Acceleration through funding & awards

Funding for deeptech startups to accelerate market entry with up to CHF 2.5 million

► University-based, high-potential businesses out of Venture Kick

The 100 most innovative and promising Swiss startups are selected by a jury and honored at the award ceremony – to follow online

►  Deeptech Entrepreneurs | Founders

Awards technical projects on the threshold of market entry with CHF 100'000 

►  Entrepreneurs | Founders

The 3-level grant program benefits early stage digital health projects
► apply by  31.01.2025
► PhD Candidates | Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Awards entrepreneurial achievements or innovations in the Swiss medical technology sector with CHF 75'000
► 25.06.2025 
► Entrepreneurs | Founders 

Startups from Swiss universities can get more than CHF 1 Million in cash plus support and networks

►  Entrepreneurs | Founders

Supports and accelerates the most promising healthcare companies

► Founders in BioTech

Reputation with the Bluelion Award for impactful tech-startups in Zurich

►  Entrepreneurs

Accelerator for early stage climate tech startups in Zurich

►  Founders | Entrepreneurs

For science-based startups with significant innovation potential, preparing start-ups for market entry
► Five selection windows per year
► Startups

Business angel network connecting tech startups with investors

►  Tech startups

Acceleration programs for Fintech and Insurtech

►  Entrepreneurs | Founders

Annual competition that supports early-stage startups with up to CHF 150'000

►  Aspiring entrepreneurs | Founders

Early financing in life sciences, biotech and medtech with business ideas based on intellectual property resulting from UZH research

►  UZH spin-offs

Focuses on digital, tangible and health technologies and invests from the Seed Stage onward

►  Entrepreneurs | Founders

Promising regenerative medicine and/or robotics technologies and/ or medical devices/bionics technologies ready to be translated

►  Entrepreneurial teams from UZH & ETH