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La Forge - shaping ideas into companies

Located at the heart of the EPFL Innovation Park, La Forge is an incubator for early-stage startups and young companies with a connection to EPFL. In this supportive environment, selected fledgling businesses can build a useful network of like-minded entrepreneurs, meet potential investors, refine their business models and acquire new skills to get their companies off to a flying start.
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Progress review

Regular meetings with the La Forge team of startup coaches to boost your company's growth and reach your next milestones.
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Demo day/Showcase

La Forge opens its doors to the public and the local business ecosystem giving our startups the opportunity to pitch their projects directly to the public. Discover our 3D showcase below.

Expert advice on hand

Have a problem regarding IP, financing, or just need some expert advice? Connect with the right mentor for some on-the-spot expertise!

Brown Bag Lunches & Workshops

Exciting workshops and presentations, held monthly by experienced entrepreneurs to take your skills to the next level and help you network with like-minded participants.

Member

Free

For startups: Become part of the select La Forge community network and access exciting workshops and presentations given by experienced entrepreneurs to take your skills to the next level. Our offer for members also includes:

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  • Free 24/7 access to co-working space for your team
  • Free conference room booking
  • Mentoring sessions with our startup mentors, to keep your project on track
  • Demo Day participation, Showcase participation (worth 1500 CHF)
  • Brown Bag Lunch access
  • Special workshop access
  • La Forge incubator partnerships services (5000 CHF worth of credits on AWS, Microsoft for startup program, MathWorks and other useful services)
  • Science2market.ch events access
  • Free WiFi
  • Free printing
  • Connexion with a vibrant community and contacts from the incubator
Become a member

Associate Member

Free

For startups: Become part of the select La Forge community network and access exciting workshops and presentations given by experienced entrepreneurs to take your skills to the next level.

For corporates and VCs: Get access to the latest innovation from La Forge, participate and animate workshops with them

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Our offer for associate members also includes:

  • Brown Bag Lunch access
  • Special workshop access
  • La Forge incubator partnerships services (5000 CHF worth of credits on AWS, MathWorks and other useful services)
  • Science2market.ch events access
Become an associate member

Applications criteria for membership & associate membership

  • Entrepreneurs that have a link to academia by working, studying or being an alumni of a Swiss technical university or a Haute Ecole (school of higher education).
  • Entrepreneurs selected from recognized entrepreneurial training courses (Innosuisse, Venture…) and support schemes (Innogrants, Venture Kick, FIT…).
  • Startup projects in the field of high tech (medtech/lifescience, ICT, engineering, cleantech etc.).

Current companies

FindeX

FindeX technology presents a novel approach to identify and rank Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFI). The ranking allows to assess the risk exposure of different institutions, which is especially useful for asset managers aiming for robust clients’ portfolios.

Aerospec

We enable chemical composition measurement of air pollution with detailed analysis on its source, makeup & effects; empowering labs and environmental agencies to improve air quality & global health.

Afflux

We optimize processes by building 3D digital twins and developing AI algorithms tailored to our clients' specific needs and activities.

Ageospatial

Ageospatial uses Generative-AI to develop solutions making geospatial data accessible and usable. We empower users to analyze, create, and manage geodata without specialized training.

AirCurve

Dedicated to revolutionizing airway access in hospital and emergency settings through the introduction of inexpensive AI-guided robotic systems for endotracheal intubation. Our product utilizes advanced machine vision and robotics to independently perform the intubation of patients with unparalleled accuracy and speed.

BoundaryAi

BoundaryAi leverages advanced AI to transform voluminous customer feedback into actionable insights, enhancing customer satisfaction, improving operational efficiency, and revealing hidden trends for data-driven business growth.

ClimEase

ClimEase SaaS streamlines reporting obligations on scope 3 GHG emissions (CBAM) and measures carbon price exposure on commodity distributors in the EU.

Constructible

Constructible is a software that speeds up the renovation process by making the diagnosis of existing buildings fast and reliable, and by providing a set of benchmarked solutions to broaden the scope of building engineers and allow finer expertise on renovation projects.

Evolta Technologies

As a power trading startup, Evolta Technologies specializes in integrating advanced AI and Deep Learning to maximises the profits from electricity trading and implements financial planning of BESS projects.

Firefly Fusion

Firefly Fusion is a pioneering European startup with a revolutionary mission to demonstrate the practical feasibility of nuclear fusion energy.

GraphEnergyTech

GraphEnergyTech develops and commercialize graphene electrode for solar applications. Primary market is the silicon photovoltaics, were we aim to replace the current electrode technology (silver).

Hikane

Hikane provide a simple an intuitive solution to help visually impaired peoples. Our solution consist of a small device that can be easily attached to any white cane and provide an haptic feedback when obstacles are detected.

Magnetfab

Magnetfab proposes a groundbreaking technology for manufacturing micromagnets with outstanding performance for applications in MEMS (microelectromechanical systems).

Moveklub

With moveklub, employees unite in activities that benefit their health, deepen and expand team ties to help them realign with the purpose of their work. The moveklub mobile app lets HR teams and employees create activities that boost teams health - from yoga to trail running, from early mornings to weekends.

Neosens

Neosens addresses an urgent global health concern, the unnecessary antibiotic treatment of 12% of all newborns in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) due to sepsis suspicion.

Pavonis

Private Cellular (5G) Networks as a Service for enterprise use cases.

Precisia Care SA

Precisia Care's mission is to support healthcare professionals in enhancing patient outcomes and reducing care costs through their cutting-edge AI-based software platform.

Scidentify

We are developing an AI powered add-on SaaS solution for the identification of rare cells types with unprecedented accuracy using a well-established technology called mass cytometry.

Sigmapulse

We develop user-centric conversational AI to collect deeper insights from market research and interviews. Our proprietary software embeds the latest open-source LLM, fine-tuned on our data, letting businesses skip writing conditional scenarios and gather large-scale qualitative insights from users.

Stacksync

Stacksync is a real-time and bidirectional data synchronization tool between CRMs.

Synature

At Synature, we empower end-to-end transparency in ecological restoration efforts by monitoring biodiversity using intelligent microphones and a digital platform.

Syre

Accelerating scientific discovery by creating tools for researchers that encourage transparent, collaborative, and accessible science.

Testasy Inc

For health providers, we offer an AI-driven, portable device that fully automates sperm testing, streamlining clinical operations and increasing their testing volumes.

TimeDesigners

Time Designers is a fine watchmaking company that creates timepieces based on spectacular physical phenomenons, in order to create unique and fascinating user experiences.

TimePickle

TimePickle reduces time spent on meeting scheduling by obsessing about user experience and integration.

TofuPilot

The collaborative workspace for hardware product teams.

Typeless

Typeless transforms raw, unstructured clinical documentation into structured, and computable data to improve healthcare management.

Unki

Unki is a digital travel platform offering AI-generated itineraries. Users enjoy free or premium curated plans, with seamless in-platform bookings and exclusive partner deals, all enhancing the travel experience.

VitalizeDx

We specialize in salivary biomonitoring for wellness and preventative medicine, offering innovative solutions from sample collection to real-time results display through the VitalizeDx app.

WasteFlow

WasteFlow is a learning-based vision system to increase recycling rate of recyling facilities.

Xelidoni

Our 3D Inspection App scans the entire apartment as you move in, and again when you move out, capturing every detail. It then communicates with a smart brain - our AI - which spots any damage effortlessly.

Discover the La Forge startups during the Swiss Accelerators' Showcase

We were lucky to meet great people who ultimately became advisors, investors and employees for our company and contributed to its success.
Alexei Kounine
Founder of Tastehit
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