Publications

One of Switzerland's finest places for deep tech startups to innovate and grow, Vaud just entered the Startup Genome's global startup ecosystem report (under the name "Greater Lausanne Region").

Study: The Vaud miracle (French version)

Study: The Vaud miracle (English version)

Annual report 2021

The Swiss startup ecosystem in numbers

TOP 100 Startup magazine 2022 (French)

TOP 100 Startup magazine 2022 (English)

Swiss Drone Industry Report (DIAS) 2021

Annual report 2020

Innovaud - Annual report 2019

Handbook for investors

DEV - Annual report 2019

2018 Annual Report (in French)

DEV - Annual report 2018

2017 Annual Report (in French)

DEV - Annual report 2017

2016 Annual Report (in French)

2015 Annual Report (in French)

2014 Annual Report (in French)

2013 Annual Report (in French)

Home of innovations

Financial incentives

Support organisations

"Vaud innove", an ecosystem with many faces

News

4/24/2026

Biotools: the new paradigm in the life sciences

In this episode of the Swisspreneur podcast, François Capel, innovation advisor at Innovaud, and Loïc Roch, co-founder and CTO of the scale-up Atinary, discuss a new category within the life sciences sector: Biotools. It is a new business model that has caught Innovaud’s attention since the start of the year.

4/2/2026

A Record Start for Startup Funding in Vaud in 2026

Startup funding in the canton de Vaud has kicked off 2026 with remarkable momentum. In the first quarter alone, startups in the canton raised roughly CHF 430 million, combining both venture capital investments and grants or public support instruments.