Aseptuva is a Swiss–UK medtech startup founded 2021, tackling one of healthcare's most persistent problems - hospital-acquired infections - with a Far-UVC disinfection technology for catheter sites. Since opening a UK base in Cambridge in 2022, the company has run preclinical and usability studies with UK hospitals and secured research grants across the UK healthcare system. Mathilde Reyes from the Embassy’s Swissnex team spoke with Henry Twerenbold, CEO & Co-Founder and Eashan Saikia, CTO & Co-Founder, about the science, the UK journey, and what's next.

10-14 November 2025: A UK roadshow of the best young Swiss fintech startups, showcasing Switzerland’s strength in financial innovation.

The Embassy recently hosted a special evening to celebrate a remarkable milestone: 135 years of Swiss skin and haircare company RAUSCH.

Swiss Fintech startups led by female founders were part of an international cohort that visited London to meet with financial institutions and investors.

The inaugural Synthetic & Engineering Biology British-Swiss Summit took place over two days in Bristol and London, focusing on how engineering biology technologies can drive innovation and forge collaborations between Switzerland and the UK.

25 years ago, a Swiss-UK team made history with the first non-stop balloon flight around the world.

These days, it’s common to hear “AI” and “transforming” in the same sentence – whether it’s finance, manufacturing or even finding out if your cat is angry… However, as global financial hubs, the question of AI’s role in the future of finance is of particular importance for both Switzerland and the UK.

Ambassador Markus Leitner joined the Zünd family, staff and guests at the grand opening of the Swiss digital cutting company’s new UK headquarters in Letchworth Garden City.

The Embassy’s Science and Innovation team welcomed entrepreneurship students from five universities in western Switzerland for a study visit to Oxford and London.

In 2023, the Embassy’s Science and Innovation team welcomed a record 11 Swiss companies to the UK via Innosuisse Start-Up Internationalisation camps.

Switzerland has topped the Global Innovation Index for the past thirteen years. Maintaining this position as the “uncontested innovation world champion” requires not just innovative firms, but a wider creative eco-system – one with education at its heart.