Country: Switzerland

Sifted

‘Fight like your lives depend on it, boys’: Sifted goes ringside at Europe’s first robot boxing match

In a military-style hangar on the outskirts of Zurich, a young man wearing a suit and sunglasses rallies the crowd: “Let’s get ready to rumbleeeeeeeeee.” Then […]
March 25th, 2026
Sifted

Swiss spacetech Pave Space raises $40m seed round as concerns around space sovereignty heat up

Swiss spacetech Pave Space has raised $40m in seed funding led by Visionaries Club and Creandum as investors become increasingly eager to back tech bolstering Europe’s […]
March 25th, 2026
EU-Startups

Swiss nanotechnology startup Chiral secures €10 million to scale post-silicon chip manufacturing

Chiral, a Swiss nanotechnology company pioneering next-generation semiconductor and quantum technologies with nanomaterials, today announced the successful closing of a €10 million ($12 million) Seed financing […]
February 6th, 2026
EU-Startups

As new Swiss and EU energy regulations take shape, enshift raises €18.5 million to scale integrated energy-transition solutions

Zug-based CleanTech company enshift has successfully raised €18.5 million (CHF 17 million) in a Series A funding, positioning it as Switzerland’s fastest-growing solar financing partner and one […]
February 5th, 2026
EU-Startups

Swiss VC firm Constructor Capital closes €92.8 million debut fund to back DeepTech, software, and EdTech startups

Swiss-based early-stage venture capital firm Constructor Capital has closed its first fund at €92.8 million ($110 million) to back Seed and Series A rounds for startups […]
February 2nd, 2026
EU-Startups

GuestReady’s acquisition of Lightbooking lifts Spanish portfolio by 200+ units, taking global total beyond 4,000

GuestReady, a Swiss short-term rental management company, is expanding into the Canary Islands with the acquisition of Lightbooking, a Spanish vacation rental management and distribution operators. […]
January 30th, 2026
The Recursive

Bulgarian-Founded LatticeFlow AI Acquires AI Sonar to Deliver Secure AI Governance

LatticeFlow AI, a Swiss deep-tech company with Bulgarian founder at the helm, specializing in evidence-based AI governance, today announced at the World Economic Forum the acquisition […]
January 21st, 2026
EU-Startups

Lausanne-based SWISSto12 secures €73 million to develop its compact satellite HummingSat ahead of planned 2027 launch

SWISSto12, a Lausanne-based aerospace company and manufacturer of satellite systems and radio frequency (RF) products, today announced that it has secured €73 million ($84.8 million) in […]
January 21st, 2026
EU-Startups

The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Ryan Luke Johns, Co-founder & CEO of Gravis Robotics

In this special episode of the EU-Startups Podcast, we kick off a five-part interview series recorded in partnership with Leonard, the innovation and foresight platform of […]
January 19th, 2026
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