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Dexterous Endoscopes awarded Bridge PoC Extension and Innovation Booster Robotics support with pilot study at CHUV

Dexterous Endoscopes secured an additional CHF 65k Bridge PoC grant and Innovation Booster Robotics support with CHUV Hospital as implementation partner. The funding enables multiple preclinical trials and a pilot study at CHUV to de-risk usability and performance.

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Dexterous Endoscopes has received two new instruments to advance the development of its variable stiffness endoscopes for ENT surgery: an additional CHF 65,000 from the Bridge Proof of Concept program and support from the Innovation Booster Robotics grant, which includes a pilot study at CHUV Hospital as the implementation partner.

The Bridge Proof of Concept extension will fund a series of preclinical trials, allowing the team to validate the technology across multiple clinical scenarios. The Innovation Booster Robotics (EBR) program requires an implementation partner who also contributes financially. In this case, CHUV Hospital joined as a partner, recognizing the potential of our technology to enable multiple new types of minimally invasive procedures. This collaboration has led to the establishment of a pilot study at CHUV, underlining the clinical interest in bringing our device closer to practice.

This support will accelerate progress toward a clinically validated device, strengthening both the technology and its adoption in real surgical practice.

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Pitching at Swissnex Startup Camp in San Francisco

Dexterous Endoscopes was one of 10 Swiss startups selected for the Innosuisse Startup Camp at Swissnex in San Francisco, pitching its variable stiffness endoscope to the Bay Area innovation community.

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Dexterous Endoscopes named Top100 Swiss Startup Newcomer of the Year 2026

Dexterous Endoscopes won the Newcomer of the Year award, recognising the best newcomer in the Top100 Swiss Startup ranking 2026, at the award night in Zurich.

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FIT supports Dexterous Endoscopes with a CHF 100k Tech Seed loan

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) has granted Dexterous Endoscopes a CHF 100,000 Tech Seed loan to continue preclinical trials and prepare the regulatory and industrialisation stages of its variable stiffness endoscope.

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Our new home: Biopôle, supported by the Biopôle Starting Fund

Dexterous Endoscopes has opened its office at Biopôle in Lausanne and has been awarded CHF 63,000 from the Biopôle Starting Fund.