaspart, CEO and co-founder of ByHours, a venture-funded hotel booking company with a difference. Born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, CEO Guillermo is a fourth generation hotel business entrepreneur and has been in the hotel industry for all of his professional life. His great grandfather was one of the pioneer
Just 60 days after the first close of its Capital Fund III, Privilège Ventures added five startups to its investments portfolio. The firm plans to expand the portfolio to include up to five startups in the next six months. On 30th April, Privilège Ventures announced the first close of Fund III with a target size of CHF20
AgroSustain, a Swiss AgTech startup, leader in the development of sustainable crop protection solutions, just announced the successful closing of its Series A financing round, raising CHF 4.8 million and getting one step closer to its European launch planned in the 1st quarter of 2022. In a key milestone, Swiss plant protection pioneer AgroSustain just announced
Winterthur based Cyltronic is developing electric cylinders to replace conventional pneumatic cylinders found in industrial plants worldwide. With 100 cylinders to be deployed as part of its pilot phase, the company has raised more than CHF1 million to fuel its growth. Cyltronic developed the world’s only electric cylinder aiming to replace standards-based ISO pneumatic cylinders.
The tourism sector is in a delicate moment, although with the opening of tourism and new measures, it is gradually recovering. We are immersed in a complicated situation but there are also many opportunities to update our offering, to think of new ways to reach customers and to adopt the best way to highlight
The outbreak of the global pandemic accelerated the need for contactless solutions to facilitate customer interactions and for QR codes as a connected products gateway. Scantrust, with its proprietary barcode scanning technology, has benefited from this trend resulting in over 100 percent revenue growth since the pandemic began. Scantrust is a connected products platform for companies
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 makes Sabre the first global platform to offer hourly hotel reservations. Through the partnership, travel agents will have access to content that will allow them to sell rooms by the hour through the ByHours’
Privilège Ventures announces the first closing of its Privilège Capital Fund III. The fund with a target size of CHF20 million focusses on seed and early stage companies located mainly in Switzerland. Privilège expects to make 6-8 investments in the next 2 months. With 24 tickets since 2016 in Funds I and II, 12 of
