Swiss Accelerator: Innosuisse supports 53 companies with CHF112 million
Summary
Innosuisse launched a call for projects for the Swiss Accelerator in 2022 as a transitional measure for Horizon Europe. The support per project amounts to a maximum of 2.5 million Swiss francs.The selected companies (with founding year and canton) are:The aim of the projects is to develop novel products and services with significant innovation potential. This should accelerate the growth of highly innovative Swiss companies.Innosuisse will probably continue to publish calls for projects for the Swiss Accelerator as long as Switzerland is not associated with the EUs framework programme for research and innovation. The Federal Council will decide on the transitional measures 2023 in spring of this year, presumably.The well-established innovation projects between universities and companies continue to be the focus of Innosuisses funding. In 2023, Innosuisse also launched a support offer for start-ups prior to their market entry: with the \xabstart-up innovation projects\xbb, the agency promotes the market entry of start-ups with direct financial support.