Successful innovators are creative, persistent, eager and prepared to move out of their comfort zone. The Swiss Innovation Challenge is for anyone who wants to apply or sharpen these qualities.
The Swiss Innovation Challenge promotes individuals and teams or start-ups, companies and other institutions (e.g. public bodies and associations) in Switzerland and abroad. If your idea or project is feasible and demonstrates innovative value and potential, you will be invited in for an interview. We will decide whether or not to put you forward for the competition based on your completed application form and interview.
Swiss Innovation Challenge
News, detailed information and the possibility to register can be found on our main page.
You are a start-up, a company or an institution (e.g. public institution, association) that is already established on the market or is newly entering the market.
You or your company are planning an innovation in the near future or you have taken an innovative step within the last two calendar years.
Only project teams whose (planned) company headquarters are in Switzerland or for which Switzerland is an important sales market may participate.
An innovation idea can be entered in the competition once or repeatedly. Innovations that have already won a prize in the Swiss Innovation Challenge are excluded.
The innovation project must be submitted in one of the Swiss national languages or in English. The correspondence languages are German and English.
The maximum number of participants for the Swiss Innovation Challenge is limited to 100 innovation projects.
 Applications for the Swiss Innovation Challenge will be reviewed by the office and an admission decision will be made. The Swiss Innovation Challenge team reserves the right to refuse participation without giving reasons or to exclude participants from the competition.
For the Second Pitch and the Final Pitch, a physical presence at the House of Business (HDW) in Pratteln is required.
