CHF 40,000 for smart robotic beds, an agentic platform for next-gen silicon design; and Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor drivers
22.12.2025
calmea, Mentis, and MINYSA were selected at Venture Kick's second stage of financial and entrepreneurial support. Their projects develop smart robotic beds that enhance deep, restorative sleep through gentle swaying movements; build an AI-driven platform for next-gen chip silicon design that transforms specifications into verifiable artifacts; and build GaN-optimized gate-driver ICs and reference modules that unlock higher power density and efficiency while cutting cost and time-to-market.
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 calmea: Co-founders Manuel Fujs and Alexander Breuss
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 Mentis: CEO Jelena Lalic and CTO Toma Gavric
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 MINYSA: CEO Salem Abid
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calmea: Engineering better sleep
Chronic stress and poor sleep affect over a third of adults, costing billions in lost productivity and health expenses. Existing solutions are often short-term or impractical. calmea offers science-based and comfortable solutions to restore sleep and relaxation naturally.
calmea develops smart robotic beds that enhance deep, restorative sleep through gentle swaying movements. Unobtrusive sensors monitor sleep and enable personalized, real-time adjustments based on physiological feedback. Founded by Dr. Alexander Breuss and Manuel Fujs, MSc, calmea combines scientific insight with innovation. Backed by two patents and validated in research and wellness settings, the company targets the rapidly growing USD 200B global sleep tech and wellness market.
The Venture Kick funding will help calmea refine its business case, engage early customers, and prepare pilot deployments, paving the way for market entry.
Mentis: Agentic platform for next-gen silicon design
More than 80% of chips fail first silicon due to a spec-to-verification gap. Ambiguous or changing specifications are never fully verified, leading to costly bugs, re-spins, and billions lost annually.
Mentis' founders are experienced ASIC and FPGA engineers now building an AI-driven platform that transforms specifications into verifiable artifacts. Their solution automatically generates assertions, coverage points, and functional models directly from specifications and links them with code and tests in a traceable graph-based system. The spec-driven approach reduces re-spins by 60% and addresses a USD 10B+ inefficiency in the USD 200B semiconductor R&D market.
Mentis team will use the Venture Kick funds to engage directly with leading semiconductor companies and research centers across Europe.
MINYSA: GaN (Gallium Nitride) semiconductor drivers that make power systems smaller, cooler, cheaper
Today’s power-silicon drivers are overheating, oversized, and too expensive across e-mobility, drones, robots, satellites, and data centers. GaN could fix it, but adoption is blocked by complexity, cost, and lack of integrated control.
MINYSA builds GaN-optimized gate-driver ICs and reference modules that unlock higher power density and efficiency while cutting cost and time-to-market. Targeting the fast-growing GaN power market of USD 3 billion, 42% CAGR (USD 19 billion by 2035), their solution enables up to 50% smaller, 20% cooler systems, and 25% lower total cost. The startup focuses on e-mobility, commercial drones, industrial robots, space, and data-center power. Early traction includes a pilot customer and a working prototype. MINYSA is led by founder & CEO Salem Abid, supported by an R&D team with 80+ cumulative patents and 100+ years of experience in power semiconductors.
Venture Kick funding will support marketing, B2B outreach, and a prototype to accelerate customer pilots and design-ins.
Chronic stress and poor sleep affect over a third of adults, costing billions in lost productivity and health expenses. Existing solutions are often short-term or impractical. calmea offers science-based and comfortable solutions to restore sleep and relaxation naturally.
calmea develops smart robotic beds that enhance deep, restorative sleep through gentle swaying movements. Unobtrusive sensors monitor sleep and enable personalized, real-time adjustments based on physiological feedback. Founded by Dr. Alexander Breuss and Manuel Fujs, MSc, calmea combines scientific insight with innovation. Backed by two patents and validated in research and wellness settings, the company targets the rapidly growing USD 200B global sleep tech and wellness market.
The Venture Kick funding will help calmea refine its business case, engage early customers, and prepare pilot deployments, paving the way for market entry.
Mentis: Agentic platform for next-gen silicon design
More than 80% of chips fail first silicon due to a spec-to-verification gap. Ambiguous or changing specifications are never fully verified, leading to costly bugs, re-spins, and billions lost annually.
Mentis' founders are experienced ASIC and FPGA engineers now building an AI-driven platform that transforms specifications into verifiable artifacts. Their solution automatically generates assertions, coverage points, and functional models directly from specifications and links them with code and tests in a traceable graph-based system. The spec-driven approach reduces re-spins by 60% and addresses a USD 10B+ inefficiency in the USD 200B semiconductor R&D market.
Mentis team will use the Venture Kick funds to engage directly with leading semiconductor companies and research centers across Europe.
MINYSA: GaN (Gallium Nitride) semiconductor drivers that make power systems smaller, cooler, cheaper
Today’s power-silicon drivers are overheating, oversized, and too expensive across e-mobility, drones, robots, satellites, and data centers. GaN could fix it, but adoption is blocked by complexity, cost, and lack of integrated control.
MINYSA builds GaN-optimized gate-driver ICs and reference modules that unlock higher power density and efficiency while cutting cost and time-to-market. Targeting the fast-growing GaN power market of USD 3 billion, 42% CAGR (USD 19 billion by 2035), their solution enables up to 50% smaller, 20% cooler systems, and 25% lower total cost. The startup focuses on e-mobility, commercial drones, industrial robots, space, and data-center power. Early traction includes a pilot customer and a working prototype. MINYSA is led by founder & CEO Salem Abid, supported by an R&D team with 80+ cumulative patents and 100+ years of experience in power semiconductors.
Venture Kick funding will support marketing, B2B outreach, and a prototype to accelerate customer pilots and design-ins.