Signals, in order.

Bewe Lab won the first Global Leverage Award at EPFL for its drug‑free, gamified neurocognitive intervention that reduces cravings and unhealthy food intake. Optohive was selected as a winner of the University of Bremen’s KOINNO Biosignals‑HUB Challenge for its integrated EEG and fNIRS wearable system. Manon Murdeu, of ETH Zurich and Empa, received the 2026 Falling Walls Lab Switzerland first prize for a chip system that tests pregnancy drug safety using human cell material.

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Bupa Dental Care will offer Curodont Repair, a non‑invasive early‑decay treatment developed by Zug‑based vVARDIS, across its 380 UK practices. This is the second large‑scale UK provider agreement for the Swiss medtech unicorn this year, following a January deal with mydentist. The peptide‑based formulation can be applied in the dentist’s office to support enamel repair and avoid drilling and filling.

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Four months after unveiling its pilot solar power plant in Buttes, Sun-Ways partnered with a commercial partner in Italy to install its first solar panel array. The company also began working with SNCF in France and has secured approval for a project in South Korea. These milestones demonstrate the scalability of its rail-mounted solar technology.

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Four Swiss startups have secured European funding this summer. AMiquam and Gravity Pull Systems are part of a EUR 2.2 million consortium developing precision metal 3D printing with AI‑driven defect detection, while Weight Space Labs was chosen for SPRIND’s EUR 125 million Next Frontier AI Challenge to build a foundation model of neural networks. ProSeed received EUR 500 000 from EIT Food to improve the energy efficiency of its microwave drying technology.

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EPFL spin‑off Logmind, led by CEO Ketevani Zaridze, has expanded its operations one year after its 2025 funding round, hiring a Chief Commercial Officer and launching Logmind v3, a new AI platform for IT operational intelligence. The platform integrates monitoring, investigation, AI‑assisted troubleshooting, visualization and data processing into a single workflow and is being deployed across manufacturing, healthcare, utilities, food production, retail, transport and other sectors. Logmind’s growth demonstrates the application of AI to early detection and analysis of business‑critical IT iss…

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BitVault, a Lugano-based startup, has launched its Bitcoin self‑custody app globally, already serving a few hundred paying users and raising CHF 500,000 from a Swiss family office and a Canadian angel investor. The app uses multi‑signature, hardware‑linked keys, and configurable delays to secure Bitcoin while keeping private keys in users’ control, and its code is open source. The company plans a $1.5 million seed round in 2027 and aims to grow through B2B2C partnerships with wallets, exchanges, and family offices.

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Coople has rebuilt the technical foundation of its flexible staffing platform in less than a year, using AI to accelerate development, and has onboarded all newly registered companies onto the new system. The Zurich‑based company closed its UK operations on 1 January and is now concentrating on its Swiss market, where it serves more than 30,000 companies and 900,000 workers. The overhaul introduces new features such as repeat booking and detailed reporting tools.

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Geneva‑based Dyneo Technologies has accelerated its growth, expanding into France and securing contracts with Veolia and Holcim for district heating projects. The startup now serves over 40,000 people across two countries, delivering up to 20% reduction in network heat losses and more than 5% performance improvement on a biomass plant through its unique control model. With Swiss‑hosted infrastructure meeting critical‑infrastructure cybersecurity standards, Dyneo is preparing to launch a subscriber portal and expand into Belgium, backed by financing secured through 2027.

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Zelsius, ein Spin‑off der Hochschule Luzern, hat seine CO₂‑Bilanzierungsplattform für KMU erweitert, sodass nun auch Unternehmen aus dem Holz‑ und Möbelbau sowie der Medizintechnik ihre Scope‑1‑bis‑Scope‑3‑Emissionen berechnen können. Das Startup hat die Kundenzahl innerhalb von 15 Monaten verdoppelt, über 100 Unternehmen registriert, 30 zahlende Kunden und erzielt einen sechsstelligen Umsatz, wobei ein Großteil aus wiederkehrenden jährlichen Leistungen stammt. Zelsius bereitet eine Seed‑Runde vor, arbeitet mit acht Energieberatungsunternehmen zusammen und hat sein Team um zwei Personen im Be…

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Gravis Robotics, an ETH Zurich spin‑off based in Zurich, raised $200 million in a Series A round led by SoftBank, valuing the company at $1 billion. The company develops AI and sensor systems that enable conventional excavators and other construction machines to perform tasks such as digging, levelling, and loading lorries autonomously, and the technology is already deployed on dozens of sites worldwide. The funding will be used to expand the team, grow internationally, and deploy the technology on more construction sites and machines.

Source: ETH Zurich News