W.A. de Vigier Stiftung

🚀 Calling on Swiss startups! 🇨🇭 Applications for the W.A. de Vigier Award 2026 are now open. ✨ 🙌 Submit your application for the chance to pitch your vision in front of a great audience — live on stage and via livestream — and compete for one of up to five prizes worth CHF 120 000 each. 🤩 👉 Apply now at devigier.ch #deVigier #StartupCompetition #SwissStartups #Innovation

🌟 More funding news: cellvie has secured USD 5 million from existing and new investors! Congratulations to Dr. Alexander Schueller and his team 👏 🚀 This fresh funding will help the pioneer in mitochondrial-based therapeutics accelerate the clinical translation of its lead program in kidney transplantation and further advance its pipeline. We’re proud to see our #devigier alumni making strides in transforming healthcare. #AlumniSuccess #SwissStartups #LifeSciences

🎉 Big congratulations to our alumni CUTISS AG with CEO Daniela Marino! They’ve just closed a CHF 56M Series C round, bringing their total funds raised to over CHF 125M. 🚀 🌟✨ With this milestone, CUTISS is moving closer to commercializing denovoSkin™ and scaling up production through their automated platform — plus expanding into the Netherlands with a new center of excellence. 👏 We are inspired by Daniela Marino and her team’s resilience, vision, and dedication. CUTISS is paving the way for groundbreaking innovation in regenerative medicine, and we’re honored to have supported them in their early journey. #AlumniSuccess #Innovation #Scaleup #LifeSciences

We are proud to see our alumna Dr. Sabrina Badir, founder of Pregnolia AG, featured in FemTech World! 🌍✨ In this interview, she shares how Pregnolia turned the often overlooked biomarker of cervical stiffness into a registered medical device with the potential to redefine standards of care in obstetrics. Recognised as OBGYN Innovation of the Year 2025, Pregnolia’s journey is a shining example of how Swiss startups can make a global impact. 💡👏 👉 Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/evmQCmUi #FemTech #MaternalHealth #SwissStartups #OBGYN

Last night, the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award, organized by Venturelab, shone a spotlight on Switzerland’s most outstanding entrepreneurs. 🇨🇭✨ 🌟 A huge congratulations to all of this year’s TOP 100! We’re especially proud that several of our #devigier alumni made it into the top 5: 1️⃣ Corintis 2️⃣ DePoly (Top 10 2020) 3️⃣ DeepJudge 4️⃣ Voltiris (Winner 2023) 5️⃣ Bloom Biorenewables (Winner 2020) And in addition, 2025 award winner Visienco AG, with CEO Edwige Guinet, won the Biotech Public Award! 👏👏👏 image credit: Venturelab

👏 Big congratulations to de Vigier alumna Julia Carpenter (CEO of apheros) for winning the Sustainable Shaper Award 2025 in the category Transformation & Leadership! 🤩 It’s inspiring to see how sustainability and impact are not only valued in business today, but recognized as a true necessity for lasting success. 🌍✨ Well done, Julia — we’re happy to see your leadership celebrated! 🎉

🤩 We are excited to learn that Grensol successfully closes CHF 1.8 million equity seed round to accelerate recycling innovation! Congratulations to #devigier alum Rajiv Singhal and his team! Check out the #pressrelease here: https://lnkd.in/eB44qfcp

🏊♀️ "You don’t learn how to swim by watching YouTube videos." Find out what this quote has to do with being a startup entrepreneur. #devigier alum Adam Aleksander Korczak and his startup Treeless is featured on Founded.ch – Gründerstories aus der Schweiz! (in German) https://lnkd.in/dcWwvSaP

🎉 Big smiles, big plans! Our six W.A. de Vigier Award winners are feeling the joy—and we're feeling inspired. 🏆 CHF 120 000 each to boost bold young founders early on. 🤩 We’re proud to support these visionary entrepreneurs as they build impactful companies out of Switzerland! With Axmed, PAVE Space SA, CellX Biosolutions, Visienco AG, Clee Medical, New Roots AG #deVigier #SwissStartups

🤩 A record-breaking moment for our foundation — the highest total prize pool in our history! 🙌 This milestone was made possible through our valued partnership with the FERS Foundation — thank you for your trust and collaboration! ✨ The energy and inspiration from Wednesday’s Award Ceremony are hard to put into words, but this clip captures a glimpse of the magic. 💛 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating Switzerland’s incredible #SwissStartups. Your passion, innovation, and drive continue to inspire! 🇨🇭🚀 With Axmed, sallea, CellX Biosolutions, Flink Robotics, Ionic Wind, Azure Cell Therapies, New Roots AG, Visienco AG, Clee Medical, PAVE Space SA, Khaled Bouharrour Hanna Byland Céline Bedu Theresa Visarius jump-tv Christian Brand Michael Sauter Guy Petignat Wolfgang Heutschi Alain Nicod Carolyn J. Lutz Adam Aleksander Korczak John Klepper Rajiv Singhal Anna-Leena Marti Regula Buob Anita Jörg Barbara Pin Kaspar Zimmerli Jordi Montserrat and many more... #Innovation #AwardCeremony #Entrepreneurship