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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

Seprify expands into European cosmetics through Grolman Group partnership for its cellulose-based ingredient SilvaLuma.

Seprify and Grolman roll out bio-based cosmetic ingredient across Europe

23 February 2026

LOXO has launched its first autonomous grocery delivery service in Germany through a pilot project in Bochum with retailer REWE.

Bern-based start-up LOXO begins autonomous grocery deliveries in Germany

24 November 2025

Vivent Biosignals has raised EUR 7.5 million to expand the commercial deployment of its digital crop diagnostics technology.

Vivent Biosignals raises EUR 7.5 million to scale its digital crop diagnostics platform

24 November 2025

Seprify has signed its first commercial agreement to bring its plant-based white pigment to global food markets.

Fribourg’s Seprify enters commercial phase with first major customer Oterra

17 November 2025

Top Stories Western Switzerland

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Top Stories from Western Switzerland (October 2025)

29 October 2025

Neuchâtel-based start-up Symactiv has won the 2025 BCN Innovation Prize and CHF 150,000 for its biofertilizer pellets designed to restore soil health and productivity.

Symactiv wins the 2025 BCN Innovation Prize for its sustainable soil regeneration technology

27 October 2025

Nestlé has reinforced its global expertise in child nutrition with the inauguration of a state-of-the-art quality laboratory at its Konolfingen site in the canton of Bern. The CHF 17.5 million investment, which created six new jobs, is the latest in a decade-long modernization effort that has seen nearly CHF 150 million invested at the site.

Nestlé strengthens child nutrition hub in Konolfingen with new quality laboratory

30 September 2025

Two start-ups from Western Switzerland’s Health Valley, AzureCell Therapies and Myriad Optics, have each been awarded CHF 150,000 through the Gebert Rüf Stiftung’s Innobooster programme, which supports high-potential projects emerging from Swiss universities.

AzureCell Therapies and Myriad Optics awarded by Gebert Rüf Stiftung’s Innobooster programme

11 August 2025

Foodtech company Planetary has partnered with Aldi Switzerland to launch a vegetarian chicken filet made from fermented mycoprotein, now available in 242 stores nationwide.

Planetary brings mycoprotein-based chicken filet to 242 Aldi stores across Switzerland

5 August 2025

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