Data protection Impressum

Food & Beverages

The Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) has awarded funding to three promising start-ups Arkaiya, Hyswiss, and WasteFlow, to accelerate the development of solutions in early-life nutrition, automated agriculture, and digital waste management.

Western Switzerland innovators Arkaiya, Hyswiss and WasteFlow secure FIT support

24 March 2025

Geneva-based start-up AdAstra Sustainability has launched Orbae, a free open-data platform designed to improve transparency and accountability in agricultural land use change.

AdAstra launches Orbae to enhance transparency in agricultural land use

17 March 2025

Innovaud has awarded the Scale-Up Vaud 2025 label to 42 high-growth companies, including nine new entrants, reinforcing the region’s dynamic innovation ecosystem.

42 Vaud-based companies awarded Scale-Up Vaud 2025 label

3 March 2025

Bernese start-up ATANIS Biotech has won Phase 2 of the FARE Innovation Award Diagnostic Challenge, securing USD 2 million to advance its FAST-PASE allergy test.

ATANIS Biotech secures USD 2 million for its FAST-PASE allergy test

3 March 2025

Swiss coffee roaster La Semeuse marks its 125th anniversary with a major expansion in La Chaux-de-Fonds, investing CHF 10 million in a new roasting and storage facility.

La Semeuse celebrates 125 years and invests CHF 10 million in the canton of Neuchâtel

6 February 2025

Voltiris has raised CHF 4.8 million in seed financing to advance its innovative solar energy solutions for greenhouses. Co-led by EquityPitcher Ventures and 3M Ventures, the funding supports the commercialization of its proprietary spectral filtering technology across Europe.

Voltiris secures CHF 4.8 million to transform solar energy use in greenhouses

28 January 2025

Royal Cosun, a leading Dutch agricultural cooperative, has invested CHF 3 million in Geneva-based fermentation scale-up Planetary SA. This partnership aims to advance the development and commercialization of sustainable, plant-based food ingredients, leveraging Planetary’s innovative BioBlocks fermentation technology.

Royal Cosun invests CHF 3 million in Planetary to advance sustainable fermentation

6 January 2025

Nutrazur, a French company specializing in essential oil powders and natural health products, is setting up at the PhytoArk in the canton of Valais, attracted by the excellence of the local ecosystem.

Nutrazur establishes its first Swiss subsidiary at PhytoArk in Conthey

26 November 2024

ATANIS Biotech, a leader in allergy diagnostics, has raised capital to advance its novel allergy test, FAST-PASE.

ATANIS Biotech secures new funding to launch its FAST-PASE allergy diagnostic test

28 October 2024

Researchers at the University of Bern and the Bern University Hospital have developed a new test that simplifies and improves the accuracy of allergy diagnosis.

Allergy test developed by Bern researchers shows higher accuracy in diagnosing food allergies

15 October 2024

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