E75 [AI-Translated] Deals of the Month - November 2025 | Swiss VC Market Snapshot | Flexion | Mimic | Spacetek | BTRY

In this episode, Max Meister and Guy Giuffredi break down the most important developments in the Swiss startup and venture capital ecosystem in November 2025. We open with the Market Snapshot, covering investment volumes, deal activity, and exits — including a strong month with CHF 425M invested and the acquisition of SixPeaks by AstraZeneca. In the Deep Dive, we analyze four standout deep-tech transactions that capture where Swiss innovation and venture capital are heading: – the $50M Series A of Flexion Robotics, building the software “brain” for autonomous humanoid robots, – the $16M Seed round of Mimic Robotics, bringing human-level dexterity to industrial robots through intelligent robotic hands, – the CHF 9.6M growth financing of Spacetek Technology, a University of Bern spin-off translating space-grade mass spectrometry into semiconductor manufacturing, – and the CHF 4.6M Seed round of BTRY, an Empa spin-off developing next-generation thin-film solid-state batteries. We discuss what these deals reveal about the horizontalization of robotics, why dexterity has become the key bottleneck in automation, how space technology is unlocking yield gains in chip fabs — and why battery innovation only scales when materials science, manufacturing, and go-to-market strategy align. A deep-tech-heavy month that shows Switzerland remains a global frontrunner in robotics, semiconductors, and energy storage.