
Startups
Startup Services in Boston and New York
Swissnex is the global launchpad for Swiss startups. Our equity-free startup programs are customized to the needs of entrepreneurs interested in exploring the US market.

What We Offer
Although Switzerland is repeatedly ranked as the world’s most innovative country, the size of its market remains relatively limited. Because it is crucial for Swiss startups to think globally from the get-go, Swissnex supports them in exploring important foreign markets. In Boston and New York, Swissnex offers three programs for Swiss startups: Climate Collider, the Innosuisse Internationalization Camps, and Venture Leaders.


Innosuisse Internationalization Camps
Learn moreVenture Leaders

A one-week cohort program held biannually to connect with the biotech and medtech ecosystems in Boston.
Learn moreSwissnex Expert Network
Boston

Lily Macomber
Chicago

Stefan Duerscheid
Longboat Key

Daniel Schaufelberger
Boston

Chris Steele
New York

Hannah Jurist-Schoen
Washington

Paul Cosmovici
Boston

Nicolas Abele
Syracuse

Mark Lesselroth
New York

Anne-Sophie Mahle
New Haven

Nikolay Gresko
Washington

Bradley Thompson
Lausanne

Emilie Pralong
Boston

John Livermore
Boston

David Barone
Lausanne

Benjamin Debonneville
San Francisco

Joyce Zhang Gray
Boston

James De Vellis
San Francisco

Kimberly Hathaway
New York

Craig Kenesky
Boston

Jean Ge
New Britain

Tim Miller
New York

Erich Nussbaumer
New York

Jonas Duss
Boston

Sasha Jostrom-Reiser
New York

Lorenz Wolffers
New York

Per Jirstrand
Miami

Victor Bergonzoli
Denver

Adan Cervantes
New York

Leoni Runge
New York

Erlinda Arriola
San Francisco

Gert Christen
New York

Mirko Kerschbaum
Startup Events and News
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Robotics, Medtech, AI: 11 Swiss Startups to Explore the US Market
August 22, 2023The Innosuisse Internationalization Camps run by Swissnex in Boston and New York will give them the tools and connections they need to explore and enter the US market.
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Climate Collider: Announcing Inaugural Startup Cohort
August 11, 2023From solar energy and sustainable materials to building analytics and green mobility, the participants in our new Swiss-US startup exchange program are advancing solutions to climate change in every aspect of our lives.
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Meet the Future of Medicine: 10 Swiss Startups in Boston
July 28, 2023The Venture Leaders Medtech 2023 – members of the "Swiss National Startup Team” – will visit Boston on an innovation roadshow this September.
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Showcasing 10 Swiss Biotech Startups in Boston
May 4, 2023The Venture Leaders Biotech 2023 – part of the “Swiss National Startup Team” – will visit Boston on an innovation roadshow this June.
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Climate Collider: New Startup Exchange Program
March 29, 2023Launched in partnership with Innosuisse, the four-week program will bring together 10 Swiss and US startups across Boston and New York this fall to accelerate global solutions to climate change.
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Biotech, Food, AI: 11 Swiss Startups Coming to Boston and New York
February 20, 2023The Innosuisse Internationalization Camps run by Swissnex in Boston and New York will give them the tools and connections they need to explore the US market.
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Go International with Startup Camps in the US Northeast
January 19, 2023Are you a Swiss startup ready to make the jump across the Atlantic? Applications are now open for Innosuisse’s internationalization camps run by Swissnex in Boston and New York. Apply by February 20, 2023.
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Building a Swiss-US Urban Tech Community
December 8, 2022This October, Swissnex’s Sustainable Cities Lab program brought together seven Swiss and American startups in New York City to learn from each other and explore what’s next in urban tech.
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15 Swiss Startups Eyeing US Expansion
September 26, 2022By joining Swissnex’s startup camps in Boston and New York, the companies are taking the first step toward US market entry. From medtech to edtech, and from property management to premium audio, read more about them below
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Launching a Startup Program to Accelerate Urban Sustainability
September 8, 2022The Sustainable Cities Lab will bring together startups from Switzerland and New York City in fall 2022 with the goal of making our cities more sustainable, resilient, and livable.
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Eleven Rising Medtech Startups Visiting Boston
June 7, 2022The Venture Leaders Medtech 2022 – part of the “Swiss National Startup Team” – will conduct an innovation roadshow in Greater Boston from June 20-24, 2022.
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Seven Swiss Startups to Explore the US Market
April 29, 2022Since the beginning of 2022, seven new companies have been accepted into Innosuisse’s internationalization camps run by Swissnex in Boston and New York. From fintech and composite materials to biotech and SaaS, discover what they’re all about.
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Fall Startup Bootcamp 2021
October 25, 2021 — November 12, 2021US East and West Coast present the Startup Bootcamp.
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Venture Leaders Biotech 2021
October 25, 2021The Venture Leaders program connects the top ten Swiss startups in Biotech to Boston’s world class life sciences ecosystem. Meeting with local experts and investors, the Swiss entrepreneurs immerse themselves in the US market to accelerate their business growth.
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Swiss Life Sciences Pitch Day
November 9, 2021Fifteen startups. Three minute pitches. Three minute Q&A. Join us on November 9th for a quick-paced introduction to some of the most innovative biotech and medtech companies from Switzerland.
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Venture Leaders in Life Sciences
September 27, 2021 — October 1, 2021This year, the Venture Leaders in Boston will include both the 2020 Life Sciences Team and the 2021 Medtech Team.
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Swissnex Venture Leaders Pitch Event
September 29, 2021The next generation of Medtech & BioTech startups from Switzerland
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Innosuisse Global Roadshow 2021
August 31, 2021September 13 - 15, 2021
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Digital Health Protections for Startups
January 28, 2021Interactive seminar and workshop where the experts at Vossius will partner with the experts at Wolf Greenfield to give an overview of the current challenges in digital health solutions.
Our Startup Contacts
Boston

Oriane Rütsche
New York

Josephine Erni
Innosuisse Campers
Innosuisse Internationalization Camps in Boston and New York
KANDOU specializes in the design of high-speed, and pin- and energy-efficient chip-to-chip links, SerDes, and associated technologies.
A transactional banner advertising network and e-commerce application developer.
flatev is revolutionizing the way people prepare fresh tortillas at home.
Perfusion imaging at the surface of the skin without the need for any imaging agent. - acquired by Novadaq
Biognosys has developed a next-generation proteomics solution to digitize proteomes.
SamanTree Medical proposes a breakthrough innovation for checking complete tumor removal during surgery: the Histolog® Scanner. This achieves the common goal of improving patient quality of life by decreasing re-operation rates.
Pessoss AG developed a cloud-based service built on existing IT infrastructure as used by aid organizations, requiring only a simple mobile phone.
An online software approach that delivers an affordable individualized teaching service.
Goodwall is the next-generation community for students & young professionals to connect to opportunities that fast-track their future.
Biognosys is the leading inventor and developer of mass spectrometry-based proteomics solutions. With market leading proteome coverage and sample throughput, we enable simultaneous quantification of thousands of proteins across thousands of samples.
Oviva combines expert advice from dietitians with digital tools to help people with conditions such as type 2 diabetes improve their health.
Memoways is building a product to retain and increase audiences through custom video experiences. Beyond YouTube publication, our video platform promotes content discovery and drives exploration in a way that triggers engagement.
A marketing intelligence service that provides insight into any industry market.
Bringing together modern technology, application development know-how, and sophisticated software, Creoptix offers a unique optical biosensor tool for binding kinetics. The WAVEsystem delivers high-quality kinetic data.
ComfyLight is a new and innovative home security solution built with an LED lamp, which protects your home actively from burglary.
Beekeeper’s mobile platform is the single point of contact for your frontline workforce. With all communications and tools in one place, Beekeeper empowers frontline employees to be more agile, more productive, and create a safer workplace.
Value-added services, efficient processes, digital communication for real estate.
Abionic is aiming to make a difference in patient care through the cutting-edge nanofluidic technology based ultra-rapid diagnostic platform, helping healthcare professionals to make clinical decisions at the point of care.
With professional products and robotic-assisted solutions, we bring back activity and independence in the lives of many people with restricted mobility. - acquired by medica
Stuward is an online care platform that gives family members who are caring for a loved one with dementia the opportunity to get personalized, on-demand support from expert mentors.
FEMTOprint is a Swiss high-tech company dedicated to contract manufacturing of 3D printed microdevices in glass and other transparent materials, as well as the development and assembly of 3D micromachining platforms for rapid prototyping and industrial serial production.
Fanpictor is a Swiss technology company within the NOEXIS group that creates captivating digital experiences to build long-term connections between fans, teams, and sponsors.
AlveoliX provides in-vitro solutions based on proprietary and unique organ-on-chip technologies aimed at improving preclinical decision-making and thus reducing drug development costs.
CodeCheck provides free information about critical ingredients of everyday products.
Planning and consulting in sustainable architecture, energy efficiency, and renewable energies. GEAK-Expert to provide energy labels to existing and new buildings.
Battrion was founded as a spin-off of ETH Zurich with the goal of making better, more sustainable batteries. We have come a long way since then. Now we make high-power and fast-charging batteries that outperform the industry standard while increasing the industry's sustainability.
Unblu presents bank and insurance companies with a unique opportunity to drive customer digital channel adoption, significantly increase customer satisfaction, and lower overall customer support costs.
Lunaphore Technologies S.A. is a Swiss company born with the vision of accelerating cancer research by bringing the field of spatial biology into mainstream laboratories.
AlgoTrader is the first fully integrated algorithmic trading software solution for quantitative hedge funds.
Orbiwise develops advanced technologies for the Internet of Things industry. A carrier-grade network server (orbiwan) for networks based on the LoRaTM technology is their core product.
GRZ Technologies manufactures hydrogen-based power-to-power systems and thermochemical hydrogen compressors in Switzerland to make its long-term vision a reality.
The world's first moving mattress for birth. Vibwife develops a mattress that actively mobilizes the woman giving birth. The mattress mimics proven manual mobilization techniques.
yband offers with ARYS™ me and ARYS™ pro an innovative motivation system for the rehabilitation of arm and hand function after a stroke or traumatic brain injury.
Next-generation antibiotics that withstand mechanisms of bacterial drug-resistance.
Piavita AG is a medtech startup. We aim at revolutionizing veterinary medicine.
Sleepwear combining the best of nature and science, to help us sleep better in a totally natural and sustainable way. Designed for incredible sleep comfort, scientifically proven to boost your sleep.
Aktiia was founded in 2018 to commercialize its proprietary cuffless optical Blood Pressure Monitoring technology (oBPM™) to contribute to the prevention of high blood pressure, save lives, and help reduce healthcare costs worldwide.
Evaluation of art authenticity made easy. Our AI System evaluates the authenticity of artwork just by analyzing a photograph of it.
AVALIA provides simple, fast, and cost-effective software due diligence applying our machine learning algorithms, cutting edge research, and collaboration among experts.
LORIOT AG is a global IoT company. Our core product today is software for scalable, distributed, resilient operation of LoRaWAN® networks and end-to-end applications.
uniqFEED is a sports-tech company that develops virtual advertising technology for sports rights holders. uniqFEED’s AdApt software can insert virtual content directly into a broadcast feed.
ASPIVIX is a Swiss-based medical device company dedicated to advancing solutions for women’s healthcare.
Alogo Analysis is a High-Tech Swiss company that develops analytics tools for the equine industry.
Combining cutting-edge technology with simplicity, Positrigo works to bring the smallest and most affordable brain PET scanner to people.
Seervision is a spin-off from the Automatic Control Laboratory of ETH Zurich. Through automation, we take video production to the next level.
Mobile Health AG was founded in 2015. We are dedicated to making Consilium Care, powered by its CE-marked engine Pro Care, a leading medical-grade platform in Europe for ePROs, bringing significant benefits to cancer patients and treatment centers.
ARTIRIA empowers catheters and guidewires. We develop cutting-edge technologies to bring micromotion deep in the brain arteries, enabling seamless navigation and stroke treatment.
Taking a holistic approach to your health with an intelligent health monitoring platform powering new standards of patient care. Tailored digital interventions based on clinical evidence and developed with experts in cardiology, sports science, and neuro economics.
Exploris provides Artificial Intelligence-based diagnostic and therapeutic lab tests, allowing for higher precision of results and increased convenience and safety for patients.
Patient-Specific Treatment Planning and Strategy for microsurgery and micro-interventions.
We combine acoustic signal processing with deep learning and data science to turn sounds into information and actionable insights. Our software technology has applications such as traffic monitoring, intelligent lighting, and noise measurement in real-time.
Pexapark provides software and advisory services for post-subsidy renewable energy sales and risk management.
KetoSwiss is a Swiss biotechnology company that develops and clinically tests a novel nutraceutical/medical food for the dietary preventive therapy of higher-frequency migraines and other related neurological diseases characterized by a metabolic dysfunction.
This free app connects art lovers with art exhibitors. Live-chat about artworks, visualize pieces in their own rooms via Augmented Reality, and everyone involved benefits from easy 24/7 access all around the globe.
Hydromea provides integrity data about submerged assets using autonomous underwater drones.
HAYA Therapeutics is a precision therapeutics company that discovers and develops innovative tissue- and cell-selective genomic medicines for fibrotic diseases and other serious health conditions associated with aging, including cancer.
We do data science. We use data science to empower people at every level and function to innovate, discover, and make better decisions. We make it easy for you to engage with large volumes of data with our consulting services and products.
GDBspace provides chemical-based companies in the pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, cosmetics, and material sciences industries with easy and reliable orientation within the space of molecules.
Experify is here to make your products experienceable everywhere. With Experify, potential buyers can easily reach out to happy owners for an honest opinion or a quick try-it-out.
The preclinical biotech-company EraCal Therapeutics Ltd. is a spin-off of the University of Zurich and Harvard University and develops first-in-class drugs to treat different diseases.
Our mission is to disrupt financially motivated cybercrime. Most cyber-attacks target people, not technology. That’s why we are uniting some of the most trustworthy individuals committed to our vision to fight back and provide the tools needed to stay safe and alert.
Live streaming platform connecting companies, talents, and universities. Add a bit of magic to graduate recruitment!
Terapet develops a novel medical device to bring the proton therapy for cancer treatment to the next level.
Synple Chem has developed an automated, cartridge-based synthesis technology to enable chemists to accelerate their discovery research.
PeriVision uses AI & VR technology to make glaucoma care accessible and affordable for everyone.
Animatico uses interactive AI characters to help brands and retailers provide the next-gen customer-experiences.
Hi-D Imaging develops AI-based decision-making support software for patient-specific diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases.
Traverz delivers a unique conversational recommendation technology layer to e-commerce platforms and marketplaces that delivers a preference-based search experience driven by clever UX and modern AI.
RoomPriceGenie was created with the dream of making revenue management accessible to everyone. We like to think we have achieved that.
REM Analytics offers a rapid analytical platform to achieve 10x greater sensitivity than PCR in microbial genetic profiling. The platform lends itself to monitoring the composition of probiotic products and the effectiveness of health and nutrition products targeting the microbiome.
Raized.ai is building the data-driven sourcing tool for the venture capital industry: our automated sourcing technology can increase the number of deals 8x without adding staff or other expenses.
PIPRA is developing a cutting-edge AI-based pre-operative test to assess a patient's risk of cognitive disorders after surgery. PIPRA has a unique and proprietary dataset of patients that were used to build and verify the algorithms.
OxyPrem has developed an advanced non-invasive tissue oximeter for measuring brain oxygenation in high-risk patients, specifically in newborns and children up to 3 years of age.
Mikafi makes coffee roasting and quality coffee accessible in every retail and hospitality location.
Oncobit enables personalized cancer care by developing highly sensitive diagnostic and monitoring tests, to find the best cancer treatment for each patient. Addressing the rapidly expanding market of precision oncology and personalized disease monitoring using non-invasive technologies.
FAIRTIQ offers a platform that simplifies fare collection for riders and transit authorities. For transit riders, FAIRTIQ optimizes the cost and route, so the user ticket is accurate, dynamic, and available all trip. For transit providers, FAIRTIQ is a cost-effective solution to modernization needs.
Abologix is a biotech development company leveraging unique oncology molecules from the University of Geneva.
TYXIT offers a SaaS platform for remote real-time interaction providing a single interface for performers to play, rehearse, create, and protect their unique creations through NFT generation while engaging with their audience via an immersive sound experience solutions.
Spacewise offers landlords user-friendly tools for easy management of retail and promotional spaces, enabling brands of any size to easily and quickly search, evaluate, and book spaces – as simple as booking a hotel room.
Shematic aims to trigger the transformation process towards net-zero climate neutrality in the LEV industry with their powertrain solution designed in Switzerland.
Scandens provides software solutions for institutions that own, finance, or plan buildings, enabling them to measure and understand their climate impact and take profitable action toward the climate target.
Precious Sound aims to connect artists and their fans through precious metal records that can be played on regular record players and are made of silver, gold, and other metals.
Lumendo uses photochemistry, biomaterials, and optical devices to simplify complicated endodontic procedures. Their light-activated fillers and sealers can be injected via millimeter-sized catheters, allowing for minimally invasive procedures with excellent control.
Enerdrape has developed the world’s first thermal panel that turns underground environments such as parking garages and tunnels into renewable heat sources for the heating and cooling needs of buildings.
DePoly’s recycling technology handles all PET plastics and fibers without the need to pre-wash, pre-sort, or separating other plastics. They convert low-value end of life waste back into its main raw components, which are then used to make virgin-quality plastics and fibres.
Clever Forever Education is developing a highly innovative digital learning platform. Their app “CatnClever” is serious game screen time on mobile iOS or Android devices and has already reached 55,000 users within 6 months of its release.
CASUS is a spin-off of the University of St. Gallen that automates legal contract documents, enabling employees to create correct contracts at any time and increasing efficiency and quality.
AVAtronics offers a groundbreaking active noise cancellation technology (embedded SW) that can eliminate noise better than any solution in the market.
Authena combines IoT & blockchain to revolutionize product authenticity and product diversion protection in luxury, pharma, food & beverage, and industrial markets, enabling instantaneous verifiable trust across entire value chains.
ARVE.swiss provides trusted air data for commercial buildings, allowing operators to optimize them for human health, thermal comfort, and energy efficiency, while significantly reducing their carbon footprint.
Arbrea Labs is a Swiss deep-tech company specializing in the rapid prototyping of Digital Human Avatars for the medical Metaverse. Their AI-based AR & 3D tools serve surgeons and patients in the niche of aesthetic and plastic industry.
For utility vehicle manufacturers, 4QT offers electrified powertrains that cut emissions and boost fuel economy, responding to the complex mobility requirements that more and more dense urban centers are facing.
Spirecut specializes in ultrasound-guided hand surgery instruments for carpal tunnel syndrome & trigger finger. This new technique avoids an operative wound and allows patients to immediately return to daily activities.
MachineMD combines virtual reality and artificial intelligence to improve the early detection of brain diseases such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, and brain tumors.
Aseptuva is developing an adaptor that can be readily fitted onto commercial catheters and tubes. The adaptor houses a disinfection unit that targets infection-prone sites on and around catheters, while they are inserted into the patient.
aiSon Technologies transforms the way ultrasound is used by creating high-quality, innovative ultrasound-enhancing technologies.
A spin-off of a joint project of three universities in Zurich, aiEndoscopic combines artificial intelligence with robotics to enable assistive or even autonomous endoscopy.
TP24 uses digitization, financial structuring, and insurance engineering to help solve the SME lending gap.
Risklick is a Swiss company founded in 2019 with the aim to assist pharma and MedTech companies to maximize the likelihood of clinical trials success through predictive algorithms
RetinAI is a Bern-based startup that develops solutions in ophthalmology to organize and generate insights and knowledge extracted from data.
Isochronic is developing the "next generation of industrial robots for pick & place applications."
Foodetective is the global tech infrastructure (APIs) of the restaurant and retail industry. Foodetective was founded in Geneva (2018).
Comphya was founded in June 2017, as a spin-off of EPFL. It is developing a neurostimulator to treat erectile dysfunction.
Adresta AG is a Zurich-based digital twin startup for the luxury watch industry, that originated from Helvetia Insurance Group and ETH Zurich. They are an official ETH spin-off startup.
9T Labs sets out to completely change how high-performance parts are manufactured by introducing a completely new solution, comprised of software and hardware (integration of 3D printing technology using carbon fiber composite materials.