Lugano/Zurich, October 11, 2013 - Newscron SA is proud to announce that the CTI Start-up Coaching certification committee of business experts awarded our company the CTI Label. This label is granted to companies that attain some gradual milestones after a period of coaching and demonstrate that they are ready sustainable development based on the degree of maturity of their Intellectual Property portfolio, business and financial planning, product and market definition and, last but not least, external proof that their product offering is wanted by the market.

CTI Start-up Coaching is a program of the Innovation Promotion Company under the Federal Office for Professional Education and technology OPET that supports the development of innovative technology companies in Switzerland in order to guarantee sustainable world-wide competitiveness.

"The CTI label is a confirmation for us that we are on the right track," says Elia Palme, co-founder and CEO. "We are proud to show our customers and investors that there are successful high-tech companies also in Ticino." Newscron generates great interest: over 50, 000 people use the app monthly to read about 3.2 million news articles published by 250 news sources coming from nine countries. These include newspapers such as NZZ, or the Basel week days, as well as foreign sources such as Le Monde, The Times or the Standard, and magazines such as the Mirror.

Find out more information about CTI Start-up and our CTI success story: (http://cti-live.divio.ch/en/startups/overview-startups/). For further information about Newscron, check out www.newscron.com/welcome.

Press Contact:
Patrick Lardi
COO
Newscron
Lugano/Zurich
+41 58 666 4124
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http://www.newscron.com/