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Innosuisse – Start-up innovation projects

Innosuisse – Innovationsprojekte für Start-ups

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Innosuisse covers up to 70% of direct project costs; the start-up must contribute at least 30% itself. No maximum funding amount or ceiling is stated on the page, so none is recorded here.

You must co-fund 30%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — 'Projects can be submitted on an ongoing basis. There are no tenders.' Applications must be submitted at least eight weeks before an Innovation Council meeting date to be considered at that meeting.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

You fund 30% yourself.

Who can apply

Start-up must be 'based in Switzerland (i.e. the company's headquarters is in Switzerland) and is registered in the Swiss registry of commerce', 'has not been established for more than 5 years at the time of submission (up to 10 years in exceptional cases)' and have 'less than 50 FTE'. Research partners receive no direct funding in this instrument.

How to apply

  1. Confirm eligibility: Swiss-headquartered company registered in the Swiss registry of commerce, established no more than 5 years ago (up to 10 in exceptional cases), fewer than 50 FTE. — link
  2. Prepare a science-based innovation project preparing first-time market entry, with the eligible cost plan.
  3. Submit via the Innosuisse application platform at least eight weeks before an Innovation Council meeting. — link

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.innosuisse.admin.ch/en/start-up-innovation-projects

"has not been established for more than 5 years at the time of submission (up to 10 years in exceptional cases) ... less than 50 FTE ... Projects can be submitted on an ongoing basis. There are no tenders."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.innosuisse.admin.ch

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