Open AccessHow Innosuisse is Supporting Entrepreneurs to Launch and Grow their Startup Business
Author(s) -
Lukas Krienbuehl
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2020.758
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , business , entrepreneurship , start up , dynamic capabilities , marketing , industrial organization , business administration , finance , philosophy , epistemology
Switzerland has a dynamic startup ecosystem, especially in the life sciences sector. For over a decade, the figures have shown growth in the number of startups being incorporated. Yet transforming an innovative idea or research results into strong products on the market and making a company grow is a challenging endeavour. Innosuisse – the Swiss Innovation Agency fosters the innovative power of startups, Swiss SMEs and other innovative organisations by providing support, therefore ensuring that they remain internationally competitive in the digital age. For science and technology-based startups, Innosuisse offers a number of targeted programmes.