Venture Kick

exnaton raises Series A to scale its AI-driven intelligence platform for the energy sector ⚡ https://lnkd.in/d7yush4a Swiss software company exnaton, a Venture Kick alumni, has raised a Series A round co-led by 4impact capital and Elevator Ventures, with participation from True Ventures and Übermorgen Ventures. The funds will support: 🔹 European expansion and deeper utility partnerships 🔹 Development of new AI-driven features in its intelligence platform 🔹 Strengthening of go-to-market and customer operations exnaton’s white-label SaaS platform helps utilities launch smart, data-driven energy products, from dynamic tariffs to EV charging, without costly IT overhauls. Trusted by over 50 utilities across Europe, the startup is accelerating the digital and sustainable transformation of the energy sector. 👏 Congratulations to Liliane Ableitner, Arne Meeuw, Anselma Wörner, and the exnaton team on this major milestone! #VentureKick #SwissStartups #EnergyTech

From Venture Kick to Global Recognition! 🚀 https://lnkd.in/dh4kiUkN Congratulations to Trilliome, a Venture Kick alumnus, for winning 1st prize in the EIT Food “Food as Medicine” Accelerator from the EIT Food Accelerator Network, earning EUR 50,000 in Tech Validation Funding! 🏆 This milestone adds to a stellar year, with awards from ARDD and Probiota Americas, recognizing Trilliome’s mission to transform upcycled plant waste into AI-discovered gut bioactives for better brain and immune health. A shining example of how Swiss innovation drives the future of food, biotech, and healthy aging. 👏 #VentureKick #SwissStartups #Biotech

CHF 40,000 for CycloWatt Switzerland, Flatable, and TightValve. These three projects were selected at Venture Kick's second financial and entrepreneurial support stage. 💰 https://lnkd.in/dv8zvfZz Meet the three successful projects: Co-founders Levi Luder & Victor Luder | CycloWatt Switzerland: Providing pro-level insights for amateur cyclists. 🚴♂️ https://lnkd.in/d89ckm45 Owner Safras Rawfal | Flatable: Becoming the global leader in flat hunting by reimagining the entire process. 🏡 https://lnkd.in/dtR5a4WH CEO Silje Ekroll Jahren, CTO Lukas Glaus, CMO Emmanuel zimmer, and CSO Dominik Obrist | TightValve: First surgical device for measuring valve leakage during heart surgery. ❤️🩹 https://lnkd.in/d7KsCCif #VentureKick #SwissStartups

CHF 40,000 for Dexterous Endoscopes, Latentfusion.ai, and LightSeeds. These three projects were selected at Venture Kick's second financial and entrepreneurial support stage. 💰 https://lnkd.in/dp-5UPr9 Meet the three successful projects: CTO Yi Sun & CEO Yegor Piskarev | Dexterous Endoscopes: Empowering doctors to achieve optimal patient outcomes. 🏥 https://lnkd.in/dn6tPsPY CEO Elias Hagmann & CSO Dieter Schiegg | Latentfusion.ai: Optimizing protein-based therapeutics to unlock innovative treatments. 🧬 https://lnkd.in/dEHyvZnN Co-founders Pierrick Duvoisin & Laure-Emmanuelle Perret | LightSeeds: Reducing solar installation costs with lightweight, low-carbon technology. ☀️ https://lnkd.in/df2Ns_jd #VentureKick #SwissStartups

CHF 40,000 for Eldian Biomed, NanoZymeX, and OOVIE Studios SA. These three projects were selected at Venture Kick's second financial and entrepreneurial support stage. 💰 https://lnkd.in/d5ExKmmx Meet the three successful projects: CEO Gregor Bordon, PhD | Eldian Biomed: Injectable microcushions for damaged joints. 🦵 https://lnkd.in/dVcRs55D Margarita C. Dinamarca & Boris Sevarika | NanoZymeX: Delivering enzyme therapies precisely where they are needed. 💊 https://lnkd.in/dn3KpwzV CAO & Sales Giulio Casagrande, CTO Ignacio Palladino, CEO Riccardo Acciarino, CMO Lorenzo Ramon, and COO Marco Seco | OOVIE Studios SA: Interactive AI movies that change every time you watch them. 🎬 https://lnkd.in/gQqGeQww #VentureKick #SwissStartups

Anevo raises pre-seed funding to automate busy work in real estate 🏢 https://lnkd.in/da9Rg2UK Zurich-based Anevo, an ETH Zürich spin-off and Venture Kick alumni, has raised a pre-seed round backed by Innovationsstiftung der SZKB, Hohle Gasse, and angel investors Dominik Grolimund and Reto Laemmler. The funds will support: 🔹 Product development of its AI-powered real estate automation platform 🔹 Expansion across Switzerland 🔹 Broader accessibility for companies of all sizes Anevo’s solution integrates directly into ERP systems to automate accounting, controlling, and reporting, saving time, reducing errors, and improving data quality for real estate teams. 👏 Congratulations to Tiago Salzmann, Yvan Bosshard, Rafael M., and the Anevo team on this exciting step forward! #VentureKick #SwissStartups #Proptech

CHF 10,000 for calmea, LabDeep, MINYSA, STATecovery, and SurgExplore. These five projects were selected at Venture Kick's first financial and entrepreneurial support stage. 💰 https://lnkd.in/dzgUChXH Meet the five successful projects: Manuel Fujs and Alexander Breuss | calmea: Engineering better sleep. 😴 CEO Catharina Sänger and CTO Sebastian Schilbe | LabDeep: Unlock hidden data for life sciences R&D. 🧠 CEO Salem Abid | MINYSA: GaN (Gallium Nitride) semiconductor drivers that make power systems smaller, cooler, cheaper. ⚡ Roman Meledin, Thi Nguyen, and Onur Boyman | STATecovery: Making cellular signaling visible to accelerate drug development. 🧬 Dr. Farrokh T. Baheri and Dr. Negin Ghamsarian | SurgExplore: AI-powered Software as a Medical Device. 🤖 #VentureKick #SwissStartups

CHF 10,000 for beMarrow, CAPTAIM Apheryon, deRISK, LearningLevels, and Mentis. These five projects were selected at Venture Kick's first financial and entrepreneurial support stage. https://lnkd.in/dPR6WQqi Meet the five successful projects:   Dilara Perver, Dr. sc. ETH / PhD | beMarrow: Bridging the gap between preclinical and clinical outcomes for hematological disorders. Massimo Saini (Pioneer fellow), Alexander Ring, Andreas Wicki and Nicola Aceto (Co-inventors) | CAPTAIM - Apheryon: Next-generation liquid biopsy of cancer. Giona Casiraghi, Georges Andres, and Luca Verginer | deRISC: Systemic risk intelligence for pharmaceutical supply chains.   CEO Niko Mojado, COO Julian Mojado, CPO Jessica Baertschi, and CTO Nils Marty | LearningLevels: A digital learning platform leveraging gamification and social interaction to enhance students’ engagement.   CEO Jelena Lalic and CTO Toma Gavric | Mentis: Agentic platform for next-gen silicon design. #VentureKick #SwissStartups

"Everyone wants to look pretty. Also people who can't see!" On developing beautiful products that solve urgent needs - Franco Burlando, co-founder and CEO of Lighthouse Tech 🕶 shares entrepreneurial lessons with students and scientists at Lugano's Innovation Campus of USI Università della Svizzera italiana and University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. We thank Franco, Andrea Messa and our friends and partners at USI Startup Centre (Anastasia Bedova, Umberto Bondi & team) and SUPSI Startup Garage (Mauro Citraro & team), along with the amazing support by Gebert Rüf Stiftung (Marco Vencato, Pascale Vonmont) for empowering the next generation of student entrepreneurs! Find out more: First Ventures: up to CHF 150,000 financial support and tailored coaching program for University of Applied Science students: https://lnkd.in/eGfwS7P Venture Kick: up to CHF 150,000 pre-seed capital for business development: https://lnkd.in/dwkg_ms InnoBooster: up to CHF 150,000 grant to accelerate market entry: https://lnkd.in/ej_m-r7 Talent Kick: the best place in Switzerland to form an interdisciplinary co-founder team: https://www.talentkick.ch/ USI Startup Centre: https://lnkd.in/eSV87p3H SUPSI Startup Garage: : https://lnkd.in/ePhZ_UT2 #VentureBriefing #SwissStartups

nu glass takes the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year – Scale-up Leaders Award! 🎉 Huge congratulations to Luc Burnier (co-founder and CEO), Cyril Grancitelli (CTO), and Vincent KELLER (co-founder and Chairman) for building a new global leader making glass transparent to mobile waves — and revolutionizing indoor connectivity. 💡🌍 👏 Hats off as well to finalist Largo.ai, Sami Arpa (CEO) and Sabine Süsstrunk (Chairman), for pushing AI-driven decision-making in entertainment to the next level! 🚀 So proud to see Venture Kick startups leading innovation on the global stage #VentureKick #SwissStartups