Startup Champions Seed Night 2026
This annual event brings together some of the most promising entrepreneurs from EPFL and beyond. Get ready for an engaging and dynamic evening, featuring live 90-second pitches from innovative startups and vote for your favorite ones! The event will be conducted in English.
Before the pitch competition, you will have the chance to explore startup exhibitions and connect with the founders in an informal setting. After the pitches, continue the conversation over an aperitif, where you can exchange ideas with entrepreneurs, angel investors, mentors, and scientists, and engage in discussions about the latest innovations.
Book your seat below and join us in voting for the best startup!
Registrations will close on 7 May at 9:00 am or when the maximum of 500 attendees has been reached.
Program
- 5:00 pmDoors opening & Startups exhibition
- 6:30 pmWelcome speech
- 6:45 pmStartup competition — Part 1
- 7:15 pmKeynote — Pierre Baqué (CEO @ Neural Concept)
- 7:30 pmStartup competition — Part 2
- 8:00 pm4 finalists competition
- 8:15 pmSeed Night Story — Interview with Florent Héroguel (CEO @ Bloom Biorenewables)
- 8:25 pmWinner announcement & Closing words
- 8:30 pmNetworking apéro & Startups exhibition
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Speakers
Pierre Baqué, Neural Concept
Pierre Baqué, an EPFL alumnus, is the co-founder and CEO of Neural Concept, a Swiss company specialising in artificial intelligence applied to engineering. Its platform enables engineering teams to design and optimise industrial products much more quickly thanks to AI co-pilots integrated directly into their simulation and CAD workflows.
Florent Héroguel, Bloom Biorenewables
Florent Héroguel is the Co-Founder and co-CEO of Bloom Biorenewables, a company that converts plant biomass into sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based products. Its proprietary technology was developed at EPFL's Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processes. Bloom Biorenewables won the 2022 edition of the Seed Night.
Startups pitching at the event
ApionaEugénie Demeure
AI care navigation platform guiding patients through complex pathways, matching them to the right specialists, helping them prepare for appointments, and making sure they feel safe and understood.
Carina PowerWillem Lambrichts
Cloud-based control and trading service that optimizes utility-scale BESS across day-ahead, intraday and ancillary service markets, combining advanced forecasting with learning-based optimization.
coprod LLCLoïc Delineau
Building the communication standard for robotics components to enable all robots to speak the same language, decreasing development time by 10x and cost by 100x.
DéployaJan Petrs
Fast-deployable robotic grid for ventilated façade installation. Replaces scaffolding, improving safety, speed, and quality by enabling precise positioning of workers, tools, and materials.
Dexterous EndoscopesYegor Piscarev
Variable stiffness endoscopes that let surgeons reach hard-to-access anatomy and lock shape for stable, precise treatment. Faster, safer, and more effective minimally invasive procedures.
FusionalityFederico Felici
Production-ready plasma control, data acquisition, and ML-workflow systems spun out from EPFL's Swiss Plasma Center — giving fusion companies immediate access to battle-tested technology.
Larmor SystemsMassimo Carpita
Highly efficient, MW-class microwave sources addressing unmet demand from next-gen clean tech like nuclear fusion and deep geothermal, enabling low-carbon industrial heating.
MoleclAndrey Chernev
Revolutionizing biomolecule processing, from diagnostics to production, by unlocking scalable diagnostics and biopharma innovation through precise molecular signature capture.
NeuroviaOmar Shalby
Endovascular neural implants that read and modulate nerve signals from inside blood vessels, enabling precise, reversible control of autonomic functions. Starting with hard-to-treat blood pressure disorders.
Obstetrical Care SolutionsSandra Maria Marcadent & Johann Hêches
3D rendering of the maternal pelvis and fetal head in the delivery room, improving decisions, reducing complications, and enhancing training for obstetricians.
OptiZoneMina Baniasad
On-field solutions to predict muscle and joint injury risks, enabling personalized mitigation strategies for athletes.
OrthoSensGwenael Hannema
Making orthopedic recovery objective and measurable. Battery-free, ultra-thin sensors transform standard implants into smart devices with real-time recovery insights.
Raven Intelligent SystemsKağan Erünsal & Arsenty Kaganskiy
End-to-end automated work-safety monitoring for high-risk industrial sites, integrating robotic data collection with regulation-compliant processing for actionable hazard reports.
REMASteven Schenk
Enabling small and medium industrial hydrogen users to replace delivered grey hydrogen with low-cost on-site green hydrogen through modular AEM electrolysers.
REONMaria Sivers
A Bloomberg-like terminal for circular construction, helping asset managers, cities, and developers turn demolition stock into reusable assets with CHF, CO₂ and feasibility predictions.
RhonexumVicente Carbon
Microelectronics that operate below −270 °C to miniaturize quantum and space systems, making cryogenic electronics smaller, cheaper, and scalable.
Sixteen44William Ramsay
Swiss climate tech developing scalable systems to destroy atmospheric methane, helping industries and governments rapidly reduce warming impacts and meet climate commitments.
TUUS SolutionsTiziano Caldara
Patent-pending hydrogel platform delivering nutrients and drugs at a constant, predictable rate. Initially focused on sports nutrition, addressing GI distress, sugar crashes, and flavor fatigue.
WindLensMatteo Peduto
Site-specific, AI-assisted wind-power forecasts reducing uncertainty and costly imbalance penalties. Paired with bidding and risk tools for improved returns.
Zigzag NetworksMustafa Yildirim
Reducing AI data-center network bottlenecks by adding optical "express lanes" between servers. Software detects large transfers and routes them over light-based circuit switches.
Registration conditions
For paid tickets, there will be no refund in case of cancellation. To avoid an important quantity of food waste, please make sure to register only if you are sure to come or cancel your ticket if you cannot come anymore.
EPFL Alumni contributing members benefit from a special discount (CHF 30.– instead of CHF 50.– — make sure to log into your account to buy your tickets). Your contributor status will be carefully checked upon registration. More information about EPFL Alumni benefits.
EPFL students, PhD candidates and postdocs: the event is free. Please mention the SCIPER number that matches your name to benefit from a free ticket below. Your number will be verified by the organizers.
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Even if you are neither an EPFL alumnae and alumnus , or EPFL staff / Innovation Park staff, EPFL students, EPFL PhD & EPFL postdocs - we would love to have you!
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