Startup
Accelerating your startup
We foster innovative projects and connect them with relevant partners.
ACCELERATOR
We accelerate startup projects by helping them implement their innovative idea and transform it into a marketable prototype. Through our Innosuisse accreditation, we can also fast-track applications for national funding. In addition, we connect startups with other relevant support structures.
Partners
Be-advanced is the official startup support structure of the canton of Bern. Working as an independent, supra-regionally connected impulse generator, it helps startups to get all business matters off on the right foot.
SIPBB actively collaborates with be-advanced through the Highflyer Program designed for growth and scale up. Aiming to facilitate market entry and product industrialization, this program includes rapid prototyping, be-advanced acceleration and industrialization support.
The Bern Economic Development Agency aids startups and SMEs in their development from the very early stages on. Its goal is to foster the cantonal economy by supporting innovation and attracting high-potential companies.
Each year, the Swiss innovation agency Innosuisse delivers a total of about CHF 150 million in fundings for innovative projects. As an official Innosuisse research partner, SIPBB can fast-track funding applications for projects within the area of expertise of its four research centers (SSF, SBTC, SAMC and SHTC). The funds can cover up to 50% of the project’s R&D costs.
The STI Foundation grants financial support to founders of startups with technological innovations and economic potential in the form of a repayable, earmarked and interest-free loan.
Since its foundation in 1987, the W.A. de Vigier Foundation promotes national economic development by directly financing (sunk costs) young, innovative entrepreneurs.