07.09.2022 20:35 Tracy Woodley
The 12th edition of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award celebrated Switzerland’s best startups: Yokoy (1st), Planted Foods (2nd), and Ledgy (3rd) were the top picks of the expert jury. A selected audience of startups, investors, and key partners of the TOP 100 were present at the event, held at startup space in Schlieren. The award show was also live-streamed for a global audience. The 12th edition of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award was organized by Venturelab and facilitated by its presenting partners Credit Suisse and Swiss Venture Club.
Born in 2011 as a ranking and event to celebrate the best Swiss startups, the “TOP 100 Swiss Startup” has grown into a benchmark in Switzerland. Today the TOP 100 offers an Investor Summit, multiple events along the year, the only startup magazine translated in five languages and the flagship evening TOP 100 Swiss startup award, often referred to as “The Swiss Oscar for startups”, which took place tonight. This ecosystem offers a unique platform connecting the most promising Swiss startup CEOs, executives, investors, and journalists to gain insights into the latest proven concepts, strengthen networks, and establish new business relationships. The 512 Swiss deeptech startups that have been featured in the TOP 100 Ranking over the past 12 years have created 16,149 jobs and raised CHF 11,1 billion. 71 exits and eight IPOs top off the achievements of these innovators.
The TOP 100 Ranking
For the first time since the creation of the TOP 100 Ranking, a fintech startup has taken first place, which illustrates the meteoric growth of this field in recent years. With more than 40 new nominees, the 2022 ranking offers a unique panoramic view of this innovative ecosystem, which is positioned among the best internationally. Three startups from the fintech and foodtech sectors lead the TOP 100 Swiss Startup ranking in 2022. Yokoy, Planted Foods, and Ledgy represent the diversity and potential of Swiss startups: They are, on average, three and a half years old, have already created over 420 new jobs, and have raised a cumulated CHF 153 million. Check out the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award ranking 2022 and find out more about the startups that impressed the 100-strong expert jury. Discover the award show's highlights, and learn more about the evening's big winners Yokoy (first place), Planted Foods (second place), and Ledgy (third place).
The TOP 100 Public Voting winners
Find out which 10 startups received the most votes from the public.
1. TissueLabs | www.tissuelabs.com
2. SoHHytec | www.sohhytec.com
3. dimpora | www.dimpora.com
4. Alpian | www.alpian.com
5. myDropz | www.dropz.com
6. Almer Technologies | www.almer-technologies.com
7. Bearmind | www.bearmind.tech
8. Popety | www.popety.io
9. Sevensense Robotics | www.sevensense.ch
10. Strong Network | www.strong-network.com
The TOP 25 Scale-ups
As the TOP 100 startup ranking limits to startups up to five years after incorporation, a growth jury was asked to select the TOP 25 scale-ups. These companies, aged five up to 10 years, create thousands of highly skilled jobs and have made Switzerland a hotspot on the global innovation map. The scale-ups show the greatest potential and follow in the footsteps of TOP 100 alums like Bcomp, Doodle, Insphero, Kandou Bus, On, Optotune, or Sophia Genetics. Discover companies on a growth path: Startups older than five years have a chance to be chosen by the scale-up jury, which selects the 25 most promising scale-up companies.
Julian Teicke, Founder and CEO of wefox
1. AlgoTrader | www.algotrader.com
2. Beekeeper | www.beekeeper.io
3. Bitcoin Suisse | www.bitcoinsuisse.com
4. Daedalean | www.daedalean.ai
5. Distalmotion | www.distalmotion.com
6. Flyability | www.flyability.com
7. Frontify | www.frontify.com
8. GUURU Solutions | www.guuru.com
9. ImmunOs Therapeutics | www.immunostherapeutics.com
10. Locatee | www.locatee.com
11. Lunaphore Technologies | www.lunaphore.ch
12. Memo Therapeutics | www.memo-therapeutics.com
13. Nexxiot | www.nexxiot.com
14. Numab Therapeutics | www.numab.com
15. Oviva | www.oviva.com
16. Perspective Robotics (Fotokite) | www.fotokite.com
17. PriceHubble | www.pricehubble.com
18. Proton | www.protonmail.com
19. SkyCell | www.skycell.ch
20. SONECT | www.sonect.net
21. Topadur Pharma | www.topadur.com
22. Tradeplus24 | www.tradeplus24.ch
23. Versantis | www.versantis.ch
24. wefox Holding | www.wefox.com
25. yamo | www.yamo
The TOP 100 Magazine
Read the stories behind the startups, investors, and fundraising successes: The digital version of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Magazine is available for free in English, German, and French. The Chinese and Japanese magazines are coming soon.
The TOP 100 Jury
Meet the jury: Find out which 100 experts, investors, and entrepreneurs choose the startups that made it into the TOP 100 Ranking this year.
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