Swiss Startup Guide
From the Idea to a Successful Company

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Editorial
Cover Stories
Start-ups on the Way to Success

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Cover Stories

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Editorial

Dear Reader

This is already the 8th edition of the Swiss Startup Guide and

again available as hardcopy but also online,

www.swissstartupguide.ch or www.swiss-startup-guide.ch.

The Swiss Venture Guide’s intention remains to give

future and actual entrepreneurs
investors and industrial companies
students
politicians and civil servants and
the general public

a quicker introduction and better understanding of the Innovation Ecosystem in Switzerland.

In the Swiss Startup Guide 2016 edition you will find again

interesting Cover Stories
10 Start-up Companies we believe are on the way to success

I wish you an encouraging reading, hope to meet you soon

Jean-Pierre Vuilleumier

JEAN-PIERRE VUILLEUMIER
Managing Director Swiss Startup Invest

Swiss Startup Invest – new name but same drive

Dear Readers

We are still pleased with the findings of the evaluation

report on Swiss Startup Invest (formerly CTI Invest)

initiated by the Commission for Technology and

Innovation CTI last year. This official quote sums it

up: “A key actor in the start-up ecosystem.”

JEAN-PIERRE VUILLEUMIER, Managing Director CTI Invest
DR. CHRISTIAN WENGER, Chairman CTI Invest

Cover Stories

This year again we included interesting information regarding the Start-up Ecosystem.

The Cover Stories are following the simple rule: Do good and talk about it!

There are many good initatives in the Ecosystem of which all should be aware of. We would like to thank the contributors for making this section so valuable.

Your partner for startups in the Canton of Bern

Connecting great minds

Focus on Big Data and Fintech

A vibrant location to move your innovation forward and strengthen your business

The Swiss giant in data-driven medicine is on top of the world

– all-in for #fintech #theSwissway –

The Leading Digital Innovation Hub in Europe

Where the Swiss Startup Ecosystem meets every year

Partner for innovative Start-ups

Early support of start-up community pays off

Exit and Broker!?

From Space to Earth – How space technology improves our lives

Everything you need … be part of the innovation center in St.Gallen

Intellectual Property Essentials for Startups

Working with Business Angels

Enabling funding with ˮCORNERSTONE startup value stack“

Start-ups and Innovation booster

More activities – a better overview

An Integral Part of Empa’s Knowledge and Technology Transfer

IBM Global Enrepreneur: Cloud Services for Startups & Developers

The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Start-ups on the Way to Success

In this section Swiss High Tech companies on the way to success are presented.

The criteria for selection were:

closing of one or several financial rounds > CHF 1 Mio. and/or
having paying customers or a product ready for the market entry.

One other interesting aspect of the presented companies is, that all of them took advantage of most Swiss support organizations and/or got involved with investors linked to CTI Invest.

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