MASSCHALLENGE SWITZERLAND ANNOUNCES ITS 2022 COHORT

May 18, 2022 (Renens, Switzerland) - MassChallenge Switzerland, part of MassChallenge’s global network of innovators, today announces the 100 early-stage startups invited to join the 2022 Accelerator Program.?

This number represents the top 9% of applications we received from around the world. 261 of our MC experts ranked them and shaped the future of these high-quality startups’ solutions.

The selected early-stage startups come from 37 countries spanning over 4 continents and have all committed to sustainability. Startups from many different industries compose this 2022 cohort and will be shifted on different tracks.

The different sectors and respective tracks:

Since 2016, MassChallenge Switzerland has been a leader in helping startups across Europe grow their businesses, with 492 alumni raising $600M in funding. In 2021, we accelerated 97 early-stage startups, taking no equity or fees, and connected them to our corporate partners and broad group of expert mentors.??

For our 2022 program we are staying true to our mission of bringing startups together with the people and resources they need to launch and grow, so we have designed an online/on-site hybrid accelerator program. Operating this way, we’ll enable startups from anywhere in the world to take part in the accelerator.?

For our 2022 program we are staying true to our mission of bringing startups together with the people and resources they need to launch and grow, so we have designed an online/on-site hybrid accelerator program. Operating this way, we’ll enable startups from anywhere in the world to take part in the accelerator.

“I’m pleased to welcome this outstanding group of startups to the 2022 early-stage accelerator. They were individually selected by our independent judges and represent the top 9% of all applicants. They are also all “climate responsible” and want to make an impact that will add value back to society.?Congratulations?to them all and I’m looking forward to connecting them to our partners and mentors, so that together the MassChallenge community can help them grow their businesses”

Matt Lashmar, Managing Director of MassChallenge Switzerland

During the 4 months of acceleration, the selected 100 startups will be able to engage with industry experts, corporates and investors, while receiving world-class mentoring, tailored programming, free co-working space, and numerous key networking opportunities. The accelerator program will culminate on October 27th at the MassChallenge Switzerland Awards Ceremony, when the best startups will be rewarded with up to CHF 1 million in zero-equity prize money, as well as several other in-kind prizes.?

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2022 MassChallenge Switzerland Cohort?

FoodTech and AgriTech

AgriEdge (Morocco): a digital platform to support farmers in sustainably maximizing the profitability of every unit of resources employed?

Alghètica (Italy): this biotech company utilizes CRISPR to improve or modify compounds, naturally present in microalgae, for food applications.

Ambrosia Bio Ltd. (Israel): develop a disruptive enzyme technology platform designed to convert high-calorie, obesity-promoting sugars into both rare, practically no-calorie sugars, such as Allulose, and dietary fibers.

betterECO GmbH (Germany): their Blockchain-based software platform allows for time- and cost-efficient transactions in organic agricultural raw materials.

Biomation Ltd (United Kingdom): they convert organic food industry waste into a soil improver which allows crops to be grown in arid environments with 50% less water.

Biorefic (Latvia): they develop a next-generation biorefinery technology for producing advanced prebiotic ingredients and algal Omega-3 fatty acids.

BIOWEG (Germany): they replace microplastics from your day-to-day consumer products with biobased and biodegradable alternatives.

Bluana Foods (Romania): vegan sashimi (tuna/salmon), for flexitarians, wanting to solve the problem of taste and the clean label of alternatives to ocean fish.

Blue Lobster App ApS (Denmark): they make the fishing industry more sustainable by incentivizing sustainable fishing practices and enabling direct reporting.

ClearCO2 (United Kingdom): this platform empowers SMEs to profit from carbon accounting, buy from sustainable suppliers, and reverse climate change.

Cultimate Foods (Germany): their solution?enriches plant-based meat alternatives with cultivated fat biomass for an authentic taste, mouthfeel, and texture.

Cultivated Biosciences (Switzerland): Creamy fat from GMO-free yeast. The indulgence plant-based dairy needs to appeal flexitarians.

Deshifarmer Limited (Bangladesh): tech-enabled fresh produce supply chain of Bangladesh that directly connects rural farmers with retailers & consumers.

Dhriti Bio Solutions (India): Moringa protein isolate: Plant-based, economical alternate proteins for consumers demanding healthy, sustainable, and non-animal proteins

FarmCorps (Nigeria): they help agro-processing and food companies source quality agri-raw material from clusters of smallholder farmers.

FlyFarm Worldwide Ltd (Singapore): they’re applying robotics and IoT technology to harness the power of insects to bioconvert food waste into sustainable protein & fertilizer.

Food Brewer (Switzerland): aims to support our food system using cultivated plant cells. Starting from the original plant, only a few cells are needed to “brew” edible biomass.

Food4You (Argentina): this biotech platform creates alternative ingredients for the plant-based food industry using bacteria fermentation.

Frudist (Germany): they offer the best product quality of dried fruits and vegetables available on the global market, produced by their own protected technology.

Gaia Technologies GmbH (Switzerland): they develop solutions that upcycle agricultural sidestreams into clean label ingredients for cosmetics, food, and feed manufacturers.

green loop UG (Germany): Here’s a hydroponic household appliance to grow food at home, to reduce food-waste, transportation, and packaging.

Inulox Ltd (United Kingdom): this FoodTech startup is developing an active food ingredient that converts 30% of sugar from foods into vegetable fibers after consumption.

Jasberry (Thailand): The world’s first staple superfood that can transform the health of consumers worldwide and take millions of farmers out of poverty.

Kitovu Technology Company (Nigeria): they uses data to eliminate guesswork and supply chain inefficiencies from African agriculture so as to enable farmers to earn more.

Kly (Switzerland): this swiss upcycling startup has a mission to tackle food waste by eliminating resource inefficiencies in global grain production.

Manna Insect (Finland): they have developed a solution to produce high quality and cost-effective animal feed onsite to replace soy.

Mimic Seafood (Spain): they provide better food choices to consumers that save oceans.

Moa FoodTech (Spain): they aim to achieve sustainable and healthy nutrition based on Single Cell Protein through the fermentation of food by-products.

Naturannova (Chile): this food tech company combines computational biology and biomanufacturing processes to design the next generation of ingredients.

NoPalm Ingredients (Netherlands): they brew microbial oil from waste streams as a sustainable alternative to palm oil in food and cosmetics.

Novani (Switzerland): a FoodTech startup developing a cost-effective extrusion process to make realistic whole-cut meat alternatives like steaks & chicken breasts.

Nude.o (Germany): first base for almond drinks. By adding water and mixing briefly, nude.o transforms into probably the most sustainable and delicious almond drink.

Nutropy (France): produce milk proteins identical to cow proteins to develop premium cheeses that taste as good as conventional cheese.

Peelon (United States): they develop a 100% plant-based protective coating for a longer shelf-life.

Probitat (Finland): Probitat produces ready-to-use, ready-to-add fermented ingredients as well as fermented finished products, as white label, for the food industry.

SHAMBA RECORDS (Kenya): their solution is a gateway to financial inclusion for small-scale farmers in the 300$ billion agriculture market in Africa.

traplinked GmbH (Germany): they automate pest control through sensor-controlled trap systems.

Unlimited Foods (Singapore): cell based dairy products that are sustainable for the planet and more nutritious for people. Dairy-it where solution meets taste.

Voltiris (Switzerland): they improve greenhouses’ energetic efficiency by producing clean electricity without impacting their high agricultural yield.

Winich Farms (Nigeria): Winich Farms is an Agritech Company that is fusing together Agriculture and Technology aiming at providing food security.

World from Space s.r.o. (Czech Republic): they integrate satellite monitoring into the food production industry at scale.

Zero Cow Factory (India): India's first milk & dairy/food products (world's first A2 milk protein) using bioengineering the microbes & precision fermentation.

Healthcare/ Life Sciences?

Aubaree (United States): our E-training platform offers an accessible and authentic way of continuous learning and training tailored for company needs.

Ayati Devices Private Limited (India): a new device to screen diabetic patients for foot neuropathy at an early stage to prevent foot amputations.

Biolumen (United States): proprietary microcellulose and hydrogels fiber sponge food additive, that sequesters dietary sugars and starches in the duodenum, to protect the liver.

FimmCyte (Switzerland): they developed a novel immune-based treatment for treatment-resistant endometriosis.

Glooma (Portugal): they are developing a medical screening device that complements the breast self-exam, to detect breast cancer at an early-stage.

HEALTHY-LONGER GmbH (Switzerland): they provide personalized preventive nutrition recommendations based on forward-looking health risk analysis using biomarkers and genetics.

Immunyx (Israel): a revolutionizing immunotherapy by treating neutrophils in chronic disease with a TargEted Neutrophil Nanoparticle (TENN) platform.

InnoSpina (Switzerland): they design and develop novel implants and unique surgical guiding instruments enabling surgeons to treat chronic back pain in less than 30min.

Intragel Therapeutics (Israel): a safe, effective, and targeted anti-cancer therapeutics for solid tumor oncology patients.

Ligence (Lithuania): AI-based platform that allows cardiologists to skip manual measurements during echocardiography.

Lutroo Imaging (Germany): they’re developing the first (patented) technology that enables pain visualization. Our goal is faster, cheaper, accurate diagnosis.

MicroFuse Technologies (Nigeria): Cipher Is an AI-powered ocular diagnostic medical device that helps in the early detection and diagnosis of diseases.

NeuroTrigger (Israel): they have developed and tested a portable and user-friendly system that automatically stimulates artificial eyelid blinking.

Opharmic Technology (HK) Limited (Hong Kong): a non-invasive alternative to eye injections.

Psigryph Inc. (Canada): their first product, Cholestello, is an innovative health and wellness solution for customers seeking support for healthy cholesterol levels.?

Recovery Cat (Germany): they optimize psychiatric outpatient care in order to increase quality of life and reduce rehospitalization

SensArs Neuroprosthetics Sàrl (Switzerland): highly selective peripheral nerve stimulators for the treatment of neuropathic pain and sensory loss of people affected by neuropathy.

SkinZone Biosciences (Switzerland): aims for true cosmetic rejuvenation by designing senolytic compounds that clean-up your inner zombie cells.

Stamurai (India): Current speech therapy is expensive ($5,000), relapsable (80% relapse) and inaccessible. They aim to solve this by automating speech therapy.

TechNovator Health (Poland): they invented a new method of energy transfer & are going to bring new technology into the active human implants market.?

High Tech?

AllRead Machine Learning Technologies (Spain): they’re a deep tech Spin off in the smart logistics ecosystem, with a robust computer vision software to read codes in supply chains.

Arboretica (Netherlands): Arboretica develops OSINT technology to solve the massive data sourcing, verification and analytics problem of the environmental sector.

ARHUB (Switzerland): developer of a proactive security solution intended to identify, prevent and predict security breaches at homes and buildings.

BDATA (Canada): they help to secure IoT, Edge, and Endpoint devices by creating unique digital fingerprints for each device and store them on the blockchain.

Chiral (Switzerland): nanotransistors are key components in quantum computers and IoT sensors. Today, they are produced manually. They can produce them 100x faster.

Factmata (United Kingdom): they provide AI to address the global issue of misinformation which affects everyone from individual to conglomerate, faster than other tools.

Isochronic AG (Switzerland): they develop a new type of industrial robot for pick & place applications, capable of transporting multiple parts simultaneously.

Ridelink (Uganda): they’re giving SMEs access to 1million trucks at the tap of a button; they are democratizing transport for SMEs.

Stratio, Inc. (United States): they create AI-assisted visible and infrared imaging technology with a mission for everyone to access the potential of infrared vision.

Surveily sp. z o.o. (Poland): Automated OHS safety procedure supervision with machine learning & computer vision.

uHoo (Singapore): the solution monitors your environment, so you know exactly what to do to create healthier and more sustainable homes and buildings.

General?

AXS Motionsystem (Hungary): Safety and Health at work is everyone’s concern. AXS's Ergonomic Evaluation system helps in producing healthy workplaces for preventing WMSD.

Clera.One (Slovenia): their mission is to bury laundry environmental damage by saving water and stopping microplastic pollution at once.

Composite Recycling (Switzerland): they developed an innovative technology to close the loop on glass fiber reinforced plastics in boats, wind turbines, etc.

E-Vision (BatteryCare) (Slovakia): non-invasive way of battery lost capacity restoration & internal health diagnostics saving money and environment.

Green Future Logistics (Switzerland): they are building a SaaS to manage transportation in a more sustainable way by promoting collaboration and optimization.

Lignovations (Austria): they improve the sustainability of consumer products by replacing harmful ingredients with powerful lignin particles from biomass.

Energy / Climate Tech?

ALGBIO Energy Treatment and Engineering Corporation (Turkey): they treat industrial wastewater and flue gas with microalgae to produces carbon negative biofuels and bioplastic.

Aquammodate (Sweden): they use nature's finest separation process to sustainably accommodate the World's need for clean water and other valuable resources.

Basebike (Switzerland): E-bikers, don’t worry about your autonomy, enjoy your day. Their convenient battery charging stations network will make sure you get there.

Beyond Scroll (Switzerland): has created a new gas compression machine based on co-rotating scroll technology, capable of oil-free operations and unbeatable performance for light and low-pressure gases.

Block solutions Oy (Finland): they are producing environmentally friendly building blocks from fibers and recycled plasticsBatteryCare (E-Vision) (Slovakia): they′re developing the technology for a non-invasive way of battery lost capacity restoration & internal health diagnostics.

BMTA&C (Morocco): BMTA&C is a deep tech startup developing a new off-grid refrigeration technology to help smallholder farmers save post-harvest losses.

Climate Action (Sweden): they aim to transform a food security issue into a climate solution, by using Agtech & Fintech to improve the way we produce our food.

ECOSTP Technologies P Ltd (India): Zero Power, Zero Chemicals Sewage Treatment Technology. You put 'bad water in and get good water' out - it has no moving parts.

ECOWORTH TECH PTE. LTD. (Singapore): they are unlocking the potential of waste(water) by turning waste to worth!

ETB Global (Netherlands): enabling bio-plastic and bio-rubber for tires.

Evoware (Indonesia): from sustainable seaweed farming to seaweed bioplastic pellet to solve the plastic waste problem at scale and increase farmers’ livelihood.

InstaHeat (Switzerland): they heat any conductive liquid where you need it and only if you need it. Eliminating the need for boilers with their huge standby losses.

LAM'ON (Bulgaria): they produce bio-based and suitable for compost laminating and packaging foils.?

MIXTERESTING GmbH (Austria): their B2B software virtually simulates concrete mixtures and helps our customers to develop CO2 friendly concrete 10x faster than before.

Plastics For Change (India): PFC's platform helps brands source ethically recycled high-quality plastic and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for waste workers

Rheiazymes (Switzerland): they help to decarbonize industries with hard-to-recycle material mixes by using enzymes to recover raw materials from waste.

Ourobio (United States): in a mission to develop cutting-edge, bio-based technologies to eliminate the creation of microplastic pollution & accelerate decarbonization.

Veridis (Netherlands): they aim to revolutionize plastic recycling with the first scalable plastic analysis method designed for the industry needs.

Xegate SA - Project Arcadia (Switzerland): with their Arcadia process, they recycle concrete and wood waste, into objects of many shapes. With Arcadia, you recycle forever.

?Zero Wave (Bulgaria): they turn waste into resources by making a 100% biodegradable tableware and food products from by-product after the production of beer.

Social Impact?

Defire (Thailand): is a Climate Finance platform for improving crop burning practices.

SALUBATA (United States): they occupy a niche of recycled, low-cost plastic shoes that makes a profit, whilst also benefitting people and planet.

PSi (Ireland): they are a voice tech platform for stakeholder intelligence and improved decision making, so everyone can shape decisions that affect them.

Wika Media (Singapore): their solution lets people with hearing and/or visual disabilities learn (educational) and enjoy (entertainment) videos.

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