# Switzerland

ETH Zurich students build ‘first Swiss humanoid’, eye fundraising
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September 14, 2026
ETH Zurich students build ‘first Swiss humanoid’, eye fundraising
ETH Robotics Club president Declan Shine wants his human-like bot to be a ‘lighter, friendlier and squishier’ home robot than rivals
Éanna Kelly
Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups
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September 9, 2026
Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups
Lausanne-based founders of Fusionality targeting sector of massive investment
Éanna Kelly
Gravis Robotics hits $1bn valuation with $200m investment from SoftBank
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August 17, 2026
Gravis Robotics hits $1bn valuation with $200m investment from SoftBank
SoftBank was recently reported to be eyeing an acquisition of the Swiss startup
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Exclusive: Zurich-based Exclaim Robotics comes out of stealth, raises $4.95m
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August 4, 2026
Exclusive: Zurich-based Exclaim Robotics comes out of stealth, raises $4.95m
Veteran roboticist Helen Oleynikova will lead startup, which will develop repair robots for hyperscale data centres
Éanna Kelly
Exclusive: ETH Zurich spinout ZuriQ raises $25.5m seed
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Exclusive
July 28, 2026
Exclusive: ETH Zurich spinout ZuriQ raises $25.5m seed
The Swiss startup says it has developed a new architecture for quantum chips that will enable rapid scaling
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
A ‘996’ week would be a quiet one for this spacetech founder
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Interview
June 5, 2026
A ‘996’ week would be a quiet one for this spacetech founder
Julie Böhning has raised the largest seed round of any European spacetech: here’s how she sees the future of space unfolding
Éanna Kelly
12 ETH Zurich spinouts ready to raise Series A
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Spinouts fundraising
May 12, 2026
12 ETH Zurich spinouts ready to raise Series A
Zurich is capturing a lot of attention when it comes to Europe's deeptech ambitions
Oshin Narang
Meet the Swiss founder building robots that make crêpes
Interview
April 10, 2026
Meet the Swiss founder building robots that make crêpes
Robert Hennig says robots ‘should make people happy’
Éanna Kelly
‘Fight like your lives depend on it, boys’: Sifted goes ringside at Europe’s first robot boxing match
Analysis
March 25, 2026
‘Fight like your lives depend on it, boys’: Sifted goes ringside at Europe’s first robot boxing match
I spent last Sunday in Zurich with the students who want to build the next unicorns
Éanna Kelly
Swiss spacetech Pave Space raises $40m seed round as concerns around space sovereignty heat up
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News
March 25, 2026
Swiss spacetech Pave Space raises $40m seed round as concerns around space sovereignty heat up
Visionaries Club and Creandum co-led the deal
Anne Sraders
Did robotics spinout Rivr sell to Amazon too early?
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Analysis
March 24, 2026
Did robotics spinout Rivr sell to Amazon too early?
The ETH Zurich spinout, which builds delivery robots, sold to the US delivery giant for an undisclosed sum last week
Tom Nugent
Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr
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March 20, 2026
Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr
The delivery robots startup will become part of the delivery giant’s operations
Tom Nugent
Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn
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News
March 17, 2026
Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn
Enzo Wälchli, the former chief commercial officer at Swiss robotics scaleup ANYbotics, is general partner at Operator Circle
Tom Nugent
Europe’s big fusion opportunity
News
March 5, 2026
Europe’s big fusion opportunity
An extract from "European dynamism", a new report by Redalpine, produced in association with Sifted
In partnership with: Redalpine
Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’
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February 6, 2026
Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’
The Swiss startup has built a high-precision robotic system to handle nanomaterials and position them on a chip
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Exclusive: Serg Bell’s Constructor Capital closes $110m first-time deeptech fund
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February 2, 2026
Exclusive: Serg Bell’s Constructor Capital closes $110m first-time deeptech fund
The fund will back seed and series A rounds in Europe, the US, the UAE and Singapore
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
DeepL backer B2venture raises €150m for fifth fund
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January 28, 2026
DeepL backer B2venture raises €150m for fifth fund
The new fund will back up to 35 startups and includes investment from a Swiss pension fund for the first time
Anne Sraders
17 Swiss AI startups to watch, according to investors
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Investor survey
January 20, 2026
17 Swiss AI startups to watch, according to investors
Investment in the country’s AI-native startups tripled last year, according to Sifted data
Martin Coulter
The investors powering Sifted’s AI 100
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Most active investors
November 6, 2025
The investors powering Sifted’s AI 100
Europe’s AI scene isn’t short of hype — or capital — right now
Hessa Alabbas
Fintechs dabble in defence deals: ‘Things have changed since Ukraine’
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Analysis
November 3, 2025
Fintechs dabble in defence deals: ‘Things have changed since Ukraine’
Pressure to finance underserved defence startups is rising, but ethical questions remain when mixing money with munitions
Tom Matsuda
Switzerland unveils national LLM in tech sovereignty push
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September 2, 2025
Switzerland unveils national LLM in tech sovereignty push
It comes amid growing concerns around transparency of leading AI models
Miriam Partington
Dutch drone maker Destinus to acquire AI pilot startup for $225m
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August 5, 2025
Dutch drone maker Destinus to acquire AI pilot startup for $225m
The deal is one of Europe's biggest defence tech acquisitions
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Meet the 10 fastest-growing DACH & CEE fintechs
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Fastest-growing startup teams
May 27, 2025
Meet the 10 fastest-growing DACH & CEE fintechs
Sifted’s latest ranking reveals the big revenue growers across 25 European countries
Hessa Alabbas
Climeworks eyes expansion despite planned layoffs
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May 20, 2025
Climeworks eyes expansion despite planned layoffs
The company's plant in the US is dependent on funding from the Trump White House
Freya Pratty

# Switzerland

ETH Zurich students build ‘first Swiss humanoid’, eye fundraising

Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups

Gravis Robotics hits $1bn valuation with $200m investment from SoftBank

Exclusive: Zurich-based Exclaim Robotics comes out of stealth, raises $4.95m

Exclusive: ETH Zurich spinout ZuriQ raises $25.5m seed

A ‘996’ week would be a quiet one for this spacetech founder

12 ETH Zurich spinouts ready to raise Series A

Meet the Swiss founder building robots that make crêpes

‘Fight like your lives depend on it, boys’: Sifted goes ringside at Europe’s first robot boxing match

Swiss spacetech Pave Space raises $40m seed round as concerns around space sovereignty heat up

Did robotics spinout Rivr sell to Amazon too early?

Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr

Dozens of scaleup execs back new VC to find Europe’s next decacorn

Europe’s big fusion opportunity

Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’

Exclusive: Serg Bell’s Constructor Capital closes $110m first-time deeptech fund

DeepL backer B2venture raises €150m for fifth fund

17 Swiss AI startups to watch, according to investors

The investors powering Sifted’s AI 100

Fintechs dabble in defence deals: ‘Things have changed since Ukraine’

Switzerland unveils national LLM in tech sovereignty push

Dutch drone maker Destinus to acquire AI pilot startup for $225m

Meet the 10 fastest-growing DACH & CEE fintechs

Climeworks eyes expansion despite planned layoffs