ESA purchases a unique service from an industrial team led by Clearspace SA: the first removal of an item of space debris from orbit. As a result, in 2025, ClearSpace-1, will rendezvous, capture and bring down for reentry a Vespa payload adapter.

Through an exclusive partnership, the Belgian business angel network BeAngels will offer Belgian investors access to the investiere platform and will contribute to sourcing new deal flow from Belgium as well. Swiss start-ups will benefit from the access to a larger network.

Abionic’s cSOFA score assesses the severity of Covid-19 among patients within only five minutes of analysing a blood sample. With the launch of the CE-Mark certified device, the company aims to prevent hospital overload by allowing health workers to assign patients to general wards, intensive care units or discharge them from the hospital.

Solutions to curb the Corona virus come in different variations: for instance, Ender Diagnostic is developing rapid and reliable COVID-19 tests while Molecular Partners and Metriopharm are working on new therapies. Receiving the FDA clearance and progressing on clinical trials are the latest accomplishments made by the three startups.

Lonza Crop Protection and the Swiss start-up company Authena are pioneering digital technology to improve product traceability and authenticity of crops. The technology will initially be piloted as a prototype in Brazil.