Finnova and Wyden create joint crypto offering
Zurich/Lenzburg - Two fintech companies, Finnova and Wyden, have teamed up. Together, they hope to make cryptocurrency trading easier for banks. Finnova is providing its core banking system, while Wyden will enable automation of the trading cycle.
Innovation and value creation: 108 settlements in the Greater Zurich Area
The location marketing organization Greater Zurich Area Ltd. (GZA), together with its location promotion partners, settled 108 international companies in the nine cantons of the Zurich economic region in 2022. This figure is testament to the high level of stability in terms of economic development.
CRISPR Therapeutics issues license to Vertex
Zug/Boston/London - CRISPR Therapeutics has concluded a licensing agreement with the biotech Vertex. Vertex can use CRISPR’s gene editing technology to accelerate the development of its cell therapies for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. CRISPR will receive an up-front payment of US$100 million.
UZH Tumor Profiler advances personalized cancer treatments
Zurich - The Tumor Profiler project of the University of Zurich (UZH) allows tumor cells to be analyzed with a degree of precision never seen before. This individual tumor profiling has already helped a third of the cancer patients in a study, causing their tumors to shrink.
IDUN receives EU funding for sleep improvement platform
Opfikon - The neurotech start-up IDUN Technologies has received Eurostars funding together with its project partners Cerebra Medical Ltd. and Pilotfish Nederland BV. This grant will be put towards the development of a personalized sleep improvement platform.
Graphene paper makes rapid tests far more accurate and cost-effective
Zurich - The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has developed a rapid test on the basis of graphene paper that contains detection electrodes. This facilitates significantly more sensitive and cost-effective applications, even in the most remote corners of the world.
New textile sensor measures exhaustion
Zurich - Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a textile sensor that can measure in real time how exhausted people become during physical exertion. Electronic components such as sensors, batteries and chips are not needed to achieve this.
SynSense banks investment of 10 million US dollars for neuromorphic computing
Zurich/Chengdu - SynSense has topped up its capital by 10 million US dollars following a financing round. This investment will be used to accelerate the mass production of its smart vision sensor Speck, which features an integrated neuromorphic AI processor.
HeiQ achieves breakthrough in conductive coatings
Schlieren - HeiQ has announced a breakthrough in the development of transparent, conductive coatings. The HeiQ ECOS coating uses silver wire to facilitate energy generation through photovoltaics that, for example, can be used to power sensors.
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