Venture Kick

SwissInspect is a technology company specializing in infrastructure and building inspection. It develops a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that creates digital twins of physical structures, enabling construction companies to identify structural defects, predict the asset's remaining lifespan, and plan maintenance or reconstruction accordingly.

Simulatory is a developer of a virtual endoscopic spine surgery simulator designed to train surgeons in ultra-minimally invasive endoscopic techniques for spinal surgery. The platform uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide unlimited training opportunities on lifelike anatomical models, enabling surgeons to practice safely in a data-driven space and to refine practical surgical skills.

Sympheny empowers urban planners and managers to optimize energy systems design for buildings, neighborhoods, and cities. Its SaaS platform combines digital twin technology with powerful optimization algorithms, enabling practical energy solutions and expediting analyses that once took days.

Founded in 2020, SurgeonsLab specializes in developing patient-specific training models for surgical procedures. It offers microsurgical treatment planning, procedure planning, and validation of new medical devices to enhance precision and safety in surgeries.

Sympheny empowers urban planners and managers to optimize energy systems design for buildings, neighborhoods, and cities. Its SaaS platform combines digital twin technology with powerful optimization algorithms, enabling practical energy solutions and expediting analyses that once took days.

Sympheny empowers urban planners and managers to optimize energy systems design for buildings, neighborhoods, and cities. Its SaaS platform combines digital twin technology with powerful optimization algorithms, enabling practical energy solutions and expediting analyses that once took days.

PN Solutions is a Switzerland-based developer of electronic design automation software focused on simulating parasitic signals in integrated circuits. Its substrate modeling tools use 3D substrate models to enable detection and mitigation of post-layout latch-up risks, helping foundries and design houses optimize safe and robust automotive electronic systems. The software is designed to be fully compatible with circuit simulators and supports extraction of parasitic elements from layouts, including parasitic bipolar transistors, to assess their impact on circuit behavior. In addition to software, PN Solutions provides services such as custom IC layout and IC design. The company markets model cards and layout extraction capabilities to aid engineers in validating designs against parasitic effects. Founded in 2017, PN Solutions focuses on enabling reliable IC performance through substrate-based analysis and parasitic signal simulation.

Based in Zurich, Switzerland, Virtual Reality Learning develops a simulator-based virtual reality (VR) platform for practical, hands-on training. Its primary focus is on driving simulators for driver education.

Numex GmbH is a Swiss company based in Winterthur that specializes in developing preoperative planning software solutions for orthopaedic surgeries. Founded in 2018, Numex provides innovative tools that allow surgeons to virtually plan procedures such as resections, osteotomies, and arthroplasties. Their software includes an analysis method that evaluates surgical strategies and simulates the biomechanical effects of various approaches on joint structures. By enabling preoperative assessment of different surgical options, Numex's solutions help surgeons make informed decisions tailored to the specific needs of their patients, thereby enhancing surgical outcomes and improving overall patient care.

Based in Zurich, Switzerland, Virtual Reality Learning develops a simulator-based virtual reality (VR) platform for practical, hands-on training. Its primary focus is on driving simulators for driver education.

PN Solutions is a Switzerland-based developer of electronic design automation software focused on simulating parasitic signals in integrated circuits. Its substrate modeling tools use 3D substrate models to enable detection and mitigation of post-layout latch-up risks, helping foundries and design houses optimize safe and robust automotive electronic systems. The software is designed to be fully compatible with circuit simulators and supports extraction of parasitic elements from layouts, including parasitic bipolar transistors, to assess their impact on circuit behavior. In addition to software, PN Solutions provides services such as custom IC layout and IC design. The company markets model cards and layout extraction capabilities to aid engineers in validating designs against parasitic effects. Founded in 2017, PN Solutions focuses on enabling reliable IC performance through substrate-based analysis and parasitic signal simulation.

Adaptricity AG, established in 2014 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, specializes in developing simulation and optimization software tools tailored for adapting electric distribution grids towards renewable energies. The company's flagship product, DPG.sim, is a comprehensive SmartGrid analysis and simulation tool designed to simulate active prosumers on grid topologies, incorporating features like distributed energy storage, demand response, and other active grid elements. Adaptricity also offers extensive consulting services focused on distribution grid-related calculation and simulation tasks, covering areas such as distributed generation, demand response, and energy storage strategies. As of 2017, the company operates as a subsidiary of LEONI AG.

Adaptricity AG, established in 2014 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, specializes in developing simulation and optimization software tools tailored for adapting electric distribution grids towards renewable energies. The company's flagship product, DPG.sim, is a comprehensive SmartGrid analysis and simulation tool designed to simulate active prosumers on grid topologies, incorporating features like distributed energy storage, demand response, and other active grid elements. Adaptricity also offers extensive consulting services focused on distribution grid-related calculation and simulation tasks, covering areas such as distributed generation, demand response, and energy storage strategies. As of 2017, the company operates as a subsidiary of LEONI AG.

Adaptricity AG, established in 2014 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, specializes in developing simulation and optimization software tools tailored for adapting electric distribution grids towards renewable energies. The company's flagship product, DPG.sim, is a comprehensive SmartGrid analysis and simulation tool designed to simulate active prosumers on grid topologies, incorporating features like distributed energy storage, demand response, and other active grid elements. Adaptricity also offers extensive consulting services focused on distribution grid-related calculation and simulation tasks, covering areas such as distributed generation, demand response, and energy storage strategies. As of 2017, the company operates as a subsidiary of LEONI AG.

Frontier Lattices is an ETH-Spinoff providing simulations of fluid flows for various engineering applications. With advanced algorithms based on the Entropic Lattice Boltzmann Method, and high-performance computing enabled software, H-Solve, they offer fast and accurate high resolution simulations for a range of engineering applications.

THELKIN develops and sells advanced testing systems and simulators for the mechanical characterization of products, components, and materials. The company manufactures high-level testing equipment and servo-electric actuator driven systems used to assess performance of orthopedic implants, plastics, microelectronics, and other components, with applications across transportation and manufacturing. In addition to equipment, THELKIN provides mechanical device testing as a service to enable rapid, accurate data collection. By leveraging servo-electric technology rather than traditional hydraulic or pneumatic actuators, the company aims to shorten testing times and reduce costs while improving data quality for engineers and designers.

THELKIN develops and sells advanced testing systems and simulators for the mechanical characterization of products, components, and materials. The company manufactures high-level testing equipment and servo-electric actuator driven systems used to assess performance of orthopedic implants, plastics, microelectronics, and other components, with applications across transportation and manufacturing. In addition to equipment, THELKIN provides mechanical device testing as a service to enable rapid, accurate data collection. By leveraging servo-electric technology rather than traditional hydraulic or pneumatic actuators, the company aims to shorten testing times and reduce costs while improving data quality for engineers and designers.

THELKIN develops and sells advanced testing systems and simulators for the mechanical characterization of products, components, and materials. The company manufactures high-level testing equipment and servo-electric actuator driven systems used to assess performance of orthopedic implants, plastics, microelectronics, and other components, with applications across transportation and manufacturing. In addition to equipment, THELKIN provides mechanical device testing as a service to enable rapid, accurate data collection. By leveraging servo-electric technology rather than traditional hydraulic or pneumatic actuators, the company aims to shorten testing times and reduce costs while improving data quality for engineers and designers.

Simpliquity Sàrl is a Swiss company based in Lausanne that specializes in designing and developing software for collaborative learning and working. Founded in 2010 by three researchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the company combines traditional tools with innovative technologies such as augmented reality and computer simulations. These offerings are tailored to enhance group learning and collaboration, making them suitable for educational and professional environments. With a focus on fostering effective teamwork and engagement, Simpliquity aims to improve the collaborative experience through its advanced software solutions.

StrokeLab provides medical doctors with relevant decision-supporting information about the specific intracranial aneurysms of patients. StrokeLab's Aneurysm Hemodynamic Simulation Report provides structured information and imagery such as wall shear stress contours, velocity iso-surfaces, oscillatory shear patterns, with and without an endovascular device, supporting the selection and the planning for adequate treatment.

StrokeLab provides medical doctors with relevant decision-supporting information about the specific intracranial aneurysms of patients. StrokeLab's Aneurysm Hemodynamic Simulation Report provides structured information and imagery such as wall shear stress contours, velocity iso-surfaces, oscillatory shear patterns, with and without an endovascular device, supporting the selection and the planning for adequate treatment.

Humanikin GmbH, founded in October 2008 in Appenzell, Switzerland, is a company specializing in the development of physical human simulators. It offers a range of products including thermal manikins, body parts, and body monitoring solutions utilizing MSR dataloggers. The company also focuses on simulation solutions that address coupled physical processes such as thermal and moisture transport through building structures, as well as the design of industrial protective clothing. Humanikin was established as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research and has been recognized as a viable small and medium-sized enterprise by the European Union, allowing it to participate in EU framework projects since 2009. The trademark "Humanikin" has been registered since 2010, reinforcing its commitment to simulating the human body.

Founded in 2007, VirtaMed develops and produces high-fidelity medical simulators for surgical training. Its portfolio includes simulators for orthopedics, obstetrics & gynecology, laparoscopy, urology, and custom-made solutions. Headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland, the company aims to improve surgical education programs globally.

Founded in 2007, VirtaMed develops and produces high-fidelity medical simulators for surgical training. Its portfolio includes simulators for orthopedics, obstetrics & gynecology, laparoscopy, urology, and custom-made solutions. Headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland, the company aims to improve surgical education programs globally.

Founded in 2007, VirtaMed develops and produces high-fidelity medical simulators for surgical training. Its portfolio includes simulators for orthopedics, obstetrics & gynecology, laparoscopy, urology, and custom-made solutions. Headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland, the company aims to improve surgical education programs globally.