Start-up

Twenty EPFL students recently completed the first EPFL Changemakers program – a new initiative designed to help students develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills and flesh out their business ideas. We took a closer look at three of the promising projects they’re working on.

With $180M in financing round, the leader in software for managing employee’s digital experience reaches $1.1 billion valuation.

EPFL start-ups raised CHF 293 million in 2020 – the highest they’ve achieved so far. Four of the young firms, including Kandou and Sophia Genetics, brought in over CHF 20 million each. The pipeline of new businesses also looks solid, as 25 new EPFL spin-offs were launched last year.

Bastian Etter develops self-contained sanitation systems that recycle what comes out of our guts. From researcher to entrepreneur.
 

EPFL start-up Flybotix is showcasing its dual-propeller drone today at Xponential, the world’s largest tradeshow for unmanned and autonomous systems. Intended for inspecting hazardous locations, this flat-engined aircraft is quiet, saves flight time, and is also capable of flipping like a turtle if it finds itself upside down on the ground.This drone propellers were developed through a joint effort between Flybotix and a major company in EPFL’s Innovation Park. The new drone is expected on the market in 2021.