Switzerland's TOP ICT startups 2020

The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award ranking has become a benchmark in Switzerland’s startup ecosystem. To make sure the startups get all the attention they deserve, we will feature the top startups in each vertical—starting with ICT.

Every year, the 100 most innovative and promising Swiss startups are picked by a panel of 100 leading investors and startup experts. Each jury member nominates 10 Swiss startups that are less than five years old and show the greatest commercial potential. The first-placed company gets 10 points, the second 9, and so on. All these individual rankings are compiled to generate the final TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award ranking, which recognizes the startups that have most impressed all 100 jury members. In the coming weeks, we will look at the top startups in each vertical—starting with ICT. 

1. Ledgy
Ledgy’s equity software enables companies, lawyers, and trustees to manage their share register and those of their clients. A portfolio dashboard also offers business angels, professional investors, and funds a regular overview of their investments with the key figures. Hundreds of startups from Switzerland, Germany, and Austria already use the service. Now expansion to France, the UK, and northern Europe is pending. 

2. Carvolution
Carvolution offers cars on subscription – all-inclusive, except petrol. The idea caused a sensation and has already been copied, but CEO Olivier Kofler’s team has its foot on the accelerator. Growth capital is available: Carvolution closed a financing round in November 2019, bringing in more than CHF 11 million, and raised another CHF 50 million in September of this year. 

3. Eyeware Tech
Eyeware Tech’s software from the Idiap Research Institute and EPFL spin-off monitors the human eye. Eye-tracking enables robots to work with people, but can also be used for monitoring and support in the automotive sector, at the workplace, for games, and in research. The Valais-based startup and Venture Leader Technology 2020 develops complete application systems through company partnerships in Europe, the US, and China. 

 

The best ICT startup according to the TOP 100 Public Vote

The TOP 100 Public Vote runs parallel to the expert jury ranking and allows the public—everyone with a LinkedIn account can cast one vote—to choose the most promising startup.

ICT winner Public Vote: Authena (formerly Acatena)
Zug-based Authena’s mobile end-to-end marketing system enables products to be tracked from the production site to the consumer and protects products from counterfeiting. The transponder solution allows direct interaction between the manufacturer or distributor and the consumer via smartphone, opening up a direct channel that allows them to build their own community. The pilot project was developed as a solution for producers of wines and spirits and is being used successfully. 
 

For more information on the complete TOP 100 ranking, the startups, and the ecosystem, visit the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award website and download the digital version of the TOP 100 Swiss Startups magazine, available in English, German, and French.