AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoIndia–Switzerland trade push: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Swiss President Guy Parmelin signed a mobility and migration pact plus four more agreements, aiming to expand Swiss market access for Indian exports and deepen cooperation on defence and nuclear energy under TEPA’s one-year momentum, with a stated target of $100bn investment and major job creation. Swiss business & tech funding: Zurich-based developer infrastructure startup Namespace raised $42m Series B to speed up software engineering and AI-agent workloads, while Swiss AI/compute and token-economy stories also kept investors busy (including Umia’s $6m token auction). Pharma dealmaking: Novartis signed a licensing deal worth up to $7.8bn with China’s Abogen Biosciences for an mRNA autoimmune therapy, underscoring Switzerland’s continued push into high-value biotech partnerships. Energy market moves: MET Group bought a majority stake in Greece’s Zephiros Energy Trading to expand renewable aggregation and battery exposure. Consumer tech pricing: Apple raised Apple One Family and Premier subscription prices in Switzerland and several European countries, adding pressure on household budgets. Entrepreneurship gap: A new GEM report finds women are active in high-potential entrepreneurship but far fewer reach the established stage.
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