Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions with 20,000 employees, and 3db Access AG, a young fabless semiconductor company based in Thalwil and specializing in secure ultra-wideband low power chips, announced a collaboration. The goal is to bring best-in-class secure access solutions to the connected smart home, Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, mobile computing, and connected vehicle applications.

The Tech Tour Growth Summit held in Geneva showcased the Top50 scale-ups in Europe; six startups with their roots in Switzerland made it to the rank. The super scale-ups have the potential to become tomorrow’s unicorns.

A few days after joining the Qatar Financial Center platform, the Zurich based fintech startup Instimatch Global  has entered the Kuwaiti market, with the Gulf Bank as its first a client in the Middle East.  With over 58 branches and total assets of KD 6 billion, the Gulf bank is one of the leading banks in Kuwait.

Following the launch of its App, SNAQ has won the first place prize of the bytes4diabetes awards 2020. The startup developed a patent-pending food analysis app to enable users to integrate a healthy, balanced diet in their lifestyle by capturing their nutrition intake in a convenient manner. 

The Medtech startups PiaVita, a specialist in veterinary care and DistalMotion with its robotic surgery system Dexter won the IF Design Awards 2020. With PiaVita holding a gold Award, the two startups stand among 54 winners from Switzerland.