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Best Traditional Medical Devices Companies in Switzerland

The 45 best Traditional Medical Devices companies in Switzerland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Keri Medical.

45companies tracked
$70.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
9have raised
Sources & further reading
  • ResearchAndMarkets.com
  • IDC
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · TRADITIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES × SWITZERLAND

Our analysis of 50 Traditional Medical Devices companies

$5.7b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2016median founding year
49median Fliar Index™
279kcombined LinkedIn audience
83%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Traditional Medical Devices companies in Switzerland

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Keri Medical
Develops and manufactures a range of medical devices for hand and wrist surgery
$43M41 mo agoAcquired—2017WordPressMySQLPHP+3516 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
1 launch
2NextKidney
Manufacturer of home hemodialysis device
$20M18 mo agoSeries BJerome Augustin
CEO
2020WordPressMySQLPHP+1843 patents
Advanced extracorporeal dialysis systems with sorbent-based dialysate regeneration and sensor-controlled pumps
1 job opening
3Hemaxis
Developer of microfluidic devices for micro blood sampling
$3M83 mo agoSeries A—2010———
4HemostOD
Developer of solutions to produce ex vivo platelets
$2M59 mo agoSeedFaouzi Khechana
Co-Founder & CEO
2020—14 patents
Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials
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5HMCARE
Manufacturer of face masks
$1M74 mo agoSeedDiane Baatard
Co-Founder
2020———
6Zynnon
Provider of AI-powered non-contact thermometers
$835K49 mo agoSeedKhaled Abousaleh
CEO
2019—16 patents
Airborne disease detection via gas‑sensor technology for respiratory infection diagnostics.
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7aiEndoscopic
Manufacturer of endoscopy devices
$568K40 mo agoSeedPhilippe Ganz
Co-Founder & CEO
2021—4 patents
Airway management devices for endotracheal tube insertion and placement
2 internships · 1 partnership
8Aquilo Sports
Manufacturer of cold and compression therapy sports recovery systems
$351K51 mo agoFunding Raised—2014Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+32——
9Advanced Microfluidics
Manufacturer of syringe pumps, electric rotary valves & microfluids
$111K80 mo agoAcquiredMaximilien Guerin
CEO
2014WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+2017 patents
Microfluidic valve and pump technologies for precise drug delivery systems
2 launchs
10Swiss Rockets
Incubator and accelerator for biotech startups. This entity identifies, invests in, and cultivates promising…
—17 mo agoSeed—2018Node.jsNginxExpress+6——
11Sonova
Portfolio of hearing aids, cochlear implants, and communication solutions
—42 mo agoPublicLukas Braunschweiler
CEO
1947DrupalPHPZoho+171,678 patents
Advanced hearing aid technologies: audio signal processing, active noise cancellation, and optical sensing.
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Top 12 Traditional Medical Devices companies in Switzerland

#1
Series B · Lausanne, Vaud · founded 2020 · 25 employees
$20Mraised
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Manufacturer of home hemodialysis device

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 2.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Assistant Supply Chain Specialist
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Grant (prize money)$2.6M
  • Jan 2023Series B$12.8M
  • Jul 2021Angel$7.1M
Founders & team
Jerome AugustinCEO
Investors
OnePlanetCrowd, Generous Minds, European Innovation Council, Venturelab, Debiotech, Dutchkidneyfoundation
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerContact Form 7Cookie NoticeGoogle Font ApiHstsInfomaniak
#2
Acquired · Geneva, Geneva · founded 2017 · 70 employees
$43.3Mraised
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Develops and manufactures a range of medical devices for hand and wrist surgery

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2023Series C$32.3M
  • Nov 2020Series B$11M
Investors
Medartis
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerAxeptioBootstrapContact Form 7Cookie NoticeFont Awesome
#3
Seed · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2021 · 5 employees
$568.4Kraised
▾

Manufacturer of endoscopy devices

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Data Annotator (Medical Imaging)
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. TruCorp) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2023Seed$546.6K
  • Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$21.9K
  • 2021Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Philippe GanzCo-Founder & CEOPeter BiroCo-FounderDave GageFounder & CTO
Investors
Venture Kick, Swiss Innovation Challenge, Startup Caddie
#4
Seed · Preverenges, Vaud · founded 2020 · 8 employees
$1.9Mraised
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Developer of ex vivo platelets intended to offer an efficient alternative to blood donor platelet transfusions. The company generates high quantities of platelets using bioengineering technology, enabling patients with low platelet counts to prevent the risk of life-threatening complications.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. MPC Therapeutics) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Faouzi KhechanaCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Venture Kick
#5
Seed · Feusisberg, Schwyz · founded 2019
$834.6Kraised
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Provider of AI-powered non-contact thermometers. It offers infrared non-contact thermometers that can be mounted on the wall for rapid temperature screening. Its thermometers are supported by a cloud-based data analytics platform that provides periodical reports and insights. Its features include battery operation, real-time temperature display, LED indicators, and configurable alerts. It has its use cases in schools, transport systems and business enterprises.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Seed$834.6K
Founders & team
Khaled AbousalehCEO
Investors
Innosuisse
#6
Series A · Gland, Vaud · founded 2010 · 6 employees
$2.5Mraised
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Developer of microfluidic devices for micro blood sampling. These devices simplify and reduce the cost of blood collection, enabling sample acquisition anywhere and anytime. The platform uses microfluidics to collect and prepare accurate, volume-controlled samples of whole blood, plasma, and serum. This technology is designed to improve sample quality, standardize collection, and eliminate the need for traditional blood collection centers, cold storage, and centrifugation. Applications include clinical chemistry, therapeutic drug monitoring, and various diagnostic testing. The devices are compatible with existing laboratory workflows and offer a minimally invasive approach to blood sampling.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$55K
  • May 2017Series A$2.5M
  • Jul 2015Conventional Debt$316.6K
Investors
Investiere, FIT, Europa, Verve Ventures
#7
Funding Raised · Zurich, Zurich · founded 2014
$350.7Kraised
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Manufacturer of cold and compression therapy sports recovery systems. These systems are designed to aid in muscle recovery, reduce swelling, and improve circulation. Products include full leg sleeves, knee/elbow wraps, and ankle/shoulder wraps, utilizing cold therapy and sequential compression technologies. The systems offer customizable settings for targeted relief and recovery. Components and garments meet high safety and comfort standards, backed by published clinical data.

Funding rounds
  • May 2022Grant (prize money)$350.7K
Investors
HHS
Tech stack
CloudflareHstsHttp/3Shopify
#8
Seed · Geneva, Geneva · founded 2020 · 4 employees
$1Mraised
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Manufacturer of face masks

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 640 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 2 awards (incl. H4) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Seed$1M
Founders & team
Diane BaatardCo-FounderSacha Pierre SidjanskiCofounder HMCARE S.A.Thierry PeletChief Executive Officer
#9
Acquired · Ecublens, Fribourg · founded 2014
$111Kraised
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Manufacturer of syringe pumps, electric rotary valves & microfluids

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$55K
  • Jun 2019Grant (prize money)$56K
Founders & team
Maximilien GuerinCEO
Investors
Europa, EIC Fund
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerAxeptioCore-JsFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#10
Seed · Basel, Basel City · founded 2018 · 24 employees
—raised
▾

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Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Seed—
Investors
Emergent BioSolutions
Tech stack
ExpressGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsMailgunMicrosoft 365Nginx
#11
Public · Stafa, Zurich · founded 1947 · 17608 employees
—raised
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Sonova is a manufacturer of hearing care solutions, providing hearing aids(both in-ear and behind ear), cochlear implants and wireless communication solutions. Its brands include the Phonak, Unitron, Connect Hearing, and Advanced Bionics. In 2016, Sonova acquired AudioNova for $953M. Sonova has adopted 3D printing technology for the production of custom in-the-ear hearing aids, custom earpieces for behind-the-ear and receiver-in-canal hearing aids. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $3.82B and a net profit of $0.68B.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 147k LinkedIn followers — 52.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Lukas BraunschweilerCEO
Investors
Triodos Investment Management
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerAzureBootstrapCdnjs
#12
Funding Raised · Zug, Canton of Zug · founded 1989 · 117 employees
—raised
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Manufacturer of autoinjectors

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 74k LinkedIn followers — 26.5% of this cohort's audience · 56 engagements/post (1.9× cohort median)
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Investors
EQT, Athos Capital
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot

Funding & investor landscape

$70.6Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
15disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa3 rounds
Venture Kick3 rounds
FIT2 rounds
Venturelab2 rounds
Athos Capital1 rounds
COI Partners1 rounds
Capital Risque Fribourg1 rounds
Debiotech1 rounds
Dutchkidneyfoundation1 rounds
EIC Fund1 rounds

Notable founders

Jerome Augustin
CEO · NextKidney
Philippe Ganz
Co-Founder & CEO · aiEndoscopic
Peter Biro
Co-Founder · aiEndoscopic
Faouzi Khechana
Co-Founder & CEO · HemostOD
Khaled Abousaleh
CEO · Zynnon
Diane Baatard
Co-Founder · HMCARE
Sacha Pierre Sidjanski
Cofounder HMCARE S.A. · HMCARE
Maximilien Guerin
CEO · Advanced Microfluidics
Lukas Braunschweiler
CEO · Sonova
Prism market signals · Switzerland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 724,944 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Traditional Medical Devices coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Switzerland

How research on Medical Devices is moving in Switzerland

A read on the academic research around Medical Devices — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 97 Switzerland-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201020232025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 41% → 44% across 2010–2025.
top research entities
  • ETH Zurich12
  • École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne12
  • University of Basel7
  • Intuitive Surgical6
  • University of Geneva6
leading researchers
Melissa Masters · Murali Karnam · Philippe C. Cattin · Georg Rauter · Bogdan Gherman · François Pugin · R. Beira · Hannes Bleuler
▲ Breakthroughs20 · 21%
▼ 44%→17% share
▼0.4× share momentum1 median citations55% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (44%→17% of field), led by Robot.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Robot2→6
  • Surgical robot1→4
Landmark Fabrication of polymeric biomaterials: a strategy for tissue engineering and medical devices · 211 cites
◆ Advancements31 · 32%
▼ 44%→29% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations58% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (44%→29% of field), led by Robotics.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Robotics2→6
Landmark Self‐Powered Implantable Medical Devices: Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting Review · 196 cites
▼ Concerns33 · 34%
▲ 11%→37% share
▲3.4× share momentum2 median citations67% since 2021mostly position pieces
Concerns are rising (11%→37% of field), led by Health care.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health care1→8
  • Product (mathematics)1→6
Landmark Trauma Pod: a semi‐automated telerobotic surgical system · 102 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Switzerland

Where medical devices is researched across Switzerland

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Geneva16 · -0.17
Hot · MEDLINEOpportunity · Systematic review
Zurich15 · +0.29
Hot · RobotOpportunity · Surgery
Lausanne15 · +0.19
Hot · Surgical robotOpportunity · Robotics
Basel9 · +0.53
Hot · RobotAdvancing · Surgical robotOpportunity · Teleoperation
Bern8 · +0.30
Opportunity · Surgical robot

Common questions

How many Traditional Medical Devices companies are there in Switzerland?
Radar tracks 45 indexable Traditional Medical Devices companies headquartered in Switzerland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Traditional Medical Devices companies in Switzerland?
The Traditional Medical Devices companies in Switzerland on this list have raised a combined $70.6M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Traditional Medical Devices company in Switzerland?
Keri Medical is the highest-funded Traditional Medical Devices company in Switzerland, with $43.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Traditional Medical Devices companies in Switzerland are funded?
9 of the 45 Traditional Medical Devices companies in Switzerland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Traditional Medical Devices unicorns are there in Switzerland?
None of the Traditional Medical Devices companies in Switzerland on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Switzerland Traditional Medical Devices companies?
The most active investors in Switzerland Traditional Medical Devices companies on this list include Europa, Venture Kick, FIT, Venturelab, Athos Capital.
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