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Parasites destroy lives and livelihoods, yet we haven’t seen new cures for parasitic diseases for decades. ASTRA Therapeutics is about to change that, as co-founders Natacha Gaillard and Ashwani Sharma realized they could treat parasites like cancer cells. Thanks to support from Switzerland’s innovation ecosystem, this idea is becoming a product.
Estelle is one of our portfolio company founders, and she joined Merle Zur in this recent Swisspreneur podcast. Estelle talks about the happy accident of discovering a solution against PFAS, the challenges of going from PhD research into entrepreneurship, and how amazing bacteria are.
Our CEO Wanja Humanes joined Merle Zur at the Swisspreneur podcast to talk about his VC background, Venture Kick, and the merits of co-investing. This is the start of a five-part series we co-produced with Swisspreneur; future episodes will introduce founders from our portfolio companies.
Sending anything into orbit is expensive and complicated. DPhi Space wants to democratize space by offering ridesharing satellites with a simple hardware interface and a lot of computing power. Companies and individuals alike can host their payloads or run their programs in orbit with DPhi’s Satellite as a Service offering.
What do batteries and leaders have in common? Both give power to others instead of playing the lone hero. BTRY founders Moritz Futscher and Abdessalem Aribia turned academic career-making research into commercial technology that supports other people’s inventions. To do that, they had to grow from puzzle-solving scientists into people-inspiring leaders.
Tethys Robotics is one of the rising stars within the Swiss robotics industry. Its autonomous underwater drones inspect offshore wind farms and oil and gas platforms, and they even help discover leftover World War II ammunition from our seas and lakes.
While global attention has often centered on innovation hubs such as Silicon Valley, Berlin, or Paris, today, fresh data from Dealroom.co and Startupticker in our new report spotlights how Switzerland has quietly become one of the world’s most advanced and efficient Deep Tech ecosystems.
Kickfund grew from 2 to 69 portfolio companies during the first full calendar year; by now we’ve already reached 80. We joined many financing rounds led by reputable investors.
Our new team member will help Kickfund become more visible. With her experience in supporting deep-tech startups with their marketing, Angina will be a great resource also for our portfolio companies.
Stay up to date on our company achievements, read stories of our portfolio companies, and learn about the deep-tech startup ecosystem.
Parasites destroy lives and livelihoods, yet we haven’t seen new cures for parasitic diseases for decades. ASTRA Therapeutics is about to change that, as co-founders Natacha Gaillard and Ashwani Sharma realized they could treat parasites like cancer cells. Thanks to support from Switzerland’s innovation ecosystem, this idea is becoming a product.
Estelle is one of our portfolio company founders, and she joined Merle Zur in this recent Swisspreneur podcast. Estelle talks about the happy accident of discovering a solution against PFAS, the challenges of going from PhD research into entrepreneurship, and how amazing bacteria are.
Sending anything into orbit is expensive and complicated. DPhi Space wants to democratize space by offering ridesharing satellites with a simple hardware interface and a lot of computing power. Companies and individuals alike can host their payloads or run their programs in orbit with DPhi’s Satellite as a Service offering.
What do batteries and leaders have in common? Both give power to others instead of playing the lone hero. BTRY founders Moritz Futscher and Abdessalem Aribia turned academic career-making research into commercial technology that supports other people’s inventions. To do that, they had to grow from puzzle-solving scientists into people-inspiring leaders.
Tethys Robotics is one of the rising stars within the Swiss robotics industry. Its autonomous underwater drones inspect offshore wind farms and oil and gas platforms, and they even help discover leftover World War II ammunition from our seas and lakes.
Stay up to date on our company achievements, read stories of our portfolio companies, and learn about the deep-tech startup ecosystem.
Our CEO Wanja Humanes joined Merle Zur at the Swisspreneur podcast to talk about his VC background, Venture Kick, and the merits of co-investing. This is the start of a five-part series we co-produced with Swisspreneur; future episodes will introduce founders from our portfolio companies.
Kickfund grew from 2 to 69 portfolio companies during the first full calendar year; by now we’ve already reached 80. We joined many financing rounds led by reputable investors.
Our new team member will help Kickfund become more visible. With her experience in supporting deep-tech startups with their marketing, Angina will be a great resource also for our portfolio companies.
Stay up to date on our company achievements, read stories of our portfolio companies, and learn about the deep-tech startup ecosystem.
While global attention has often centered on innovation hubs such as Silicon Valley, Berlin, or Paris, today, fresh data from Dealroom.co and Startupticker in our new report spotlights how Switzerland has quietly become one of the world’s most advanced and efficient Deep Tech ecosystems.