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Prix du Jeune Entrepreneur - Register before March 18, 2011

The objective of the competition, submitted to students, is to award
the best entrepreneurial project in connection with France, whatever the field
of specialization: service, product, trademark, etc. You may download the competition rules from this website. Correspondent at ETH Zurich is Prof. Bertrand Meyer.

Prix du Jeune Entrepreneur - Register before March 19, 2010

The objective of the competition, submitted to students, is to award
the best entrepreneurial project in connection with France, whatever the field
of specialization: service, product, trademark, etc. You may download the competition rules from this website. Correspondent at ETH Zurich is Mrs. Anina Koeppli.

December 2009: Heuberger Entrepeneur prize for three ETH spin-offs

The ETH spin-offs BioVersys, InSphero and compliant concept were the winners of the "Heuberger Winterthur Jungunternehmerpreis".  All three start up companies received the a prize money of 150'000 CHF each.

October 2009: Venture 2010 has started!

Venture 2010 has officially started! More than 350 VIPs, executives, politicians, coaches, investors and of course many young entrepreneurs attended the kickoff events in Zurich and Lausanne. At both events, representatives of ETHZ and EPFL as well as members of our Advisory Board talked about future areas of innovation. In addition, former winners shared their experiences. Mark Blum, COO of Optotune, encouraged students to start their own company, "even if you fail, which is the normal case, you gain a lot of valuable experience". And André Mercanzini, CTO of Aleva Neurotherapeutics, told young entrepreneurs to "start small, think big, move fast" and to "fail early, and fail often".

Juli 2009: Linking science and business

Not every top researcher is also a good salesman. ETH Zurich actively supports its scientists in marketing their inventions to industry. Special trade fairs and congresses, such as BIO 2009 in Atlanta or TechConnect 2009 in Houston, Texas, offer a very successful opportunity to present the latest ETH ideas.

June 2009: ETH Spin-off Covagen and Roche

Covagen (CH) and Roche (CH) have entered a collaboration agreement under which Covagen will use its protein engineering technology to isolate Fynomers – a novel class of protein-based drugs - binding to undisclosed targets provided by Roche.

June 2009: Swiss Social Entrepreneur Award: Registration until June 30.

Entrepreneurial solutions for social challenges. More information can be found on: http://www.schwabfoundseoy.org/switzerland

April 2009: Optotune winns the "ZKB Pionierpreis" (German)

The ETH Zurich Spin-off Optotune has won the «ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark». Dr. Manuel Aschwanden, Mark Blum and David Niederer were awarded for their world wide unique product: Optotune's tunable lenses.

March 2009: GlycoVaxyn raises CHF 25 million 

GlycoVaxyn, an ETH Zurich spin-off, and a pioneer in the development of innovative conjugated vaccines,  announced the successful closing of a CHF25 million (ca. US$22 million, €17 million) Series B financing. The round was led by Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners.

February 2009: An "Idea Lab" with Siemens (German)

«Idea Lab» is the program that is part of the Industrial Relations Program at ETH transfer. An "Idea Lab" took place with the global Building Technology Division of Siemens Schweiz AG together with several Professors of ETH Zurich from different disciplines.

January 2009: New record for ETH Zurich spin-offs

ETH Zurich has had a record year for the number of companies founded, and has surpassed its own mark of the previous year: 23 spin-offs were established in 2008.

November 2008: ETH transfer and CITIUS at the Swiss Innovation Forum

ETH transfer participated at the Swiss Innovation Forum in Basel and presented the first prototype of CITIUS – the Swiss Bobsled innovation project. High tech innovation developed at ETH Zurich will support the Swiss Olympic teams in their bid for medals at the Olympic Games in Vancouver (2010)

Prix du Jeune Entrepreneur - Register before March 13, 2009

The objective of the competition, submitted to students, is to award the best entrepreneurial project in connection with France, whatever the field of specialization: service, product, trademark, etc. You may download the competition rules from this website. Correspondent at ETH Zurich is Dr. Regula Altmann-Jöhl.

November 2008: Celeroton - One million revolutions per minute

ETH Zurich researchers and industry berak world record. Researchers at ETH Zurich have broken the magic barrier of one million revolutions per minute in collaboration with motor manufacturer ATE and ball bearings manufacturer myonic. It is the highest rotational speed ever achieved by an electric drive system.

November 2008: Zurich Instruments wins 100 kCHF with venture kick stage III

October 2008: ETH Zurich spin-offs, survival and high returns

New book details economic impact of ETH Zurich spin-offs.
ETH Zurich spin-offs create more jobs, have higher survival rates, attract more funding and provide higher returns on equity than the average of all Swiss start-ups, a recent study reveals. The study looked at 130 ETH Zu-rich spin-offs from 1998 to 2007.

June 2008: TechConnect Summit Boston with ETH transfer

TechConnect Summit, the international trade fair for technology transfer agencies, corporations and investors, was held in Boston at the beginning of June. ETH transfer was also there and presented three innovations, which were offered for licensing.

Venture 2008: The winner is Optotune

On May 7 the 10 winners of Venture 2008 were announced at ETH Zurich. An expert jury composed of more than 100 entrepreneurs and investors had the challenging task to select the winners out of the 101 submitted business plans. Optotune came first, followed by NeMoDevices (2.), Celeroton (3.), Aleva Neurotherapeutics (4.) and kringlan composites (5.). The 6th rank is shared among 5 teams: Advanced Metal Technology, Biodiagnostik, HelvaLab, Preclin Ventures and Siltectra. The team DJOM KOSSAM was awarded a special prize. We congratulate the winning teams!

Venture 2008: Deadline Business Plan submission - Apr. 2, '08

In the second phase participants prepare and submit their business plans. The authors of the best plans will be invited to present them to the jury. In this phase, the total prize money is CHF 125,000; the best presentation will be awarded CHF 60,000. The Business Plan Award Event will take place on May 7, 2008. www.venture.ch

January 2008: Venture 2008 business idea awards

222 business ideas were submitted in the first phase of Venture 2008. Of the 25 teams nominated, 10 teams were each awarded CHF 2,500 for the best business idea. Among the 10 winning teams, 4 teams were from ETH Zurich: Koaaba, NeMoDevices, Optotune and PikePharma GmbH. ETH life
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