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The digital financial adviser Selma has Bruno Pfister on board as a strategic adviser. The former CEO of Swiss Life is to support the company in expanding its AI-driven pension advice, Selma announced on Tuesday. Selma

While many venture capital firms spend months courting investors, Redalpine was done in less than a year: The Swiss firm has closed its eighth early-stage fund, Redalpine Capital VIII (RAC VIII), at $250 million. The fund was oversubscribed and is larger than its predecessor, which closed at $200 million in 2024. Redalpine now manages more…

The 28th Swiss Prime Site Acceleration Programme brought together innovative solutions for the real estate sector from a pool of 80 applications. Following a jury session featuring 19 cases, eight startups advanced to the final pitch on 30 September, with three selected to continue discussions with Swiss Prime Site on potential projects and solution testing.

Clara Lepsius finished at ETH Zurich, then moved to Harvard University to complete her thesis. While in the US, she and another ETH alumnus, Ben Chen, launched Aluere, a company marrying technology with infant nutrition. Both have since returned to Zurich and opted to build the business in Switzerland instead of growing it in Boston…

Aug. 18, 2026 — Biology doesn’t happen at one scale. Molecular interactions unfold in milliseconds and nanometers, while disease-associated change such as in Alzheimer’s spreads across millimeters of brain tissue. Understanding complex biological systems requires scientists to watch both — ideally at the same time and with the same sample. Historically, this has meant shuttling samples…