When
06.02.2025
Where
startup space, Wiesenstrasse 10A, 8952 Schlieren (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ccGZaGz2zDTXJCC87)
Time
17:30-18:40 - followed by a networking apero
Topic
Swiss-Indian Entrepreneurship Day 2025
Target Audience
Students, PhD, Postdoc, Academic Staff & Alumni, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Corporates, Interested in Entrepreneurship, International Participants
Why attend?
Inspiration, Biz Dev, Networking, International
Program
Leading House South Asia hosted by ZHAW, Venturelab, Swissnex India, and the Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC) Young Professional Network are happy to invite you to a discovery and networking event, celebrating Swiss-Indian Entrepreneurship and Innovation..jpg)
Come and hear the pitches of promising Swiss and Indian startups that participated in the Academia-Industry Training India*.
Program:
17:00 Registration open
17:30 Power Talks by representatives: Leading House South Asia hosted by ZHAW, Venturelab, and Swissnex India
17:40 Startup pitches of AIT India 2024/2025 participants
17:50 Keynote: Success story from the Swiss-Indian Entrepreneurship Scene: Arunima Sengupta, Founder of Alexis Technologies
18:00 Startup pitches of AIT India 2025/2025 participants
18:20: Vote of the best pitch of the night - the Swiss-Indian Ambassador of Innovation 2025
18:40: Networking apéro
20:30 End of event
Participation and dinner is free for all registered participants. Please register below.
Featuring a Keynote from Swiss-Indian entrepreneur Arunima Sengupta of Alexis Technologies
Arunima Sengupta is the Managing Director at Alexis Technologies, leading the development of in vitro inhalation platforms designed to address critical challenges in toxicology, consumer or cosmetic product safety, and environmental research. She holds a Ph.D. in Lung Medical Research from Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich, and a Master's in Cell and Cancer Biology from LMU Munich. Arunima has an extensive background in biomedical engineering, having contributed to research on lung-on-chip systems during her postdoctoral work at the Artificial Organs Center, in Bern, Switzerland. She actively collaborates with organizations like PETA, US and the Korean FDA and Animal Free Research UK to promote ethical, human-relevant research models and participates in outreach initiatives to support the broader adoption of alternative in vitro testing platforms.
* About the Academic-Industry Training program in India (AIT India):
This event is part of the AIT India program 2024-2025 edition. The AIT India program aims to support scientists in transforming their applied research into market application and discovering their entrepreneurial potential. By connecting scientists from top institutions in Switzerland and India, the program promotes an international network and enables access to one of the most promising markets and intellectual capital in applied research.
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Get ready to meet our world-class startups and entrepreneurs from Asia and Europe:
AZURECELL SA: Engineering Hope. Restoring the brain. One cell at a time.
AzureCell is a Swiss regenerative cell therapy company born from two decades of pioneering neuroscience and cell-engineering research at the University of Geneva. We are scientists and innovators u... Read more
BCellOne: We democratize cell therapies using nanotechnology
BCellOne addresses a key problem in cell and gene therapy: the high cost, safety risks, and inefficiencies of traditional viral vectors and standard electroporation methods, which can cause significan... Read more
Brightank SA (hist.): Ammonia catalyst for cleaner energy.
As demand for renewable energy continues to grow, meeting this demand in remote or mobile settings remains challenging. Current solutions, such as batteries, often fall short in supporting heavy indus... Read more
Impli AG: Impli is developing a hormone monitoring implant for IVF
Impli is a biotech company working on subdermal hormone monitoring platforms. The first product identified for market launch as a medical device in 2027 in the U.S. will be for women undergoing IVF... Read more
Inveel GmbH: High-resolution printed robotic skin.
Inveel specializes in the development of high-resolution sensory skins that provide robots with a sense of touch. They have innovated a groundbreaking technology that integrates nanometer-precise sens... Read more
Onescope SA: Pneumoscope: the Shazam® for lungs
Onescope is developing Pneumoscope, a decentralized diagnostic solution for respiratory health. This 3-in-1 smart stethoscope combines digital auscultation, pulse oximetry, and temperature sensing, po... Read more
Phorest: Manufacturing pharma ingredients from renewable feedstock.
The project aims to bring about a transformation for pharmaceutical, agrochemical and flavors/fragrances production by replacing petroleum-based feedstocks with widespread and currently underutilized ... Read more
SaisiR: Neurotechnologies to help patients regain independence.
Stroke is a major cause of disability worldwide, leaving 25 million people with severe impairments and unable to perform activities of daily living. SaisiR introduces a revolutionary therapy based on ... Read more
SEPARATIC Sarl: Porous graphene membranes for efficient CO2 capture
SEPARATIC is a Swiss deep-tech startup disrupting the carbon capture industry through its patent-pending Porous Graphene Membranes (PGM), which utilize a "templated plasma etching" breakthrough to cre... Read more