The development of electro-optical processors for future generations of communication technology is acknowledged with Switzerland’s leading startup award. The team of engineers around company founders Stefan Abel, Lukas Czornomaz, Felix Eltes, and Jean Fompeyrine have developed a revolutionary technology for producing electro-optical semiconductor chips. The transceiver modules developed by Lumiphase are required in particularly large quantities in data centers, where optical transmission distances typically range from a few meters to 10 kilometers. Lumiphase covers the value chain from the manufacture of the new barium titanate-based semiconductor, through integration with silicon, to device and circuit design.
The start-up Decentriq from Zurich uses data protection technology and artificial intelligence to create completely new opportunities for collaboration between companies. The start-up won over the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark jury with its “clean room for data” and can look forward to CHF 100,000 in prize money.
The finalists for the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark are Avelo, Decentriq and Stimit. The winning team will receive CHF 100,000 in funding at the award ceremony at Technopark Zurich on 7 May.
Zürich – The panel of judges has made its shortlist: From 45 applications, eleven start-ups are still in the running for the Pionierpreis 2024 – an initiative by Zürcher Kantonalbank and Technopark Zürich – which will be presented on 7 May at Technopark Zürich.