Top 10 W. A. de Vigier finalists nominated

The jury has selected the ten startups to contest in the W. A. de Vigier finale. They will present their solutions at the award finale where up to six startups will be crowned winners and each bestowed with a CHF 100’000 cheque. Severin Schwan, the CEO of Roche will deliver his keynote during the ceremony.

This year’s W. A. de Vigier Award competition takes place for the first time under the leadership of Hanna Byland and Carmen Lamparter. From over 200 submitted projects, the jury picked their Top 16 in February and now the top ten most outstanding companies stand a chance to stand on one of the six winners spots. The winners will each receive a CHF 100’000 cash prize.

These are the Top 10

ALIVION from Menzingen (ZG) – Equipping Electronics With a Sense of Smell
ALIVION provides mobile chemical sensing devices that can trace single molecules by leveraging its revolutionary Molecule Select™ technology based on breakthroughs in nanotechnology at ETH Zürich. The portable gas sensors offer great value in the areas of healthcare (breath analysis), environmental monitoring, occupational and food safety through the detection of relevant molecules.

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