TOP 100 - The Best Swiss Startups 2012
Sector: ICT
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HouseTrip is one of Europe’s largest holiday rental booking websites. The concept is simple: when taking a trip, anyone can book a private rental for the price of a hotel room. HouseTrip is easier and... | |
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GetYourGuide is a booking platform for tours, attractions and activities. Customers can search and book travel experiences in destinations around the world ranging from bus sightseeing tours in London... | |
15 |
This television station, which links the world of TV with Web 2.0 and targets viewers between the ages of 15 and 35, has gotten off to a good start. Both the number of viewers and their participation... | |
17 |
Poken is revolutionizing the event industry with its innovative and simple solutions to generate high quality leads, get unprecedented insight into people's interests, and boost networking between par... | |
20 |
Companies as diverse as Twitter, Siemens and UBS use Scala. This programming language is custom-designed for the development of programs that run simultaneously on different processor cores or servers,... | |
23 |
Silp is the talent pool on Facebook. Silp matches jobs with your skills and the social graph to find the best opportunities for you. On Silp, you don’t need to search for jobs – your dream job will find... | |
25 |
Games that merge the real and virtual worlds are a growing trend. During play, you often have to be the first to answer a series of questions or perform tasks in order to prevail over your fellow players... | |
29 |
Speech recognition isn’t anything special any more, but what Koemei has to offer is still amazing. This startup’s software is able to transcribe speech from multiple speakers. It’s useful for meetings... | |
31 |
Searchbox SA is a software company specialized in text analytics, semantic search technologies, and content intelligence, with strong areas of expertise in cognitive sciences, data mining and computer... | |
34 |
Jilion is the creator of SublimeVideo®, the world's first cloud-based HTML5 video player; a unique solution that delivers all of the benefits of HTML5 video with none of the associated complexity. | |
35 |
Uepaa’s aim is to turn a smartphone into a life saving device. The core technology will turn the phone in an alpine tracking, alert and rescue device, which connects to other phones directly using a... | |
39 |
Lotaris is known for its platform that helps software companies to license mobile applications. But what about the company behind the platform?
Lotaris is built around a simple idea: we help... |
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47 |
The pace has picked up for the people at this Zurich-based company, who operate the DeinDeal.ch discount platform.
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50 |
Koubachi revolutionizes the way objects and things in your household are communicating with you. Our mission is to identify the potential of Smart Objects and create new possibilities of use, new services,... | |
55 |
More than 15,000 users have answered questions posed by companies on Atizo’s brainstorming platform. Among these firms are some regulars who come back time and again, including Migros, which has encouraged... | |
60 |
If you have a smartphone and you ever asked yourself which one of the thousands of applications is the best for you, then AppAware is the answer.
AppAware is a mobile application for Android... |
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61 |
Scandit is a leading platform to connect consumers with everyday products through mobile phones. With its best-in-class barcode scanning technology, product data and analytics services, Scandit enables... | |
64 |
Sherpany allows companies to efficiently reach their whole shareholder base far beyond the scope of classical investor relations. Shareholders profit from equal opportunities to inform and contribute... | |
68 |
We are socializing energy behavior. Using social norms, game mechanics and data analytics, we motivate people to use energy more efficiently and engage with others as well as their utility company along... | |
69 |
At its core, Web 2.0 is driven by user contributions and therefore operates on a democratic basis. The founders of Politnetz.ch have implemented a closely related idea of using Web 2.0 for politics. On... | |
70 |
This startup in the Rhone Valley is initiating its second phase. In July, it launched an efficient theft prevention tool that is officially licensed for iPhones and iPads. With Secu4Bags, you can not... | |
73 |
FashionFriends is an online Shop with a unique offer. In the categories Fashion, Beauty, Kids and Lifestyle FashionFriends offers not only sales with a price reduction to 70% but also the newest trends... | |
74 |
Sandbox started in 2009 and is now the foremost global community of extraordinary young achievers below 30. We identify exceptional people worldwide that already have an impressive impact at a very young... | |
75 |
Anyone looking for the fastest, least expensive or most environmentally friendly way to get from Point A to Point B will find RouteRANK indispensable. This travel search engine shows results for trips... | |
76 |
With over ten years of leading scientific research and founded in 2011, Pix4D has become the main provider for professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) processing software. Started as a spin-off of... | |
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Adello is the first and to date the only Mobile Advertising agency in Switzerland. As market leader, Adello organizes events regularly to inform about the latest market trends and discuss issues openly... | |
84 |
Teralytics intends to offer customers “Big Data Apps” for cost-efficient and scalable analysis of large amounts of data. The Big Data Appstore contains prebuilt modules designed for common use-cases that... | |
86 |
Senozon is an international consulting and technology company with specialization in location planning and site assessment, transport planning and systems as well as mobility research, software engineering... | |
94 |
quitt.ch is run by ServiceHunter AG, which is a spin-off company of the ETH Zurich. The aim is to use modern internet technology to enable legal employment of cleaners, babysitters and domestic helpers... | |
96 |
TrekkSoft Ltd. was founded 2010 with the goal to operate a multi-client Booking engine for tour operators and activity providers. Today TrekkSoft provides online booking and reservation solutions for... |
