Swiss deep-tech start-ups are ready to conquer Barcelona
Ten deep tech startups have been selected as the newest members of the Swiss national startup team to participate in the 4YFN at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from March 2-6, 2025. The week-long roadshow brings the best Swiss mobile startups together with international investors and leading telecom companies and provides an excellent opportunity to strengthen their global presence.
After reviewing over 90 applications, the jury, consisting of professional investors and experts in mobile technologies, selected ten startups to participate in the Venture Leaders Mobile 2025 roadshow in Barcelona. These startups come from the fields of AI, gas detection, virtual and augmented reality, cybersecurity, underwater communication and drone technology. Venture Leaders Mobile is organized by Venturelab and supported by Huawei, Swisscom Ventures and Vischer.
Swiss startups at the 4YFN in Barcelona
The Venture Leaders' schedule for 4 Years from Now (4YFN) - part of Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world's largest and most important mobile industry event - includes participation in the trade show and investor events. This provides a unique opportunity to meet with world-class investors, industry leaders and potential customers at key MWC events such as the Startup Conference. The Venture Leaders Mobile will also participate in exclusive networking and pitch events and take part in the sixth Venturelab Sailing Trophy.
Venturelab has been organizing the international Venture Leaders roadshows for the Swiss national startup team for 19 years. These roadshows offer determined entrepreneurs and their promising startups a valuable platform. They have the opportunity to get in touch with top experts, investors and potential customers in the world's most important technology centers, including Silicon Valley, Boston, Barcelona, Munich and London.
"The quality of the companies and technologies once again reflects Switzerland's leading position in deep tech and innovation," comments Jordi Montserrat. He is Managing Partner at Venturelab. "Bringing avant-garde augmented and virtual reality solutions or underwater communication technologies to the market are just examples of the potential of this team, which we look forward to connecting with global industry leaders and investors in Barcelona."
These are the Venture Leaders Mobile 2025:
Algorized, Vaud: Algorized develops AI for sensor technology and perception with scalable, cost-effective and energy-saving software for sensor manufacturers. The robotics start-up's software analyzes environments and detects the presence of people at a distance. It enables localization without wearables, recognizes people - even through walls - and captures vital data such as breathing and heart rate to provide a personalized user experience in any location.
Alivion, Zurich: Alivion is an ETH spin-off specializing in the product design, development, production and sale of proprietary gas sensor technologies for applications in the food, environmental and health sectors. The company's vision is to equip electronics with a sense of smell.
Atlas, Uri: AtlasVR is a company founded by three doctoral students from ETH Zurich's Virtual Reality Innovation Center. Their vision is to transform vocational training by harnessing the immense socio-economic potential of virtual reality (VR) technology.
CYSEC, Vaud: CYSEC offers world-leading, high-performance cyber security tools that ensure the robustness, confidentiality and integrity of internet networks in space and in critical infrastructures.
Databaum, Vaud: Data tree develops data-driven tools for sustainable agriculture, including AI-supported disease forecasting, sensor monitoring and warning systems for environmental risks such as frost or overwatering. These solutions help to minimize the use of pesticides, optimize resources and increase crop yields.
Galeri, Zurich: Gallery is a Swiss health and wellness company transforming aviation and travel through AI-driven VR/AR solutions. In collaboration with Niantics Lab, the immersive platform offers biofeedback-driven, personalized and metaverse-enabled experiences for airports and lounges.
Hydromea, Vaud: Hydromea develops underwater robots and communication systems to automate the inspection of underwater objects. Their technology improves operational efficiency and reduces the costs of underwater operations, particularly in the marine industry.
NovoViz, Neuchâtel: NovoViz develops and produces single-photon computing machines for applications that require high sensitivity and speed but cannot process large amounts of data.
Optiverse, Zurich: Optiverse is a leading Swiss provider of AI-powered meeting support. The company offers a platform that automates note-taking, integrates meeting data into sales pipelines and enables cross-team knowledge sharing.
Provuu, Basel-Stadt: Provuu is a startup that develops AR snow goggles that improve visibility in difficult conditions such as fog or snowstorms. These goggles use real-time image processing and allow users to switch between transparent and enhanced vision modes.
Venture Leaders Mobile Roadshow 2025
Join the team introduction and virtual pitch session on January 22, 2025 and follow the entrepreneurs and the Venture Leaders Mobile Roadshow on social media under the hashtag #VLeadersMobile or on www.venture-leaders.ch/mobile from March 2 to 6, 2025.
Source: www.venture-leaders.ch
