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Discover Switzerland’s 100 Most Promising Startups

The Top100 Swiss Startup Ranking is an expert ranking that has identified Switzerland’s most promising early-stage startups since 2011. Every year, a jury of 100 seasoned investors and innovation leaders selects the ventures with the greatest potential to scale, disrupt industries, and shape the future. The result is a trusted reference for founders, investors, and key players in the Swiss startup ecosystem

Over a Decade of Startup Discovery

Since 2011, more than 600 startups have been featured in the Top100 Swiss Startup Ranking - highlighting over a decade of Swiss innovation. Explore past editions and follow the rise of today’s industry leaders.

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Startup
Headquarter
Category
Description
Rank 1
Startup Corintis SA
Headquarter Lausanne
Category Engineering
Description Enabling the computing of tomorrow with in-chip cooling
Rank 2
Startup DePoly SA
Headquarter Sion
Category Cleantech
Description Closing the loop on PET plastic recycling
Rank 3
Startup DeepJudge AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category ICT
Description AI-powered legal research and document analysis.
Rank 4
Startup Voltiris SA
Headquarter Epalinges
Category Cleantech
Description Green Energy-as-a-Service for greenhouse growers
Rank 5
Startup Bloom Biorenewables SA
Headquarter Marly
Category Cleantech
Description Making biomass a true alternative to petroleum
Rank 6
Startup Tethys Robotics AG
Headquarter Zürich ETH-Zentrum
Category Robotics
Description Enable search and inspection missions in all waters
Rank 7
Startup BTRY AG
Headquarter Dübendorf
Category Engineering
Description A solid-state battery that can be charged in one minute.
Rank 8
Startup Tune Insight SA
Headquarter Lausanne
Category Security
Description Encrypted computing - collective analytics, ML & AI
Rank 9
Startup Seprify AG
Headquarter Marly
Category Engineering
Description Sustainable cellulose white pigment, from food to furniture!
Rank 10
Startup NanoFlex Robotics AG
Headquarter Glattbrugg
Category Medtech
Description Endo- and Neurovascular remote control robotics.
Rank 11
Startup DPhi Space SA
Headquarter Lausanne
Category Engineering
Description Streamlining space access via satellite ridesharing.
Rank 12
Startup EthonAI AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category ICT
Description Detect and Prevent Quality Defects with AI
Rank 13
Startup Unique AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Fintech
Description Supercharge Your Team With Unique FinanceGPT
Rank 14
Startup Limula SA
Headquarter La Tour-de-Peilz
Category Biotech
Description Automated platform for cell therapy manufacturing at scale
Rank 15
Startup RIVR Technologies AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Robotics
Description Connecting AI with the physical world - autonomous machines
Rank 16
Startup ENANTIOS AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Biotech
Description Solution to analyze chiral molecules and biologics.
Rank 17
Startup Oxyle AG
Headquarter Schlieren
Category Cleantech
Description Transforming waste streams into valuable circular feedstock.
Rank 18
Startup Lakera AI AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Security
Description Enabling enterprises to build safe AI applications
Rank 19
Startup LatticeFlow AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category ICT
Description Build and Deploy Trustworthy AI
Rank 20
Startup Ascento AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Security
Description Autonomous outdoor security patrolling robot.
Rank 21
Startup Adiposs SA
Headquarter Plan-les-Ouates
Category Medtech
Description Imaging body fat to save lives.
Rank 22
Startup MUVON Therapeutics AG
Headquarter Zurich ETH-Zentrum
Category Biotech
Description Regain control with MUVON
Rank 23
Startup Relai AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Fintech
Description Relai is Europe's leading Bitcoin App - made in Switzerland!
Rank 24
Startup apheros AG
Headquarter Zürich ETH-Hönggerberg
Category Engineering
Description Metal foams for thermal, catalysis, and battery applications
Rank 25
Startup Planetary SA
Headquarter Genève
Category Foodtech
Description Fermentation platform to enable biomanufacturing
Rank 26
Startup Gravis Robotics AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Robotics
Description Tap your finger, move a mountain.
Rank 27
Startup Testmate Health SA
Headquarter Epalinges
Category Medtech
Description Low-cost accurate molecular tests from point-of-care to home
Rank 28
Startup RoBoa AG
Headquarter Zurich
Category Robotics
Description Safely entering confined spaces with robots.
Rank 29
Startup Enerdrape SA
Headquarter Renens
Category Cleantech
Description Turning underground environments into renewable heat sources
Rank 30
Startup LogicStar AG
Headquarter Dübendorf
Category ICT
Description AI Agent for Application Maintenance
Rank 31
Startup ZYTLYN TECHNOLOGIES AG
Headquarter Plan-les-Ouates
Category ICT
Description Predictive travel intelligence
Rank 32
Startup Navignostics AG
Headquarter Horgen
Category Biotech
Description Pioneering spatial proteomics for precision oncology
Rank 33
Startup Exnaton AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Cleantech
Description The platform for renewable energy and sustainable lifestyles
Rank 34
Startup CompPair Technologies SA
Headquarter Lausanne
Category Engineering
Description Healable and sustainable composites to improve circularity
Rank 35
Startup CarbonPool Holding AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Fintech
Description Carbon credit insurance
Rank 36
Startup Urbio SA
Headquarter Sion
Category Proptech
Description Accelerating the decarbonization of buildings with AI
Rank 37
Startup Nautica Technologies AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Robotics
Description Swarm robotics for autonomous ship maintenance
Rank 38
Startup Divea SA
Headquarter Sion
Category Cleantech
Description CO2-capturing filters for industrial emissions.
Rank 39
Startup Lightium AG
Headquarter Schlieren
Category Engineering
Description Building the Future of Data Infrastructure
Rank 40
Startup Emissium SA
Headquarter Sion
Category Cleantech
Description Tracking the environmental impact of electricity
Rank 41
Startup Avelo AG
Headquarter Schlieren
Category Medtech
Description Revolutionizing TB & pneumonia diagnosis w/ breath sampling
Rank 42
Startup LeaseTeq AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Fintech
Description Fully digitalized leasing provider in Switzerland
Rank 43
Startup LIBREC AG
Headquarter Biberist
Category Cleantech
Description Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries from e-Mobility
Rank 44
Startup Flink Robotics AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Robotics
Description Intelligent software solutions for material handling robots.
Rank 45
Startup Unbound Potential AG
Headquarter Thalwil
Category Cleantech
Description Solutions for long-duration energy storage
Rank 46
Startup viboo AG
Headquarter Dübendorf
Category Proptech
Description building intelligence, empowering efficiency
Rank 47
Startup InCephalo AG
Headquarter Allschwil
Category Biotech
Description Next generation drug delivery for almost any drug modality
Rank 48
Startup Kyan Health AG
Headquarter Zollikon
Category ICT
Description Protecting our human minds
Rank 49
Startup DemoSquare SA
Headquarter Prilly
Category ICT
Description Helping companies anticipate the future of regulation.
Rank 50
Startup NXI Therapeutics AG
Headquarter Basel
Category Biotech
Description Novel Therapy for Autoimmunity and Organ Transplantation.
Rank 51
Startup FLOWIT AG
Headquarter Glattpark (Opfikon)
Category ICT
Description FLOWIT - where HR meets AI
Rank 52
Startup INERGIO Technologies SA
Headquarter Renens
Category Cleantech
Description Next gen fuel cell systems for mission-critical applications
Rank 53
Startup Nu Glass SA
Headquarter Nyon
Category Engineering
Description Making glass permeable to mobile frequencies.
Rank 54
Startup FimmCyte AG
Headquarter Basel
Category Biotech
Description First Disease Modifying Treatment for Endometriosis
Rank 55
Startup Neurosoft Bioelectronics SA
Headquarter Chambésy
Category Medtech
Description Soft implantable electrodes for the nervous system
Rank 56
Startup Clee Medical SA
Headquarter Genève
Category Medtech
Description Transforming brain surgery via real-time vision and control.
Rank 57
Startup Albatross AI AG
Headquarter Baar
Category ICT
Description The Most Advanced AI Ranking Engine
Rank 58
Startup Windward Bio AG
Headquarter Basel
Category Biotech
Description Improving outcomes for people with immunological diseases
Rank 59
Startup mimic robotics AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Robotics
Description Autonomous robotic systems for unstructured environments.
Rank 60
Startup ZuriQ AG
Headquarter Zürich ETH-Hönggerberg
Category Engineering
Description Quantum Computer with Scalability at Its Heart
Rank 61
Startup Algorized Sàrl
Headquarter Etoy
Category Engineering
Description Data-centric people-sensing software for UWB sensors
Rank 62
Startup Norm Technologies AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Proptech
Description The path to energy-efficient buildings
Rank 63
Startup OVOMIND SA
Headquarter Plan-les-Ouates
Category ICT
Description OVOMIND proposes a new way to share and play video games
Rank 64
Startup WattAnyWhere SA
Headquarter Sion
Category Cleantech
Description Renewable energy. Anywhere. Anytime
Rank 65
Startup Eleven Dynamics AG
Headquarter Solothurn
Category ICT
Description Metrology automation to increase quality and reduce cost
Rank 66
Startup NovoViz SA
Headquarter Neuchâtel
Category Engineering
Description Single-photon processing detectors for computational imaging
Rank 67
Startup eightinks AG (8inks)
Headquarter Winterthur
Category Engineering
Description Setting a new manufacturing standard for batteries
Rank 68
Startup Calvin Risk AG
Headquarter Kloten
Category Fintech
Description AI Governance and Quality Assurance Software for AI Systems
Rank 69
Startup PeriVision SA
Headquarter Epalinges
Category Medtech
Description Helping eye doctors save vision with AI, VR and the cloud
Rank 70
Startup Noema Pharma AG
Headquarter Basel
Category Biotech
Description Beyond Symptom Control
Rank 71
Startup CellX Biosolutions AG
Headquarter Zürich ETH-Hönggerberg
Category Biotech
Description Novel bacterial solutions for industrial pollution treatment
Rank 72
Startup metaLead Therapeutics AG
Headquarter Basel
Category Biotech
Description Next-generation medications to treat metal-related diseases.
Rank 73
Startup RTDT Laboratories AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Engineering
Description The digital doctor for wind turbines.
Rank 74
Startup HEKETISS SA
Headquarter Plan-les-Ouates
Category Biotech
Description Off-the-shelf stem cell therapy for wound and skin repair
Rank 75
Startup GlycoEra AG
Headquarter Wädenswil
Category Biotech
Description Glycobiology and protein degradation
Rank 76
Startup Mobyfly SA
Headquarter Port-Valais, Le Bouveret (VS)
Category Cleantech
Description Zero-emission hydrofoil boats
Rank 77
Startup Nerai Bioscience AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Biotech
Description Reimagining genetic medicine through protein engineering.
Rank 78
Startup Hoshii AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category ICT
Description Automating wholesaler communications.
Rank 79
Startup Aukera Therapeutics GmbH
Headquarter Basel
Category Biotech
Description Our drugs keep the cell's growth engine mTORC1 in check
Rank 80
Startup Verretex SA
Headquarter St-Sulpice VD
Category Cleantech
Description Creating circular glass fiber textiles.
Rank 81
Startup Bioscibex SA
Headquarter Monthey
Category Biotech
Description Revolutionizing cell culture with our Swingo bioreactor
Rank 82
Startup AlpinaSana AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Foodtech
Description All-in-one solution for treating malnutrition.
Rank 83
Startup Scanvio Medical AG
Headquarter Zürich ETH-Zentrum
Category Medtech
Description AI-assisted gynecologic ultrasound diagnostics.
Rank 84
Startup Mosaic SoC AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Engineering
Description Developing cutting-edge low-power AI chips.
Rank 85
Startup IMAI MedTech GmbH
Headquarter Schlieren
Category Medtech
Description Bringing cancer diagnosis to new dimensions.
Rank 86
Startup qCella AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Engineering
Description qCella reshapes product heating for flexibility & efficiency
Rank 87
Startup Tandem Therapeutics AG
Headquarter Schlieren
Category Biotech
Description Unlocking the matrix barrier in fibrotic diseases.
Rank 88
Startup Irmos technologies AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category ICT
Description Maximizing the safe-life of buildings and infrastructure.
Rank 89
Startup Apricot Therapeutics AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Biotech
Description Data-driven drug discovery for targeted medicine
Rank 90
Startup HeroSupport SA
Headquarter Veyrier
Category Medtech
Description Personalized breast immobilization shells for radiotherapy.
Rank 91
Startup Perovskia Solar AG
Headquarter Aubonne
Category Cleantech
Description Energy self sufficiency by enabling a solar cell on devices
Rank 92
Startup ArcoScreen SA
Headquarter Lausanne
Category Biotech
Description Improving drug discovery through patient cell-screening.
Rank 93
Startup Composite Recycling SA
Headquarter Ecublens VD
Category Cleantech
Description Closing the loop on composite materials
Rank 94
Startup Grensol AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Cleantech
Description Extracting useful raw materials from mixed waste.
Rank 95
Startup biped robotics SA
Headquarter Epalinges
Category Medtech
Description All-in-one navigation device for blind people
Rank 96
Startup rready AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category ICT
Description AI-native solutions to convert ideas into financial impact
Rank 97
Startup flowbone SA
Headquarter Lausanne
Category Medtech
Description Restoring hip strength to resist breaking
Rank 98
Startup CLIMADA Technologies AG
Headquarter Zürich
Category Cleantech
Description The Climate Adaptation Technology Company
Rank 99
Startup Orbis Medicines SA
Headquarter Epalinges
Category Biotech
Description Reshaping the future of drug discovery.
Rank 100
Startup Flux Mobility AG
Headquarter Winterthur
Category Engineering
Description Flux Mobility develops and electrifies light vehicles

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