Biopôle Investment Programme: Application Form

Ready to apply for the Biopôle Investment Programme? Everything you need is here!

Please read the information below carefully, along with the Terms & Conditions available in the last tab of form below. If you need any additional information, the Biopôle team is available at info@biopole.ch.

Informations before to apply

Digital life sciences start-ups

The support provided by Biopôle SA will be capped at CHF 40,000 per company. This support may take the following forms.

  • Up to CHF 10,000 to spend on infrastructure rental.
  • An allowance of up to CHF 10,000 per year to be spent on research and development. This includes research software and professional workspaces, including products such as Amazon Web Services, etc. The company must list the items it needs and give evidence of these in its application. The amount requested cannot exceed 50% of the company’s total purchases. The company must provide proof of purchase.
  • Up to CHF 20,000 to be spent on services, consultancy, staff salaries or training for key personnel.

Other life sciences start-ups

The support provided by Biopôle SA will be capped at CHF 90,000 per company. This support may take the following forms.

  • Up to CHF 40,000 to spend on wet lab infrastructure rental or up to CHF 10,000 per year to spend on non-wet lab infrastructure rental.
  • An allowance of up to CHF 30,000 to be spent on laboratory equipment for research and development. The company must list the items it needs and give evidence of these in its application. The amount requested cannot exceed 50% of the company’s total purchases. The company must provide proof of purchase.
  • Up to CHF 20,000 to be spent on services, consultancy, staff salaries or training for key personnel.

Eligibility

Any start-up based at Biopôle is eligible to apply to the programme, regardless of the life sciences domain it is operating in. However, the start-up must:

  • be hosted at Biopôle on a lease of no less than 12 months
  • have been registered for less than 2 years for digital health companies, or less than 3 years for other companies
  • be working in the life sciences R&D (companies providing services only are not eligible to apply)
  • have raised less than CHF 2 million if you are a digital health company, or CHF 3 million in funding (equity) for other companies,  since it was founded.

Process

The application process for the Biopôle Investment Programme comprises the following steps.

  1. Eligible companies may submit an application to the programme at any time (see ‘Application Documents’ below).
  2. At the end of each calendar quarter, the Investment Advisory Board (IAB) reviews the applications received and presents recommendations to the Biopôle SA Board of Directors.
  3. The Board of Directors makes a final decision on which companies will be granted funding.
  4. Candidates are informed of the outcome of their application.
  5. Enrolled candidates may apply to the Pre-Clinical Top-Up once they complete their investment training (to apply please contact Pierre-Jean Wipff).

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