Xeltis raises 32 million euros
Zurich - The medtech firm Xeltis has raised a total of 32 million euros after successfully closing a financing round. Xeltis has also concluded a licensing agreement with Grand Pharma for aXess and other potential blood purification products in Greater China.
Switzerland offers the most attractive business locations in Europe
Zurich - The recently published fDi report for European Cities and Regions of the Future 2023 ranks the Swiss cities of Zurich, Zug and Basel as the most attractive business locations in their respective categories. In terms of foreign direct investment, Lugano, the cantons of Zurich, Zug, as well as the Greater Zurich Region, are all of particular interest.
Unisers secures investment totaling 14 million US dollars
Zurich - Unisers has raised a total of 14 million US dollars in seed funding as part of a financing round led by Intel Capital. With this fresh capital injection, the start-up now intends to deliver the first systems featuring its technology to identify contaminations in semiconductor chips.
Nestlé and EraCal enter into strategic partnership
Schlieren/Vevey - Nestlé is joining forces with the biotech firm EraCal Therapeutics from the Greater Zurich Area. The partners will seek to develop new compounds to facilitate controlled food intake. This would be of benefit to metabolic disease patients.
VirtaMed launches module for meniscus repairs
Schlieren - VirtaMed has launched a new module for meniscus operations on the market. With this surgical simulator, trainee orthopedic doctors can practice various repair techniques.
Synhelion and partners receive 3.2 million dollars from US government
Lugano/Monterrey/Albuquerque - The United States Department of Energy has provided Synhelion and two partners with funding of 3.2 million US dollars. Using the method of generating process heat by way of concentrated solar energy developed by Synhelion, the partners intend to decarbonize cement production.
New biomedical informatics platform to revolutionize healthcare in Zurich
Zurich - Zurich is gaining a central biomedical informatics platform that revolutionizes data exhange between hospitals in Zurich with artificial intelligence. The city’s two universities and four hospitals will be linked to the central data management for the Zurich research center by 2025.
Invasight and Eurofins Discovery collaborate
Zurich/San Diego - The biotech company Invasight and Eurofins Discovery are developing a preclinical candidate against a protein that causes cancer cell invasion. The supplier’s drug research expertise is to be combined with Invasight’s innovative technology for this.
Mirai Foods produces first cultivated beef steak
Wädenswil - Mirai Foods has been successful in cultivating fillet steaks with a thickness of one and a half centimeters and more. The breakthrough was achieved with fibration technology. The startup has also gained a new investor in Angst AG Zürich.
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