Over the past 30 years, the EPFL Innovation Park has been a home to approximately 500 startups and scale-ups. As a not-for-profit foundation, we have continually evolved our services to make a meaningful impact on society. Some noteworthy current examples include:
- AC Immune develops precision medicine for neurodegenerative diseases
- Sophia Genetics aims to cure cancer through data-driven personalized medicine
- ONWARD Medical restores movement in people with spinal cord injury
- Kandou Bus provides faster and more energy efficient interconnections between devices
- Inpher helps build privacy-preserving data collaboration ecosystems
- bNovate enables fast and easy water quality control
- Akselos significantly extends the lifespan of large energy infrastructures
From world-class research to impactful solutions for society
Whereas EPFL draws some of the best international researchers to develop cutting-edge technology, the EPFL Innovation Park is a hive of interaction between academia and business, attracting outstanding, innovative projects and empowering them to flourish, scale up and transform society. It is managed by the not-for-profit “Fondation EPFL Innovation Park”. The foundation engages its resources to address the challenges that today’s world is facing. While actively supporting all areas of high-tech innovation, we are building several major innovation clusters at national and international levels.
Health
Promoting health equity and enhancing women's well-being are key priorities for us. In collaboration with industrial and healthcare partners, we are developing an international accelerator Tech4Eva to support and scale femtech startups. Additionally, we revolutionize the future of healthcare with various stakeholders and incorporating cutting-edge digital health solutions into the patient experience to enhance prevention, diagnostics, and monitoring.
30+ years of constant progress
Staying a step ahead
Driven by the inflow of disruptive projects emanating from research labs in the region and beyond, all rooted in deep tech science, our passion is to create societal impact. We constantly adopt, improve and extend our offer, going beyond expectations by staying a step ahead of future societal needs. Thanks to our multidisciplinary teams and the contribution of leading companies and partners of the Swiss ecosystem, we offer tailor-made support to innovation projects from a wide range of industries at every stage of their development. Tech4Eva in Femtech or Tech4Trust in Cybersecurity & Digital Trust, Tech4Regeneration in Energy and Cleantech are examples of innovation platforms that we created, to bring concrete solutions and have an impact on society.
