HELVETIC AIRWAYS WELCOMES ITS FIRST EMBRAER E190-E2
Helvetic Airways of Switzerland presented the new flagship of its aircraft fleet, the Embraer E190-E2, at Zurich Airport yesterday morning. The first delivery of the advanced Brazilian-built twinjet, which carries the registration HB-AZA, was formally inaugurated in the presence of
THE NETHERLANDS RANKED FIRST IN THE 2019 EDITION OF THE MELBOURNE MERCER GLOBAL PENSION INDEX (MMGPI).
The Netherlands has come first in the 2019 edition of the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI). With a score of 81.0 and the grade “A”, the country ranks in front of Denmark (80.3, “A”) and Australia (“75.3”, B+). Switzerland
COOPLE IS OFFERING TWO NEW DREAM JOBS AT THE AUDI FIS WOMEN’S SKI WORLD CUP IN ST. MORITZ
Coople, Europe's largest flexible staffing platform, will sponsor the AUDI FIS Women's Ski World Cup in St. Moritz on December 14 and 15, 2019. While the best female skiers in the world master the steep slopes in the Swiss mountains,
WESTHIVE OPENS A NEW LOCATION IN ZURICH-WOLLISHOFEN
The Zurich coworking pioneer Westhive AG is pushing ahead with its expansion due to the high capacity utilisation of its existing locations: With Westhive Wollishofen, the third location with a further 150 desks will be opened in April 2020. This
COOPLE RECEIVES USD 32 MILLION IN FUNDING AND ANNOUNCES EXPANSION INTO THE NETHERLANDS.
Coople, Europe’s leading on-demand platform for flexible staff, receives additional funding of USD 32 million from a group of investors led by One Peak Partners and the Growth Equity Business within the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division. In total, Coople
PLANTED FOODS AG RAISES 7 MILLION SWISS FRANCS IN CAPITAL WHICH WILL BE USED FOR PRODUCTION SCALE-UP, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND MARKET EXPANSION ABROAD.
The Swiss ETH Spin-off, Planted, creates tasty plant-based meat that mimics the taste, texture and mouthfeel of animal meat. For its seed financing round, Planted raised seven million Swiss francs. The capital will be used to scale-up production, accelerate research
MEISTER WEDDING RINGS AND JEWELERY IS SET TO OPEN ITS FIRST FLAGSHIP STORE IN ZURICH THIS NOVEMBER
The Swiss jewelry manufacturer MEISTER from Wollerau is set to open its first flagship store in Zurich on the 15th and the 16th of November 2019. In addition to shops in Lucerne and Innsbruck and manufactory shops in Wollerau on
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RED BULL BASEMENT FESTIVAL ZURICH
A week filled with innovative technologies, creative exchanges and transfer of knowledge for people who want to change the world for the better these were the highlights of the Red Bull Basement Festival in Zurich. Monique Morrow, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Mona
HEALX SECURES $56M IN SERIES B FINANCING, LAUNCHES GLOBAL ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME FOR RARE DISEASES
Healx, the AI-powered and patient-inspired technology company specialising in treatments for rare diseases, today announces that it has raised $56 million in a Series B financing round, led by one of Europe’s largest VC firms Atomico and joined by Intel
THE RED BULL BASEMENT FESTIVAL 2019 WILL TAKE PLACE FROM OCTOBER 16th to 18th AT THE VOLKSHAUS IN ZURICH
The second Red Bull Basement Festival will take place at Volkshaus in Zurich. Under the banner of “Technology for Good” and “Social Innovation”, the event offers a platform to people and entrepreneurs who are interested in the improvement of social