D-BSSE Spin-offs InSphero, BioVersys and MaxWell Biosystems Listed As Global Shapers

The company Venture Kick provides Swiss startup projects with capital, coaching and access to professional investors. Each month, eight scientists get the chance to present their startup project to a jury. The four most promising receive CHF 10,000 and qualify for the second round held three months later, where the two best teams receive another CHF 20,000. In the third round, the winner gets seed funding of CHF 100,000.

Selected members from a jury pool with more than 150 leading startup experts in Switzerland evaluate and support Swiss startups.

At the 10^th anniversary ceremony of Venture Kick the following Swiss startups have been listed as "Globals Shapers":  

• 2007/2008: external page Insphero - Market leader in 3D cell culture and
  external page Bioversys - Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
• 2009: external page Qualysense - Sorting robot for grains, seeds and beans and
  external page Scandit - Leading barcode scanner solution
• 2010: external page Bcomp - High-performance natural fibre composites
• 2011: external page L.E.S.S. - Ultra-bright light source using nano-active fibers
• 2012: external page PB&B - Long lasting and biodegradable filler for aesthetics market
• 2013: external page ScanTrust - Trust, Transparency & Traceability for your Supply Chain
• 2014: external page Flyability - Highly resilient micro-drone able to explore inaccessible place
• 2015: external page PharmaBiome - Microbiota therapy to treatment intestinal diseases
• 2016: external page MaxWell Biosystems - High-resolution cell imaging platform
• 2017: external page Dicronis - Early lymphedema diagnostic using microneedles

The crowd selected previous to the 10th anniversary ceremony the "Global Shaper" of its year in an online voting contest.