Deep Tech Nation Switzerland

📺 TV-Tipp für heute Abend❗ 🔛 NextIn Business, die Sendung auf SAT.1 Schweiz über Innovationen und Trends zeigt Technologien, die unser Leben verändern und die Macherinnen und Macher, die dahinterstehen. #ZukunftDurchInnovation, die Gebert Rüf Stiftung und Deep Tech Nation Switzerland unterstützen NextInBusiness, weil neue Ideen unternehmerisch umgesetzt eine ökonomisch, ökologisch und sozial nachhaltige Zukunft sichern. #Gesundheit, #Klima und #Energie sind die Themen der ersten Sendung. Reinschauen lohnt sich. Sendung verpasst? Kein Problem. Ab morgen gibt es Folge 1 hier als Stream: https://lnkd.in/eCSgwcwr

🚀 Meet us at the Startup Nights 2024 on 31 October and 1 November at the Eulachhallen Winterthur. The largest startup event in Switzerland offers the unique opportunity to discover groundbreaking innovations, network with over 8,000 participants and attend more than 60 workshops, keynotes and panels. With 120 start-ups presenting exciting solutions, this event is a must for entrepreneurs, investors and innovators. Get your tickets today and be part of the future! https://lnkd.in/eQEhCQ5i #StartupNights #Innovation #Networking #Entrepreneurship

📕 Ready for a sneak preview of the chapter, Learning & Skills, from our book? 👉 Get your free copy (book or e-book) here: deeptechnation.ch 🏥 Challenges The biggest challenge is overcoming the digital divide, which relies on access to the Internet and the necessary hardware. Digital learning content must be adapted to the target audience and traditional learning methods (e.g. class teaching). An important pedagogical innovation is the essential digitalization of teaching. 🏥 Solutions Online learning platforms such as Coursera, Labster and Khan Academy provide high-quality learning content around the world, making learning scalable and less costly. Learning management systems such as Google Classroom or Moodle help teachers communicate with their class online, create assignments or even exams, and have them corrected automatically. Digital learning tools based on AI technology and virtual reality make individually tailored learning processes possible. 🏥 Strengths The Swiss education system is the legacy of a long tradition, with world-famous pedagogical theorists (Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Johann Pestalozzi, and Jean Piaget), a dual education system and leading universities. EPFL is a pioneer of massive open online courses (MOOCs) in Europe and nowadays has two million online students from all over the world. The Swiss EdTech Collider based in Lausanne and funded by the Jacobs Foundation, as well as the Kickstart Accelerator in Zurich, run incubation programs for young companies with a focus on edtech. Around 80 edtech start-ups are currently active in Switzerland. #EdTech #Elearning #Education #Deeptech #Teaching

🥁 Actions, not words! We have been working tirelessly on the question of how we can mobilize an investment volume of 50 billion Swiss francs for Swiss start-ups and scale-ups within the next ten years. Yesterday, our team of advisors to the Venture Hub Switzerland program met again to work on improvements to Switzerland's framework conditions for the achievement of our goals. We worked on topics like: ➡ How to make it easier for institutional investors to get involved in investing in Switzerland's outstanding startups and to achieve high risk-adjusted returns. ➡ How to learn from the best practices of other successful startup countries and see what can be applied in Switzerland. ➡ Whether developing an "Innovation Policy" for Switzerland would be a helpful tool for high-level political decision-makers. We are making great progress with our Venture Hub and are very grateful to our advisory team for their amazing support and contributions. A big thank you! Eva May Joëlle Gautier Joanne Sieber Thomas Heimann, MSc Karim Maizar Lorenzo Leoni Enrique Gude Philip Walker Michael Zuppiger, CAIA, CESGA® Lukas Reinhardt Gustave Angeloz Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler Dario My Daniel Fisler

Innovation without commercialization is only half the story🧠➡️💼 Check out the insights from our board member, Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler of Deep Tech Nation Switzerland   Switzerland consistently ranks as one of the most innovative countries in the world, but we often miss the mark when it comes to scaling and commercializing our own innovations. Too often, technologies born here are commercialized elsewhere, leading to missed opportunities for job creation and value generation in our own economy. An example? The LCD technology we all know, which originated in Baden, but wasn’t scaled here. Instead, others, particularly in the U.S., recognized its potential and capitalized on it. 🔑 We must do more to ensure that our innovations are commercialized, monetized, and scaled from within Switzerland. This means ensuring that, as startups grow, they receive the right support and investment locally. Not only does this keep jobs here, but it also ensures that the value created from Swiss innovation stays in Switzerland. When a startup moves into its second round and wants to scale internationally, the lead investor must come from Switzerland. This is a significant problem we need to address."   What are your thoughts on this ?   For more insights, check out his recent podcast with ActiveRadio (and train your Swiss-German skills for free 😉 ). 📻 Listen to the podcast here: @ActiveRadio Interview: https://lnkd.in/evtYDV6G YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eCQqxiwd Spotify Podcast: https://lnkd.in/d65WjJCU #Innovation #DeepTech #SwissStartups #venturecapital #vc #innovation #entrepreneurship #startups #whyswitzerland #deeptechnation

A big thank you to Trust Valley for the opportunity to participate in the insightful panel discussion, "How Can Startups and Corporations Work Together?" Our CEO, Joanne Sieber, had the privilege of sharing the stage with inspiring leaders such as Ana Maria Nogareda, Teddy Rossi, and Yan Borboën, moderated by Maël Audric Sovi AZOKLY. Together, they explored the challenges and opportunities for collaboration between startups and corporates in Switzerland. While Switzerland is recognized as the world’s leading innovation hub, Joanne Sieber emphasized that innovation alone doesn’t fully define a "Deep Tech Nation." Deep tech requires scientific and engineering breakthroughs with long development cycles and significant venture capital. Consistently translating these innovations into scalable, globally competitive businesses remains a challenge that Switzerland still needs to overcome. Beyond capital investment, startups need clients to scale effectively—something corporates are perfectly positioned to provide. As Ana Maria Nogareda, Teddy Rossi, and Yan Borboën rightfully highlighted, the collaboration between startups and corporates can be a true win-win, as long as both sides actively make the case for it! Looking forward to continuing this conversation and driving action towards a more connected and stronger innovation ecosystem!   #DeepTechNation #SwissInnovation #StartupCollaboration #VentureCapital   https://lnkd.in/eZRbADuu

📕 Ready to be inspired? This week, we're diving into the "moonshot" chapter, Sports & Wellness, with insights from our book. 👉 Get your free copy (book or e-book) here: https://deeptechnation.ch/ 🚴🏻Problems According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 23% of adults and 81% of school-age adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active. Lack of physical activity is a major risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as strokes, diabetes and cancer. Regular exercise and movement also protect the brain (memory, language and learning) from age-related disorders. 🏅 Solutions New technologies generally contribute programmes promoting education and sports and the regular and safe pursuit of athletic activities. In particular, precision technologies for personal tracking (quantified self), based on sensors (watches, clothing) and real-time analysis, make it possible to increase comfort and performance and reduce physiological risks. They also encourage the development of telemedicine for continuous remote diagnosis and monitoring, in particular for treating chronic diseases and addiction problems and for supporting the elderly. 🏋🏻♀️Weaknesses Switzerland has failed to develop a smart wearable industry for medical and sports purposes. It’s therefore necessary to fundamentally rethink the subject of smart wearables (watches, jewellery, clothes, glasses, etc.). If watchmakers and jewellers aren’t investing heavily in this sector, should digital players take the lead in this area, since it deals with an online platform? Or those in the health and wellness sector? Finally, they are the primary beneficiaries of the physiological data collected. Should Roche, Novartis, Nestlé or Swisscom be actively involved? Or should they just wait for GAFAM and Samsung Healthcare to build connected healthcare mega-platforms that integrate the biometric sensor (watches, blood pressure monitors, sleep sensors...) #SwissWatches #SmartWatches #Wearables #Sports #Wellness #Health #Deeptech

Driving Swiss Deep Tech Forward: Insights from the AI-X Summit ETH AI Center 🇨🇭 Dario My, our Head of Venture Hub, had the privilege of attending an insightful panel discussion at the AI-X Summit with international VC investors Lakestar and Walden Catalyst Ventures. Both firms highlighted the immense potential of Deep Tech and praised the exceptional quality of Swiss startups. They emphasized that Switzerland's world-class institutions, such as ETH Zürich and EPFL are centers for groundbreaking innovation. However, they also pointed out a significant gap in growth-phase investment capital within the Swiss ecosystem. This is precisely where our Venture Hub program comes into play. We're designing a fund structure to bridge institutional investors with venture capital opportunities, aiming to inject more capital into Swiss Deep Tech projects. We also had an inspiring conversation with Dr. sc. ETH Christian Gehring, co-founder of ANYbotics. He introduced us to the ANYmal, their autonomous inspection robot designed for challenging industrial environments. ANYbotics is a shining example of a Swiss startup that has successfully scaled internationally, showcasing the global competitiveness of the Deep Tech sector. At Deep Tech Nation Switzerland, we're relentlessly working to support swiss startups. Action, not words! #DeepTech #Switzerland #deeptechnation #Innovation #Startups #Investment #AI #Robotics #VentureCapital

🤝 Meet us at Switzerland’s largest AI Ecosystem Event – the AI+X Summit 2024! 2,000+ innovators, researchers, industry leaders, and investors will gather at StageOne in Zürich, October 3-4, for two days of cutting-edge discussions on the future of AI. ✅ We are happy to offer a discount for the START Network. Use the code COMMUNITY20 to receive 20% off your ticket. @ETH AI Center @University of Zurich @ZHAW School of Engineering

🔑 Bringing VC as an Asset Class to the Table Last Thursday, at the LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, we had the privilege of hosting excellent speakers who shared invaluable insights into the world of Venture Capital (VC) in Switzerland.   📣 Dario My, our Head of Venture Hub at Deep Tech Nation Switzerland, discussed the critical need for support during the growth phase of startups, especially for larger funding rounds. We need bigger Swiss funds to back investments in Swiss startups and curb the cherry-picking by massive foreign funds. In response to this challenge, we are working together with key industry players to develop an investment vehicle suitable for institutional investors.   📣 Swisscom Ventures, one of the largest and most experienced VCs in Switzerland, presented by Alexander Schlaepfer, served as an excellent example of strong returns within the Swiss ecosystem. They emphasized the relevance of VCs in Switzerland, given the country's remarkable capacity for innovation. Did you know that one of the early personal computers, the Smaky, was developed at EPFL in Switzerland? Just imagine what might have happened if the Swiss VC scene had been stronger then. 📣 Louis Fauchier-Magnan from Mirabaud Private Bank in Geneva explained how they are providing access to VCs for their private banking clients and the excitement it has generated. Initiatives like these are important opportunities to democratize investments in the VC space. (https://lnkd.in/ddE-S3SB)   📣 Professor Laurent Frésard provided an academic view by delving into the nuances of the VC asset class, highlighting its unique characteristics and the challenge of identifying reputable VC firms. He pointed out that top performers have achieved exceptional returns over the last 15-20 years, significantly outperforming stock market returns during the same period. «Veni, Vidi, VC» #venturecapital #vc #innovation #entrepreneurship #startups #whyswitzerland #deeptechnation