If you are a UK Lifesciences, Digital Security, Net Zero, Deep-tech or Agri-tech company, building direct engagement with the lucrative Lausanne ecosystems in Switzerland, will enable your business to grow globally.
On 16th and 18th September in SJIC, there’s the opportunity to meet 1-2-1 with some key Lausanne stakeholders from Innovaud, the regional economic development board for the canton of Vaud.
Here’s some key areas where Swiss expertise and investment can drive your international growth:
- Global Players to Build your Brand: connect to multiple global life sciences and deep-tech brands – including Medtronic, Merck, Incyte, Beckton Dickinson, Intuitive Surgical, Ferring , SICPA, SGS, Nagra-Kudelski ,WiseKey ,Tetra Pak, Nestle, Bobst, Bühler, Chiquita, General Mills and Nespresso
- Access to Unique Swiss Ecosystems – in Lifesciences, Digital Security, Net Zero, Deep-tech and Agri-tech, like the ‘Health Valley’ , SICPA’s ‘Unlimited Trust’ accelerator and food and agritech stakeholders like Nestlé. Switzerland is the #1 country in the world for Deep Tech intensity. Also #1 in Europe and #3 worldwide for per capita Deep Tech investment
- Engage with World-leading R&D & Thought Leadership – EPFL, Biopôle, The Swiss Cancer Centre Léman, CHUV and the Y-PARC.
- UK/ Swiss collaborative Research & Development – Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, and Inno Suisse, The Swiss Innovation Authority, will invest up to £4 million from Innovate UK and a minimum of 3 million CHF from Inno Suisse in innovation projects
- Grants, Accelerators, Funding & Investors – From bi-lateral R&D grants, the unique Swiss Offset programme, access to the Horizon Programme, and the Mass Challenge to venture capital and major corporate investment channels. An astonishing 60% of all Swiss VC funding goes into Deep Tech: novel scientific/engineering breakthroughs being applied for the first time. Plus – the Haleon Accelerator programme in oral health, behavioural health, women’s health and emerging microbiome science.
- New Free Trade Agreement - Recent trade negotiations for an enhanced Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Swiss and UK governments that will remove the remaining market access barriers, improve regulatory cooperation, and enable UK firms to invest in Switzerland, now and in the future.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please contact Claudia Claudia.maresca@iukbg.ukri.org and Stephen stephen.goddard@iukbg.ukri.org of the SJIC Innovate UK Business Growth team if you are interested in a 1-2-1 meeting with the Innovaud stakeholders.