Newcomers Alumni
The Newcomers Alumni showcase a growing community of innovative startups that have pitched at startup days in previous years. Three of them caught the jury’s special attention – called the “Catch of the Jury” and highlighted with an orange star.
Pitching startups 2024
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Amporin Pharmaceuticals AG
Neurodegenerative diseases share a root cause: toxic protein aggregates that damage cells. Amporin’s oral drugs repair cell membranes and restore balance, with in vivo proof-of-concept reversing neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s mouse models.
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Beyond Diagnostics
Insulin degrades outside cold storage, risking dosing errors and health crises. Beyond Diagnostics’ point-of-care test lets patients instantly verify insulin activity via smartphone, enhancing safety and expanding to other unstable biologic drugs in future.
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Bioscibex
Biologic drugs are expensive due to complex, multi-step manufacturing. Bioscibex reduces production from 7 steps to 2 using its novel bioreactor, lowering costs, minimizing contamination, and making life-saving treatments more affordable and scalable.
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BTRY
Small-format batteries lack speed, safety, and thermal stability. BTRY’s ultra-thin, solid-state battery charges in one minute, withstands 150°C, and powers next-gen wearables, MedTech, and IoT—bridging the gap between lithium-ion and supercapacitors with scalable, sustainable tech.
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CellX Biosolutions AG
Chemical pollutants are difficult and costly to treat with current methods. CellX uses high-performance bacteria discovered via field-based microfluidics to biologically degrade industrial pollutants like PFAS, offering scalable, sustainable waste treatment and early industry traction.
Galvita AG
Many patients struggle with large, bitter tablets or injections, especially in pediatrics and geriatrics. Galvita’s patented TIP technology enables tasteless, fast-acting oral dispersible tablets from natural materials, offering a universal, needle-free drug delivery platform for new and reformulated medicines.
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GraphEnergyTech
Traditional metallic electrodes in solar panels are costly and environmentally harmful. GraphEnergyTech replaces them with highly conductive, low-cost carbon-based inks made from graphene, delivering a scalable, greener alternative for energy applications.
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Hemetron
Rheumatic patients lack timely inflammation monitoring, leading to treatment delays and costly complications. Hemetron’s at-home CRP test offers affordable, weekly insights via smartphone, helping patients and doctors manage chronic conditions more effectively and reduce healthcare costs.
Impact.build
Construction is carbon-intensive and labor-constrained, while eco-building methods remain costly and slow. Impact.build automates construction with robotic “impact printing” of low-carbon materials, enabling scalable, affordable, and circular wall production using widely available soil.
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Neology
Clean hydrogen is difficult to store and transport, limiting its use in heavy industry. Neology’s Ammonia Power Generator produces pure hydrogen from widely available ammonia, offering a compact, scalable, zero-emission energy solution for off-grid and industrial applications.
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OBaris
Chronic disease patients face frequent, painful injections with limited oral alternatives. OBaris’ OctoPatch® delivers peptide drugs painlessly through the cheek using a needle-free patch, improving comfort, compliance, and sustainability in drug delivery.
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PAVE Space SA
Electric propulsion on small GEO satellites delays deployment and reduces payload due to fuel demands. PAVE Space’s orbital transfer vehicle cuts travel time, reduces radiation exposure, and frees up satellite capacity—accelerating revenue generation while enhancing satellite performance.
PROUD
Cooling limits the performance of AI data centers and increases energy waste. PROUD’s diamond-on-chip technology dramatically improves heat dissipation, unlocking higher performance and efficiency for next-gen AI and quantum computing chips.
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Scanvio Medical
Millions of women suffer from delayed diagnosis of endometriosis due to the complexity of expert ultrasound imaging. Scanvio’s AI software turns standard ultrasound machines into expert-level diagnostic tools, making high-quality care accessible to non-specialist clinicians.
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sign.mt
Deaf individuals often face major barriers due to the lack of effective sign language translation tools. Sign.mt is building an AI-powered “Google Translate” for sign language, using a novel approach based on SignWriting to deliver accurate, scalable, and multi-language sign translation.
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UNOMR
Protein modifications drive many diseases, but today’s diagnostic tools are limited and imprecise. UNOMR’s patented nanopore sensor enables ultra-precise, single-protein analysis—opening new possibilities for early disease detection and drug development.
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Verretex
Industries are generating massive waste from unrecyclable composite materials like glass fiber. Verretex solves this by restoring and reusing high-quality glass fibers from industrial waste, enabling circular reuse in high-performance applications and reducing both costs and emissions.
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XEMPERIA SA
Breast cancer is often detected too late, drastically lowering survival rates. XEMPERIA has developed a highly accurate blood test that detects early-stage breast cancer by analyzing immune cell markers—offering a safer, more accessible, and more effective alternative to mammography.
Pitching startups 2024
Alter Ego
Alter Ego offers a virtual fitting room tool for D2C brands, allowing users to create personal avatars and digitally try on clothes, reducing returns by 22% and increasing conversion rates by 16%.
Batterylog
Batterylog optimizes battery health, extends lifespan, and reduces costs through advanced algorithms and digital twin technology.
Beyond Scroll SA
Beyond Scroll SA develops oil-free scroll compressors for shallow geothermal drilling in urban areas, revolutionizing green hydrogen production and reducing carbon emissions.
Biosimo Chemicals
Biosimo Chemicals produces sustainable chemicals using innovative catalytic processes, significantly reducing carbon emissions and harmful chemical usage in traditional chemical production methods.
Borobotics
Borobotics develops a bore robot for shallow geothermal drilling in urban areas, integrating the drill within the bore hole and operating autonomously, reducing space requirements by 84% and making geothermal heating and cooling more accessible and environmentally friendly.
Citus
Citus provides an evidence-based, objective approach to measure skin characteristics with NIMBLE, offering a fully quantitative skin score up to 10 times more sensitive than traditional methods.
CompagOs
CompagOs develops diagnostic solutions to predict fractures in bone disease patients from a single blood sample, aiding early treatment and aiming to become a standard diagnostic tool in bonehealth.
DigeHealth
DigeHealth introduces a 24/7 monitoring system with AI predictive alerts to facilitate early detection and intervention for bowel obstructions, potentially avoiding the need for surgical procedures, and enhancing patient care through continuous, real-time data analysis.
IMAI MedTech
IMAI MedTech revolutionizes tissue analysis with an innovative platform that enables automated preparation of 3D tissue samples and accurate spatial imaging within two days, significantly improving diagnostic accuracy and supporting early and accurate cancer diagnosis.
Inveel GmbH
Inveel GmbH equips robots with advanced sensing capabilities through its revolutionary robotic sensory skin technology, providing robots with the feeling of touch, significantly enhancing their safety, efficiency, and adaptability in various domains.
Lightium AG
Lightium AG offers PIC foundry and design services based on its proprietary Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) platform, providing unmatched photonic performance with 2x bandwidth and 4x reduced power consumption, enabling manufacturers to meet the growing demand for higher bandwidth in industries like Telecom and Datacom.
Manukai AG
Manukai AG’s CAM Copilot automates Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) programming, reducing production costs by up to 20% and saving mechanics’ time by 50%, optimizing production speed, part quality, and tool wear, paving the way for fully autonomous factories and delivering an average cost saving of 15%.
MindMetrix AG
MindMetrix AG develops eye-tracking technology that allows users to control their brain’s arousal level through a patented pupil-based neurofeedback method, with their first product, myFlow, designed to help athletes improve mental strength and regeneration.
Rheo AG
Rheo AG creates vital+, an all-in-one wearable that continuously streams patients’ vital signs directly into hospital electronic health records, allowing nurses to focus on patient care while enhancing data accuracy and efficiency.
Riverkin GmbH
Riverkin GmbH addresses water management challenges with their Smart Freshwater Ecosystem, which includes advanced sensors and a data platform to measure water quality, predict disasters, and implement effective mitigation strategies.
Sallea AG
Sallea AG develops a proprietary platform that supports the growth of cells into textured, whole-cut meat and fish fillets using 3D, edible, high-precision scaffolds, enabling the production of thicker meat cuts compared to competitors.
SolidWatts SA
SolidWatts SA develops high-performance Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) for efficient radio frequency dielectric heating, offering a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel-based heating with precise control and enhanced safety.
Tethys Robotics
Tethys Robotics develops compact underwater drones for autonomous inspections in challenging aquatic environments, reducing the need for divers and enhancing inspection quality by navigating fast-flowing waters and maintaining autonomy in poor visibility.
