Spin-Offs
Company spin-offs from ETH are one direct and very effective form of technology and knowledge transfer that boost the innovative strength of Switzerland's economy. Academic spin-offs are, besides sale of licenses and partnerships with other companies, a third method of technology transfer. It can be considered the most challenging type of commercialization as the technology, the market, and the company itself all must be developed from scratch. This is where the "ETH transfer" office supports the highly motivated scientists in setting up their start-up enterprise with external partners.
Find a current list of all spin-offs from the Department of Computer Science here.
Acquisitions & IPOs of D-INFK spin-offs since 2000
Source: Industry and Knowledge Transfer
More information
- ETH Spin-offs A-Z
- ETH transfer: Spin-off support
- ETH Pioneer Fellowships
- external page ETH Entrepreneur Club
- external page Startup Campus: offerings
- external page Business Tools: Courses (in German)
- external page Venture: competition
- external page Venturelab: programmes for start-ups
- external page Gründen: Information for founders in Greater Zurich (in German)
- external page Startzentrum: offerings for new founders (in German)
The latest articles about our spin-offs
Plug-and-play robots for material handling
Flink Robotics, a newly founded D-INFK spin-off, is crafting cutting-edge software for next-generation robots to enable automation anywhere and for everyone. Professor Stelian Coros, doctoral student Simon Huber and former postdoc Moritz Geilinger are the co-founders.
Finding and blocking infection routes in hospitals
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals often became hubs of infection. Researchers from the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, EPFL and the ISI Foundation are developing a wearable tracking system for healthcare facilities that can identify the risks of infections. Initial tests in Switzerland and Africa show its potential.
Premium chocolate production perfected: AI's role in quality excellence
Lindt & Sprüngli, a global leader in the premium chocolate sector, has partnered with EthonAI. The company is a spin-off from the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics and has Bernhard Kratzwald, an alumnus from the Department of Computer Science on board as a co-founder. Lindt & Sprüngli is leveraging EthonAI's tools to perfect the production of their chocolate and achieve best-in-class performance.