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The Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) is supporting three start-ups working on an osteoporosis treatment, faster tissue analysis during cancer surgery and vineyard monitoring.

Biodelphis Therapeutics, PolaSight and Swiss Soil each receive a CHF 100,000 Tech Seed loan

2 November 2026

Top Stories Western Switzerland

Top Stories from Western Switzerland (October 2026)

28 October 2026

Geneva tech unicorns Proton and Sonar are joining the FONGIT incubator to commit CHF 300,000 to Geneva Student Entrepreneurs, a new student-run initiative based at the University of Geneva.

Proton and Sonar back Geneva Student Entrepreneurs to spark a new generation of start-ups

26 October 2026

Sonexos, a deep tech company based in Lausanne, has raised CHF 5 million in a Pre-Series A round led by Valquest Partners with Bosch Ventures, to industrialize its Plasmacoustic Metalayer, a thin plasma layer that absorbs low-frequency noise.

Sonexos raises CHF 5 million to bring plasma-based noise reduction to home appliances

26 October 2026

Switzerland's sports tech sector counts 402 companies, an estimated CHF 8 billion in revenue and about 17,000 jobs, according to the first Swiss SportsTech Report. Vaud and Bern are among the three cantons that concentrate about half of the companies.

First Swiss SportsTech Report maps a CHF 8 billion sector with Vaud and Bern among its main hubs

26 October 2026

Distalmotion, a medtech company based in Lausanne, has secured a senior secured term loan facility of up to USD 70 million from Perceptive Advisors to accelerate the US expansion of its DEXTER robotic surgery system in ambulatory surgery centers.

Distalmotion secures up to USD 70 million to expand its DEXTER surgical robot in the US

26 October 2026

Hilo, a Neuchâtel-based health tech company and CSEM spin-off, has been named to TIME's 2026 Best Inventions list for Hilo Core, one of the first continuous blood pressure monitors designed for home use.

Hilo Core named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026

21 October 2026

Orbis Medicines, a drug discovery company with operations in Lausanne and Copenhagen, has entered a multi-target collaboration with Novo Nordisk worth up to USD 1.4 billion to develop oral macrocycle drugs for cardiometabolic diseases.

Orbis Medicines and Novo Nordisk partner in a deal worth up to USD 1.4 billion

21 October 2026

ClearSpace has signed a contract worth more than GBP 61 million with the UK Space Agency to deliver the United Kingdom's first nationally commissioned active debris removal mission.

ClearSpace to deliver the UK’s first national active debris removal mission

19 October 2026

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

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