Filter the Ecosystem Actors here according to their Technologies and Methods (multiple selection possible). Startups
Lerchenfeldstrasse 3
9014 St.Gallen
Startups
foresAIght.ai is the next generation of time-series forecasting that uses the latest AI models to build extremely accurate forecasting algorithms for logistics companies and beyond.
Forecasting is at the heart of any functioning business, yet it is a difficult and inexact science – for now. At foresAIght.ai we want to change this, starting by revolutionising forecasting for logistics and manufacturing by combining the latest technology with domain expertise.
We tailor our models intelligently and seamlessly to your needs and use cases, and offer them as an uncomplicated “Forecasting as a Service” solution.
Whether you are a retailer, manufacturing company with in-house logistics, or a pure 3PL player, our technology solution provides >90% accurate forecasts enabling you to make informed business decisions and achieve better outcomes. Our forecasts have shown to boost productivity and revenues, lower costs, and enhance customer satisfaction by optimising personnel planning, improving inventory and warehouse management, increasing fulfilment rates, reducing penalties and delays.
You can leverage the power of the latest advancements in AI, straight from research papers, without the headache of integrating complicated and expensive software packages.
Geranienstrasse
8008 Zürich
Startups
Fruitful is revolutionizing automated quality control in the competitive manufacturing landscape with a computer vision-based solution. This can reduce waste and optimize resources. Our AI-supported system can be seamlessly integrated into existing production lines and offers manufacturers real-time defect detection and classification. This proactive approach ensures consistent product quality, minimizes rework and recalls and enables continuous improvement cycles in the production processes.
Wiesenstrasse 10a
8952 Schlieren
Corporates
SIX Digital Exchange AG (SDX) is the first fully regulated financial market infrastructure (FMI) for the issuance, trading, settlement, and custody of digital assets. SDX is licensed by Switzerland’s financial market regulator, FINMA, to operate as a stock exchange (via SDX Trading AG) and central security depository (CSD) on distributed ledger technology (DLT). As part of the SIX Group, SDX is subject to the Group’s high quality and security standards covered under Swiss law.
Pfingstweidstrasse 110
8005 Zürich
Corporates
Reichle & De-Massari AG (R&M), Wetzikon (ZH), is an independent Swiss family business with 60 years of experience in the information and communications technology market. R&M offers all-in-one solutions for communications and data networks and is active all over the world.
With a vision of unlimited communication for people and companies, R&M integrates all product levels, from copper and fiber-based connectivity to software for infrastructure management. Areas of application for infrastructure solutions include LAN and smart buildings, telecommunications, Fiber to the Home, Fiber to the Antenna/5G, data centers, transport and green energy.
R&M consistently pursues the goal of decarbonizing its operating activities and makes a substantial contribution to the 17 UN fields of action for sustainable development. For R&M, a sustainable corporate strategy means incorporating the entire ecosystem and harmonizing economic activity with social responsibility.
Binzstrasse 32
8620 Wetzikon
Corporates
Optotune entwickelt und fertigt branchenprägende aktive optische Komponenten, die es Kunden auf der ganzen Welt ermöglichen, innovativ zu sein. Gegründet im Jahr 2008, begannen wir mit unserer Kerntechnologie der fokussierbaren Linsen, die durch das Funktionsprinzip des menschlichen Auges inspiriert wurde. Laser-Speckle-Reduzierer, 2D-Spiegel, abstimmbare Prismen und Strahlverschieber sind weitere Ergänzungen unserer Produktlinien. Dank unseres tiefen Verständnisses von Optik und Mechanik und unserer Leidenschaft für Technologie ist Optotune Ihr idealer Partner, wenn es darum geht, Herausforderungen zu lösen, bei denen herkömmliche Optiken versagen.
Bernstrasse 388
8953 Dietikon
Optotune offers a broad range of in-house expertise. Our core competence lies in the optoelectromechanical design of dynamic light controlling components, in the understanding of our materials and in the control of efficient and clean manufacturing processes. Materials Research (Material characterization & testing and material processing); Optical Design; Mechanical Design; Testing; Production
Universities
Functional cultures help reduce additives in food and enable the development of novel foods from byproduct streams.
Key Areas: Cocoa Bean Fermentation / Sourdough and Grain-Based Fermentations / Antimicrobial Metabolites
Campus Reidbach, Einsiedlerstrasse 34
8820 Wädenswil
Functional cultures, foods with fewer additives, new products from byproduct streams, food fermentations, sourdough, grain-based fermentations, cocoa bean fermentattion, antimicrobial metabolites.
Fermentation, Patent, Quality management, Start-ups, Side streams / by-streams
Universities
Digitization has technical (“Can we do that?”) and economic (“Do we want that?”), but also ethical (“Should we?”) and legal (“May we?”) aspects. Of course, this also applies to innovations in the financial sector. Economists, technicians and lawyers are therefore needed to assess these. These must talk to each other, but above all understand each other and think together.
Peter Merian-Strasse 86
4052 Basel
Open Finance
Artificial Intelligence
Payment systems
Tokenization
Data Thinking
Universities
The ZHAW Digital Health Lab brings together experts from the fields of biomedicine, health, technology, and business, who together create innovations for digitalisation in the healthcare sector. As a competence network, we work with our partners to develop solutions to current challenges in the healthcare sector. In doing so, we exploit the potential of our interdisciplinarity. We focus on results-oriented cooperations with our network and are valued as a competent partner.
Gertrudstrasse 15
8401 Winterthur
Financial Support
Transforming food systems with specialty crops.
We support practice-oriented research and development projects mainly in Switzerland, but also in emerging and developing countries.
Our activity is non-profit and does not pursue any profit-making purposes.
So that everyone does well – research for food, landscape, environment!
c/o BDW, Meierhofstrasse 1, 8820 Wädenswil
8820 Wädenswil
Funding impact-oriented R&D projects for practical innovations to transform food systems.
Strengthening the food system network
Promoting synergies through cooperation between players in the value chain
Financial Support
We are a holistic enabler, incubator & accelerator for early-stage startups & innovative Corporates, which we, together with our ecosystem, bring to success.
Tailor-made, hands-on, fast.
For Startups
We, a professional and trusted network of 40+ Experts and service providers, excite, enable and empower Founders & Innovators with a wide range of expertise to get straightforward and efficient solutions.
For Investors
Receive handpicked, pre-vetted startups that align perfectly with your preferences instead of sifting through countless random pitch decks. We connect innovative startups with strategic investors.
Jöchlerweg 4
6340 Baar
Financial Support
New Harbor Venture Partners is a trans-Atlantic placement agent / fundraiser specializing in fundraising for startups, growth and PE companies in the healthcare sector.
In return for a retainer and success fee, we assist in the placement of financing of CHF 10-40 million/USD in the USA, Europe, Israel and parts of Asia. Our main focus is on medical technology and digital health, but we also support pharma/biotech startups in approaching institutional healthcare-focused investors.
Waltikon 15
8126 Zumikon
Regulatory Support
When stakes are high, generic legal advice won’t cut it. You need a lawyer who thinks like you and understands the challenges ahead.
That’s where we come in. As one of Switzerland’s first law firms dedicated entirely to the startup ecosystem, we specialize in long-term collaborations with startups focused on scaling, securing investments, and achieving successful exits, as well as with angel investors, VCs and corporate venture funds.
With years of experience in startup law and a team consisting largely of current and former entrepreneurs and angel investors, we bring a true startup mindset to everything we do. You’ll get clear advice, honest communication, and the specialized support you need.
While we’re at home in Swiss startup law, our large network of international partners and our special expertise in U.S. law allow us to facilitate expansions and cross-border transactions.
Our commitment is simple: to be the best possible lawyers for startups and investors.
Könizstrasse 256
3097 Bern-Liebefeld
Regulatory Support
Swiss FinTech Association (SFTA) is the industry association that promotes the development of the Swiss FinTech ecosystem.
Swiss FinTech Association (SFTA)
c/o Tenity
Pfingstweidstrasse 110
8005 Zurich
Fintech, Finance, Community Building, Advocacy
Regulatory Support
Whether you are in the investment phase, actively developing a medical device, or seeking to position an existing device differently in the market, we provide comprehensive services for medical device development and life cycle management.
Quality Management
A robust Quality Management System (QMS) is the foundation of regulatory compliance and market readiness. We help medical device companies implement and customize eQMS solutions aligned with ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR 820, MDR/IVDR, and MDSAP. Our approach transforms quality from a compliance obligation into a strategic advantage.
Regulatory & Clinical Affairs
We guide our customers in defining regulatory and development strategies that accelerate time-to-market, ensure compliance and reduce costs. By combining global submission expertise, product risk classification, and robust clinical evidence, we help turn complex regulatory pathways into a business strategic leverage.
Product Development
From concept to commercialization, compliance and patient safety must be embedded in every stage of product development. We integrate biocompatibility (ISO 10993), usability engineering (IEC 62366), risk management (ISO 14971) into your processes. This ensures safe, effective, and user-centered devices that meet regulatory requirements and accelerate time-to-market.
Due Diligence for Investors
Investing in medical devices carries regulatory, clinical, and technical risks. Our due diligence assessments provide a reality check of QMS maturity, regulatory compliance, product readiness, and risk exposure, empowering investors with the data-driven insights needed to make confident investment decisions and reduce market entry uncertainty.
Due Diligence for Investors
Investing in medical devices carries regulatory, clinical, and technical risks. Our due diligence assessments provide a reality check of QMS maturity, regulatory compliance, product readiness, and risk exposure, empowering investors with the data-driven insights needed to make confident investment decisions and reduce market entry uncertainty.
Kägiswilerstrasse 17
6060 Sarnen
Initiatives
Digital Winterthur is an organization that focuses on promoting digitalization, technology and innovation in the Winterthur region. By organizing regular events, projects and partnerships, Digital Winterthur creates a platform for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and experience in the digital field. The organization brings together members, experts and the general population of Winterthur to promote digital development in the city. The focus is on creating an innovation hub that promotes collaboration and helps to position Winterthur as a place for advanced digital technologies. Digital Winterthur could also play a role in the integration of technologies in various areas, from business and education to environmental and urban development.
Klosterstrasse 34
8406 Winterthur
Initiatives
from the purpose article of the association’s articles of association: The purpose of the association in the national and cross-border economic area is
a) to bundle the competencies of virtual product development (VPE) and product lifecycle management (PLM), independent of products, companies and institutions,
b) the establishment and maintenance of a network of proven specialists from companies and universities,
c) the promotion of exchange and cooperation between companies, both service providers and suppliers, consulting firms in specific sectors and universities, and
d) the promotion of PPE and PLM skills in companies and universities through events on various specialist topics.
c/o OST
Oberseestrasse 10
8640 Rapperswil
Initiatives
Greater Zurich Area Ltd is the official investment promotion agency of the economic region of Zurich, Switzerland.
We support international companies on every step of their expansion journey into Switzerland, by introducing them into the local ecosystem, offering location evaluation, and networking them with the relevant companies, universities and research institutes, incubators, platforms, associations, and authorities. All our services are free of charge.
Limmatquai 122
8001 Zurich
Support
Advisory for due diligence & go-to-market strategies & interim management & consulting for commercialization in life science
Thurgauerstrasse 132
8152 Glattpark
Support
Peak Spirit offers a comprehensive service of commercial support to start-ups, accelerators and established companies in the field of health technology (medtech, digital health, life sciences).
Albisriederstrasse, 351
8047 Zürich
Support
Training Partner for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Premium Quality Courses.
Kirchenweg, 5
8008 Zürich
Entrepreneurship courses, innovation management courses
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