Project Switzerland announces 10 scale-ups selected for first cohort

The Swiss-wide initiative launched by the Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation connects high-potential scale-ups with more than 20 successful serial entrepreneurs and unicorn founders to foster the next generation of global market leaders. Among the founders represented in the first cohort is also a USI alumnus.

The 10 companies selected for the 12-month programme were chosen from 160 nominations and 60 applications through a rigorous multi-stage process, including in-depth interviews with experienced entrepreneurs and ecosystem experts. Collectively, the cohort represents CHF 270.2 million in funding, 550 employees, and projected 2025 revenues of CHF 56.6 million.

The cohort also includes a connection to USI: Futurae, whose CEO and co-founder, Claudio Marforio, is an alumnus of the Faculty of Informatics.

The selected scale-ups forming the first cohort are:

• Corintis (CEO: Remco van Erp): Microfluidic cooling systems integrated into silicon chips.
• Futurae (CEO: Claudio Marforio): Authentication and fraud prevention for financial institutions.
• Insolight (CEO: Laurent Coulot): Agrivoltaic systems combining solar production with farming.
• KEMARO (CEO: Armin Koller): Autonomous robotic sweepers for industrial dry-cleaning.
• Largo (CEO: Sami Arpa): Artificial intelligence to predict the commercial success of films.
• Ledgy (CEO: Armon Bättig): Equity management platform for cap tables and stock.
• Neustark (CEO: Johannes Tiefenthaler): Carbon dioxide capture and storage within recycled concrete.
• Pexapark (CEO: Michael Waldner): Software and data for renewable energy sales and risk.
• QUMEA (CEO: Cyrill Gyger): Contactless mobility monitoring to detect patient falls risk.
• Voltiris (CEO: Nicolas Weber): Solar modules for greenhouses harvesting unused light wavelengths

For more information on these companies, visit https://project-switzerland.ch/scale-ups/