Georges Khneysser

CCRAFT is shaping the future of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with advanced thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology. As a dedicated open-access foundry, built on years of pioneering R&D at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), we combine technological innovation with market-driven solutions—addressing current industry needs while paving the way for next-generation PIC platforms. We offer monolithic TFLN PICs, TFLN chiplets for heterogeneous integration, and processing of TFLN-enhanced silicon photonic wafers, solving critical challenges in optical communications, high-performance computing (HPC), AI, Quantum, space technologies, optical computing, and advanced sensing. To meet the growing demand for high-volume, high-performance photonic solutions, we are scaling up manufacturing in our cleanroom facility. Our comprehensive process design kits (PDKs) empower customers to confidently design and develop robust, cutting-edge PIC products tailored to their specific applications. At CCRAFT, we bridge technological innovation with market needs, ensuring our solutions create lasting impact across diverse industries. Join us as we craft the future of photonics—at the speed of light.

Modern organizations no longer operate in static environments. Data continuously moves across engineering systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, third parties, and increasingly AI workflows. Yet most governance and security models still rely on periodic audits, static documentation, and manual evidence collection. Qala AI is the Governance Control Plane for Software Engineering. We help organizations continuously reconcile governance intent with real engineering implementation and runtime behaviour - providing provable visibility into how sensitive data is actually handled across modern systems. Our platform enables security, governance, and engineering teams to: - Continuously validate controls - Detect operational drift - Trace sensitive data flows - Improve AI and third-party governance - Reduce blind spots across distributed systems - Move from assumptions to continuous evidence Because controls on paper are not the same as controls in production. The AI era is accelerating system complexity, data movement, and governance risk. Traditional governance models were not designed for this reality. Qala was built for it.

At a-metal, our vision is to democratize metal 3D printing within the industry. We firmly believe that small and medium-sized enterprises, educational institutions, and small development groups should have easier access to this revolutionary technology on their premises. By offering an affordable, compact, and safe metal 3D printing machine, we strive to provide our customers with the best price-performance package, while maintaining a very robust printing process and high-quality parts. Our closed-loop powder handling cartridge system ensures a clean and safe operation, eliminating the need for hiring academic experts or building a laboratory room around your metal 3D printer. With just a basic mechanical workshop, an innovative mindset, your technical team, and our machine, you can start printing complex metal parts in-house for an affordable price whenever you need them.

Smeetz is an AI-powered commerce intelligence platform designed to revolutionize the leisure and entertainment industry. By unifying commerce, embedding financial tools, and leveraging AI-driven insights for marketing, pricing, and operations, Smeetz empowers venues to increase revenue, optimize efficiency, and deliver exceptional guest experiences. The platforms comprehensive suite of solutions addresses the complex needs of diverse venues, from ticketing and POS to CRM and data analytics, all within a single, integrated system. With a focus on innovation and customer-centricity, Smeetz is driving the digital transformation of the leisure industry, enabling businesses to thrive in the experience economy.

High-precision metal parts are crucial for the manufacturing sector; yet programming machines to produce these components remains a time-consuming and repetitive task. As the shortage of skilled workers intensifies, this process increasingly becomes a bottleneck. Manukai, a spinoff from ETH Zürich, addresses this challenge by developing a novel AI, which automates repetitive programming tasks by leveraging available production data.

Data centers consume up to 8% of the global power, and over 80% of the computing resources are wasted. Time to fix it! Helio lets you execute your workloads and applications in the cloud carbon-aware. We constantly optimize for the fewest emissions, the best price + scale. Use the carbon-aware cloud for your favorite 3d-renderings, machine learning workloads, and many other computing jobs.

At DPhi, we believe that space is a continuity of Earth. Our goal is to democratize space access and lay the foundation for future infrastructure that will enable a spacefaring civilization. We design, build and launch ridesharing platforms that allow the fast and affordable deployment of any software or hardware in orbit. Our solution opens the doors for launches that were once thought impossible.

We connect businesses with government affairs by putting your regulatory monitoring on autopilot.

We make the data-assisted movie-making accessible to the market through our high level film understanding technologies. Largo has developed data-assisted intelligence, which can be introduced much earlier in the life of a film project, right from script choice and development, through filming, post-production and theatrical release. Largo empowers production companies with data-enhanced ROI uplift and reduction of risk.

Reinforced concrete is widely used in large infrastructures tunnels, garages, bridges, etc. and in many public and private buildings. However, the service life of reinforced concrete structures is often limited due to corrosion of the steel reinforcement. Concrete structures suffering from corrosion have to be repaired in order to reach their expected service life but there is currently a lack of knowledge to determine the right time of repair. This results in: -Foregone revenues due to a too early repair of the structure -Compromised safety if repair is not timely performed which ultimately endanger human life With our solution, we aim at obtaining continuous reliable corrosion diagnosis and forecast, which can be used both for structures built with traditional Portland Cement but also containing new blended cements. With our solution, we can help our customers selecting the right type of repair, for the right structure at the right time. Our solution enables decreasing the number of structures needing repair simultaneously and thus helps diminishing corrosion costs while ensuring safety.

Relio – the Swiss digital payment account for businesses. With its new approach to compliance and KYC, even complex companies can get an account with a Swiss IBAN after just a few clicks.

Agrinorm is a technology company on a mission to transform fresh produce sourcing through digitalization and AI. The company is building a new supply chain model that enables buyers and growers to work directly together profitably, reduce waste, and adapt to climate change. Recognized as one of the top 100 Swiss start-ups and among the top 500 food tech start-ups globally, Agrinorm is on a path to scale its innovative sourcing method worldwide.

Everon provides access to Swiss Wealth Management by combining technology, all-around customer service and a prestigious network.

SICTIC is a Switzerland based non-profit association that connects smart money investors to innovative seed and early stage tech startups. Since 2018, SICTIC is the largest and most active business angel network in Switzerland. SICTIC itself does not invest and also does not take any commission on investments.

CCRAFT is shaping the future of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with advanced thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology. As a dedicated open-access foundry, built on years of pioneering R&D at the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), we combine technological innovation with market-driven solutions—addressing current industry needs while paving the way for next-generation PIC platforms. We offer monolithic TFLN PICs, TFLN chiplets for heterogeneous integration, and processing of TFLN-enhanced silicon photonic wafers, solving critical challenges in optical communications, high-performance computing (HPC), AI, Quantum, space technologies, optical computing, and advanced sensing. To meet the growing demand for high-volume, high-performance photonic solutions, we are scaling up manufacturing in our cleanroom facility. Our comprehensive process design kits (PDKs) empower customers to confidently design and develop robust, cutting-edge PIC products tailored to their specific applications. At CCRAFT, we bridge technological innovation with market needs, ensuring our solutions create lasting impact across diverse industries. Join us as we craft the future of photonics—at the speed of light.

Modern organizations no longer operate in static environments. Data continuously moves across engineering systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, third parties, and increasingly AI workflows. Yet most governance and security models still rely on periodic audits, static documentation, and manual evidence collection. Qala AI is the Governance Control Plane for Software Engineering. We help organizations continuously reconcile governance intent with real engineering implementation and runtime behaviour - providing provable visibility into how sensitive data is actually handled across modern systems. Our platform enables security, governance, and engineering teams to: - Continuously validate controls - Detect operational drift - Trace sensitive data flows - Improve AI and third-party governance - Reduce blind spots across distributed systems - Move from assumptions to continuous evidence Because controls on paper are not the same as controls in production. The AI era is accelerating system complexity, data movement, and governance risk. Traditional governance models were not designed for this reality. Qala was built for it.

At a-metal, our vision is to democratize metal 3D printing within the industry. We firmly believe that small and medium-sized enterprises, educational institutions, and small development groups should have easier access to this revolutionary technology on their premises. By offering an affordable, compact, and safe metal 3D printing machine, we strive to provide our customers with the best price-performance package, while maintaining a very robust printing process and high-quality parts. Our closed-loop powder handling cartridge system ensures a clean and safe operation, eliminating the need for hiring academic experts or building a laboratory room around your metal 3D printer. With just a basic mechanical workshop, an innovative mindset, your technical team, and our machine, you can start printing complex metal parts in-house for an affordable price whenever you need them.

Smeetz is an AI-powered commerce intelligence platform designed to revolutionize the leisure and entertainment industry. By unifying commerce, embedding financial tools, and leveraging AI-driven insights for marketing, pricing, and operations, Smeetz empowers venues to increase revenue, optimize efficiency, and deliver exceptional guest experiences. The platforms comprehensive suite of solutions addresses the complex needs of diverse venues, from ticketing and POS to CRM and data analytics, all within a single, integrated system. With a focus on innovation and customer-centricity, Smeetz is driving the digital transformation of the leisure industry, enabling businesses to thrive in the experience economy.

High-precision metal parts are crucial for the manufacturing sector; yet programming machines to produce these components remains a time-consuming and repetitive task. As the shortage of skilled workers intensifies, this process increasingly becomes a bottleneck. Manukai, a spinoff from ETH Zürich, addresses this challenge by developing a novel AI, which automates repetitive programming tasks by leveraging available production data.