Fondation pour l'innovation technologique (FIT)
fondation-fit.ch Direct investor
A non-profit foundation founded in 1994 that supports start-ups in the canton of Vaud and French-speaking Switzerland by granting loans and grants. It runs programmes for high-tech, digital and low-tech impact projects.
Fondation pour l'innovation technologique (FIT) is a public fund headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, founded in 1994. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to growth, in energy & environment, information & digital technologies, life sciences & health and precision industries.
“The Foundation for Innovation and Technology provides grants and loans to support positive innovation. For tech, digital and low-tech projects and early-stage startups in Vaud & Romandie.”
— Fondation pour l'innovation technologique (FIT), own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Public fund
- Headquarters
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Invests in
- Vaud, Western Switzerland, Romandie
- Sectors
- energy & environment, information & digital technologies, life sciences & health, precision industries, nutrition & agri-food, social impact
- Founded
- 1994
Team, as Fondation pour l'innovation technologique (FIT) publishes it
- Edouard Bugnion President
- Joao-Antonio Brinca Vice-President
- Isabel Casado Member
- Pierre-Olivier Chagué Member
- Raphael Conz Member
- Tania Karle Member
- Stefan Kohler Member
- Patrick Oltramare Member
- Nicolas Salamin Member
- Patrick Vetsch Member
- Ana Vukicevic Member
Names and roles exactly as listed on fondation-fit.ch. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
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- https://www.fondation-fit.ch/en/about/about-fit/foundation-boardpeople
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