This list has 10 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 2 of them are hiring right now. Largest teams: SmartHelio, Typewise, and Lightly. Latest round: Klarent raised €7.13M (Oct 9, 2026).
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Klarent (formerly fore ai), a Zurich-based autonomous software testing startup, has closed a €7.13 million Seed funding round. The round was led by London-based Mosaic Ventures, with participation from Moonfire…
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HQ: Zurich, Switzerland
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€7.13M · Seed · Oct 2026
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Software to prevent downtime in a solar plant
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HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland
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Customer service AI that resolves requests end-to-end.
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HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
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Help ML teams label the right data
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HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
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Cloud infrastructure for MCP servers and Claude / ChatGPT plugins.
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HQ: Switzerland
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Robots for waste manipulation
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HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
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PCB component librarian
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HQ: Zürich, Switzerland
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Build governed AI agents on your own data, without code
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HQ: Switzerland
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HQ: Geneve, Switzerland
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$16.2M · Equity · Apr 2026
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The UI toolkit for Dashboards
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HQ: Zug, Switzerland
There are 10 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
2 of them are hiring right now, including Lightly and Manufact.
By team size: SmartHelio (25 employees), Typewise (12 employees), and Lightly (5 employees).
Latest rounds: Klarent — €7.13M Seed (Oct 2026) and Fractal Network — $16.2M Equity (Apr 2026).