The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2023: celebrates Switzerland's most promising startups

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 hightech 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 Swiss Startup Ranking showcases the 100 Swiss startups with the greatest potential. A jury of one hundred startup investors and experts select the 100 startups that are no older than five years.The podium places in the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Ranking 2023 come from three different sectors: biotech, foodtech, and fintech. "The ranking reflects the strength of the Swiss startup ecosystem and showcase the diversity and strong technical background" says TOP 100 program director Stefan Steiner. "Startups remain true drivers of innovation. They contribute both directly and indirectly to our country's present and future prosperity, especially in this rapidly accelerating world. Cleantech, for example, has 17 representatives in the TOP 100 (including 3 in the TOP 10), confirming a positive momentum that began several years ago and is even stronger in 2023." Another example of innovation involves the emergence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives and in the business world beyond ChatGPT. This new ranking introduces also 41 new nominees, offering an exclusive panoramic overview of this pioneering ecosystem that ranks among the best globally. HAYA Therapeutics, Planted Foods, and Yokoy are, on average, four years old, have created over 520 new jobs, and have cumulatively raised CHF 237 million in investment.

 

Direct links about the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2023:

- TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award ranking 2023
- TOP 100 Award Night impressions
- TOP 100 Scale up ranking 2023
- TOP 100 Swiss Startup Magazines 2023
- TOP 100 Public Voting 2023
- TOP 100 jury members
- TOP 100 Swiss Investor Summit 2023
- Social media posts with #TOP100SSU on Linkedin, Twitter and Instagram

Media Coverage (click to open link)
German
SRF Börse vom 07.09.2023: Interview Stefan Steiner, Co-Geschäftsführer Venturelab
Handelszeitung: Haya Therapeutics ist das beste Startup des Jahres
Blick: Das sind die Spitzen-Jungunternehmen der Schweiz
Tagblatt: Drei St.Galler Start-ups unter den 100 besten der Schweiz
Leaderdigital: Drei St.Galler unter den Top-100-Startups
moneycab.com: Der TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2023 feiert die vielversprechendsten Startups der Schweiz
Netzwoche: Das sind die 100 vielversprechendsten Start-ups der Schweiz
Neue Schweizer Zeitung: Der TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2023 zeichnet die vielversprechendsten Startups der Schweiz aus
Organisator.ch: Swiss Startup Award 2023 zeichnet beste Jungunternehmen aus
punkt4: Haya Therapeutics gewinnt bei TOP 100 Swiss Startup Awards
Transkript: Haya Therapeutics ist Top-Start-up der Schweiz
unisg.ch: Zwei HSG Spin-Offs auf den Spitzenplätzen der 100 besten Schweizer Startups
Wirtschaftsraum: TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2023
credit-suisse.com:?100 Schweizer Start-ups mit viel Potenzial am Markt 
ZKB: Wie die Lage bei den Schweizer Start-ups ist  
Pilatus Today: Kein Luzerner Startup in den Top-100 der Schweiz: Woran liegt es? 

French:
L'Agefi: Une biotech vaudoise en tête du Top 100 Swiss Start-up Award
Le Temps: Jordi Montserrat: «Débloquer 1 milliard pour investir dans les start-up ne devrait pas être si compliqué»
Bilan: La vaudoise HAYA Therapeutics, start-up suisse la plus prometteuse
Le nouvelliste: 4 entreprises valaisannes parmi le top 100 des start-up suisses
blog.theark.ch: Top 100 des start-up suisses 2023: le Valais monte sur le podium! 
Fondation Fit: 30 alumni de la FIT au TOP100 2023
PME: Lumière dans le dark genome
PME: Les vertus des pois jaunes
PME: Une compta limpide
PME: Sur les chapeaux de roues
PME: Nettoyeurs de l'espace
PME: La chimie verte pour lutter contre le CO2
PME: Les promesses du carbone
PME: Traitements mieux ciblés
PME: Confiance numérique
PME: Décomposé et retraité
LA TELE: VAUD VS SILICON VALLEY, MOINS CLINQUANT MAIS PLUS EFFICACE? 

 

English:
digitlajournal.com: Nanoflex Robotics AG honored with TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award
startupticker.ch: A biotech company ranks first at the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award
startupticker.ch: TOP100 Swiss Startup Award 2023 Livestream
Great Zurich Area: TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2023
depoly.ch: TOP100 Swiss Startup Award 2023
Fintechnews.ch: The Top 13 Fintech and Protech Startups in Switzerland in 2023
Ventures.swisscom: TOP100 Swiss Startup Award 2023
Swiss.tech: The best Swiss Start-up 2023 can treat heart failure
Unisg.ch: Two HSG spin-offs among the top 3 of the 100 best Swiss start-ups
Wyss Zurich: Wyss Zurich current and alumni projects on stage at TOP100 Startup Awards 2023 
EU-Startups: TOP 100 Swiss Startups: Meet the Who’s Who of this thriving startup ecosystem (Sponsored) 

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