May 2022
MICROCAPS LAUNCHES BREAK-THROUGH BIOTECH WITH SWISS LUXURY COSMETICS COMPANY LA PRAIRIE
Our newly launched EOS 1000 enables the continuous, precision production of all-natural, size-ontrolled microcapsules for use in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food at a scale one-thousand times the state-of-the art. La Prairie is the first to purchase the EOS 1000. To read more, click here.
September 2021
MICROCAPS RANKS 28TH AMONG THE TOP 100 SWISS STARTUPS!
Microcaps made it again on the Top 100 Startups list of Switzerland! With rank 28/100, Microcaps moved up almost 20 ranks compared to last year. Thank you to all our customers, partners, supporters and to the full team! To read more, click here.
September 2021
MICROCAPS TESTIMONIAL VIDEO BY OUR SUPPORTER, THE LICHTSTEINER FOUNDATION
The Lichtsteiner Foundation produced a great portrait of Microcaps, where our co-founders and co-CEOs Alessandro and Michael talk about Microcaps and their path and learnings as Startup founders. Click here to watch the full video.
January 2021
MICROCAPS ANNOUNCES CHF 5 MILLION SEED FINANCING ROUND
Microcaps closes CHF 5 Million seed financing round co-lead by Helvetica Capital and Zürcher Kantonalbank. The ETH Zurich Foundation, the Lichtsteiner Foundation and a group of Swiss entrepreneurs participated significantly in the financing. Click here to read the full press release.
January 2021
MICROCAPS APPOINTS DRAGAN GRABULOVSKI AND RONALD KOGENS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dragan Grabulovski and Ronald Kogens have been elected to the Board of Directors of Microcaps, bringing extensive expertise in business development, startup financing, and legal matters. Click here to read the full press release.
September 2020
PRIX STRATEGIS 2020
We are delighted to have been selected as one of the eight semifinalists of the Prix Strategis 2020 competition. Click here, to see our CSO, Giulia Biffi, speaking about her journey at Microcaps.
September 2020
YES, WE MADE IT INTO THE TOP 100 SWISS STARTUP RANKING 2020!
We are excited to be among the top newcomers of the Swiss Startups in the annual TOP 100 Startup Awards. Ranked No 47 in the most innovative country of the world! Thank you to all our supporters and thank you Team Microcaps. To find out more, click here.
July 2020
ARTICLE ON MICROCAPS AND COMPLEX MATERIALS
Tagesanzeiger published an article on the Start-ups originating from the complex materials group, among them Microcaps. We are grateful to be hosted by such an inspiring environment. Click here to read the full article.
May 2020
MICROCAPS IN THE TOP 10 OF DEVIGIER 2020
We are honored and excited to announce that Microcaps made it to the top 10 of DeVigier 2020! Keep your fingers crossed for the finals during a live broadcast on CNNMoneyCH on June 3.
April 2020
WINNER OF THE 2020 ZKB PIONIERPREIS
We are honored and excited to announce that Microcaps is the winner of the prestigious ZKB Pionierpreis 2020. Thank you to Zürcher Kantonalbank, Technopark Zürich, the Jury of the Pionierpreis and to our entire team who made this possible. Click here to read more about the prize.
March 2020
MICROCAPS ON THE RADIO
Our novel idea and our creativity led us to be among the 3 finalists for the ZKB Pionierpreis. We had the pleasure to talk in Radio Zürisee for our success. Listen to the interview right here.
March 2020
ZKB PIONIERPREIS FINALIST
We are honored to be among the 3 finalists for the ZKB Pionierpreis, one of the most important innovation prizes in Switzerland. See our presentation right here.
February 2020
SWISS TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
The CEO and co-founder of Microcaps pitched at the Swiss Innovation Forum for the 2019 Swiss Technology Award in the “Inventors” category. We are proud to announce that we have made 2nd place in STA 2019. To find out more, click here.
February 2020
W.A. DE VIGIER FOUNDATION FINALIST
We are among the 16 Finalists for the W.A. De Vigier Award. Click here to visit the Foundation website and read about the competition.
November 2019
RED BULLETIN INNOVATOR 03/2019
The Red Bulletin Innovator has interviewed Microcaps for their 03/2019 issue. We are very proud to be featured in this magazine together with several other amazing Start-Ups! You can read the whole story here!
November 2019
PRIX STRATEGIS 2020 SEMI-FINALISTS
We are delighted to have been selected as one of the eight semifinalists of the Prix Strategis 2020 competition. Thanks for your confidence and the amazing opportunity. For further information click here.
November 2019
SWISS TECHNOLOGY AWARD 2019 FINALISTS
Microcaps is among the finalists of the 2019 Swiss Technology Awards in the category “Inventors”. We are extremely grateful for the opportunity to prove ourselves in the finals!
October 2019
MASSCHALLENGE "MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED" AWARD
September 2019
MINUTE2PITCH 1st PLACE
Microcaps has won the 1st price at MassChallenge Switzerland minute2pitch event. Thanks to everyone who joined and make this fantastic event happen!
July 2019
VENTURE 2ND PLACE
We are proud to announce that we have made 2nd place in the venture competition. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to the jury and the sponsors.
June 2019
VENTURE FINALIST
We are delighted to be a venture finalist of 2019 in the category of Health & Nutrition. For more information click here.
Mai 2019
SWISS START-UP DAYS
Michael, Alessandro and Jonas are visiting the swiss start-up days in Bern.
April 2019
1-MINUTE PITCH
CEO and co-founder Alessandro Ofner presenting the vision of Microcaps. The video was recorded during the roadshow of the Swiss National Startup team in Silicon Valley.
November 2018
VENTURE KICK, STAGE 2
Microcaps has successfully passed Stage 2 of the Venture Kick program. We were selected among two other Startups to move to Stage 3 of the Venture Kick competition. For more Information on Venture Kick, click here.
November 2018
VENTURELAB
Microcaps is featured as one of the 10 swiss startus re-making food. Click here to read the article.
October 2018
STARTUP GUIDE 2018/19
Microcaps was featured in the Startup Guide 2018/19 as one of 15 companies on the way to success. Click here to find the full startup guide.
September 2018
PIONEER FELLOWSHIP
Microcaps was awarded with the pioneer fellowship from ETH Zurich. Learn more about this program and about our goals here.
June 2018
VENTURE KICK, STAGE 1
Microcaps has successfully passed Stage 1 of the Venture Kick program. For more Information on Venture Kick, click here.
June 2018
VENTURE BUSINESS IDEA AWARD
Microcaps won the Venture TOP2 Business Idea award. We would like to thank all the contributors who make Startup Competitions like Venture possible. Click here for more Information about Venture.
June 2018
VENTURE PITCH TRAINING
Thank you for voting for us. The public choice award went to SwissProsthetics, congratulations to Lukas Studer, well deserved. Watch Alessandros Pitch Training Video again.
June 2018
SRF STARTUP-WEEK 2018
Microcaps is featured in the 2018 Startup-Week Competition. Vote for Microcaps and have the chance to win a trip to San Francisco
https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/schweizer-startups-abstimmen-und-gewinnen
https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/startups-suisses-votez-et-gagnez
April 2018
BEST OF MACROMOLECULAR JOURNALS COVER PAGE - 2018 EDITION
The science behind the Microcaps technology is featured in the Best of Macromolecular Journals, 2018 Edition. Click on the link to find out more.
March 2018
MICROCAPS IS ONLINE AND ON FACEBOOK AND LINKEDIN
November 2017
ALESSANDRO PITCHING AT FALLING WALLS BERLIN 2017
Alessandro attended the 2017 Falling Walls edition in Berlin. Watch the video and find out more on:
www.falling-walls.com
October 2019
MASSCHALLENGE "MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED" AWARD
The audience at MassChallenge Switzerland has voted Microcaps as the “Most likely to succeed” startup of the finalists. We are immensely proud and grateful for your confidence in our company!
