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Annual meeting of the WEF
Cologny GE - The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will be returning to Davos-Klosters in the canton of Graubünden in January after a one-year hiatus. Singapore was being discussed as the venue until recently. The theme is “Working Together, Restoring Trust”.
Open Mineral receives 33 million US dollars
Zug - Investors are backing Open Mineral: They are supporting the trade platform for the metal and mining industry with 33 million US dollars. The company from the Greater Zurich Area provides decision bases for buying and selling base metal raw materials using digital data and analyses.
Strong start for On at New York Stock Exchange
Zurich/New York - On has featured on the New York Stock Exchange since Wednesday. The running shoe manufacturer was able to generate almost 750 million US dollars with this. The planned issue price per share was 24 US dollars. The shares were already trading at 35.40 US dollars when it went public. By the close of trading, they were at 35 US dollars.
Anjarium Biosciences receives fresh capital
Schlieren ZH - Anjarium Biosciences AG has concluded a series A funding round with 55.5 million Swiss francs. The biotech company plans to use the proceeds to further develop its platform and the pipeline for nonviral gene therapies as well as to drive forward clinical development.
Fireblocks chooses Greater Zurich Area
New York/Zurich – Fireblocks is opening a location in the Greater Zurich Area as part of its further expansion in the German-speaking region. Richard Astle, founding member of Bitcoin Suisse and former Vice President of Morgan Stanley, will become Co-Head of the U.S. company specializing in digital assets.
Researchers develop acoustic cloaking
Zurich/Dübendorf ZH – Researchers can make objects disappear and mimic non-existent ones acoustically in real time. To achieve this, signals are either obliterated or augmented. This could benefit fields from sensor technology to architecture.
Investors give Gr3n 6.3 million euros
Chiasso TI - Gr3n has received 6.3 million euros in a series B financing round. The company plans to use this to further pursue its aim of becoming the leading global provider of recycled PET and polyester. Its recycling solution should enable potentially endless reuse.
ETH students impress at tunneling competition
Zurich - Swissloop Tunneling has achieved second place at Elon Musk’s tunneling competition in Las Vegas. The official team of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) also won the innovation and design award for its tunnel tube using 3D printing.
SIX Digital Exchange receives green light
Zurich – The SIX Digital Exchange can start. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has given the green light for the SIX Digital Exchange to start. This will now be continuously developed.
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