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Italian investment company Vam Investment and Umberto Macchi di Cellere, former chief executive of Bulgari Horlogerie, have created Chaumont Group, a new player in the high-end watch market bringing together four component manufacturers under a structure based in Neuchâtel.

New luxury watch components group Chaumont establishes its base in Neuchâtel

8 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

FluoSphera, the Geneva-based biotech developing advanced in vitro models, has entered a license agreement for Debiopharm's AbYlink antibody conjugation technology, combining it with light sheet microscopy from Leica Microsystems into a single workflow for antibody characterization.

FluoSphera partners with Debiopharm and Leica Microsystems

7 September 2026

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31 August 2026

An interdisciplinary team from the University of Bern and Inselspital has developed CARESCORE, an AI model that calculates a patient's individual risk of postoperative infection within seconds of surgery ending, by drawing on vital signs recorded during the procedure.

Bern researchers develop an AI model that predicts infection risk at the end of surgery

31 August 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

Addex Therapeutics, the Geneva-based clinical-stage biotech developing small-molecule allosteric modulators for neurological disorders, has raised gross proceeds of USD 2.8 million through its at-the-market program.

Addex Therapeutics extends its cash runway into the fourth quarter of 2027

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

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