Startup Launchpad

We build and support the companies, people, and technology that will change the way society works for the better. We offer funding, support and passion to EPFL entrepreneurs helping them bring their ideas to market.

We help build the companies of tomorrow

Student Startup Launchpad

Fostering the next generation of student founders

Tech Launchpad

Providing entrepreneurs the right support at the right time.

Community

Partnering for growth – connecting with experts, alumni, and investors

Impact

320

Startups created since 2000

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2’636

MCHF raised funding from 2000 to 2020

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40

Projects in incubation

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Learn more about the current projects we support

AICA

The difficulty of programming robots makes the technology inaccessible to many companies, especially the small batch manufacturers, AICA, aims to change that.

Retreeva

Retreeva has developed an innovative solution for recovering the trace amounts of gold lost during production and returning it to the production cycle.

Allure

Meet the company who has, literally, reinvented the wheel with its vision to shape the future of personal mobility.

Meet our startups

Our focus is incubation and preparing for the next step. Once you’re incorporated, we step back and watch you grow.

2022 >>venture>> Kickoff Lausanne

Join us to celebrate Switzerland's leading startup competition, on the year of its 25th anniversary. Do you have a stellar idea and want to start your own business? Or you already have your startup, and want to take it…

10-11-202110-11-2021

Lieu et salle: BC 094.6
Catégorie: Conférences – Séminaires

Innovation by Design Challenge – Remise des prix

10-11-202110-11-2021

En ligne: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-by-design-challenge-tickets-195081703627?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Catégorie: Conférences – Séminaires

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News

Canton of Vaud offers support for Enabled by Design platform

20.10.21EPFL

The Canton of Vaud supports the Enabled by Design web platform developed by the EPFL and the ECAL. CHF 100,000 per year will be injected for three years to ensure the sustainability of this tool, which promotes collaboration between designers and entrepreneurs.

ArcoScreen CEO Margaux Duchamp wins the Lopez-Loreta prize

14.10.21Innovation

The Lopez-Loreta prize is a relatively new award, which was launched in 2018 by the foundation whose name it bears. It rewards academic excellence and is given to four researchers from four French and Swiss public polytechnic schools, including EPFL. This is the first time that the award – which includes prize money of 1 million euros over a period of five years – has been given to a female entrepreneur, with ArcoScreen CEO Margaux Duchamp taking the award. The award not only recognizes her work on her thesis but also the startup she founded on the back of her research.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals joins the FIT

13.10.21Innovation

Founded in 1950, the multinational biopharmaceutical company Ferring Pharmaceuticals has joined the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) in September. With its international headquarters in Saint-Prex (Vaud), Ferring is at the heart of life sciences innovation in Western Switzerland and will join local players in supporting local innovation. Ferring has also become a member of the FIT Foundation Board as well as the Tech Seed and Tech Growth Committees.

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