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27 May 2026

Prilly’s Visium has raised its first institutional round, backed by Columbus Venture Partners, Concentric, and prominent AI unicorn founders.

Visium lands first institutional round to scale AI in regulated industries

27 May 2026

In this episode of Getting Serious, Woody sits down with Stephan Haferl, CEO of Comet Group, a Swiss deep-tech company headquartered in Flamatt, in the canton of Fribourg, to explore what it means to be at the heart of the global semiconductor industry without making a single chip.

The Swiss Company That Makes Semiconductors Possible (A Conversation with Stephan Haferl)

27 May 2026

Geneva's Neurosoft Bioelectronics has raised USD 7.5 million in an oversubscribed seed round to advance its brain interface platform and build a cortical AI model.

Neurosoft Bioelectronics raises USD 7.5 million to advance its brain interface platform

26 May 2026

Two Vaud start-ups receive SDSC backing for AI projects, as Neurosoft gains access to the Alps supercomputer for neural AI training.

Western Switzerland steps up support for AI-driven innovation

18 May 2026

A new EY study ranks Switzerland 3rd worldwide for corporate R&D intensity and 6th for total spending, with 14 Swiss companies among the global top 500.

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Switzerland ranks 3rd globally for corporate R&D intensity

18 May 2026

Chavannes-based PAVE Space has won the 2026 PERL Trophy for its kickstage orbital vehicle, which delivers satellites to their final orbit in under 24 hours.

PAVE Space wins the 2026 PERL Trophy for orbital innovation

11 May 2026

Vaud-based DPhi Space has commissioned Clustergate-2, an on-orbit compute platform that successfully ran a vision-language model aboard a satellite in orbit.

DPhi Space runs first AI language model aboard an orbiting satellite

4 May 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (April 2026)

29 April 2026

Three Geneva-based start-ups have received seed funding through the FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF), supporting innovations in olfactory diagnostics, AI-powered maritime chartering, and SME cybersecurity.

Geneva backs three start-ups tackling smell, shipping, and cyber threats

27 April 2026

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