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This article showcases Startup Pill’s top picks for the best Swiss startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating inside of Switzerland and around the world. They are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.
We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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1. Bota Systems
The idea behind this startup: Bota Systems is a developer of force torque sensors, load cells, torque sensors and robotic grippers.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Industrial Automation, Industrial Manufacturing, Robotics
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]2. HOPR
The idea behind this startup: The HOPR protocol ensures everyone has control of their privacy, data, and identity.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Blockchain, Privacy, Security
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]3. Certifaction
The idea behind this startup: SaaS solution to certify, notarize and sign any type of documents and make them instantly verifiable
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: SaaS, Software
Founders: Benoit Henry, Emeka Mosanya, Fabian Mösli, Lukas Karth
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]4. Green-Y Energy AG
The idea behind this startup: Affordable, clean & efficient energy storage system
Headquarters: Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy
Founders: Rafik Barhoumi, Dominik Schnarwiler, Patrick Baumann & Peter Fritzen
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]5. SoHHytec
The idea behind this startup: SoHHytec provides renewable system for onsite production of solar fuel and power which is cleaner, greener, and cost-effective.
Headquarters: Ecublens, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]6. Hmcare
The idea behind this startup: Hmcare is a start-up that uses innovation and technology to provide human solutions for healthcare.
Headquarters: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Industries: Health Care, Medical Device
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]7. Lyfa
The idea behind this startup: E-Grocery. Lyfa is an online supermarket and delivery service for zero-waste groceries. During the delivery Lyfa takes the empty jars back to reintroduce them into the circular system.
Headquarters: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Industries: E-Commerce, Grocery, Retail
Founders: Lewys Thomas, Michael May
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]8. Collabree
The idea behind this startup: Mobile healthcare, Therapy adherence, Chronic conditions, Behavioral health, Behavioral economics
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Health Care, Information Technology, Personal Health, Software
Founders: Anjali Raja Beharelle, Michael Malcharek, Pascal Kurz
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]9. Exnaton
The idea behind this startup: The software for the transition to renewable energy
Headquarters: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Energy, Software
Founders: Anselma Wörner, Dr. Arne Meeuw, Dr. Liliane Ableitner
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]10. Vinivia AG
The idea behind this startup: The new interactive LIVE- Videoplattform
Headquarters: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Industries: Augmented Reality, Software, Video Streaming
Founders: Marcello Genovese, Stefan Graf
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]11. The HUB App
The idea behind this startup: A powerful Invitation & RSVP management app that helps you send, manage and receive invitations on the go.
Headquarters: Bülach, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Apps, Events, Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Software
Founders: Alessandro Pecorelli, Saleh Alothaim
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]12. Nutrix
The idea behind this startup: The future of glucose monitoring
Headquarters: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Industries: Health Care
Founders: Maria Hahn
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]13. Emovo Care
The idea behind this startup: Emovo Care develops motorized exoskeleton based on patent-protected artificial tendons.
Headquarters: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: Health Care, Wellness
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]14. Wineroo
The idea behind this startup: Wineroo is an online wine selling platform that makes it easy to choose the perfect wine thanks to 8 questions and its technology.
Headquarters: Cully, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries:
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]15. Yago
The idea behind this startup: Yago enables independence for people with hand motor impairments.
Headquarters: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: Electronics, Medical, Medical Device, Wellness
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]16. UrbanDataLab
The idea behind this startup: UrbanDataLab is a cloud platform for individualized location analytics and business intelligence.
Headquarters: Adliswil, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Analytics, Cloud Management, Finance
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]17. XRnanotech
The idea behind this startup: XRnanotech is a deep tech company that offers innovative nanostructured X-ray optics for high-tech applications.
Headquarters: Untersiggenthal, Aargau, Switzerland
Industries: 3D Printing, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]18. SUIND
The idea behind this startup: SUIND is an AI-based system platform for commercial drones.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Drone Management, Drones, Information Technology, Software
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]19. Oxyle
The idea behind this startup: OxyleI is a developer of a novel technology to degrade hazardous micropollutants from wastewater, such as pesticides, chemicals etc.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Environmental Consulting, Waste Management
Founders: Fajer Mushtaq, Silvan Staufert
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]20. Cocoboards
The idea behind this startup: Cocoboards transforms agricultural byproducts into sustainable and affordable bio-based materials.
Headquarters: Biel, Bern, Switzerland
Industries: Building Material, Sustainability, Waste Management
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]21. SurgeonsLab
The idea behind this startup: SurgeonsLab develops and produces patient-specific training models for training surgical procedures and validating new medical devices.
Headquarters: Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Industries: 3D Printing, Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]22. Helvitek Labs
The idea behind this startup: Helvitek Labs creates a new generation of urban anti-pollution masks.
Headquarters: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: Consumer Goods, Personal Health, Wearables
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]23. Magma Learning
The idea behind this startup: Magma Learning is a startup with the mission to radically enhance how people learn using artificial intelligence.
Headquarters: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, E-Learning, Machine Learning
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]24. Koj
The idea behind this startup: Live with style — Furnish your home in style for as low as CHF175/month
Headquarters: Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Industries: E-Commerce, Furniture, Home Decor, Interior Design, Subscription Service
Founders: Anand Chowdhary, Carlo Badini
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]25. Central Element Geosciences Ltd.
The idea behind this startup: Remote sensing Co, applying a unique NMR tech for fully distant exploration of natural resources and materials without access to sites
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Consulting, Environmental Consulting, Marine Technology, Military, Mineral, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Water
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]26. Winemaker.com
The idea behind this startup: Building a new way to discover wine
Headquarters: Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Wine And Spirits
Founders: Bartosz Podlewski, Bianka König, Elian Kool, Felix Wenger, Melanie Kampfer, Thomas Klein
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]27. Ancora.ai AG
The idea behind this startup: Ancora.ai is an AI-powered platform that supports clinical trials with powerful and patient-friendly technology.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Clinical Trials, Health Care, Information Technology, Medical, Natural Language Processing, Pharmaceutical
Founders: Danielle Ralic, Emily Rose Jordan, Luca Jahreiss
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]28. Timly.com
The idea behind this startup: Cloud based SaaS solution, Quality Management for enterprises in the space of inventory management and personnel & training
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Information Technology, SaaS, Software
Founders: Fitim Mehmeti, Philipp Baumann
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]29. LocalBini
The idea behind this startup: Experiences by People, for People. LocalBini is a peer2peer platform for City Experiences with Locals in more than 103 cities in Europe.
Headquarters: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Industries: Adventure Travel, Events, Hospitality, Leisure, Lifestyle, Tourism, Travel, Virtual Reality
Founders: Mateusz Mierzwinski
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]30. MapTiler
The idea behind this startup: Software platform for building digital maps. Street and satellite maps of entire world ready for integration and redistribution.
Headquarters: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Industries: Information Technology, Internet, Software
Founders: Petr Pridal
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]31. cybera. global
The idea behind this startup: Fintech platform to prevent cybercrime and online fraud.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Banking, Cyber Security, Law Enforcement, Security
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]32. TRUECHART
The idea behind this startup: We are collaborative business intelligence.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: B2B, Business Intelligence, Collaboration, Data Visualization, Enterprise Software, SaaS
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]33. Foodlishes
The idea behind this startup: Bring food ordering into the 21st Century
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Apps, CRM, Restaurants
Founders: Berkay Dincer, Sebastian Kirsch
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]34. ViboTec
The idea behind this startup: ViboTec is a specialist for the use of virtual perimeter advertising during live sports broadcasts using state-of-the-art technology.
Headquarters: Thierachern, Bern, Switzerland
Industries: Advertising, Broadcasting, Sports
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]35. REBELS 0.0%
The idea behind this startup: Truly alcohol-free 0.0% Spirit Alternatives
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Food and Beverage
Founders: Christof Tremp
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]36. Urbaneez®
The idea behind this startup: Your online marketplace dedicated to Graffiti and Street Art. Urban Contemporary Art only with a wide range of prices accessible to all!
Headquarters: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: Art, Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, Marketplace, Shipping
Founders: Grégory Slinn, Paul-Emile Joëssel
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]37. akksel
The idea behind this startup: The EV Battery Value Network to Green the Last Mile
Headquarters: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Industries: Recycling, Software, Supply Chain Management
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]38. LiUU
The idea behind this startup: LiUU is the first crowdliquidity platform: we provide a platform where the public can provide liquidity to companies that need it
Headquarters: Lauerz, Schwyz, Switzerland
Industries: Commercial Lending, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, FinTech, Lending
Founders: Gregory Brown, Isabella Sorace
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]39. Carrot Labs
The idea behind this startup: on device Personal Finance Management
Headquarters: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Industries:
Founders: Rahul Kaushik
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]40. Coding Mind AG
The idea behind this startup: Saas Platform that not only digitalizes but completely automates the real estate marketing process.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Information Technology, Marketing, Real Estate, SaaS, Software, Software Engineering
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]41. Marketview
The idea behind this startup: Marketview is a G Suite add-on that allows people to track their investments by pulling real-time financial data into their Sheets.
Headquarters: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: FinTech, Information Technology
Founders: Unknown
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]42. White Paper Capital
The idea behind this startup: WPC is a family office supporting organizations at all stages, from start-ups to well-established institutions.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries:
Founders: Patrick Seiler
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[adace-ad id=”4426″]43. Taxdone
The idea behind this startup: Online tax filing service
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries:
Founders: Adrien El Karoui, Jeremy Cohen
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44. A.I. – Genesis
The idea behind this startup: Algorithmic Decision Making
Headquarters: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Industries: Software
Founders: Ludwig Sjöberg
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45. 21 Analytics
The idea behind this startup: Your Technology Partner for Virtual Assets Compliance. Building a Software Solution for the FATF Travel Rule.
Headquarters: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Industries: Software
Founders: Unknown
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46. Targetwing
The idea behind this startup: Digital Marketing Consulting Company
Headquarters: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Industries: Advertising, Digital Marketing, Internet, SEO, Social Media Advertising, Social Media Management, Web Design
Founders: Unknown
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47. YESIM Business
The idea behind this startup: YESIM BUSINESS offers companies eSIM Mobile Data Connectivity as a Service to be connected in 120+ countries worldwide.
Headquarters: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Industries: Information Technology, Internet, Mobile, Telecommunications, Wireless
Founders: Unknown
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48. Ravel
The idea behind this startup: Mobile app for discovering and creating unique trips and sharing with friends
Headquarters: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Industries: Mobile Apps, Software, Tourism, Travel
Founders: Brice Dreamer
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49. AVEC-SAVE AG
The idea behind this startup: Fintech Start-up
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech
Founders: Fortunat Diener
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50. PriceHunterApp
The idea behind this startup: Mobile App for seamless and convenient price comparison of offline products and recommendation of alternative products incl. budget tracking
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Advertising Platforms, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail, Shopping
Founders: David Pacassi Torrico, Fabian P. Lehner
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51.Kleap
The idea behind this startup: Platform that allows you to create a website that converts visitors into customers and connect all the team on a same dashboard.
Headquarters: Bussigny, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: B2B, Internet, SaaS, Small and Medium Businesses, Software, Web Design
Founders: Eliott Dupuy
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51.Kleap
The idea behind this startup: Platform that allows you to create a website that converts visitors into customers and connect all the team on a same dashboard.
Headquarters: Bussigny, Vaud, Switzerland
Industries: B2B, Internet, SaaS, Small and Medium Businesses, Software, Web Design
Founders: Eliott Dupuy
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46. Wearemoms
The idea behind this startup: Unabhängiges Online-Unternehmen im Bereich Wissenstransfer der Themenbereiche Schwangerschaft, Baby, Kleinkind und Familie.
Headquarters: Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Industries: E-Commerce
Founders: Unknown
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47. Sleeboo
The idea behind this startup: We revolutionise your sleep experience. Launched at the Founder Institute.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries:
Founders: Unknown
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46. Prospecter Ventures
The idea behind this startup: Company Builder
Headquarters: Hergiswil, Luzern, Switzerland
Industries: Analytics, Information Technology, SaaS, Software
Founders: Unknown
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55. GameDAO
The idea behind this startup: Tokenised Crowdfinance for Videogames, Digital Arts, eSports
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries:
Founders: Unknown
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56. C WIRE
The idea behind this startup: The Content Marketing Distribution Platform. Branded content delivered in relevant editorial context.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Content Marketing, Marketing Automation, Video Advertising
Founders: Chris Morgan, Rui de Freitas, Yannick Koechlin
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57. Lleed & Partners
The idea behind this startup: Data science and software consulting
Headquarters: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Data Visualization, Enterprise Applications, Information Technology, Software, Web Apps
Founders: Titouan Launay
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58. KIANAO.COM & KIANAOFAMILY.COM
The idea behind this startup: From pregnancy to the health of the children to parenting tips: Get the facts and guidance you need.
Headquarters: Subingen, Solothurn, Switzerland
Industries: E-Commerce
Founders: Unknown
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59Exdale AG
The idea behind this startup: Exdale AG is building an online platform dedicated to administrative professionals and suppliers where they can communicate directly.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Apps, Information Services, Software, Web Development
Founders: Unknown
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60Gudix GmbH
The idea behind this startup: Gudix GmbH is the provision of services and advice in the field of online marketing and Internet,as well as trade in goods of all kinds.
Headquarters: Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Industries: Advertising, Internet, Online Portals, Professional Services
Founders: Unknown
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61. Startupmetrics
The idea behind this startup: Startup CFO sharing Risk and Success with you. Enhance the Value of your Startup and Spin-off with a data-driven and measurable Approach.
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries: Business Development, Consulting, Financial Services
Founders: Pascal Stämpfli
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62. brandgrain
The idea behind this startup: Hardcore marketing strategy
Headquarters: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Industries: Advertising, Consulting
Founders: Unknown
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63. Junts
The idea behind this startup: Mobile App, Social Game, Challenge Friends, Bet for fame.
Headquarters: Hergiswil, Nidwalden, Switzerland
Industries: Digital Entertainment, Internet, Media and Entertainment, Mobile Apps, Social
Founders: Unknown
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64. Travelcoup Deluxe
The idea behind this startup: First travel tech company that creates vacation packages which include a return flight on a private jet
Headquarters: Sarnen, Obwalden, Switzerland
Industries: Travel
Founders: Niclas Seitz
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65. dogis
The idea behind this startup: Computer vision to understand character of dogs and provide adequate training
Headquarters: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Industries:
Founders: Maximilian Mandl
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66. acend
The idea behind this startup: Experience knowledge
Headquarters: Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Industries:
Founders: Unknown
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