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Financing

Lausanne-based Polares Medical has closed an oversubscribed USD 50 million Series C financing round to advance clinical studies of its MRace Posterior Leaflet Replacement system for mitral regurgitation across the US, Europe, and Australia.

Polares Medical raises USD 50 million to advance its mitral valve replacement system

9 March 2026

Alithea Genomics has completed its seed financing round with an additional CHF 3 million, bringing the total to CHF 6.9 million, to accelerate the commercialization of its large-scale RNA sequencing platforms for drug screening and toxicology.

Alithea Genomics raises CHF 6.9 million to industrialize RNA sequencing

9 March 2026

As life sciences companies navigate increasingly complex global markets, the decision of where to establish or expand international operations has become a strategic one.

Why Life Sciences Companies Choose Switzerland to Scale Internationally

Lausanne-based Xsensio has closed an oversubscribed USD 7 million Series A financing round to accelerate clinical deployment of its Lab-on-Skin wearable biosensing platform, with new backing from WI Harper and a collaboration with Texas Instruments.

Xsensio raises USD 7 million to advance its wearable biosensing platform

3 March 2026

Renens-based L.E.S.S. SA has raised CHF 17 million to accelerate the industrial-scale deployment of its proprietary LuxiBright nano-fiber lighting technology across automotive, machine vision, and medical markets.

L.E.S.S. SA raises CHF 17 million to scale its nano-fiber lighting technology

3 March 2026

Bracco Imaging, Limula, and the University of Fribourg have launched an Innosuisse-funded research partnership to automate and reduce the cost of CAR-T cell therapy production.

Bracco, Limula and the University of Fribourg join forces to lower the cost of cell therapies

3 March 2026

Geneva-based Clee Medical has raised Seed funding to accelerate clinical validation of its Neuro Access imaging technology for minimally invasive neurosurgery.

Clee Medical secures financing to advance real-time brain imaging platform

25 February 2026

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (February 2026)

25 February 2026

The Fonds pour l’Innovation et le Futur de Genève (FIF) has awarded Seed funding to four early-stage projects in Geneva, reinforcing the canton’s digital and impact-driven innovation ecosystem.

FIF supports four start-ups to reinforce Geneva’s impact-driven innovation ecosystem

24 February 2026

Three Western Switzerland cleantech and medtech start-ups have received FIT support to scale geothermal panels, rapid bacteria detection and carbon capture filters.

FIT backs Enerdrape, Bioneris and Divea with growth and seed loans

24 February 2026

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