2013 Awards for Entrepreneurship

(startupticker.ch, June 20, 2013)

The W.A. de Vigier Foundation has granted awards of CHF 100,000 to each of five young entrepreneurs. This oldest, largest and most prestigious Swiss award for innovative start-ups has been won this year by Amphasys (Lucerne), Gastros (Zurich), LESS (Lausanne), Newscron (Lugano) and SWISSto12 (Lausanne). Gastros has developed an induction coating for porcelain tableware which it hopes will revolutionize the hospitality industry. Amphasys AG has designed a portable analyzer that can check cells immediately on site. Newscron offers an app enabling smartphone users to compile personal newspapers. LESS has developed an energy-saving light wave guide based on a nanofiber for tablet and notebook LCD displays. SWISSto12 develops components that ensures terahertz signal transfer. LESS and SWISSto12 are EPFL spin-offs.