The Boston-based company, Appfire has today announced the acquisition of the Zurich based Beecom Products, whose co-founder Fabian Hediger will lead Appfire’s growth initiatives as General Manager. Beecom is a top-selling Atlassian Platinum Marketplace Partner and provider of software tools for software developers. Its solutions are used by more than 18,000 teams worldwide, including global companies.

Molecular Partners successfully completes the launch of a Private Placement of 5,528,089 Shares by way of an Accelerated Bookbuilding. Proceeds from the Offering will help accelerate development of the SARS-CoV-2 antiviral candidate, MP0420, as well as early stage clinical and preclinical pipeline assets.

Every year, Professional Wealth Management (PWM) recognises some of the biggest banks in the world for their innovations in wealthtech. This year, Credit Suisse won the award for ‘Best Private Bank for Use of RegTech Globally’ thanks to a project with Apiax designed to free up considerable time for relationship managers.

Three Lifesciences start-ups have welcomed high-calibre members on their board of directors. While Daniel Vasella, the former CEO of Novartis joined Topadur and Martin Haase, the former CEO of Bruker-AXS Eldico, Joanna Horobin, an industry veteran with over 35 years of experience, became a non-executive Chair of iOnctura’sboard.

SecuraXis, VAY and Digipharm are among the 50 startups selected for the DMS Accelerator program focused on data. During six months, the teams will receive training from industry experts, one-on-one mentorship and support to enter new markets and an exclusive invitation to a digital TNW event.