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Carbon composite is stronger than metal at only a fraction of the weight, making it the highest performing engineering material. Today, carbon composite needs to be manufactured in cumbersome and costly manual processes. 9T Labs’ end-to-end solution is leveraging software, hardware and material innovation to make carbon composite more accessible. The customer-centric business model consists of a full-service subscription fee and additional recurring revenue from material sales.
Adaptyv Bio develops a platform for next-generation protein engineering. We use synthetic biology and machine learning to massively scale up the number of protein design that can be synthesized and tested. This way we generate crucial knowledge needed for developing better protein drugs such as antibodies.
AirConsole is a cloud based video gaming console, not requiring any proprietary hardware. Smartphones are the controllers, the web browser or a mobile or smart television application is the console. Based on a freemium model AirConsole sells premium user accounts via monthly subscriptions.
Algrano digitises the way coffee is traded: on the Algrano platform, coffee producers offer their coffee beans directly to coffee roasters. This way, the value chain of coffee trading becomes more efficient and at the same time transparent. As a B2B trading platform, Algrano generates revenue from a transaction-based commission from both parties involved.
Archilogic has developed a software solution allowing any floorplan to be turned into a 3D model. The technology is based on deep knowledge of architecture, design, 3D workflows and computer vision, turning a floorplan into a wealth of actionable information for spatial decision-making. Its B2B software solution is sold to companies in the property & real estate sector.
Archlet is a cloud-based source-to-award platform allowing procurement professionals to overcome the ever increasing complexity of sourcing processes. Archlet combines market insights with company procurement data, empowering buyers to enter supplier negotiations and to take the best possible sourcing decisions.
Ascento offers Robotics-as-a-Service for autonomous outdoor security patrolling, including a robot able to systematically and cost-efficiently patrol 24/7, and a cloud based security operating center that helps to monitor mission execution and manually teleoperate the robot for specific patrols and inspections.
Talents are the most influential production factor as well as the largest cost factor. Our artificial intelligence-based optimization engine #matchingcore satisfies customized scheduling criteria while adapting to our clients’ very specific situations.
Ava’s initial product sold to consumers consists of a sensor bracelet, an app and a powerful backend with self-learning algorithms for interpretation of hormonal changes, accurate ovulation tracking and screening of women’s health issues facilitating the process of becoming pregnant.
BKBN is the leading solution to produce, manage and distribute all your real estate visuals. – Better Visuals. Faster.
Bring! is a shopping list application for mobile end-users, As a free app, downloadable on both iOS and Android, Bring! generates revenue by selling native advertising slots to consumer brands and integrating with eCommerce platforms such as online supermarkets.
Provides comprehensive and quantitative solutions to assess and manage the risks of AI algorithms in commercial use.
CareerLunch offers a recruitment platform that matches job seekers with employees and brings them together for informal lunch meetings. Talents get to know companies and their culture more authentically while employers grow their talent pool and establish personal connections to high potential candidates.
Certification’s privacy-first e-signing solution with zero document knowledge is ideal for organisations seeking to digitise their processes while safeguarding data confidentiality and security.
Chiral Nano develops next-generation chips based on carbon nanotubes, graphene, and other nanomaterials, at a speed of production that is 500X faster than current standards, unlocking commercial applications at scale.
From cloud computing to machine learning: we constantly require more powerful chips that produce highly concentrated heat. Current cooling methods are both ineffective and inefficient, accounting for about 30% of electricity consumption in data centers. Corintis breaks these barriers, by integrating micro-scale liquid cooling directly inside the silicon, adapted to the chip. This enables a 10x improvement in cooling performance and efficiency, to enable the future of computing in a sustainable manner.
Cultivated is developing a fat ingredient from oleaginous yeast, which offers the creaminess needed for plant-based dairy and this ingredient has a clean label and sustainable production process.
CyanoGuard manufactures and sells the best available solutions for safe and efficient cyanide monitoring for water safety, environmental control and industrial process control. Mines rely on CyanoGuard’s simple to use and cost effective technology to produce more gold, while minimizing costs and their environmental footprint.
DePoly is the globally first company able to generate virgin-grade TPA by means of the chemical recycling of PET plastics at room temperature, without generating toxic waste and flexibly able to process contaminated and mixed-quality plastic materials without deteriorating outcome.
A more colourful daily existence – that was the idea that three friends from Zurich had, which led them to found the colourful sock label DillySocks in 2013 and turn the world of feet on its head. Since then the company has been producing and selling colorful socks online and via third-party retail stores to consumers.
EthonAI develops an AI-powered platform that combines quality inspection and root cause analysis in manufacturing. The company’s no-code applications can be easily used by factory operators and engineers without writing a single line of code.
grape provides its customers with fully digital employee insurances bundled with healthcare services. grape is the first employee insurer built around a full-stack technology platform and a relentless focus on serving our members.
With the “Silicon Eye” systems, Insightness develops high-speed, low-power spatial awareness systems based on brain-inspired technology. These systems (vision chip and software) outperform conventional machine vision approaches in efficiency and allow faster reaction times. Insightness is selling its technology to international technology companies, initially focused on the AR/VR market.
Kollabo builds a digital ecosystem for job placement agents in the construction industry, helping them fill more vacancies more efficiently – thereby helping job seekers find a suitable job in less time. The goal is to digitally enable all stakeholders, generating a win-win-situation.
Kyan Health is the first European digital health company providing end-to-end, fully personalized, evidence-based mental wellbeing & health solutions for employees and their families to live healthier and happier lives.
Lightly makes use of representation learning through self-supervised methods to understand raw data. It can therefore be used before any data annotation step. The learned representations can be used to analyze and visualize your datasets as well as for selecting a core set of samples that can then be used for further steps in the data preparation pipeline. The same algorithms power our active-learning library to help you with iterative active-learning loops.
Photonic and quantum solutions for next generation sensing, networking and computing. Tight integration and codesign of superconducting microwave and photonic circuitry allows us to integrate bulky components/functions onto millimeter-scale package products, using traditional semiconductor fabrication techniques.
Movu is Switzerland’s leading platform for moving and cleaning services and in 2017 was acquired by Baloise Group.
Most of the 100’000 campers in Switzerland are only used very few days each year. In order to optimize costs, MyCamper enables camper owners to enter the rental market by providing a platform and services to rent out campers in a convenient and easy way.
Nala Earth is the platform for nature & biodiversity management. Nala Earth helps companies to measure, manage and report their impact on nature and biodiversity.
Numarics leading team of Swiss based experts, supported by their elegant Multi-Plattform SaaS solution, delivers world-class bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services trusted by growing businesses. Let numarics focus on your financials, so you can focus on your business.
Oxyle provides a novel wastewater treatment that completely eliminates the most persistent and toxic micropollutant from our bodies of water. Oxyle’s patented nanocatalyst degrades these hazardous pollutants from water and leaves behind clean and safe to discharge water. Oxyle’s wastewater treatment reactors are efficient, cost-effective, sustainable, and easy to use.
RoomPriceGenie is a combination of algorithmic wizardry inside and simplicity outside, ideal for smaller hotels that would like 10-15% more revenue but don’t want to stress about it. As cloud-based solution, RoomPriceGenie gives hoteliers the flexibility to control room pricing anytime and anywhere.
Saeki is building the flexible lights-out factories of the future leveraging digital manufacturing and robotics. Providing end-to-end automation for 3D Printing, machining and inspecting functional large parts, delivered next day.
Two engineers from ETH and a designer from ZHdK teamed up to develop the next generation of electric wheelchairs. Scewo’s product is a self- balancing system, able to overcome obstacles and climb stairs. The wheelchair can travel as fast as 10km/h and reaches a maximum distance of 25km. The wheelchair is sold to consumers, but costs are largely covered by applicable insurance policies.
At Selfnation the two worlds of design and innovative technology come together for custom-tailored, computer-optimized jeans and chinos. Customers can take measures at home and order the perfectly fitting pair of trousers directly online.
Listen to podcasts with AI-generated transcripts and chapters. Highlight your favorite moments in 1 click, incl. summaries and transcripts, and export them to Readwise, Notion, & co. Discover new moments by listening to short highlights from the community.
Strong Network delivers a self-hosted platform that allows organizations to manage the first secure Cloud Development Environments (CDEs). They use secure CDEs to provide access to their developers to ready-to-code linux development environments with native data security.
Tune Insight orchestrates secure collaborations on sensitive or confidential data between multiple organizations for them to extract collective insights, from analytics to machine learning, in a fully-compliant way. Participating organizations can make better decisions while they are in full control of their own data at all times, as it remains encrypted even while in use. Enter the new era of data protection with Tune Insight.
Urbio is a software that accelerates the decarbonization of buildings globally. By automating and optimizing the design of clean energy systems, Urbio drastically reduces the time spent on design tasks. The combination of generative design and digital twin enables professionals in the building sector to take the best investment decisions for individual buildings – or entire cities.
Wingtra develops, produces and commercializes WingtaOne, a VTOL drone (vertical take-off and landing) that combines the ease of use of agile multicopters with the long range of high endurance fixed-wing aircrafts. Carrying best-in-class sensors that collect survey-grade aerial data, the drone is today used by mapping professionals in applications ranging from surveying, inspection to mining and even wildlife monitoring.
Zippsafe is reinventing the locker system industry with its’ flexible textile storage solution. Being up to 70% more space-efficient than traditional solutions, Zippsafe allows companies in need of workwear changing rooms to save construction volume or optimize space planning.
