Myriad Optics

CHF 10’000 for Dyneo Technologies SA, Myriad Optics, wearefreemovers GmbH and Winduction AG. These four projects were selected at Venture Kick's first financial and entrepreneurial support stage. https://lnkd.in/gbKVT2yr Meet the 4 successful projects: ? Mael Perret (CEO) and Max Carrel (CTO) | Dyneo Technologies SA - Data-driven solutions for sustainable district heating and cooling networks. https://en.dyneo.ch/ ? Co-Founders: Marwan El Chazli and Fahradin Mujovi | Myriad Optics - Faster bacterial pathogen identification. ? Fabio Pellini (CPO) and Andrea Pellini (CEO) | wearefreemovers GmbH - Revolutionizing Global Education Access. https://lnkd.in/eAgSm3Ni Co-Founders: Sonam Bhuka (COO) and Sylvain Fricker (CTO) | Winduction AG?- Creating Enabling EVs to charge wirelessly while driving or standing. https://lnkd.in/gGcYHM_P #VentureKick #SwissStartups

???Last night in Lausanne????, we celebrated an unforgettable Awards Ceremony!??? An exceptional group of #startups competed for CHF 500K in #cash prizes????? ?? Noovi Ag?emerged as the Diamond Winner, taking home?CHF 150,000.? Myriad Optics and Pack2Earth?both secured the Platinum Prizes of?CHF 80,000 and?EcoBean?was awarded the Louis Dreyfus Company Climate Resilience Prize, worth CHF 100,000. In addition to these and other incredible startups, we also celebrated 2 Mentors of the Year: Biland Sadek and Isabelle Gundel, as well as our esteemed judges. Huge?congratulations?to all the #winners, both cash and in-kind!??????? Gold Winners: AdAstra Sustainability, Angry Camel, ANTmachines, Demetria (Lorna M.), EcoBean, Envisionit Deep AI?, Riverkin, SolidWatts, Spectacular Labs In-kind Winners: Aseptuva, Azure Cell Therapies, CellX Biosolutions, Herosupport SA, Inkocell Therapeutics, Protofib (Massimo Bagnani), REMA hydrogen, Treeless Discover the details here:?https://lnkd.in/ea9vYuVV to the blog article with pictures. ???A warm thank you to all our 118 #finalists this year, for their incredible performance and commitment. Our 2024 #acceleration program will officially conclude at the end of November, following our Investors DemoDays. We hope we have boosted #innovation by providing the best #support possible for their journey ahead.???

???Last night in Lausanne????, we celebrated an unforgettable Awards Ceremony!??? An exceptional group of #startups competed for CHF 500K in #cash prizes????? ?? Noovi Ag?emerged as the Diamond Winner, taking home?CHF 150,000.? Myriad Optics and Pack2Earth?both secured the Platinum Prizes of?CHF 80,000 and?EcoBean?was awarded the Louis Dreyfus Company Climate Resilience Prize, worth CHF 100,000. In addition to these and other incredible startups, we also celebrated 2 Mentors of the Year: Biland Sadek and Isabelle Gundel, as well as our esteemed judges. Huge?congratulations?to all the #winners, both cash and in-kind!??????? Gold Winners: AdAstra Sustainability, Angry Camel, ANTmachines, Demetria (Lorna M.), EcoBean, Envisionit Deep AI?, Riverkin, SolidWatts, Spectacular Labs In-kind Winners: Aseptuva, Azure Cell Therapies, CellX Biosolutions, Herosupport SA, Inkocell Therapeutics, Protofib (Massimo Bagnani), REMA hydrogen, Treeless Discover the details here:?https://lnkd.in/ea9vYuVV to the blog article with pictures. ???A warm thank you to all our 118 #finalists this year, for their incredible performance and commitment. Our 2024 #acceleration program will officially conclude at the end of November, following our Investors DemoDays. We hope we have boosted #innovation by providing the best #support possible for their journey ahead.???

Venturelab is?happy to invite you to a discovery and networking event, celebrating Swiss and Indian Entrepreneurship, as part of the AIT India program. Registering through our website: https://lnkd.in/dfV4FUwn. Listen to the pitches of 10 promising Swiss startups that will participate in the Academia-Industry Training in India, and vote for your favorite project! About: The?Academia-Industry Training (AIT) India program?is an innovation-based instrument of the?Leading House House South Asia and Iran?at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. It supports scientists in transforming their applied research into market application and discovering their entrepreneurial potential. By connecting scientists from top institutions in Switzerland and India, the program promotes an international network and enables access to one of the most promising markets and intellectual capital in applied research. Venturelab and Swissnex in India, Consulate General of Switzerland are partners and program organizers for the Indian and Swiss camps. #KickOff #AITIndia #SwissStartups

Two weeks ago, we were back at the Givaudan offices near Zürich for The Wonders of Taste event showcasing future consumer and technology trends, co-hosted by Givaudan and Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley. Our selected #finalists delivered outstanding pitches, highlighting key issues across the entire food value chain. ?? AlgaeforFood: harvests functional #ingredients for the food industry out of #microalgae. Angry Camel: #egg white replacement with superior emulsification & foaming for food applications from chickpea protein. #altproteins CellX Biosolutions: develops innovative #bacteria-based products to tackle industrial #chemical pollution. EcoBean: transforms #coffee #waste into sustainable chemicals used by various industries. Fotortec: produces low-sodium #flavor enhancers by #upcycling vegetable side-streams with a patentable solid-state fermentation. #sidestreams Change Bio: upcycles waste #methane into #proteins. Myriad Optics: develops new #bacterial pathogen identification technologies to speed up #testing. Noovi Ag: develops first-of-a-kind marking #pheromones that prevent #pests from laying eggs on crops that are non-toxic, zero-residue, pose no #health risk to farmers, public or environment. Reify Nutrition: delivers new plant-based #sports #nutrition products. #plantbased Rosalind Bioculture: #biotech firm disrupting the $100B precision fermentation industry. #precisionfermentation Seaqure labs: upcycling industry by-products into high-quality proteins from #fungi, suitable as #feeds in the #aquaculture sector. Syngens: #DNA design platform which combines #AI with biological (-'omics) data to make engineering microorganism predictable. Spectacular Labs: builds portable #pathogen-testing devices and reduces the traditional food #testing timelines from days to 8 hours. Nhat Vuong for Veritas (NetZero Pallet): offers eco-friendly pallets from #coconut husk to businesses worldwide. Yeastime S.r.l.: innovative solution that leverages #ultrasound technologies, to help producers in the field of #cell culturing to accelerate their #fermentation process by up to 30% ?? Each of these high-impact solutions tackles a unique #challenge within the #food value chain and beyond, all in a #sustainable way. Explore them, plus 100 other #startups here: https://lnkd.in/eCQPppr2 ?? Thank you to Givaudan - Taste & Wellbeing Givaudan Alexandre Bastos Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley Christina Senn-Jakobsen Nicolas Meneses #GivaudanFoodExperiences #FutureOfFood #TheWondersofTaste #innovation

?? We’re excited to announce our 2024 Cohort! ??

?? Exciting news from EPFL Startup Launchpad! We are proud to announce that two promising startups, Myriad Optics and Protonica, have each been awarded a CHF100,000 Innogrant to propel their innovative projects. ?? Myriad Optics is set to revolutionize food safety from production to consumption with their advanced technology for quick and precise identification of bacterial pathogens. This breakthrough aims to ensure a safer food supply chain, supporting both food businesses and consumers. Marwan El Chazli, Fahradin Mujovi ?? Protonica is on a mission to redefine proton therapy imaging, enhancing the accessibility and efficacy of advanced cancer treatments. Their innovative approach promises to significantly improve patient outcomes by providing more accurate and faster diagnostics. Benoit Truc, Veronica Leccese, Michele Caldara We are immensely grateful to UBS for their sponsorship and commitment to fostering innovation that drives positive societal change. Yves Felder, Lukas D?belin, Alain Conte These Innogrants not only support groundbreaking research but also help bring transformative solutions to market - thanks to the #EPFLStartupLaunchpad team Isabel Casado Harrington, Daphna Glaubert, André Catana, Maurice Gaillard, Aurélie Schick Stay tuned as we follow the journey of these exciting ventures! More details ??https://lnkd.in/dThq6gas #EPFL #EPFLStartup #Innovation #Startup #HealthTech #FoodSafety #CancerResearch #UBS