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Fusionality, founded in 2026 by two researchers with backgrounds at EPFL's Swiss Plasma Center and Google DeepMind, has raised a CHF 3 million pre-seed round to build its founding team in Lausanne and equip fusion companies with operations infrastructure.

Fusionality raises CHF 3 million to build operations technology for fusion devices

14 September 2026

Three Geneva companies have received funding from the FIF, the canton of Geneva's innovation financing program: CHF 400,000 in FIF Growth funding for Goodwall, CHF 50,000 in FIF Seed Tech funding for Roofless Labs, and a CHF 50,000 FIF Grant for Infera Neuro.

Goodwall, Roofless Labs and Infera Neuro awarded FIF funding

8 September 2026

The Empa campus in Thun has split its Advanced Materials Processing laboratory into two independent units dedicated to surfaces and interfaces on one side and to metallic materials and manufacturing on the other, as researchers on the site make computational tools for alloy design accessible through a conversational AI agent.

Empa in Thun splits into two labs for materials and metals

7 September 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded five Tech Grants of CHF 100,000 each to projects from the canton of Vaud: three FIT-InnoTREK grants to Chorus Tre, HeteroSight and SixtineAI, all arising from the CHUV, and two FIT-Innogrant grants to Cookd Labs and Endobotica, both from EPFL.

FIT awards five Tech Grants to projects from the CHUV and EPFL

7 September 2026

Swiss industrial group Bystronic has entered into an agreement to acquire Isochronic, an automation technology company based near Lausanne specializing in high-speed robotic sorting systems and software for sheet metal processing.

Bystronic acquires Vaud robotics start-up Isochronic

31 August 2026

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology has awarded a CHF 200,000 Digital Growth loan to WasteFlow, CHF 50,000 Digital Seed loans to DOCumenter and Nextrainers, and a CHF 20,000 Digital Grant to RiveLock.

FIT supports four Vaud start-ups through its Digital programs

31 August 2026

One year after closing its funding round, EPFL spin-off Logmind has expanded its customer base across Europe, strengthened its commercial organization and launched Logmind v3, a new generation of its AI platform for IT operational intelligence.

Logmind launches its third-generation AI platform for IT operations

31 August 2026

Bewe, a University of Fribourg spin-off developing a neuroscience-based digital intervention for unhealthy food cravings, has been awarded Biopôle's Pre-Clinical Top-Up, a CHF 250,000 convertible loan supporting start-ups facing high clinical validation costs.

Bewe awarded the Biopôle Pre-Clinical Top-Up for its digital therapy against food cravings

20 August 2026

A new study conducted at Bern’s University Hospital shows that VisionOne, the virtual reality eye-testing platform developed by Vaud-based PeriVision, delivers clinical performance comparable to the stationary perimeter considered the gold standard, including in advanced glaucoma.

PeriVision’s VR eye test matches the gold standard across glaucoma severity

17 August 2026

NVIDIA has launched Halos for Robotics, a full-stack safety system for physical AI, with Fribourg-based CertX and Geneva-headquartered SGS among the certification bodies recognizing its accredited inspection lab.

CertX and SGS join NVIDIA’s robotics safety program

12 August 2026

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