News about our portfolio and insights from the vc world
Fundraising: 5 mistakes too many founders make
Most startups trying to transform the world could profit tremendously from outside capital – at least if they went for it in the right way. So what to do, then?
Diabetes: What healthcare providers and researchers really need
The EASD Annual Meeting is one of the largest scientific congresses, presenting the latest results from basic and clinical diabetes research and the place to meet the global diabetes community. For sure, as the Investment Director of our Swiss Diabetes Venture Fund, I was there as well. These are my takeaways
How Re-Fresh Global fights global textile waste
Re-Fresh Global provides end-to-end solutions for the circular economy through novel textile waste management technologies. The proprietary technology “Smart-Up” is a micro-factory system to repurpose post-consumer textile waste into new raw materials such as sanitized multifunctional textile pulp, bioethanol, and nanocellulose.
”Tested by the best in the toughest conditions”
The Dutch pro cycling team Jumbo Visma and the Serpentine portfolio company Supersapiens partnered up in 2020 – in the meantime the cooperation has been extended. Supersapiens offers a real-time glucose monitoring and consequently tailor-made advice to nutrition. We talk to the VP of Science at Supersapiens, Federico Fontana, to find out more about the benefits of the partnership with Jumbo Visma which was the most successful team at this year’s Tour de France.
How can greenhouses become greener? Voltiris provides an answer
Voltiris is a clean-tech startup that harnesses solar power within greenhouses. The company uses a custom mirror that projects and concentrates the light onto solar panels while allowing nutritional light that grows crops to flow through.
Continuous support for XR developer SyncReality
SyncReality is a Berlin-based startup creating an extended reality developer tool for auto-adaptive playfields. This includes augmented, virtual, and mixed reality.