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 Tinamu Showcases Automated Indoor Drone Applications at CES 2021
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 11 January 2021

Tinamu Showcases Automated Indoor Drone Applications at CES 2021

Our portfolio company Tinamu showcases at CES 2021 and presents its innovative solution in “Commercial UAV News”. Tinamu has developed a turnkey solution for drone-based inspection [...]

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 MAISTRO: How can 2020 help optimise 2021’s procurement planning?
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 8 January 2021

MAISTRO: How can 2020 help optimise 2021’s procurement planning?

Our portfolio company Maistro outlines some resources to help you on your procurement planning journey. Take a microscope to your tail spend. Read more…

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 Great interview of Resistell CEO Danuta Cichocka
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 4 January 2021

Great interview of Resistell CEO Danuta Cichocka

From our portfolio company Resistell CEO Danuta Cichocka: ‘You must strongly believe in your idea and convince the world that it cannot live without your solution’ Read on…

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 Sterling Pratz on payment networks for cars and rise of machine payments
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 14 December 2020

Sterling Pratz on payment networks for cars and rise of machine payments

Citi Talks Payments Series Two: Episode 12… Allyson Laurance talks to Sterling Pratz, CEO of Car IQ, about the new world of payment networks for cars and the rise of machines in the payment [...]

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 AirConsole now available on all Amazon FIRE TVs around the World!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 13 December 2020

AirConsole now available on all Amazon FIRE TVs around the World!

Our portfolio company AirConsole games are now available on all Amazon FIRE TVs worldwide! Play on Amazon airconsole.com/amazon Congratulations to the team and all parties involved

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 Read the Swiss Startup Radar No. 3!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 9 December 2020

Read the Swiss Startup Radar No. 3!

Thank you for this great third edition of the Swiss Startup Radar and mentioning Alpana Ventures in Investor landscape section… Great reading and thanks to all supporters Gebert Rüf [...]

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 Procsea’s CEO on digital transformation of the seafood industry
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 9 December 2020

Procsea’s CEO on digital transformation of the seafood industry

Great interview from Renaud Enjalbert, CEO of our portfolio company ProcSea in “Produits de la Mer” magazine, about digital transformation of the seafood industry. LinkedIn [...]

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 CodeCheck now provides an additional climate score!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 3 December 2020

CodeCheck now provides an additional climate score!

Great video from our portfolio company CodeCheck now providing an additional climate score! Learn about Climate score Watch video Get the App https://codecheck-app.com/  

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 Video from our portfolio company Resistell / World’s fastest antibiotic susceptibility test
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 27 November 2020

Video from our portfolio company Resistell / World’s fastest antibiotic susceptibility test

Discover how the world’s fastest antibiotic susceptibility test is working! From our portfolio company Resistell. 1’39”. Watch video…  

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 Zact announces the launch of its integrated Payments and Expense Management Platform
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 24 November 2020

Zact announces the launch of its integrated Payments and Expense Management Platform

Our portfolio company Zact, a Silicon Valley-based Fintech company, announced the launch of its integrated Payments and Expense Management platform. Zact is an innovative solution to the vexing [...]

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 Sinay movie on its Maritime Data Solutions!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 23 November 2020

Sinay movie on its Maritime Data Solutions!

Great new movie from our portfolio company Sinay, which provides intuitive solutions via SINAY HUB for data-driven decisions of the blue economy. 2’30”. Watch video…

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 Startups are Ever-Evolving during COVID Pandemic Says Jessica Chen of ROOM8
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 21 November 2020

Startups are Ever-Evolving during COVID Pandemic Says Jessica Chen of ROOM8

From our portfolio company ROOM8 CEO, Jessica. Article

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 Great new website from MILA, the leader in on-site or remote tech support!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 19 November 2020

Great new website from MILA, the leader in on-site or remote tech support!

Introducing the new Mila website, another milestone into the growth of Mila. With a revamped design and smoother user experience – it has never been easier to book a Mila service for [...]

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 Resistell wins Special Life Science Award in Swiss Innovation Challenge 2020
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 16 November 2020

Resistell wins Special Life Science Award in Swiss Innovation Challenge 2020

Congratulations to our portfolio company Resistell for winning Special Life Science Award in Swiss Innovation Challenge 2020! Watch Danuta Press Release

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 Tinamu Labs wins Construction Award of the Swiss Innovation Challenge
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 16 November 2020

Tinamu Labs wins Construction Award of the Swiss Innovation Challenge

Congratulations to our portfolio company Tinamu Labs for winning the Construction Award of the Swiss Innovation Challenge!  

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 CAR IQ: Can Your Car be Your Wallet?
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 5 November 2020

CAR IQ: Can Your Car be Your Wallet?

Our portfolio company Car IQ explained by Jason Hanson, from Discover Financial Services and Sterling Pratz, Car IQ Founder. Read more on Medium …

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 Maistro gains ISO27001 certification
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 4 November 2020

Maistro gains ISO27001 certification

Our Portfolio company Maistro has gained ISO27001 certification. Congratulations to the whole team! About Tail Spend…

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 Gabriele Ottino & Christian Nauer complete the management team at CodeCheck
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 3 November 2020

Gabriele Ottino & Christian Nauer complete the management team at CodeCheck

Big changes at CodeCheck: Gabriele Ottino, former Doodle CEO, and Christian Nauer, FS Partner AG, take over the roles of CEO and CFO. Together, they want to push ahead with internationalisation [...]

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 iGroove: know your future streaming revenues !!!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 2 November 2020

iGroove: know your future streaming revenues !!!

Our portfolio company iGroove just released MUSE, an Artificial Intelligence that calculates the future streaming revenues of musicians releases. Dennis Hausammann, CEO and Co-Founder of iGroove, [...]

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 Saphetor and Roche join forces!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 28 October 2020

Saphetor and Roche join forces!

Our portfolio company Saphetor has signed a new partnership with Roche Turkey giving the pharma giant access to its network to facilitate scientific collaborations on new treatments for Spinal [...]

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 GYANT Unveils New Solution to Manage Demand, Improve Patient Journey for Future COVID-19 Vaccine
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 16 October 2020

GYANT Unveils New Solution to Manage Demand, Improve Patient Journey for Future COVID-19 Vaccine

Great new solution from our portfolio company GYANT! Anticipating the tsunami of inbound patient inquiries, overwhelmed call centers, appointment scheduling demands, and eligibility screening [...]

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 TX Group invests in Lend, the marketplace lending platform
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 15 October 2020

TX Group invests in Lend, the marketplace lending platform

In a move that will further strengthen its fintech portfolio, the TX Group invests in lend.ch, the Swiss crowdlending platform, with participation of PostFinance and Alpana Ventures. Lend.ch is a [...]

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 Technical support marketplace MILA’s CEO, Chris Viatte, is taking the company independent with support of investors led by Alpana Ventures, as well as Oriza Ventures and Plug and Play Ventures
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 2 October 2020

Technical support marketplace MILA’s CEO, Chris Viatte, is taking the company independent with support of investors led by Alpana Ventures, as well as Oriza Ventures and Plug and Play Ventures

Welcome to our new portfolio company MILA! MILA provides crowdsourced assistance service by technically savvy individuals (Mila Friends) and local SMEs (Mila Professionals). Alpana Ventures is [...]

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 Dive into our portfolio company Room8 with coverage from TheQWork
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 1 October 2020

Dive into our portfolio company Room8 with coverage from TheQWork

Our portfolio company Room8 featured by Theqwork.com/ Article Links: ROOM8 CEO Jessica Chan on the Mission, Execution & Passion Behind the Co-Living Data & AI Platform How to CTO: Dan [...]

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 eMonitor pioneers cooperation with Abacus and Pensionskasse St. Gallen for apartment rental of the future!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 1 October 2020

eMonitor pioneers cooperation with Abacus and Pensionskasse St. Gallen for apartment rental of the future!

Our portfolio company eMonitor started cooperation with  business software, Abacus Research. On behalf of Pensionskasse Stadt St. Gallen, the AbaImmo real estate management software will be [...]

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 Luckabox has secured a seven-figure in pre-series A round to fuel the development of a next-generation product that allows retailers to manage their end-to-end last-mile logistics process
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 24 September 2020

Luckabox has secured a seven-figure in pre-series A round to fuel the development of a next-generation product that allows retailers to manage their end-to-end last-mile logistics process

In addition to its recent grant from the Climate Foundation Winterthur, Luckabox has secured a new investment from existing investors including Alpana Ventures, SICTIC and DAA Capital. The new [...]

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 ASG LegalTech Acquires Headnote, Industry Leading Legal Payments Software
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 22 September 2020

ASG LegalTech Acquires Headnote, Industry Leading Legal Payments Software

Headnote, the online payments platform providing compliant ePayments and AR management for law firms of all sizes has been acquired by ASG LegalTech, a portfolio company of Alpine Investors. [...]

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 Voliro closes a CHF 2 million seed round led by Alpana Ventures to develop advanced flying inspection robots
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 22 September 2020

Voliro closes a CHF 2 million seed round led by Alpana Ventures to develop advanced flying inspection robots

Welcome to our new portfolio company Voliro! Regular inspection of aging critical infrastructure such as bridges, silos, storage tanks, ship hulls, and pipes is crucial in order to guarantee [...]

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 Congratulations to our portfolio companies on being listed among the Top 100 Swiss Startups!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 9 September 2020

Congratulations to our portfolio companies on being listed among the Top 100 Swiss Startups!

Congratulations to our portfolio companies Resistell, LuckaBox, ProcSea, Inpher, Altoida on being listed among the Top 100 Swiss Startups last night! Welcome Voliro Airborne Robotics, Top1 public [...]

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 Two startup personalities, Anne Mellano, Co-Founder of Bestmile and Mina Samir Kamel, CEO of Voliro have received awards in recognition for their innovative solutions.
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 4 September 2020

Two startup personalities, Anne Mellano, Co-Founder of Bestmile and Mina Samir Kamel, CEO of Voliro have received awards in recognition for their innovative solutions.

Congratulations to the two innovative winners, Anne Mellano, Co-Founder of Bestmile and Mina Samir Kamel, CEO of our portfolio company Voliro! Mina Samir Kamel, CEO of Voliro has received [...]

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 The Glue has acquired a majority share in Hyfen, a platform to connect administrations of parties in the pension sector
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 3 September 2020

The Glue has acquired a majority share in Hyfen, a platform to connect administrations of parties in the pension sector

Our portfolio company The Glue has acquired a majority share in Hyfen, a spin-off from APG, the largest pension provider in the Netherlands. Hyfen has built a platform to connect administrations [...]

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 Tinamu Labs secures CHF 1.1m seed round led by Alpana Ventures
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 25 August 2020

Tinamu Labs secures CHF 1.1m seed round led by Alpana Ventures

Welcome Tinamu Labs! Tinamu Labs invented a drone based automated end-to-end inspection solution and Alpana Ventures led its oversubscribed seed round. “The global lockdown due to COVID-19 [...]

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 Discover® partners with Car IQ to launch a connected automotive fleet payments solution
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 25 August 2020

Discover® partners with Car IQ to launch a connected automotive fleet payments solution

Discover®, a leading digital bank and payments company, and Car IQ, a California based financial technology startup, have partnered to create an innovative payment platform for machine-initiated [...]

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 IPwe recognized by “CIO Applications” as one of the Top IP Management solutions globally
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 3 August 2020

IPwe recognized by “CIO Applications” as one of the Top IP Management solutions globally

Our portfolio company IPwe recognized among Top IP Management solutions! IPwe is the World’s First Global Patent Market that combines the information and tools to identify, research, understand [...]

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 Lunaphore’s COO interviewed in “women in science”
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 29 July 2020

Lunaphore’s COO interviewed in “women in science”

Déborah Heintze, Co-founder and COO of our portfolio company LUNAPHORE, shares her story at the Swiss diagnostic company in an interview published by Radar RP, the Swiss public relation agency [...]

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 Disrupting the on-demand economy with AI-enabled fintech and optimized job search
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 17 July 2020

Disrupting the on-demand economy with AI-enabled fintech and optimized job search

World events often influence inventors and entrepreneurs but rarely is it as personal and close to home as it was for Hantz Févry, CEO and founder of Stoovo, Inc., an integrated AI platform that [...]

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 GYANT Closes $13.6 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Wing Venture
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 15 July 2020

GYANT Closes $13.6 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Wing Venture

Congratulations! GYANT, the care navigation company, announced the close of a $13.6 million Series A financing round led by Wing Venture Capital. Wing VC is joined by Intermountain Ventures and [...]

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 Beekeeper Announces $10 Million Series B Extension!
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 13 July 2020

Beekeeper Announces $10 Million Series B Extension!

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 Atari VCS(TM) Partners with AirConsole Cloud-Based Gaming Service
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 13 July 2020

Atari VCS(TM) Partners with AirConsole Cloud-Based Gaming Service

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 ROOM8 helps people find roommates via technology – an interview in the Arizona Business Gazette
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 9 July 2020

ROOM8 helps people find roommates via technology – an interview in the Arizona Business Gazette

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 INPHER’s Privacy-Preserving Cross-Border Analytics Case Study Published in Global FFIS Report
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 7 July 2020

INPHER’s Privacy-Preserving Cross-Border Analytics Case Study Published in Global FFIS Report

As part of the technology working group on ‘The Role of Privacy Preserving Data Analytics in the Detection and Prevention of Financial Crime,’ INPHER announces the publication of Future of [...]

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 Resistell AG receives €2.5M EIC Accelerator grant and equity financing offer from EIC
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 3 July 2020

Resistell AG receives €2.5M EIC Accelerator grant and equity financing offer from EIC

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 TOPOSENS received EU Horizon 2020 Funding to further develop technology for autonomous driving market
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 3 June 2020

TOPOSENS received EU Horizon 2020 Funding to further develop technology for autonomous driving market

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 Resistell’s CEO interviewed in “women in science”
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 29 May 2020

Resistell’s CEO interviewed in “women in science”

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 Altoida secures investment from Hikma Ventures
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 8 May 2020

Altoida secures investment from Hikma Ventures

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 Toposens raised a new financing round
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 6 May 2020

Toposens raised a new financing round

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 ClearAccessIP merges with IPwe
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 29 April 2020

ClearAccessIP merges with IPwe

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 Lunaphore raises an additional CHF 2m, bringing total Series C to CHF 25m
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 21 April 2020

Lunaphore raises an additional CHF 2m, bringing total Series C to CHF 25m

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 Inpher cryptographic tech, a solution for data-driven measures against Covid-19
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 20 April 2020

Inpher cryptographic tech, a solution for data-driven measures against Covid-19

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 Ava participates in a study on early detection of Covid-19 infection
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 15 April 2020

Ava participates in a study on early detection of Covid-19 infection

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 Artmyn offers to discover artworks in 1-minute videos
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 14 April 2020

Artmyn offers to discover artworks in 1-minute videos

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 Room8 collaborates with 3rd largest global insurer in the US, Liberty Mutual
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 3 April 2020

Room8 collaborates with 3rd largest global insurer in the US, Liberty Mutual

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 How our portfolio companies tackle Covid-19
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 1 April 2020

How our portfolio companies tackle Covid-19

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 ROOM8 and Google Street View trusted agency LCP360 announce partnership
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 24 March 2020

ROOM8 and Google Street View trusted agency LCP360 announce partnership

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 Beekeeper and PWC Switzerland partner to bring efficient crisis communication
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 18 March 2020

Beekeeper and PWC Switzerland partner to bring efficient crisis communication

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 Try Airconsole Games from your phone for free
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 16 March 2020

Try Airconsole Games from your phone for free

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 Coronavirus is good for the fertility business – so says AVA CEO
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 10 March 2020

Coronavirus is good for the fertility business – so says AVA CEO

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 How Gyant helps triage in medical centers
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 9 March 2020

How Gyant helps triage in medical centers

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 Ava and Lend among Top 5 Swiss startups to join Europe’s leading Tech TNW Conference
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 25 February 2020

Ava and Lend among Top 5 Swiss startups to join Europe’s leading Tech TNW Conference

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 Lunaphore raised CHF 23M in a Series C funding round
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 6 February 2020

Lunaphore raised CHF 23M in a Series C funding round

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 Gyant collaborates with Top ranked Cleveland Clinic
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 28 January 2020

Gyant collaborates with Top ranked Cleveland Clinic

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 Altoida is among the finalists of the Hello Tomorrow Challenge
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 17 January 2020

Altoida is among the finalists of the Hello Tomorrow Challenge

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 Room8 adds Silicon Valley Pioneer Ken Coleman to its Board
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 16 January 2020

Room8 adds Silicon Valley Pioneer Ken Coleman to its Board

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 Rap star Kool Savas becomes Igroove’s new ambassador
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 10 January 2020

Rap star Kool Savas becomes Igroove’s new ambassador

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 Gyant and virtual care leader Zipnosis introduce a broader Digital Front Door
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 9 January 2020

Gyant and virtual care leader Zipnosis introduce a broader Digital Front Door

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 Room8 raises initial funding
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 3 January 2020

Room8 raises initial funding

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 Resistell raised CHF 3.5m in a Series A funding round
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 17 December 2019

Resistell raised CHF 3.5m in a Series A funding round

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 Qwil raises 24.4 M$ in equity and 200 M$ in debt
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 11 December 2019

Qwil raises 24.4 M$ in equity and 200 M$ in debt

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 Lunaphore and Ava in Top 5 Best Swiss Medtech Startups 2019
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 9 December 2019

Lunaphore and Ava in Top 5 Best Swiss Medtech Startups 2019

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 Sinay speaking at the French sea economy congress
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 4 December 2019

Sinay speaking at the French sea economy congress

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 OneVisage wins the grand prize of Worldline’s e-payments challenge
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 26 November 2019

OneVisage wins the grand prize of Worldline’s e-payments challenge

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 Car IQ and the future of machine-originated payments
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 23 November 2019

Car IQ and the future of machine-originated payments

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 Airconsole raised USD 3M in a Series A funding round
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 21 November 2019

Airconsole raised USD 3M in a Series A funding round

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 Codecheck is a CES Innovation Awards Honoree 2020
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 8 November 2019

Codecheck is a CES Innovation Awards Honoree 2020

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 Procsea raised 6.5 M€ in a third round of fundraising
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 15 October 2019

Procsea raised 6.5 M€ in a third round of fundraising

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 CNN interviewed Lunaphore’s CEO on the next generation of cancer treatment
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 14 October 2019

CNN interviewed Lunaphore’s CEO on the next generation of cancer treatment

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 Flowcast raised 3 M$ in a Series A funding round
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 24 September 2019

Flowcast raised 3 M$ in a Series A funding round

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 Beekeeper raised 45 M$ in Series B funding round
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 17 September 2019

Beekeeper raised 45 M$ in Series B funding round

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 ClearAccessIP raised 3.7 M$ in Seed funding
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 11 September 2019

ClearAccessIP raised 3.7 M$ in Seed funding

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 Interview of Pascal H. Widmer by VentureLab about the trends of early stage investments in Switzerland
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 9 September 2019

Interview of Pascal H. Widmer by VentureLab about the trends of early stage investments in Switzerland

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 INPHER wins 2019 “People’s Choice Award” at the UK Financial Conduct Authority
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 10 August 2019

INPHER wins 2019 “People’s Choice Award” at the UK Financial Conduct Authority

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 Car IQ raises a 6 M$ in Series A funding to accelerate growth of autonomous payment gateway for vehicles
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 25 June 2019

Car IQ raises a 6 M$ in Series A funding to accelerate growth of autonomous payment gateway for vehicles

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 Sinay raises a 1.6 M€ Seed Round for its maritime data platform
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By Alpana Ventures
In Business
Posted 25 June 2019

Sinay raises a 1.6 M€ Seed Round for its maritime data platform

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