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Tech

Bearmind, a Lausanne-based sports-tech start-up, has been named one of eleven winners of the 2026 WIPO Global Awards, taking the Sport category from a field of more than 1,300 applicants across 126 countries.

Lausanne’s Bearmind wins the Sport category at the 2026 WIPO Global Awards

13 July 2026

Neur.on, the Fribourg-based LegalTech behind the AI legal translation platform Corrext, has joined forces with Legal 230, Europe's leading legal translation network, while preserving Swiss data hosting and its Fribourg team.

Fribourg LegalTech Neur.on partners with European leader Legal 230

8 July 2026

CCRAFT, a Neuchâtel-based CSEM spin-off operating the world's first independent foundry for thin-film lithium niobate photonic chips, has closed a USD 7.8 million funding round to build industrial-scale manufacturing capacity.

CCRAFT raises USD 7.8 million to scale up its photonic chip foundry

6 July 2026

An EPFL team has created MiCRo, a new large language model structured like the human brain, with four specialized modules that give users more control and move away from “black box” AI.

EPFL researchers build a brain-inspired AI model that is more transparent and controllable

29 June 2026

Following the success of its first scratch map, Neuchâtel start-up Swisstastic has launched the Swiss Travel Map, a large-format scratch map inviting users to explore Switzerland's 26 cantons, funded through a WeMakeIt crowdfunding campaign.

Neuchâtel start-up Swisstastic launches a scratch map of Switzerland’s 26 cantons

29 June 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded a CHF 400,000 Tech Growth loan to EPFL spin-off Isospec Analytics and CHF 20,000 Digital Grants to MYSTONES and Skilder, three start-ups from the canton of Vaud.

FIT supports three Vaud start-ups, led by EPFL spin-off Isospec Analytics

24 June 2026

Hydromea, the Renens-based pioneer in subsea optical communication, has won a USD 1 million award through the AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge, together with Florida Atlantic University, to develop a next-generation underwater communication and networking system.

Hydromea wins USD 1 million grant through AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge

24 June 2026

Backbone and Crìa Technologies are the latest Geneva-based companies to receive funding from the FIF, the canton of Geneva's innovation financing program, with CHF 400,000 in FIF Growth funding for Backbone and CHF 100,000 in FIF Seed Tech funding for Crìa Technologies.

Geneva’s Backbone and Crìa Technologies secure FIF funding

24 June 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded CHF 100,000 Tech Seed loans to Detectra, TUUS Solutions and Anyway Systems, supporting innovations in arthritis monitoring, nutrient delivery and sovereign AI infrastructure.

FIT grants Tech Seed loans to three innovative Vaud start-ups

22 June 2026

ZAAN, the Geneva- and Shenzhen-based contract-intelligence platform, has raised USD 5 million from Tencent Investment to develop its AI engines, broaden language and jurisdiction coverage, and grow its teams.

Geneva legaltech start-up ZAAN raises USD 5 million from Tencent

17 June 2026

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