2018 Startup GUIDE - 10th Edition
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COVER STORIES 47<br />
ETH Zurich<br />
Who supports young entrepreneurs<br />
at ETH to take off?<br />
The ETH Innovation & Entrepreneurship<br />
Lab provides the necessary wings.<br />
Promising new technologies and the determination to turn research<br />
results into a profitable business is not enough. For sustainable<br />
growth of the business, a lot of knowledge and a wide<br />
variety of tools are needed.<br />
The ETH Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lab (ETH ieLab) is a unit<br />
of ETH transfer and supports young entrepreneurs in the transition<br />
phase from science to commercialization. The ieLab assists<br />
creating the business case, devising marketing and sales strategies,<br />
defining a reliable supply chain and production planning<br />
and gives access to a large network with entrepreneurial key<br />
players, with experienced partners for financial-, legal-, personnel-<br />
and management topics and dedicated and supportive investors.<br />
The ETH ieLab is the perfectly stimulating and trustworthy<br />
entrepreneurial environment to make the transition from scientific<br />
achievement to entrepreneurial brilliance.<br />
In the framework of the ETH Pioneer Fellowship (www.ethz.ch/pioneerfellowship)<br />
with seed capital of 150’000 CHF, the ieLab provides<br />
individual coaching, free office space and makes the wheels<br />
turn. The ieLab is co-located with the ETH Entrepreneur Club, and<br />
it is the perfect launch pad for ETH students with entrepreneurial<br />
ambitions.<br />
In 2017, ETH entrepreneurs started 25 new spin-off companies;<br />
eight of these came from the Pioneer Fellowship program. Max Ahnen<br />
and Jannis Fischer (Positrigo; Simple and dedicated PET scanners),<br />
two Pioneer Fellows hosted at the ETH ieLab were featured<br />
in the Forbes 30 under 30 list. Currently, the lab supports 15 Pioneer<br />
Fellowship projects and 5 ETH spin-offs rent office or lab space.<br />
ETH IELAB TEAM<br />
From left to right: Tomas Brenner (head ETH ieLab),<br />
Anne Mzumara (biosafety lab manager), Sybille<br />
Zimmermann (MarCom manager), Samuel Scheer<br />
(coach), Dragan Grabulovski (coach), Michael Stucky<br />
(coach)<br />
ETH ieLab Innovation &<br />
Entrepreneurship Lab<br />
The melting pot for ETH entrepreneurs<br />
The ETH ieLab in a nutshell<br />
• Home of ETH Pioneer Fellows and ETH spinoffs<br />
• Office space and access to brainstorming room,<br />
maker space, wet lab, meeting-/ and event facilities<br />
• Individual coaching by seasoned successful<br />
entrepreneurs (free for Pioneer Fellows)<br />
• Access to the Swiss start-up network and ecosystem<br />
• Introduction to other entrepreneurs, industry<br />
experts, investors, service providers<br />
• Regular trainings, seminars and networking<br />
events<br />
HEAD OF THE ETH IELAB<br />
Dr. Tomas Brenner<br />
Stampfenbachstrasse 52<br />
8092 Zurich<br />
www.ethz.ch/ieLab<br />
SWISS STARTUP <strong>GUIDE</strong> <strong>2018</strong>
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