The startups listed below are currently in the pre-seed stage and are receiving support from, or incubating at, EPFL.
For additional details and contact information, click on their executive summaries 📄
| Startup Project | Description | Project Leader(s) | Executive Summary |
| BCellOne | High throughput intracellular delivery enabling gene and cell therapy | Miguel Solsona and Blandine Vergier | 📄 |
| Bioscibex | A single-use bioreactor simplifying and accelerating cell culture through automation and its closed system. | Chloe Albietz and Francois Carruzzo | 📄 |
| Inkocell Therapeutics | First curative treatment for cardiac fibrosis – via CAR-NK engineered cells | Angela Madurga Alonso and Mathieu Girardin | 📄 |
| IRIS | Instrument for imaging and molecular profiling of single cells | Joern Pezoldt and Johannes Bues | 📄 |
| Masaar Dynamics | Innovative platform for easy running of molecular simulations for drug & biomolecule development | Moustafa Houmani | 📄 |
| MedPEP | A platform for the development and specific cellular delivery of protease inhibitors for cancer treatment | Aaron Petruzzella | 📄 |
| naialabs | At-home finger-prick test which can measure the most important biomarkers for immune diagnostics | Grégoire Michielin, Hon Ming Yip and Evan Olson | 📄 |
| Startup Project | Description | Project Leader(s) | Executive Summary |
| Circelec | Eco-friendly printed circuit boards for recyclable smart tag | Nicolas Fumeaux and James Bourely | 📄 |
| Constructible | Software that improves the renovation process by speeding up the energy modeling of existing buildings and automating the engineer’s workflow | Lancelot Graulich and Antoine Filali | 📄 |
| ECHO | Novel catalyst for hydrogen generation using ammonia decomposition with affordable and durable properties | Kevin Turani-I-Belloto | 📄 |
| InSituStreTech | Providing accurate and reliable in-situ stress data required for safe carbon capture and storage | Alex Horvath | 📄 |
| Phorest | Unlcoking biomass-derived lignin as a widespread, sustainable alternative to petroleum-derived raw materials | Serhii Shyshkanov | 📄 |
| R2Home | A fully autonomous flying robot that makes sure anything you send up, comes back landing exactly where you want it to land | Yohan Hadji | 📄 |
| SafeShore | Managing sea-level rise with innovative adoptable coastal defence infrastructure | Tara Habibi, Thomas Keller and Shanin Maghsoudizand | 📄 |
| WindWorks | Smart blade pitch-control solutions to enhance vertical-axis wind turbine performance and lifetime | Sébastien Le Fouest and Daniel Fernex | 📄 |
| Startup Project | Description | Project Leader(s) | Executive Summary |
| Intuitive Science | Empowering tomorrow’s great minds to solve global challenges through accessible science education | Austin Peel | 📄 |
| Startup Project | Description | Project Leader(s) | Executive Summary |
| Automate | Facilitates laboratory automation by providing access to modular robot | Vincenzo Scamarcio | 📄 |
| Helix | Human comfortable around robots. We are working at the first commercial-grade soft manipulator. | Francesco Stella | 📄 |
| Hikane | Intuitive haptic feedback system integrated into the white cane, designed to help visually impaired individuals navigate safely | Antoine Perrin and Tristan Tarasi | 📄 |
| Protonica | Making proton therapy accessible | Veronica Leccese and Benoît Truc | 📄 |
| Raven Robotics | Distributed aerial inspection solution for Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) applications | İzzet Kağan Erünsal | 📄 |
| SIMORGH | Automatic and high precision Acoustic Emission–MicroSeismic monitoring | Maalek Momeni | 📄 |
| Startup Project | Description | Project Leader(s) | Executive Summary |
| Myriad Optics | Detection of bacterial contamination in the food industry with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy | Marwan El Chazli | 📄 |
| Startup Project | Description | Project Leader(s) | Executive Summary |
| Alblooms | Next generation photo sharing app | Patrick Schönmann | 📄 |
| Badger | Badger offers a suite of tools for businesses to reward customers, increase retention, and simplify acquisition. | Paolo Trifoni and Bruno Trivelli | 📄 |
| PatentGem | Patent mapping for infringement | Prakhar Gupta | 📄 |
| Syre.ai | Accelerating scientific discovery through data sharing, collaboration, and accessibility | Brian Carlsen | 📄 |
| Timely | Enabling anyone to experience the joy of speaking new languages without the struggle of learning them | Valentin Hartmann and Lars Klein | 📄 |
| Unki | Revolutionize travel planning, making it seamless and personalized | Alexandre Reis De Matos and Gabriel Veigas Marques | 📄 |
| ZigZag | A groundbreaking technological innovation designed to enhance data transfer in backbone networks and data centers, a critical need accelerated by the rise of Artificial Intelligence, including systems like ChatGPT. | Niyazi Dinc and Mustafa Yildirim | 📄 |
| Startup Project | Description | Project Leader(s) | Executive Summary |
| Dexterous Catheters | Re-thinking cardiac ablation procedures with innovative smart catheters, boosting success rates and reducing surgery time | Yegor Piskarev | 📄 |
| FiberLab | Improving the quality of life for those with chronic wounds thanks to personalized care in their home | Bastien Schyrr | 📄 |
| Helix Screen | Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to understand how the active genes (mRNA) in a patient’s cell changes and thus identify the right treatment | Yueyun Zhang | 📄 |
| Mechagel | Ground breaking adhesive hydrogel for the treatment of knee cartilage lesions | Peyman Karami | 📄 |
| MoleSense | Wearable devices with molecurly insights, in particular hormone levels | Gian Luca Barbruni and Ata Golparvar | 📄 |
| MyJoint | New sensor-based system to estimate knee abduction to prevent ACL injury | Mina Baniasad and Hadrien Morand | 📄 |
| Navintis | The first flow-directed magnetically-steered microcatheter | Lucio Pancaldi-Giubbini and Ece Ozelci | 📄 |
| Neosens | Revolutionize early-stage Neonatal Sepsis diagnosis in low and middle income countries | Marco Fumagalli, Karim Zahra and Mateo Hamel | 📄 |
| SCIDENTIFY | Identifying blood cancers, one cell at a time. | Cedric David Koolen | 📄 |
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