Swiss Accelerator: Innosuisse supports 53 companies with CHF112 million

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28.04.2023
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Innosuisse launched a call for projects for the Swiss Accelerator in 2022 as a transitional measure for Horizon Europe. After a three-stage assessment process, the Swiss Innovation Agency has now approved 53 innovation projects from SMEs and start-ups with significant innovation potential.

As Switzerland is not currently associated with the EU’s Horizon Europe framework programme, Swiss companies do not have access to the funding programme EIC Accelerator of the European Innovation Council. Swiss SMEs and start-ups were therefore able to apply for direct financial support for innovation projects with significant innovation potential within the scope of the Swiss Accelerator as transitional measure. Innosuisse received 752 short applications. After the initial assessment, 128 companies submitted a full application. Of these, 64 came to the final round to present their application.

The Innovation Council of Innosuisse has now approved 53 innovation projects within the scope of the Swiss Accelerator. The total funding granted amounts to 112 million Swiss Francs. The funding from Innosuisse covers a maximum of 70 per cent of project costs. A company must pay 30 per cent of the costs itself. The support per project amounts to a maximum of 2.5 million Swiss francs.

The selected companies (with founding year and canton) are:

Energy and Environment

Celeroton, 2008, ZH, www.celeroton.com

Cortexia, 2016, FR, www.cortexia.ch

Distran, 2013, ZH, distran.swiss

ExerGo, 2018, VD, exergo.com, full company announcement

Hivoduct, 2020, ZH, www.hivoduct.com

JJ Cooling Innovation, 2014, VD, www.jjcooling.com

Neustark, 2019, BE, www.neustark.com

Novamem, 2013, ZH, novamem.com

Pexapark, 2017, ZH, pexapark.com

Smarterion, 2009, SG, www.smarterion.ch

Wegaw, 2016, VD, wegaw.com, full company announcement

 

Engineering

AVAtronics, 2016, VD, www.avatronics.com

CompPair, 202, VD, comppair.ch

Dufour Aerospace, 2017, VS, www.dufour.aero, full company announcement

InstaHeat, 2019, ZH, www.instaheat.ch

Kandou Bus, 2011, VD, kandou.com

Polariton, 2019, ZH, www.polariton.ch

UNISERS, 2019, ZH, unisers.ch

Zaphiro, 2017, VD, zaphiro.ch, full company announcement

 

ICT

3db Acces, 2013, ZH, www.3db-access.com

Atinary Technologies, 2019, VD, atinary.com

Bionomous, 2022, FR, bionomous.ch

BLP Digital, 2019, ZH, www.blp-digital.com

Daedalen, 2016, ZH, daedalean.ai

Dotphoton, 2018, ZG, www.dotphoton.com

Dq Technologies, 2019, ZH, www.decentriq.com

Embotech, 2013, ZH, www.embotech.com

Hydromea, 2014, VD, www.hydromea.com

ORamaVR, 2020, VR, oramavr.com

Synthara, 2019, ZG, www.synthara.ai

 

Life Sciences

Alentis, 2019, BL, alentis.ch

Araris, 2019, ZH, www.ararisbiotech.com, full company announcement

BioVersys, 2008, BS, www.bioversys.com

Bühlmann Laboratories, 1989, BL, www.buhlmannlabs.ch

Cutiss, 2017, ZH, cutiss.swiss,  full company announcement

Field Food, 2022, ZH, www.eggfield.com

GT Gain Therapeutics, 2017, TI, www.gaintherapeutics.com

hemotune, 2017, ZH, www.hemotune.ch

Hylomorph, 2014, ZH, www.hylomorph-medical.com

Ionplus, 2013, ZH, www.ionplus.ch

Limula, 2020, VD, limula.ch

Lymphatica, 2017, VD, lymphaticamedtech.com

Nanoflex Robotics, 2021, ZH, www.nanoflexrobotics.com

Neurosoft Bioelectronics, 2020, GE, neurosoft-bio.com, full company announcement

Planted, 2019, ZH, eatplanted.com

Positrigo, 2018, ZH, www.positrigo.com, full company announcement

T3 Pharmaceuticals, 2015, BL, www.t3pharma.com, full company announcement

Vatorex, 2016, ZH, www.vatorex.com

Volumina Medical, 2018, VD, www.volumina-medical.ch

ZuriMED Technologies, 2015, ZH, zurimed.com

 

Social Sciences & Business Management

MGME Neurotech, 2021, ZH,

Peerdom, 2021, BE, peerdom.org

Riskwolf, 2019, ZH, www.riskwolf.com, full company announcement

 

The aim of the projects is to develop novel products and services with significant innovation potential. This should accelerate the growth of highly innovative Swiss companies.

Call for projects 2023

Innosuisse will probably continue to publish calls for projects for the Swiss Accelerator as long as Switzerland is not associated with the EU's framework programme for research and innovation. The Federal Council will decide on the transitional measures 2023 in spring of this year, presumably.

Other support offers

The well-established innovation projects between universities and companies continue to be the focus of Innosuisse’s funding. In 2023, Innosuisse also launched a support offer for start-ups prior to their market entry: with the «start-up innovation projects», the agency promotes the market entry of start-ups with direct financial support. Applications for both instruments can be submitted on an ongoing basis.

(Press release / SK)

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