Discover the winners and highlights of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2023

The 13th edition of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award celebrated Switzerland’s best startups according to a 100-person strong jury: HAYA Therapeutics (1st), Planted Foods (2nd), and Yokoy Group (3rd) lead the ranking. The event took place at the Startup Space in Schlieren and was attended by a curated audience comprising startup founders, investors, and key partners of the TOP 100. Additionally, the award ceremony was broadcast live to a worldwide viewership. The 13th edition of the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award was organized by Venturelab, in collaboration with its presenting partners Credit Suisse and Swiss Venture Club.

With a decade of excellence, the “TOP 100 Swiss Startup” has evolved into Switzerland's ultimate startup benchmark, promoting a dynamic community of innovators. A strong and networked community has come together under the umbrella brand “TOP 100 Startups,” which provides deep insights into the latest proven innovations, strengthens networks, and establishes new business relationships for and with the 553 Swiss high-tech startups that have been featured in the ranking over the past 13 years. So far, these award-winning startups have created 17,955 jobs and raised CHF 12.7 billion—79 exits, and 9 IPOs top off the achievements of these entrepreneurs.

The TOP 100 Ranking
Three startups from the biotech, foodtech, and fintech sectors lead the TOP 100 Swiss Startup ranking 2023. HAYA Therapeutics, Planted Foods, and Yokoy showcase the diversity and potential of the Swiss startups: They are, on average, four years old, have created over 520 new jobs, and have raised CHF 80 million in investment. Check out the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award ranking 2023 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 HAYA Therapeutics (first place), Planted Foods (second place), and Yokoy (third place).

The TOP 100 Public Voting winners
Find out which 10 startups received the most votes from the public.

 

1. CUTISS | www.cutiss.swiss

2. ImmunOs Therapeutics | www.immunostherapeutics.com

3. Topadur Pharma | www.topadur.com

ENGINEERING

1. Nexxiot | www.nexxiot.com

2. CREAL| www.creal.com

3. Astrocast | www.astrocast.com

FINTECH

1. wefox | www.wefox.com

2. Ledgy | www.ledgy.com

3. Wyden | www.wyden.io

4. Bitcoin Suisse | www.bitcoinsuisse.com

FOODTECH

1. ecorobotix | www.ecorobotix.com

2. yamo | www.yamo.bio

ICT

1. Frontify | www.frontify.com

2. Acodis | www.acodis.io

3. Oviva | www.oviva.com

MEDTECH

1. Nanolive | www.nanolive.ch

PROPTECH

1. PriceHubble | www.pricehubble.com

ROBOTICS

1. ANYbotics | www.anybotics.com

2. Daedalean | www.daedalean.ai

3. Verity | www.verity.ch

4. Auterion | www.auterion.com

5. Wingtra | www.wingtra.com

6. Flyability | www.flyability.com

SECURITY

1. Proton | proton.me

2. Exeon Analytics | www.exeon.com

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, French, Chinese, and Japanese.