Climeworks has successfully raised CHF 73 million (USD 75 million) in equity from private investors. This is the largest private investment into direct air capture to date. The funding will help to drive forward the company’s scale-up roadmap and expand its carbon dioxide removal capacities.

Although not very well known in Switzerland, Appway is one of the few globally successful Swiss software companies. Among its customers are industry-leading institutions such HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. The funding will be used to accelerate international growth, product development and technology innovation.

PROFImobility, a mobility service provider based in the Prague, Czech Republic is shifting to an app-based demand-responsive ridehailing service. The company will use the Bestmile platform to automate, digitize and scale its mobility service.

AgroSustain, developer of a plant-based coating solution that can extend shelf-life of fresh produce has entered into a collaboration agreement with the Brazillian based Nanoceuticals LTDA to commercialise the solution. The startup will conduct the first pilot trails with one of the leading European retailers.

With $80M obtained from its series C round, Scandit the leading technology platform for mobile computer vision and augmented reality (AR) solutions for enterprises has sealed the largest Swiss VC round this year. G2VP, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm led the round with contributions from Atomico, GV, Kreos, NGP Capital, Salesforce Ventures and Swisscom Ventures.