Located at the heart of EPFL Innovation Park,
La Forge is a co-working space offering a unique environment for starting
entrepreneurs to shape their ideas into companies.
La Forge offers a flexible open space with a conference room,
several meeting cabins for your one to one or business and
sales calls, free internet, and a printer.
Free access is given for a period of 6 months,
which can be renewed one time for another 6 months.
CRITERIA
Entrepreneurs that have a link with academia by working, studying or being an alumni of a Swiss university, Hautes écoles and research centre with a continuous collaboration.
Entrepreneurs selected in recognized entrepreneurial trainings (Innosuisse, Venture…) and support schemes (Innogrants, Venture Kick, FIT…).
Start-up projects strongly connected to high tech (medtech/lifescience, ICT, engineering, cleantech …).
PROJECTS
Bloch Labs
Our gauge-on-a-chip disrupts vacuum measurement in nearly all semiconductor manufacturing equipment
Caulys
Caulys enables anyone to grow their own fresh, tasty and eco-friendly fruits and vegetables, directly at home
CLIC-Chat
Private and Customized Virtual Coach to Optimize Teams’ Performances
DATECO
Production of environmental sensors and digital platforms to analyze environmental data.
Droople
Smart grid for water management
Fiduly
We reinvented the Finance Department using automation and machine learning to help SME’s save time on accounting and financial tasks
ICON NGO
Bring trust & humanize the digital world ICON is a Non Governmental Organisation that federates an international community working on trust in cyberspace
Invision AI
Forward Collision Warning System For Autonomous Rail
IOD
A cooperative of top digital freelancers
Little Yeti
Little Yeti is an online platform that creates and publishes personalized story books for children and families
Loygo
Loygo-a revolutionary Platform to reward sustainability
MicroR Systems
Developing ultra-stable lasers for space and sensing applications
Nagi Bioscience
The first “Worm-on-Chip” technology for drug/chemical testing
Neural Concept
The first 3D Deep-Learning SaaS platform dedicated to Computer Assisted Engineering and Design
Neutrality
To secure the communications of the International Commitee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other at-risk organizations.
Quantum Integrity
AI-powered Image forgery detection
Smeetz
Smeetz is a SaaS booking platform that helps leisure, sport and event organizers to increase their revenues and better reach their market.
SP80
A team of EPFL students and Alumni working together to smash the current world sailing speed record.
Teserakt
Secure communications for IoT
Theorissimo
Prepare your theoretical driving license test. Pass or get reimbursed twice
Ufity
Convert physical activity into money
Wakeit
Our app “Wakeit” helps young people to wake up in a good mood by increasing their motivation and avoiding tediousness unlike other conventional and boring alarms
La Forge is more than a coworking space. It is a great platform for meeting people of the Swiss startup ecosystem: we were lucky to meet great people who ultimately became advisors, investors and employees for our company and contributed to its success. It is a great place to start if you are a first time entrepreneur who wants to explore the business potential of a high tech project.
Alexei Kounine, founder of TasteHit
EVENTS
Brown Bag Lunch
Monthly exciting workshops or presentations by experienced entrepreneurs to improve your skills and network.
Café Croissant
Regular morning coffee and croissants breaks to exchange about progress, challenges and entrepreneurial lifestyle with all the La Forge teams.
Demo day
Twice a year, La Forge opens its doors to the public and local ecosystem to discover the start-up projects through pitches and face to face meetings at their stand
ACCELERATION
La Forge holds bi annual acceleration programs for start-up projects in different verticals such as
Medtech, ICT, providing them with increased support through coaching and a place to stay.
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