Funding Calls
Innosuisse supports science-based projects of start-ups with significant innovation potential. These innovation projects must be based on application-oriented research and prepare start-ups for entering the market for the first time. In the case of projects, only the start-up is supported. No research partners are supported. Funding is available for projects in all subject areas.
This offer is aimed at start-ups which have not yet entered the market.
This offer is aimed at start-ups which have not yet entered the market.
Funding AmountVaries Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderInnoSuisse
Grant
InnoSuisse
This offer is aimed at start-ups which have not yet entered the market.
Your start-up:
• is about to enter the market. Ready-developed products or services are not yet offered on the market (except for services in the field of research and development, consulting and expert opinions, etc., on which the business model is not based). Start-ups that already have prototypes or testing facilities in operation at customers are also considered to be “before market entry”.
• has a business model based on a scalable product or service and thus has the potential for more than linear growth.
• can clearly demonstrate that your innovation project prepares for subsequent rapid implementation on the market.
• is based in Switzerland (i.e. the company’s headquarters is in Switzerland) and is registered in the Swiss registry of commerce.
• is not a non-commercial association or foundation and is not a unit of public administration.
• has not been established for more than 5 years at the time of submission (up to 10 years in exceptional cases).
• has less than 50 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) when submitting the application form; if your start-up is controlled by another company (i.e. another company commands a direct/indirect majority of votes or has the direct/indirect right to appoint or remove a majority of the members of the executive board or board of directors of the start-up) and its financials are consolidated by the controlling company, then the consolidated group must have less than 250 FTE.
• has the financial means to bear the envisaged own contribution (at least 30 percent of the project costs).
• has an initial analysis of intellectual property rights which shows that there is no obvious conflict with existing patents at the time that the application is submitted that would prevent the start-up from entering the market.
• does not have ongoing funding for the same project.
• is not on SECO’s sanctions list.
• respects the Code of scientific integrity
