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New EB EIR2023 Wyss Annual Event 2022 Impressionv2 All projects of Wyss Zurich World premier liver4life hero Voliro constellation clearsight hero German innovation award 2022 hemotune hero Job visual hero

Welcoming eight new members in Evaluation Board

The beginning of 2023 has seen the Wyss Zurich Evaluation Board expand to eleven members and announces a newly created group of Entrepreneurs in Residence

Wyss Zurich Annual Event 2022

Deep dive into the seventh Wyss Zurich Annual event held on October 27 where projects, both current and alumni, were featured in the spotlight

23 Projects supported

with life changing impact in society and markets

A world premiere

For the first time, a human liver was treated in a machine and then successfully transplanted.

Voliro & Constellation Clearsight

Voliro and Constellation Clearsight enter a long-term agreement.

Innovation Award 2022

Wyss Zurich project hemotune is the winner of the German Innovation Award 2022.

We are hiring

Who we are

Wyss Zurich is a unique accelerator, embedded within the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, dedicated to the emerging fields of regenerative medicine and robotics, and related hybrid technologies. We unite world-leading experts to form multidisciplinary teams, pooling their knowledge and expertise.

News

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OxyPrem awarded by Swiss Innovation Agency

OxyPrem among the Medtech start-ups enroute to transform the industry
ZKB Pionier23 MUVON 17-01-2023

MUVON nominated as finalist for the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark 2023

MUVON is among the twelve startups shortlisted for Pionierpreis, one of the most important innovation awards for start-ups in Switzerland
New EB EIR2023 03-01-2023

Wyss Zurich welcomes eight new members in the Evaluation Board and an Entrepreneurs in Residence group implemented

The beginning of 2023 has seen the Wyss Zurich Evaluation Board expand to eleven members and announces a newly created group of Entrepreneurs in Residence
Organizational setup

Organizational Setup

The Wyss Zurich Translational Center is run jointly by the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, with infrastructure on both sides. The head office, technology platforms, and the projects are allocated at the Wyss Zurich Translational Center, which is the operational body. The Wyss Zurich Foundation is the approval and funding body.

Key Figures

23

Projects supported

43

Patents filed

600

Jobs created

104 M

Total funding

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Philantropist Hansjörg Wyss

Hansjörg Wyss is a Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist that dedicates his philanthropic activities to environmentalism and Scientific research and translation. In Switzerland, his donations already exceed more than half a billion Swiss francs in less than ten years, to groundbreaking research projects within three different Wyss Centers or Academy in Zurich, Geneva, and Bern. This makes him the most generous private donor to the Swiss research and innovation landscape.