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.

Browse through the lists of EPFL Startups or EPFL Startups in creation.

Find your internship in 180 seconds

EPFL master’s students looking for internships for the Spring/Summer 2023 semester will discover at a glance a choice of internships lasting from 4 to 6 months, available between February and September (period 1)…

29-09-202229-09-2022

Lieu et salle: RLC E1 240
Catégorie: Conférences – Séminaires

Deadline Inscription Changemakers 2022

30-08-202230-09-2022

Catégorie: Conférences – Séminaires

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Greenhousescan run on their own energy with Voltiris' solar modules © 2022 Voltiris

With new solar modules, greenhouses run on their own energy

26.08.22Innovation

Plants use light waves from only a portion of the spectrum for photosynthesis – the remainder can be recovered and used to generate solar power. That’s the idea behind the solar modules developed by EPFL startup Voltiris. Following encouraging preliminary results, a new pilot installation was recently installed in Graubünden.

A 100k FIT Tech Seed Loan for PROUD

25.08.22Innovation

To meet the growing demand in high-tech items, PROUD is designing the next generation of semi-conductors using diamond layers. The patented technology developed at EPFL solves the cooling problem of current silicon semi-conductors. With the Tech Seed loan from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT), the start-up will pursue the technology scale-up and the prototype’s development.

A 100k FIT Tech Seed Loan for TWIICE

17.08.22EPFL

Founded in 2020, EPFL startup TWIICE designs modular exoskeletons for the lower limbs that enable paralysed people to stand up and walk again. The Tech Seed loan from the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT) will allow the startup to conduct the clinical trial for its exoskeleton leading to its commercialisation in 2023 in Europe, Canada, and the US.

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