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Osudio comes to Greater Zurich Area
Zurich – Osudio is expanding its presence in the German-speaking region with an office in Zurich. The German consultancy and services provider helps companies navigate online trade and the digital transformation.
Swiss government to support game development
Bern – The Swiss Federal Council has identified great potential for the Swiss gaming industry and plans to offer support. This includes further enhancing the expertise of games developers, for example.
LSD study will help drug development
Zurich – LSD blurs the boundaries between the experience of our own self and others, and thereby affects social interactions. Researchers from the Greater Zurich Area were able to demonstrate close links that could help in the development of new therapies for schizophrenia or depression.
Zurich impresses with high quality of living
Zurich – Zurich boasts the second highest quality of living in the world, according to a survey from the consultancy group Mercer. The city ranking can help companies decide where to open a new office.
Blockhain companies to get PR advice
Zug – Startup investors Lakeside Partners and the communications agency furrerhugi have created a joint venture that will assist blockchain companies based in Crypto Valley with their communications work.
VALID wins over investors
Zurich – VALID successfully raised $10.7 million in digital currencies in an initial coin offering. The digital identity and personal data management platform aims to allow internet users to do business with their own data.
Parkinson’s treatment could be personalized
Zurich – An initiative at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich is looking to develop biomarkers for subtype classification of Parkinson’s disease. This could open the door to personalized medicine.
loanboox wins Swiss FinTech Award
Pfäffikon SZ – loanboox has won the Swiss FinTech Award 2018 in the Growth Stage Startup of the Year category. The Swiss money and capital market platform from the Greater Zurich Area was able to beat PriceHubble in the final round.
Investment projects create sustainable added value for Switzerland
Zurich – A total of 100 foreign companies settled in the Zurich economic region last year. They were supported by the location marketing company Greater Zurich Area Ltd together with its partners.
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