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Zurich Instruments supports IBM with quantum computers
IBM is advancing the development of quantum computers with its Q Network. Now, the test and measuring technology company Zurich Instruments has joined the network.
Lombardi facilitates creation of giant eco battery
Giubiasco TI – Engineers at Lombardi AG are planning the construction of a large pumped storage power plant Australia. It will spearhead the creation of the biggest ecological battery in the world, with the capacity of two medium-sized nuclear power stations.
Presenting the Greater Zurich startup Algrano
Even though Algrano operates an online marketplace for coffee, the successful start-up from Greater Zurich sees itself primarily as a technology company. The efficient and unbureaucratic access to bridging loans from the Swiss government in the COVID-19 crisis excited Algrano’s foreign investors. We spoke with CEO and co-founder Raphael Studer.
BC Platforms partners with Dante Labs
BC Platforms and Dante Labs have formed a partnership to build Europe’s largest private Next Generation Sequencing laboratory. BC Platforms will provide its technology to the partnership.
AlgoTrader raises 3.7 million Swiss francs
AlgoTrader AG has closed a new financing round that raised 3.7 million Swiss francs from institutional investors. The round was led by an undisclosed international bank.
Zurich is the most forward-looking city in Europe
Zurich has been named the most forward-looking city in Europe in a ranking of 100 cities. It stood out for having the highest proportion of technology-led companies of any European city. It also scored very strongly in the sustainability and internet connectivity categories.
Greater Zurich startups attract most equity financing
Swiss start-ups attract a record of 2,26 billion equity investment last year. This is an increase of 83% with respect to 2018. The majority of the venture capital flows into start-ups from the Greater Zurich Area. Investors are most interested in ICT and biotech start-ups.
ETH registers record number of spin-offs
Last year, a total of 30 new companies were founded at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. This is a new record for spin-offs. Most of these companies operate in the field of ICT.
iniVation awarded innovation prize at CES
iniVation has won a Best of Innovation prize at CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics trade fair, held in Las Vegas. The Zurich-based company was named as the winner of the “Embedded Vision” category for designing the world’s first neuromorphic camera.
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