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DemoSquare has successfully raised CHF 1.2 million in pre-seed funding to fuel its expansion into European markets, aiming to enhance its AI-based platform for monitoring political and regulatory activities.

DemoSquare launches EU platform in Brussels to expand AI-based policy monitoring

13 May 2025

The Lausanne Region Trophy at the 23rd Prix Entreprendre Lausanne Région (PERL) ceremony has been awarded to Carewell, a Pully-based start-up optimizing healthcare staffing through a digital platform that merges technological and social innovation.

Carewell wins 2025 PERL Award for innovation in healthcare staffing

12 May 2025

Four innovative Geneva-based start-ups have received funding from the FONGIT Innovation Fund (FIF), highlighting the canton’s continued support for impactful technologies in life sciences and sustainable mobility.

Geneva-based start-ups awarded FIF funding to accelerate innovation in health and mobility

5 May 2025

Lausanne and Geneva rank among the world’s smartest cities in IMD’s 2025 Smart City Index, highlighting Switzerland’s leadership in urban innovation.

Lausanne and Geneva in the top 10 of IMD’s 2025 Smart City Index

23 April 2025

Switzerland will deepen its integration into European research networks by joining four major international infrastructures spanning environmental science, linguistics, astrophysics, and social sciences.

Switzerland expands international research cooperation with four new ERIC memberships

9 April 2025

ELCA has been awarded a long-term federal mandate to develop the digital identity verification system for Switzerland’s national e-ID program.

ELCA will develop Switzerland’s secure e-ID verification platform

7 April 2025

Researchers in Bern have developed an AI-based tool that detects rare coronary artery anomalies with high precision in cardiac CT images, potentially transforming diagnostics in cardiology.

AI tool developed in Bern improves detection of rare coronary anomalies

4 April 2025

The University of Basel and the University of Bern are launching a new research center dedicated to the development of superconducting quantum units. The Werner Siemens Foundation is supporting the initiative with CHF 15 million over the next eleven years.

New WSS research center for molecular quantum systems

5 March 2025

Geneva-based ID Quantique, a pioneer in quantum-safe cryptography, joins forces with US-based IonQ to accelerate the development of next-generation quantum networks.

IonQ acquires ID Quantique to advance global quantum networking

4 March 2025

Top Stories Western Switzerland

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (February 2025)

25 February 2025

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