Startup Champions Seed Night 2024

Co-organized by EPFL and Venturelab, Startup Champions Seed Night is an annual event that brings together Swiss start-ups for a pitch competition. You'll find the most promising entrepreneurs from EPFL and the rest of Switzerland, angel investors, mentors, industry leaders and local researchers and students.

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Start-up pitch competition: 90 sec. to convince

Discover innovative entrepreneurial projects and the start-ups behind them at this event, where everything is done to encourage meetings and exchanges. In addition to the main event, which will see some 20 start-ups pitching their ambitions in 90 seconds, investors, mentors, scientists and other players in the Swiss start-up ecosystem will benefit before and after from privileged spaces to engage in conversation and envisage new collaborations. 

Among the committed start-ups who will be defending their projects and trying to win the pitch competition, you'll discover: 

• AeroSpec, measures the chemical composition of air pollution and provides a detailed analysis of its source, composition and potential health effects.
• BCellOne uses microfluidics and nanotechnologies to help cell and gene therapy developers improve their production processes.
• Biped, makes the world accessible to the blind and visually impaired thanks to robotics and AI.
• DemoSquare, democratizing democracy! Its AI enables business leaders to predict the future of legislation.
• DPhi Space offers shared satellites to make access to space easier and more affordable.
• EVS (Echo Verse Solutions) is developing a new chemical catalyst made from sustainable materials that converts liquid ammonia into hydrogen gas.
• FindeX, addresses the need to improve due diligence by delivering relevant content in a fraction of a second, thanks to AI.
• HepaVue, is developing the world's first virtual liver biopsy, making the diagnosis of liver disease affordable, painless, safe and more accessible.
• Magnetfab, produces micro-magnets as small as a grain of sand for use in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
• MIROS, creates fully interconnected, interactive and adaptive living spaces thanks to mobile robotic surfaces.
• NanThermix is developing a Diamond Heater-Thermometer (DHT) that enables researchers in university laboratories and industry to fully control the thermodynamic state of living systems at the nanoscale.
• Navintis, dedicated to saving lives by providing clinicians with the world's smallest microcatheter and offering a new treatment modality for intracerebral hemorrhage
• NEOSENS, offers an AI-based diagnostic assistant platform for rapid assessment of newborns' health status
• NovoViz designs and manufactures single-photon cameras with on-chip computing.
• PhenomX Health SA, improves the well-being, vitality and longevity of menopausal women.
• PitchMe, provides software to control blade inclination on vertical-axis wind turbines, based on a genetic learning algorithm.
• Protonica is dedicated to the future of cancer treatment by reinventing the proton therapy imaging system.
• R2HOME collects higher resolution atmospheric data, essential for climate resilience, by deploying reusable radiosondes.
• TheraMe! uses microfluidic technologies to provide personalized cancer treatment recommendations before the start of therapy. 
• TofuPilot provides a workspace for hardware innovation, improving collaboration between teams to deliver better products faster.

Details & online registration.