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FOFoundation for Innovation and Technology (FIT)Grant
CHF 20'000
We boost deep tech ventures to lift-off.
Reach for the stars. We make sure the paperwork is not what holds you back — with coaches who have sat on the juries you are applying to.
Serving deep tech founders across Switzerland 🇨🇭 and the EU 🇪🇺 · crewed by EIC & Innosuisse jury members.
Launch windows open
A call we’re actively supporting
We take on a limited number of ventures per call so each one gets our full attention.
Launch control//T-minus to submission
SPRIND Next Frontier Robotics
SPRIND — German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
Up to €7.2M per team for European robotics — non-dilutive, no equity, no co-financing.
Up to €7.2M per team
Now boardingJoin the crewCut-off · 22 Oct 2026, 18:00 CEST
Your flight plan
AI finds the calls. Our crew wins them.
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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Pre-flight
You & your coach
A call with Cynthia or Klaus: what you’re building, and what you need funded.
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Navigation
AI-assisted
We scan every open call across Switzerland and the EU, and shortlist the ones you can realistically win.
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Preparation
Your coaches
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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Lift-off
Your coaches
We take it through submission, and through the resubmission if it comes to that.
Between them, Cynthia and Klaus have written, coached and sat on the jury for hundreds of grant applications — EIC, Innosuisse, Horizon Europe. That experience is what goes into your proposal.
Mission profile
Destinations we can get you to
Hard science is our home turf. GrantShip is tuned to how evaluators judge frontier technology — not generic startups.
Departures
Grantship · all gates
FlightDestinationStatus
GS‑101Semiconductors & chipsScheduledNow boarding
GS‑108Robotics & automationScheduledNow boarding
GS‑115Biotech & therapeuticsScheduledNow boarding
GS‑122QuantumScheduledNow boarding
GS‑129Space & aerospaceScheduledNow boarding
GS‑136Energy & cleantechScheduledNow boarding
GS‑143Advanced materialsScheduledNow boarding
GS‑150Advanced manufacturingScheduledNow boarding
GS‑157Medtech & diagnosticsScheduledNow boarding
GS‑164Photonics & sensingScheduledNow boarding
Not on the board? Ask us anyway — if it is deep tech, it is usually fundable.
Mission readout
Not a vague score. A reviewer’s verdict.
Your report breaks the proposal down across the dimensions a real panel scores — then lists the exact weaknesses an evaluator would flag, each with a concrete fix you can apply before you submit.
- A 0–100 fundability score with a one-line verdict
- Sub-scores for Excellence, Impact, Implementation & fit
- Prioritised weaknesses — most damaging first — each with a fix
- The best-fit programs for your proposal
Fundability review
Example64/100
Promising core, but the impact case won’t survive panel scrutiny yet.
Excellence / Innovation78
Impact52
Implementation71
Program fit64
Strength
Genuinely novel approach vs. state of the art, backed by a working prototype at TRL 5.
Weakness
highMarket size is asserted, not evidenced — no bottom-up TAM or reference customers.
Fix: Add a bottom-up TAM/SAM/SOM with sources and 2–3 named design partners.
Mission control
Meet the coaches
We ship grants. We support you on your path to ACCEPT — the only outcome that counts.
Cynthia Jurytko
EIC & Innosuisse Jury Member
Senior Advisor, DeepTech Scale-ups
“Swiss startups lose millions in missed grants every year. We fix that.”LinkedIn
Dr. Klaus Fuchs
Managing Director, Rockstar Recruiting
former Director for Industry Collaboration, ETH AI Center
“Stop guessing what evaluators want. We show you — then help you win.”LinkedIn
Backed by a wider team of advisors and a European network of consortium partners — so we can also broker the right co-applicants for your collaborative proposal.
Join our network of CoachesJury-grade evaluators & deep-tech founders — apply to coach with us.Apply →
Mission briefing
Next stop: a call with a coach
Thirty minutes, no charge, no pitch. We look at what you’re building, tell you which calls you have a real shot at, and what it would take to get your venture to lift-off speed.
- An honest read on whether your project is fundable, and where
- The calls worth your time this year — and the ones that are not
- What a winning application would take from your side
Upcoming Events
Learn from the experts.
Next session — announced soon
GrantShip founder sessions
EIC Accelerator, Innosuisse & Horizon Europe — live with jury-grade coaches
TBA
About our founder sessions
We run regular founder sessions and breakfasts on winning EIC, Innosuisse and Horizon Europe grants — with live Q&A from EIC & Innosuisse jury members.
The next date and venue are being planned — register your interest to be first to know and to reserve a seat.
Be first to get the date 🚀
Our next founder session is being planned. Register your interest and we’ll send you the date the moment it’s set — plus grant deadlines and new calls.
References
Ventures already in orbit
“The free review caught the exact impact gap our first draft would have been killed on. Cynthia’s coaching sharpened the case, and we won an Innosuisse SIP — fixed before submitting instead of after a rejection.”
Harald Kröll
Co-founder & CEO
Agentic AI for chip design · Zürich
“It read like feedback from someone who has actually sat on the jury — specific, blunt, and immediately actionable. The coaching that followed took us the rest of the way.”
Dionis Teshler
Co-founder & CEO
AI luxury-goods authentication · Switzerland
Quotes shown are illustrative drafts pending founder approval.
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Tailored to you
Grants for founders in 🇨🇭 Switzerland
SPRIND Next Frontier RoboticsUp to €7.2M per team for European robotics — non-dilutive, no equity, no co-financing.
Up to €7.2M per team
How to win it
InnosuisseSwiss innovation projects, start-up & SIP coaching.
Up to ~CHF 1M+ per project · plus start-up coaching
How to win it
EIC AcceleratorEU deep tech — grant + equity, up to €17.5M.
Up to €2.5M grant + up to €15M equity
How to win it
Horizon EuropeEurope-wide collaborative R&D for major industries.
€93.5B programme · multi-million-euro calls
How to win itEurostarsSME-led collaborative R&D across borders.
National co-funding · SME-led R&D projects
How to win itNational funding
Innosuisse
Switzerland’s national innovation agency — your primary domestic route.
Swiss eligibility for Horizon Europe and the EIC has shifted in recent years — we’ll confirm your current options before you commit.
After lift-off
Active support, all the way to funded
Start with the free review, then choose a coaching package. From there it’s hands-on — with all revisions included on Boost.
Eligibility clarification
LiteWe confirm which calls you genuinely qualify for — before you sink weeks into the wrong one.
Tailored grant monitoring
LiteContinuous tracking of matching calls and deadlines, tailored specifically to your venture — with alerts tuned to your technology.
Success-oriented proposal writing
BoostDone-with-you drafting by coaches who have scored these grants from the inside.
Consortium matchmaking
BoostWe broker the right co-applicants from our European partner network for collaborative calls.
Ground control
Grant-ready, then venture-ready 🚀
Non-dilutive funding extends your runway — and de-risks the round. We work with venture, service and research partners to take you the rest of the way.
Lite & Boost
Tailored Grant Research
We hunt down the funding that fits your venture — not a generic list.
Grants forEnergy ⚡SpaceTech 🛰️Biotech 🧬Robotics 🤖Defense 🛡️CyberSecurity 🔐Smart Grid 🔌Quantum ⚛️
…and many more deep tech verticals.
Choose your thrust
Start free. Add power when you’re ready to launch.
Free readiness check
CHF 0
Where you stand, in 30 seconds.
A quick, honest reality check
- AI fundability score (0–100)
- Panel-style sub-scores
- Prioritised weaknesses with fixes
- Best-fit programme recommendation
Most popular
Lite
CHF 290/mo
+ 5% success fee on grants won
Coaching, monitoring & one submission.
Founders preparing one major submission
✦ Tailored Grant Research
Choose Lite- Everything in Free
- Tailored grant monitoring & alerts
- Eligibility clarification
- 4 coaching sessions / year
- 1 major submission (Innosuisse incl. SIP)
Boost
CHF 990/mo
+ 4% success fee on grants won
Done-with-you, until you win.
Going all-in on Horizon & major calls
✦ Tailored Grant Research
Choose Boost- Everything in Lite
- Success-oriented proposal drafting
- Consortium partner matchmaking
- Priority access to jury-grade coaches
All reviews, revisions & resubmissions included
Shown in CHF — pick your currency on the pricing page. Lite & Boost add a small success fee on grants won.
Free consultation
Request a free consultation
Tell us about your venture and the program you’re targeting — we’ll come back with honest, specific next steps.
Cynthia Jurytko
EIC & Innosuisse Jury Member
Senior Advisor, DeepTech Scale-ups
You’ll get honest, specific guidance from someone who has sat on the EIC and Innosuisse juries — what evaluators actually reward, and exactly where your venture stands.
No obligation LinkedIn
Flight manual
Questions founders ask first.
Can AI really assess a grant proposal?
It reviews the things evaluators score on paper — novelty vs. the state of the art, evidence of impact, feasibility, team and program fit — and flags where your proposal is vague, unsubstantiated or off-mandate. It is a sharp first-pass reviewer, not a substitute for a human jury. That is exactly why Lite and Boost pair it with coaches who have sat on the real panels.
What is the jury panel?
When your proposal scores well, the review goes a step further: three independent reviewers — a Scientific reviewer, a Market & Impact reviewer, and an Implementation & Team reviewer — each weigh in through their own lens, the way a real evaluation committee splits the work. You see each reviewer’s lean (would fund / revise / pass), their strongest point and the biggest risk they’d flag.
Is my proposal confidential?
Your text is used only to generate your review and is not used to train any model. We do not publish or share it. The free review is email-gated so we can send you a copy and, with your consent, follow up about coaching — nothing more.
Which programs does it cover?
The review benchmarks against the mandates and TRL expectations of Switzerland and Europe’s flagship deep tech programs: Innosuisse, the EIC Accelerator, Swiss Innovation Park (SIP), Horizon Europe and Eurostars.
How much does it cost?
The review is free, with no signup and no card. Coaching plans (Lite and Boost) are paid monthly subscriptions — see the pricing page for current details.
How does the success fee work?
Lite and Boost are a monthly subscription plus a small success fee on the grants you actually win — 5% on Lite, 4% on Boost. We only earn the fee when you do, so our incentives are aligned with getting you funded. Exact terms are agreed when you sign up.
Which currency do you bill in?
Prices are set in CHF; you can view them in EUR, GBP or USD on the pricing page (converted from CHF). Billing is monthly, with annual options on request. If you came through a partner — ETH AI Center, S2S, Rockstar and others — or have a referral code, use the “have a code?” check on the pricing page to see if you qualify for a discount.
How accurate is the score?
The score is an honest, evaluator-style estimate of fundability — deliberately not a cheerleader. Treat it as directional: a low score tells you what to fix before you waste a submission, and a high score still benefits from coaching to push it over the line.
Do I need to finish my proposal first?
No. Paste whatever you have — an executive summary, a project description, or a full draft. The more detail you give (problem, innovation, team, market, milestones), the sharper the review. Short inputs get a lower, clearly-caveated score.
What happens after the free review?
Nothing automatic. You get your report on screen and by email. If you want help fixing the weaknesses, Lite adds coaching and a guided submission, and Boost is done-with-you drafting and resubmissions until you win.
Can I refer companies and earn?
Yes. If you work with deep-tech founders, join our referral program: the companies you refer get 20% off their subscription, and you earn 10% of our success fee on the grants they win. On a CHF 2M grant that’s roughly CHF 10k per win. See the referral page to apply.