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ETH spin-offs shine at Swiss Technology Award
Schlieren ZH/Zurich - The three winners of the Swiss Technology Award have now been decided. With HeiQ and Hemotune, two of these are spin-offs from ETH Zurich. HeiQ specializes in textiles technologies, while Hemotune has developed a medical device for the purposes of blood purification.
Evolute launches marketplace for financial products
Zurich - The FinTech company Evolute is launching an intelligent online marketplace for financial products. This will be able to recommend suitable products and services to asset management clients on the basis of anonymized data.
Switzerland continues to be top magnet for talent
Lausanne – Switzerland has topped the IMD World Talent Ranking for the fifth consecutive year, earning top marks for its high-quality education system for those going into university and for those embarking on apprenticeships. It is also highly attractive to international talent.
Avaloq turns to AI for wealth management
Freienbach SZ – Avaloq has launched Avaloq Insight, a real-time data science cloud platform that provides wealth managers and financial advisers with advanced levels of analytics to increase sales effectiveness.
Acronis acquires CyberLynx
Schaffhausen – Acronis is strengthening its expertise in cybersecurity with the acquisition of CyberLynx and its security solutions.
Cybathlon 2020 comes to a successful close
Zurich – A total of 51 teams from 20 countries presented assistance systems for people with disabilities at the Cybathlon 2020. ETH Zurich organized the competition for the second time. Two Swiss teams were among the six winners.
Adresta proves authenticity of luxury watches
Zurich – The app launched by the start-up Adresta on Tuesday will prove the authenticity of luxury watches with a digital certificate. By doing so, it is helping to protect the Swiss watchmaking industry from fakes. Helvetia has also offered watch insurance through this app since Tuesday.
Automate Insurance wins innovation prize
Zurich - The Insurtech start-up Automate Insurance has won the Innovationspreis der Schweizer Assekuranz (Swiss Insurance Innovation Prize) together with Swiss Re, a reinsurance provider. Additional awards were given to Zurich Commercial Insurance Switzerland, Basler Versicherungen, and the health insurance company Sanitas.
University Medicine Zurich presents pilot project
Zurich - University Medicine Zurich has presented ImmunoPhage, the only project of its kind worldwide, which utilizes highly specialized viruses to treat urinary tract infections. The aim is for this to be a therapeutic option for commonly occurring cases of antibiotic resistance.
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