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London - The WealthTech 100 list by FinTech Global gives an overview of the most innovative companies developing digital solutions in the asset management sector. Several Swiss companies have made it onto the list. They are all from the Greater Zurich Area.

Zurich – Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have developed a new payment system called Snappy. This aims to speed up cryptocurrency payments, which are still slow at the moment.

Zug - SkyCell has taken 62 million Swiss francs of new capital in a round of financing. The start-up has developed an intelligent container for transporting temperature-sensitive goods. This is now also helping with the coronavirus crisis.

Zurich – The start-up Yova from the Greater Zurich Area has raised more than 4 million Swiss francs as part of a financing round. This paves the way for the company to expand into other European countries.

Zurich - Leonteq has been awarded a PostFinance contract to cooperate on structured investment products. As part of this collaboration, Leonteq will assume responsibility for delivering all services along the entire value chain.

Zurich/Pfäffikon SZ – The start-up Locatee has received seed funding from the venture capital firm Tomahawk.VC. Its funds are used to support teams working on a decentralized basis with up to 2 million US dollars.

Neuhausen SH – The German dairy cooperative Hochwald is opening a new plant in 2022. The Schaffhausen-based company SIG is delivering a total of 15 aseptic filling machines to be housed in the new facility.

Zurich - GotCourts runs an app that allows tennis players to find playing partners and book tennis courts. This should support tennis clubs in their efforts to resume business as normal. It can also help trace infection chains.

Zurich - Microcaps has developed a procedure to manufacture microcapsules with greater precision. These are used in drugs and household products. The ETH spin-off has now won the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark.