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Zurich – AMAG is becoming involved in the Mobility Initiative launched by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) in collaboration with SBB. The partners aim to develop an internationally leading research hub for mobility in Switzerland  

Zug – Smart Valor is hoping to become the Amazon of the next generation. Through its Smart Valor platform, the startup facilitates the digital exchange of cryptocurrencies, gold and soon also further physical and intangible assets. This concept recently impressed investors on Switzerland’s Dragons’ Den.    

Five projects submitted by researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) were named as Breakthrough of the Year at the Falling Walls Conference in Berlin on Monday. These included the medical micro-robots developed by Professor Metin Sitti.    

Zurich - Sandsiv is set to assume responsibility for customer experience management (CXM) processes at Poste Italiane. For this, the company will be automating all customer feedback. In addition, Sandsiv will deliver CXM analyses to all business units of Poste Italiane.  

Zurich – After raising a total of 4.6 million US dollars in fresh investor capital, UniSieve will now be in a position to establish pilot production and to co-finance industrial tests for its customers. The membrane technology developed by the start-up will allow the chemicals and energies industries to make substantial savings on energy and waste.

Zurich - In a project initiated by the University of Zürich, experts are analyzing the flood of data from biosensors in intensive care medicine. Precision medicine facilitated by computer-aided systems should enable prognoses in real time and remove the burden on medical staff.

Schlieren ZH – The biotechnology company Memo Therapeutics has raised a total of 14 million Swiss francs as part of a Series B financing round. This should now ensure that the company is able to finance the further clinical development of its antibodies against Covid-19.

Grenchen SO - Thommen Medical is constructing a new production and customer center adjacent to its current location. Over the longer term, the specialists for dental implants will look to create 20 new jobs.

The second edition of the Cybathlon is about to get underway – four months later than originally planned. Pilots with physical disabilities compete against each other, pushing their bodies past the limits of their own mobility. Project teams from more than 20 countries will be putting their technological innovations to the test against each other, thereby helping to promote the global elite of robotics.