Four early stage startups get CHF 10,000

05.06.2018

Gaming, High-tech and Medtech startups pass Venture Kick stage I and secure CHF 10,000 each.

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5am Games
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Gaia Membranes
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ONtrack Diagnostics
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Viventis Microscopy
5am Games (ZHdk) - Martina Hotz - Gaming 
"Letters - a written adventure" is a 2D puzzle adventure game about two longtime pen pals. The player navigates their way by running through the pen pal letters, overcoming physical obstacles by combining drawings with certain words in the letters that block the player’s way. The game stands out because of its unique game mechanic and style



Gaia Membranes (ETH Zürich) - Fabio Oldenburg - High-tech
Gaia Membranes will manufacture and sell ion-exchange membranes based on an innovative, patented technology to vanadium flow battery manufactures. Compared to current solutions on the market the production has significantly reduced production costs to manufacture and is more efficient.



ONtrack Diagnostics (UZH) - Irina Banzona - Medtech
ONtrack Diagnostics is a medtech company focusing on the development of non-invasive assays for screening, diagnosis and monitoring of oncological diseases. The first product is a urine assay for the screening of prostate cancer. 



Viventis Microscopy (EPFL) - Andrea Boni - High-tech
Viventis Microscopy aims to develop, manufacture and commercialize innovative fluorescence light sheet microscope systems for long-term live-imaging of light-sensitive samples such as embryos and organoids.   

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