Our Ecosystem
Connecting research, industry, and startups to accelerate innovation across Switzerland

ALL LOCATIONS
The Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne (SIPBB) is one of the six locations of the umbrella organisation Switzerland Innovation (foundation). The foundation coordinates the sites, markets them abroad and manages the federal guarantees.
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We foster collaboration between companies, startups and universities to find solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. Join our community to discover innovation activities and contribute your expertise and ideas.
OUR ECOSYSTEM
iBAT Association
iBAT is the national platform for industry and research partners, enabling and promoting battery-based innovations in Switzerland. The goal of iBAT is to accelerate the path from innovative ideas to final products, supporting success and competitiveness of the Swiss industry. The offices of iBAT Assosciation are located at SIPBB.
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S3C
The Swiss Cobotics Competence Center (S3C) in Biel aims to demonstrate the opportunities of collaboration between humans and robots. Its goal is to close the gap between the theoretical capabilities of robots and industrial reality, thus bringing more collaborative robots into industrial applications. With the S3C, Swiss companies – especially small and medium-sized companies – will gain access to know-how and a demonstration and test platform for innovative cobotic solutions.
GGBA
The Greater Geneva Bern Area (GGBA) works very closely with the canton of Bern to facilitate the establishment of companies in the canton of Bern and therefore also in the city of Biel/Bienne. Find out more about the GGBA and the reasons you should consider coming to the Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne with your R&D team or your startup.
Switzerland Global Enterprise
To attract R&D teams from across the globe, we actively collaborate with the platform Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE). If your goal is to innovate and invest in our country, the S-GE Swiss Business Hubs are your key contact points to help you settle in and start working as soon as possible.

Startup network
SIPBB networks all startups with all relevant partners in the Swiss innovation environment.