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In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi discuss current topics including GlycoEra’s USD 130 million Series B led by Novo Nordisk, OpenAI’s USD 6.4 billion acquisition of LoveFrom, and OnlyFans’ reported USD 8 billion sale ambitions. Our main segment focuses on Switzerland’s ongoing startup award season. In the listener question, we explore the risks of the current illiquidity in venture capital. Finally, our "Deal of the Week" spotlights the crowdfunding campaign by Sonix on OOmnium.

In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi discuss current topics such as the mass layoffs at Climeworks, the new MITdesignX–Le Rosey accelerator program in Rolle, and Nvidia’s investment in quantum computing startup PsiQuantum.

Our main topic focuses on the quiet rise of the Swiss venture capital scene in 2025. We then take a closer look at Perivision’s crowdfunding campaign on OOmnium, and wrap up with the $42 million Series B round raised by Hilo (formerly Aktiia).

In this episode, Max Meister, Maximilian Boelck, and Guy Giuffredi discuss current topics such as the USD 65 million Series A round of Haya Therapeutics, the CHF 36.5 million investment by the Canton of Baselland in a new MedTech Innovation Hub, and the new funding program for spin-offs launched by the University of St. Gallen. In our main segment, we share our impressions from the Startup Days. We then answer the listener question: “How can startups motivate and retain employees when traditional participation models like ESOPs are losing their appeal?” Finally, we take a closer look at the CHF 4.4...

In this episode, Max Meister, Maximilian Boelck, and Guy Giuffredi discuss current topics including the USD 2 billion funding round of Thinking Machines Lab and the extensive control rights secured by Mira Murati, the rebranding move that forces Planted to remove the word “chicken” from its packaging, and the debt restructuring of SwissShrimp AG.

In our main segment, we explore why more and more startups are being acquired by other startups—and what challenges come with it.

We then answer a listener question: “How do VCs actually make money?”

Finally, we take a closer look at the USD 3 million pre-seed...