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Update TOP 100 Public Voting 2023: Boostbar AG, UpGrain, and Gaia Technologies lead the foodtech field

22.05.2023 11:00 Guillaume Tinsel

The voting process is going on, marking the weekly update of the TOP 100 Public Voting 2023. Our focus, this week, is on the field of foodtech, where Boostbar AG, UpGrain, and Gaia Technologies are currently in the lead. However, it's important to remember that the TOP 100 Public Voting 2023 is a marathon, not a sprint. We encourage everyone with a LinkedIn account to continue casting their votes as the competition progresses. You have the opportunity to select the 10 most innovative Swiss startups until July 23, 2023.

Every year, the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award showcases the 100 most innovative and promising Swiss startups chosen by a 100-strong jury of leading investors and experts. The TOP 100 Public Vote runs parallel to the expert jury ranking and highlights outstanding Swiss startups that will be celebrated on stage at the award night on September 6, 2023.

This year, we will honor one Public Voting winner for each of the 10 verticals (biotech, cleantech, engineering, fintech, foodtech, ICT, medtech, proptech, robotics, and security). We will provide updates for each vertical separately to keep up the suspense. This week we are highlighting the foodtech vertical. Food technology startups use cutting-edge innovations to develop, produce, and distribute food products. Discover the three Swiss foodtech solutions that have received the most TOP 100 votes so far:



1. Boostbar AG: Modular and fully-personalized tech-enabled food & beverage
2. UpGrain: Upcycling spent grain into sustainable & healthy food
3. Gaia Technologies: Treatment of agricultural sidestreams to high-value products

The race is still wide open, so keep spreading the word! Startups can share the link to the startup.ch voting page with friends, family, and followers and encourage everyone in the network to vote for them. Remember, every vote counts! 

Even though there is no award for the most creative TOP 100 Public Voting tweet, we are impressed by your ideas! Follow the hashtag #TOP100SSU on Twitter and LinkedIn to stay up to date on the results and see the creativity of Swiss startups! 

How you can vote for your favorite TOP 100 Swiss startup
All Swiss startups listed on startup.ch and incorporated on or after January 1, 2018, are eligible for your vote.
Voting is as easy as 1-2-3:

1. Visit https://www.startup.ch/publicvoting2023 for a list of all eligible startups.  
2. Choose your winning startup and click the golden “Vote now” button on the startup’s profile.  
3. Login with your LinkedIn profile. Each user has one vote. Happy voting!  

All votes have to be in by July 23, 2023 at midnight.

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