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1/15/2026

FIT supports Impli with a Tech Seed loan and Diplotools and Hafnova with two Digital Seed loans

The Lausanne-based Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) is supporting three new innovations. Impli is receiving a CHF 100,000 Tech Seed loan for its biosensor for monitoring fertility hormones. Meanwhile, Diplotools, with its platform aimed at optimising the efficiency of foreign ministries, and Hafnova, with its European cybersecurity solution focused on user protection, are each receiving a Digital Seed loan worth CHF 50,000.

1/13/2026

FIT awards 5 new Tech Grants to projects from CHUV, EPFL and HEIG-VD

Five projects have received support from the Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) in the form of CHF 100’000 Tech Grants: PreciMune and Tamaro Bioscience from CHUV, Germion Therapeutics and Obstetrical Care Solutions from EPFL, and Battery as a Service (BaaS) from HEIG-VD will be able to continue developing their technologies with the backing of the Foundation.

12/17/2025

Three Tech Seed loans of CHF 100,000 each awarded by FIT to CCRAFT, Databaum and Lemna Bio

The first loan supports the world's first foundry capable of producing TFLN chips, an innovation developed by start-up CCRAFT; another loan supports Databaum, an artificial intelligence platform for farmers that transforms raw data from the field into intelligent decisions; and the last to Lemna Bio, where artificial intelligence is used to understand biological interactions. All three companies are supported by the Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) in the form of Tech Seed loans worth CHF 100,000 each.

11/11/2025

SurfAce Cleantech gets a Tech Seed loan and Healio, Nextrainers and Sharelock three Digital Grants

SurfAce Cleantech is reinventing compostable packaging and has been awarded a CHF 100,000 Tech Seed loan from FIT. Three other innovations each receive a CHF 20,000 Digital Grant, with their own specific objectives: simplifying healthcare staff planning at Healio, generating a football training session in less than a minute for Nextrainers, and structuring and analysing Due Digilence flows thanks to Sharelock.

10/22/2025

Omnitone, WWW and Red Drop receive FIT Impact grants

These three new projects from ECAL and H4 have each been awarded a FIT Impact grant of 10,000 Swiss francs. Omnitone develops sustainable, repairable, upgradeable and recyclable speakers. WWW (women work wear) designs workwear by and for women. Red Drop offers home self-sampling kits that use menstrual blood to obtain health information and receive healthcare support.

10/8/2025

Three new start-ups receive support from FIT: DemoSquare, Smartiz and Windworks

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) announces its support for three new innovations: DemoSquare has been allocated a Digital Growth loan of CHF 200,000 for its legislative intelligence platform, Smartiz is to receive a Digital Seed loan of CHF 50,000 for its smart customer management solution for short-term rental management professionals, and Windworks has been awarded a Tech Seed loan of CHF 100,000 for its vertical axis wind turbines.

10/1/2025

Three new innovations receive FIT support: Sidelights, Undae Science and StudentsPool

Three new innovations have received FIT support: Sidelights, with its innovative lighting system for cyclists, and Undae Science, with its solution for sleep diagnostics , have each been awarded a Tech Seed loan of CHF 100,000; while StudentsPool has received a Digital Grant of CHF 20,000 for its app connecting healthcare students with healthcare institutions.

9/16/2025

Birds&co wins big at the FIT Impact Award, GutUp also honoured

Birds&co wins the Grand Prize of CHF 20,000 and the Audience Award, while GutUp takes home the Coup de Coeur Award. The FIT Impact Award ceremony took place yesterday at Beaulieu Circulaire, in partnership with B Lab, which is also offering the winner the opportunity to participate in B Lab's Changemakers training programme.

9/9/2025

Ai.Qimia and EDWATEC obtain FIT support through Tech Seed loans

The Foundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT) has announced its support for two new innovations: Ai.Qimia and its physics-informed platform for drug process development, and EDWATEC, which is revolutionising optical transceiver technology in the age of artificial intelligence. Both have received a Tech Seed loan of CHF 100,000.