- agency
- Innosuisse (Swiss Innovation Agency)
- amount
- Innosuisse covers a maximum of 70% of direct project costs; the start-up contributes at least 30%.
- country
- Switzerland
- deadline or recurrence
- Continuous submission (no tenders); applications must be submitted at least eight weeks before an Innovation Council meeting; total process ~16 weeks to decision.
- eligibility
- Swiss start-ups about to enter the market (products/services not yet commercially available), headquartered and registered in the Swiss commercial registry, established for a maximum of 5 years (up to 10 in exceptional cases), fewer than 50 FTE (consolidated group under 250 FTE), with a scalable, science-based business model and the capacity to contribute at least 30% of costs. Non-commercial associations, foundations and public administration units excluded.