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 pageInspherocall_made - Market leader in 3D cell culture and
  external pageBioversyscall_made - Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
• 2009: external pageQualysensecall_made - Sorting robot for grains, seeds and beans and
  external pageScanditcall_made - Leading barcode scanner solution
• 2010: external pageBcompcall_made - High-performance natural fibre composites
• 2011: external pageL.E.S.S.call_made - Ultra-bright light source using nano-active fibers
• 2012: external pagePB&Bcall_made - Long lasting and biodegradable filler for aesthetics market
• 2013: external pageScanTrustcall_made - Trust, Transparency & Traceability for your Supply Chain
• 2014: external pageFlyabilitycall_made - Highly resilient micro-drone able to explore inaccessible place
• 2015: external pagePharmaBiomecall_made - Microbiota therapy to treatment intestinal diseases
• 2016: external pageMaxWell Biosystemscall_made - High-resolution cell imaging platform
• 2017: external pageDicroniscall_made - 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.