MEDIA & PRESS UPDATES
TECH TOUR ALPINE FINALIST
January 2021
After a successful virtual pitch session, Lumendo AG is proud and honored to be part of the 13 World Tour Finalist selected by TechTour Alpine.
NEW GRANT FROM THE SWISS INNOVATION AGENCY
June 1, 2020
Our hand-santizer project "Disigel" is receiving further support from the Swiss Innovation Agency (Innosuisse). Together with the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) and the SPIEZ LABORATORY, we will further develop and test the safety and efficacy against Sars-CoV-2.
LUMENDO RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM THE GEBERT RÜF STIFTUNG
April 15, 2020
To help fighting the global Covid-19 pandemic, Lumendo received support from the Gebert Rüf Stiftung to develop a revolutionary, long-lasting hand sanitizer "Disigel". Find out more in the project description and the press release.
SHAPING THE PROFESSIONALS OF TOMORROW
10 September 2019
A school class from the Liceo Artistico Zurich visited our R&D department and labs. The pupils learned about the fascinating world of light-curing materials and could try out our prototypes themselves in the lab.
BRIDGING THE RESEARCH FUNDS
August 2019
Lumendo CTO and co-founder Mark Bispinghoff is awarded the SNF BRIDGE "Proof of concept" grant for the project “Photopolymerizable, stable hydrogels for medical applications”.
LUMENDO IS AWARDED THE 100K FIT GRANT
July 2019
Lumendo is awarded the 100k FIT grant. The "Foundation for Technological Innovation" helps funding innovative projects in the canton of Vaud and provides appropriate financial assistance to startups.
AGEFI SPEAKS ABOUT US
April 2019
Lumendo is in the news: Lumendo is mentioned by AGEFI, Société de l’Agence Economique et Financière S.A. related to the nomination of PERL (Prix Entreprendre Lausanne Région).
HELLO TOMORROW CHALLENGE IN PARIS
March 2019
Lumendo is among 80 deep-tech startups from around the world that have qualified for the finals of the Hello Tomorrow Challenge in Paris.
GEBERT RÜF FOUNDATION FUNDS OUR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.
July 2018
We are happy to receive support by the Gebert Rüf Foundation for the development of our endodontic sealer.
INTERVIEW FOR BILAN MAGAZINE
Jun 2018
The biweekly business magazine Bilan features an article describing how Lumendo wants to revolutionize how dentist place root canal fillings.
FEATURED IN THE ETH INDUSTRY NEWSLETTER.
February 2018
Lumendo’s story is covered in the ETH Industry Newsletter.
VENTUREKICK STAGE THREE
October 2017
After winning Venturekick stage 1 and 2, Lumendo convinces the jury another time and wins stage 3.
SELECTED AS VENTURE LEADER LIFE SCIENCE 2017
July 2017
Lumendo CEO and co-founder Andreas Schmocker is selected as a Venture Leader Life Science 2017. This enables him to travel to Boston as part of the Swiss National Startup Team to explore the US startup scene and the US dental and medical device market.
TOP ONE BUSINESS PLAN @VENTURE.CH COMPETITION
June 2017
Lumendo wins the Venture.ch competition in the categorie Top1 Business plan, selected out of 126 entries.
ETH PIONEER FELLOWSHIP AWARDED
May 2017
Lumendo CTO and co-founder Mark Bispinghoff is awarded the ETH Pioneer Fellowship to turn his PhD research into a commercial product. ETH Zürich and the ETH Zürich foundation grants financial support and free lab and office space.
INNOGRANT FUEL OUR PROJECT
December 2016
Lumendo CEO and co-founder Andreas Schmocker is awarded the EPFL Innogrant