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Bern-based Besso has closed a CHF 4 million seed round, taken entirely by a European family office. The start-up's platform helps multinationals manage the cost and complexity of global trade.

Besso raises a CHF 4 million seed round for its global trade intelligence platform

12 October 2026

Geneva hosts the 18th Geneva Forum from December 7 to 11, 2026, welcoming industries, businesses and financial operators at the Palais des Nations. Two Global Impact Projects, Drone for Climate and One Health Centers, illustrate opportunities rooted in Western Switzerland.

18th Geneva Forum to bring industry and finance together around impact entrepreneurship at the UN

12 October 2026

A new study by BAK Economics shows that the life sciences sector generates CHF 20.6 billion in direct value added in Western Switzerland, and CHF 28.3 billion once its ripple effects across the regional economy are taken into account.

Life sciences generate CHF 28.3 billion in direct value in Western Switzerland

6 October 2026

Neuchâtel’s CSEM is launching Start-up Elevate, a program giving five incorporated deep-tech start-ups each CHF 50,000 worth of targeted technology development support to move from prototype to industrial deployment.

CSEM launches Start-up Elevate to help deep-tech start-ups overcome technical barriers

5 October 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (September 2026)

5 October 2026

Switzerland has topped the World Intellectual Property Organization's Global Innovation Index 2026 for the 16th year in a row, ahead of Sweden and the United States, in an edition devoted to deep science entrepreneurship.

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Switzerland ranks first in the Global Innovation Index for the 16th consecutive year

5 October 2026

Unveiled at the Marly Innovation Center, the 2026 edition of fribourg.swiss, the official magazine of the Fribourg Development Agency, examines the culture that drives start-ups and the ecosystem that supports their growth in the canton.

Fribourg’s official magazine devotes its 2026 edition to the start-up mindset

23 September 2026

The Swiss Scale-Up Report 2026, the first benchmark of Switzerland's growth-stage companies, identifies 265 scale-ups with a combined estimated valuation of CHF 26.6 billion. Vaud ranks second among cantons, and EPFL stands alongside ETH Zurich as a leading source of spin-offs.

First Swiss Scale-Up Report maps 265 growth companies, with Western Switzerland among the leading hubs

22 September 2026

Following a CHF 2.4 million seed round, Bern-based medtech start-up Aseptuva has moved from early prototyping to preclinical validation of its Far-UVC technology designed to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections, and is now raising a CHF 5 million Series A.

Aseptuva moves to preclinical validation and opens a CHF 5 million Series A round

22 September 2026

Embodied AI, a Lausanne-based start-up founded by EPFL-trained roboticists, has launched with a first financing round led by Faber VC to develop intelligent robots designed to work alongside humans in industrial environments.

Embodied AI launches with international investor backing to automate European production lines

22 September 2026

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