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

10/27/2025

Engineering startup Corintis wins the Top100 Swiss Startup Award 2025

Last year's runner-up is this year's winner. Founded in 2022 by Remco van Erp (CEO) and Sam Harrison (COO), the EPFL spin-off delivers silicon-based microfluidic cooling that extracts 10x more heat from chips and operates 50x more efficiently than conventional methods.

10/23/2025

Building a strong innovation ecosystem in Vaud

An interview with Patrick Barbey, Director of Innovaud by Rita Longobardi. This discussion follows the Top100 Swiss Startup Awards 2025, in which the Vaud-based start-up Corintis took first place!