EPFL Entrepreneurship

09/05/2023

Hey!!! 📢➡️ Join us at the Changemakers x blaze award ceremony on Tuesday 23 May 2023 from 17h15 to 20h30!

🎤 An opportunity to discover the latest startup projects from 22 EPFL student teams, who will pitch the chance to make business contacts and earn grant awards and the public’s vote prize. A free event t is free and open to all entrepreneurs, professionals, innovation enthusiasts and students.

Register here: https://lnkd.in/e9wsiY52

About our programs
🚀 blaze is a 12-week startup accelerator program designed to advance student startups towards a successful market launch, by transforming founders into leaders and projects into startups. Learn more https://lnkd.in/eeYBfTUA

💡 Changemakers is a 12-week learning journey for bachelor, master and PhD students to boost their innovation and entrepreneurial skills whilst turning their idea into a real-life startup project. Learn more https://lnkd.in/ezk2PwjX

🙏🏼 Thank you Schellenberg Wittmer for sponsoring this event!
EPFL

24/04/2023

🚀🔛 edition is ready for another year of ideas, great workshops, inputs, and and - last but not least, a lot of fun!

Applications for the world’s largest 🌿🌍🌞 challenge ClimateLaunchpad are waiting for your registration. Anyone with a promising cleantech idea who dreams of becoming an entrepreneur should join! You can be a new startup, SME, researcher, student, public organisation, consultant, engineer, a combination of the above or something that doesn’t fit a job title. Don’t worry if you don’t have a business plan quite ready. We’ll help you strengthen your plan or teach you how to create one.

Apply now https://lnkd.in/djeggyP and become part of our wonderful .


ClimateLaunchpad_SA, Startup Academy

24/04/2023

Students, Phds, and Innovation enthusiasts, the 2023 Startup Champions Seed Night ⭐ is already taking place this Thursday 27 April 2023 at Forum Rolex from 17h30!

🤗📢 And it is still possible to register! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZSCyDZF

During this evening, 20 startups will have 90 seconds to convince you that their technology can change the world, Michael Friedrich, CEO of Distalmotion, our Keynote Spearker, will talk about his incredible journey up to his very recent fundraising, and then we will unveil the winner of the Musy 2023 Prize, an award that encourages female entrepreneurship in science and technology!

Join us to vote for your favorite project and network with EPFL's innovation ecosystem! Detailed program and registration here https://lnkd.in/eZSCyDZF!

The organizers: EPFL Alumnis, EPFL Startup and venturelab
The event sponsors: Swisscom, EY, Kellerhals Carrard, Alpian, Innovaud and Superlab Suisse.

11/04/2023

11/04/2023

CHF 30'000 for your Health Innovations ! - https://mailchi.mp/652b041a51da/chf-30000-pour-les-ides-les-plus-innovantes-en-sant-612667

22/03/2023

08/03/2023

"The startup accelerator has officially kicked off its 5th cohort with 9 promising startups created by dedicated student-entrepreneurs, who have shown potential for rapid deployment, distinctive technology and an aspiration for societal impact!

On Monday, the new participants met for the first time to get to know each other, learn about the programme and meet a successful entrepreneur.

So thank you to our former blaze-student Amael Parreaux-Ey, CEO of , for sharing his experience on what it takes to turn a project into a real startup with over 20 employees.

Over the next three months, Trailblazers will receive tailored coaching, participate in workshops and expand their network by meeting experienced entrepreneurs, industry leaders and domain experts from EPFL's unique ecosystem so that they are fully prepared for a successful market rollout!

To learn more about the blaze program https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/blaze/ and follow us on EPFL Entrepreneurship

13/02/2023

📢 Calling all aspiring student entrepreneurs! Do you have an entrepreneurial idea that you’d like to turn into a real startup project?

🚀 Join the Changemakers 6th cohort from March to May 2023!

Changemakers is a 10-weeks learning program for students to boost their innovation & entrepreneurial skills while turning their idea into a real-life startup project.

ℹ️ For more info: https://tinyurl.com/5n7y38nk

08/02/2023

📢📢📢Hey! Are you an EPFL student or a young alumni with an advanced startup project? ​

Does your startup have market tractions? Is your prototype based on a distinctive technology and your business model scalable?

🦾👉🚀Join the blaze acceleration program from March to May 2023!

This is a unique opportunity to join other student-entrepreneurs on an intensive three-month journey that will transform you and your startup into a professional venture ready for a successful market deployment!

Don't wait anymore and apply now! (deadline 19 February 2023)

For full details of the programme and application procedure 👉 check our webpage https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/blaze/

EPFL

10/01/2023

Hello innovators 👋

🚀 Do you want to turn your innovative startup idea into reality?
Learn how VENTURE - Companies for Tomorrow Startup Competition can support you. 💡

Registration to Switzerland's leading start-up competition closes on March 2nd, but there are already several online events you can profit from before the submission. Check them out below 👇 or on www.venture.ch

EPFL

04/11/2022

📢 Concours PERL 2023 – Appel à candidatures

Lausanne Région ouvre officiellement les inscriptions pour sa 21e édition du Prix Entreprendre Lausanne Région ( )

🎯 A gagner : 5 prix pour un montant total de 100'000.- CHF !

Qui peut participer ? Toute entreprise de la région porteuse d’un projet novateur peut s’inscrire jusqu’au 25 janvier 2023, indépendamment de sa taille et de son secteur d’activité.

Conditions et inscriptions sur 👉 https://lnkd.in/dxbrhQp8

27/10/2022

📢 Students and scientists - are you ready to build a world-class startup? Then join the Venture Challenge at EPFL !

👉Apply now: https://www.venturelab.swiss/venture-challenge/epfl

Venture Challenge is a workshop series where you can meet successful entrepreneurs and hear about their experience and recommandations on a specific entrepreneurial topic.

These workshops adress students with an innovative startup idea or who are interested in entrepreneurship. They are organised by venturelab

Workshops:

Venture Challenge #1: Sales for startups
10.11.2022, 18:00 - with Nicolas Briner, Sales Team Lead at Ledgy

Venture Challenge #2: Raise the first round
23.11.2022: 16:00 - with Samantha Anderson, CEO and Co-Founder of DePoly

Venture Challenge #3: Financing for startups
30.11.2022: 16:00 - with Tomas Sluka, CEO and Co-Founder of CREAL

The Venture Challenge workshops will:

- Inspire your entrepreneurial journey
- Shape your entrepreneurial proposal
- Mark your entry in the Swiss startup ecosystem

Attendance is limited so make sure to register here.