The impact of Innosuisse funding
2023–2025

Funded organisations classify their projects in almost equal shares as clearly incremental and clearly radical.

They achieve their project goals fully or even exceed them, while only a small share fails to achieve them sufficiently.

Innovations are on the market at project completion or are expected to be launched within a year.

Three years later, the innovations have already been implemented or their implementation is planned within two years.

An independent scientific study by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute (ETH Zurich) provides the first causal evidence for the effectiveness of innovation projects. It compared funded companies with similar firms that received no funding. Over a five-year period, funded companies created an average of 18% more jobs and grew 21% faster.

Innosuisse's impact measurement associates each completed project with an average of 2.5 additional full-time positions three years after completion.

EBP estimates that each Swiss franc of funding generates around four francs of added value within three years.

SMEs work with a research partner at a university or research institution for the first time.

SMEs continue to develop their innovation idea after completion with the same research partner.

Some apply for or concretely plan a full Innosuisse innovation project within a year.

Projects successfully test the feasibility of the innovation idea. Concrete implementation steps become possible.

Projects achieve conclusive results for implementation.

Innovations have a high probability of longer-term potential for a market launch.

Researchers are already working with potential implementation partners.

Researchers have founded or are planning to spin off a start-up.

Projects have tested the feasibility.

Projects provide conclusive results that enable concrete implementation steps.

The project is likely or very likely to be implemented on the market.

Research groups work with potential implementation partners.

Research groups have founded or are planning to spin off a start-up or spin-off.

Researchers found a start-up or spin-off (start-up with formal IP licensing) after the funding.

Start-ups confirm that Core Coaching has made a significant contribution in at least one key area for them. The share of start-ups whose expectations of the overall coaching process were mostly met is even slightly higher.

Start-ups have successfully acquired risk capital by the time they complete the coaching.

Some start-ups have already raised over 5 million francs in capital during this period. Two thirds received significant support with fundraising during Core Coaching.

Respondents confirm that their participation in an Innovation Booster has increased their ability to develop and test radical ideas.

Innovation ideas are pursued further, often with new approaches. This results in an average of 26 innovation projects at Innosuisse per year.