Startups
iZola.life is a global company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with team members spanning across Kenya, South Africa, Germany, Finland, and Switzerland. Our passionate and dedicated team brings together diverse perspectives and expertise from around the world to tackle the challenges faced by neurodivergent children and their families.
Driven by a shared commitment to make a lasting impact, we are focused on ensuring that all neurodivergent children in the world have the opportunity to receive early diagnosis and access professional therapeutic interventions. We are proud to offer innovative solutions that incorporate cutting-edge technology and research.
We have developed vocal and digi-social biomarkers that are validated under clinical conditions. Additionally, our screening product is currently undergoing testing under clinical conditions, further ensuring its reliability and efficacy.
At iZola.life, we are guided by a strong commitment to ethics and responsible use of technology. With a focus on machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), we ensure that our solutions minimize bias and follow ethical and open standards for data. We believe in the amplified symbiosis of human and AI, harnessing the power of technology to scale the reach and cognitive capabilities of human experts while upholding the highest standards of quality, transparency, and privacy.
To learn more about iZola.life and join us on our mission, visit our website at www.izola.life. You can also reach out to us through connect@izola.life to discover how you can get involved and make a difference.
Neptunstrasse 86
8032 Zurich
Startups
Climeworks empowers people and companies to fight global warming by offering carbon dioxide removal as a service via direct air capture (DAC) technology.
At Orca, Climeworks’ DAC facility in Iceland, the CO2 is permanently removed from the air by capturing and geologically storing it for thousands of years with Climeworks’ storage partner Carbfix.
Climeworks’ DAC facilities run exclusively on clean energy, and their modular CO2 collectors can be stacked to build machines of any capacity.
Founded by engineers Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher in 2009, Climeworks is on a journey to climate impact at scale. To do so, it strives to inspire 1 billion people to act and remove CO2 from the air.
Climeworks is spear-heading the DAC industry globally, with the world’s largest DAC facility and storage installation in operation and a team of over 300 Climeworkers determined to contribute to a net-zero future. Their growing customer base includes over 160 companies, including multinationals such as Microsoft, BCG, UBS or Swiss Re, as well as more than 18,000 individual Climate Pioneers.
Remove CO2 from the air – with Climeworks.
Birchstrasse 155
8050 Zurich
Startups
We developed and patented an algorithm for use in additive manufacturing, based on the minimal surface, ADMS creates shapes with optimal geometry every time. With autonomous design, we’re taking human creation to new heights.
Our commitment to sustainability drives us to focus on locally manufacturing necessary items, and our ADMS technology is the perfect tool for achieving this goal. The industry has already incorporated ADMS into pioneering projects in medicine, space travel, and aviation, and we continue to explore new fields and dare to dream even bigger.
Seehofstrasse 16
8008 Zürich
Corporate Innovation Labs
Tribecraft is the innovation lab.
The interdisciplinary team from the fields of design, engineering and systems technology develops products, strategies and services on behalf of customers. From joint idea generation and vision to market success. From bathroom design to medtech and building material circulation to robotics in organic farming – always fresh!
Binzstrasse 7
8045 Zürich
Corporate Innovation Labs
ECOPARTS is a pioneer in 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM). With over 16 years of experience (founded in 2006) in metal additive manufacturing, ECOPARTS provides the Swiss industry with the basis for new, innovative products as a service provider/contract manufacturer.
Zürichstrasse 62
8340 Hinwil
Corporate Innovation Labs
CHROMOS Group AG is a leading solution provider for the graphic arts industry; packaging industry; food and beverage industry; photo, film and broadcast industry; medical and pharmaceutical industry; and processing industries.
The wide-ranging portfolio of products and services is based on long-standing partnerships with renowned suppliers from all over the world.
The five business units Printing, Packaging, Industrial, FUJIFILM Photo and Kelva Web Cleaning are complemented by a strong service department. The owner-managed Swiss family business is based in Dielsdorf.
Niederhaslistrasse 12
8157 Dielsdorf
Universities
The Student Project House is a creative think- and makerspace open to all ETH students. With this initiative, ETH Zurich has created an open platform for the exchange of ideas between students from all disciplines. The platform also offers students support in implementing their own project ideas.
Clausiusstrasse 16
8006 Zürich
Universities
Systematic recording of sensory characteristics of foods along the value chain and identification of corresponding consumer needs.
Campus Reidbach, Einsiedlerstrasse 34
8820 Wädenswil
Main focus: STS 0240 testing laboratory and sensory laboratory / ZHAW expert panels and consumer tests / continuing education courses and in-house training courses
Universities
“We understand food” – this holistic approach guides our institute.
We observe all developments in society, the economy, technology and nature that are relevant to food. In teaching, research, continuing education and services, we focus on “managing the making of better food and beverages” – in close cooperation with companies, institutions and authorities.
The institute’s focus is thus on the application-oriented control and optimization of manufacturing processes. The aim is to provide products and solutions that optimally satisfy people’s nutritional needs. Our mission is “better” food and beverages that are enjoyable, healthy, safe and sustainable from raw material to consumer.
Einsiedlerstrasse 34, Postfach
8820 Wädenswil
Food Processing
Food Technology
Food Biotechnology
Food packaging
Food Process Development
Food Chemistry
Food Microbiology
Sensors
Food law
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
KAPSLY Angels is a Swiss non-profit business angel club with the goal to finance healthtech innovation. The focus is on medical technology, diagnostics and digital health.
Business angels can already invest with small amounts, which are bundled. What is also special is the possibility of operational support from KAPSLY Ventures to bring the startups to market faster and minimize operational risk.
Goethestrasse 12
8001 Zürich
Financial Support
New Harbor Venture Partners is a trans-Atlantic placement agent/fundraiser specialising in fundraising for startups, growth and PE companies in the healthcare sector.
In return for retainers and success fees, we help place financings of CHF 10-40 million/USD in the US, Europe, Israel and parts of Asia. Our main focus is on medical technology and digital health, but we also support pharma/biotech start-ups in approaching institutional healthcare-focused investors.
Waltikon 15
8126 Zumikon
Regulatory Support
For more than 25 years, DHC Dr. Herterich & Consultants Group, with its two main locations in Saarbrücken (D) and Zurich (CH), has specialized in Software Validation (CSV) in the life sciences industry. Working in the regulated environment, we have become the specialist for Quality Management and GxP Compliance . Our field-tested and preconfigured SAP solutions for quality control and quality assurance are therefore no longer used only in the Pharmaceutical industry and Medical technology for use, but also in other industries.
The know-how of the excellently trained DHC Consultants is characterized by a combination of process and industry knowledge in conjunction with excellent IT skills, taking into account compliance requirements.
This leads to a significant acceleration and quality improvement in the projects. The conception and implementation of our projects is process-oriented in order to be able to guarantee a maximum of economic benefit.
In order to meet the high demands on core processes in the life sciences (e.g. in quality and IT management as well as in the logistics of pharmaceutical companies) and the supporting IT systems, we developed our own innovative solution approaches, best practices, methods and services right from the start.
www.dhc-ag.ch
Hardturmstrasse 133
8005 Zürich
Regulatory Support
CETR acceleters medical products registrations and market access in China.
Hagenholzstrasse 81a, 8050 Zurich
8050 Zurich
Regulatory Support
The Zurich Chamber of Commerce ZHK represents the interests of its approximately 1,100 members and networks them with each other and with external partners. The ZHK builds bridges between companies, politics, and society and advocates liberal and market-based framework conditions for companies. ZHK also offers customized services in the areas of export and law.
Löwenstrasse 11
8021 Zürich
- Political representation of interests
- Dispute resolution and legal advice
- Export services (certificates of origin, Carnet ATA, CITES)
Initiatives
The aim of the Digitization Initiative (DIZH) is to promote cooperation between Zurich’s universities in the field of digitization and thus strengthen Zurich as a location for research and business. The University of Zurich (UZH), the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and the Zurich University of Teacher Education (PHZH) are systematically networking in DIZH to specifically drive research and innovation in topics related to digitization using interdisciplinary approaches.
Rämistrasse 69
8001 Zürich
Initiatives
Our expertise is the conception and implementation of high-quality conferences and other event formats.
In a fast-moving society in which technological and economic change processes have become commonplace, we set ourselves the goal of creating “islands of attention” with our range of conferences.
Through innovative programs, we offer unique knowledge and networking platforms to the participants of our conferences. In this way, we want to stimulate the generation of ideas and offer orientation to decision-makers from the Swiss work and financial center.
As Finanz und Wirtschaft Forum, we stand for quality, reliability, commitment, flexibility and personal customer service.
Werdstrasse 21
8004 Zürich
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