DeepPsy's PRECISE MDD randomized controlled trial was awarded CHF 1,990,000 by the Swiss National Science Foundation for a four-year multicenter study.
SWSwiss National Science FoundationGrant
Grants for deep tech · Switzerland
Search open calls across Switzerland and Europe, get alerts matched to your stage, and write the application with Cynthia Jurytko — EIC Accelerator jury member.
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AI finds matching grants for your venture. Our crew wins them for you.
Software is good at reading every open call in Europe. It is not good at writing a proposal a jury will fund. So we use it for the first job, and your coach does the second — with you, on the page.
+crewCynthia Jurytko and Dr. Klaus Fuchs, backed by our network of coaches — jury members and deep tech founders across Switzerland and the EU.
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You
Create your profile: define your venture and what you are building.
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We scan every open call across Switzerland and the EU, and shortlist the ones you can realistically win.
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Your coach leads the proposal writing with you — impact, work packages, budget — shaped by hundreds of grants and years on evaluation panels.
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We submit, resubmit and win grants for your venture.
🇨🇭 Programmes for Switzerland
Start with Innosuisse
The Swiss programmes first, then the EU programmes Swiss companies can now apply to.
Innosuisse
Start-up Innovation Projects (official page, opens in a new tab)
For Swiss start-ups taking a prototype to first market launch: Innosuisse covers up to 70% of direct project costs. Not yet on the market, founded within the last five years, fewer than 50 FTE.
Innosuisse
Innovation projects with an implementation partner (official page, opens in a new tab)
A company and a Swiss research institution run a science-based innovation project together. The company carries 40–60% of total project costs, including a cash contribution of at least 5%.
SNSF & Innosuisse
BRIDGE (official page, opens in a new tab)
Between basic research and innovation: Proof of Concept for young researchers testing a product idea, Discovery for experienced researchers building the science behind one.
EU programmes open to companies in Switzerland
European Innovation Council
EIC Accelerator (official page, opens in a new tab)
For start-ups and SMEs with a breakthrough innovation: a grant below €2.5 million for work at TRL 6–8, plus equity investment of €1–10 million. Open to Swiss companies since 1 January 2025.
European Commission
Horizon Europe (official page, opens in a new tab)
The EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. Switzerland is associated from 1 January 2025, so Swiss companies take part as full beneficiaries and can coordinate — a few space calls excepted.
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Grants recently won by startups and SMEs across Switzerland and Europe
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Innunity Therapeutics1 Oct 2026 · Switzerland CHF 150'000
Innunity Therapeutics receives CHF 150’000 from Venture Kick to support developing new active substances using computational methods combined with validated lab tests and to move closer to selecting a development candidate.
VEVenture KickGrant
Inverto Earth AG1 Oct 2026 · Switzerland CHF 1'542'000
Inverto Earth AG received an Innosuisse direct-funding grant of CHF 1.542M for its InvertoRoot wetland restoration project.
InnosuisseGrantAskalon Industries SA received an Innosuisse direct-funding grant for its AI-based acoustic intelligence system for real-time drone detection in complex environments.
Innosuisse (Swiss federal innovation agency)Grant
Chipmind AG received an Innosuisse direct-funding grant for its Start-up Innovation Project 134.900 SIP-ICT, with total project costs of 1’952 TCHF and an ongoing grant period from 01.10.2026 to 31.03.2029.
InnosuisseGrantActival SA1 Oct 2026 · Switzerland CHF 1'327'000
Actival SA received an Innosuisse direct-funding grant for its ACTIVAL active oral care project using active aligners and splints with microfluidic channels.
InnosuisseGrantWho it’s for
Deep-tech start-ups and SMEs
Start-ups & spin-offs
Non-dilutive funding to carry the R&D before revenue — from a university spin-off’s first prototype to a scale-up’s next round.
SMEs
Innovation projects next to an existing business, often with a research partner. Grant rules size SMEs by staff, so we do too.
Calls are tagged by stage, sector and country, so the matcher and your alerts show what fits your venture.
Why GrantShip
Three ways to win a grant
Writing it yourself, hiring a traditional grant agency, or GrantShip — side by side.
| — | Do it yourself | Traditional agency | GrantShip |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Weak: Your team’s time — often weeks per proposal, a huge opportunity cost | Weak: A project fee per application, often plus a success fee | Good: Free search and alerts; coaching as a subscription |
| Scope | Weak: The calls you happen to find | OK: One deal, one application at a time | Good: The open calls that fit you, all year |
| Finding calls | Weak: Searching dozens of funder websites by hand | OK: Usually starts once you have picked a call | Good: Matched to your profile from our grant database, with weekly alerts |
| Evaluator insight | Weak: Learned by trial and error | OK: Varies from agency to agency | Good: Led by an EIC Accelerator jury member and Innosuisse expert |
| Writing | Weak: You write everything | OK: They write, you hand over | Good: We write it with you — your team keeps the know-how |
| After the deadline | Weak: Depends on who has time | Weak: Ends with the project | Good: Reviews, resubmissions and the next call, on the same plan |
GoodOKWeak· A comparison of typical models. Individual agencies differ.
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PhD (Dr. sc.) ETH Zürich · Former Director for Industry Collaborations, ETH AI Center · Founder & Managing Director, Rockstar Recruiting
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