The EPFL Investor Day brings together investors and deep tech start-ups from EPFL and French-speaking Switzerland on Wednesday 25 November 2026, from 8.45 am to 7 pm, at the EPFL SwissTech Convention Center. The morning is reserved for investors and founders, the afternoon is open to all.
Who organises it
The day is organised by the EPFL Vice Presidency for Innovation and Impact, with UBS as main partner.
The morning, by invitation
The morning is reserved for investors and founders, who request their access code by email. It includes start-up pitches, a networking lunch, one-on-one meetings and, for investors, a lab tour.
The afternoon, open to all
After the doors open at 3.15 pm, the conference begins at 3.30 pm with the Swiss premiere presentation of the European Spinout Report.
At 4 pm, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, President of EPFL, and Yves Felder, Regional Director UBS Romandie, open the plenary session. Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE, and James Mazeau, economist at UBS CIO, each give a keynote.
Two panel discussions address the place of Swiss start-ups in the artificial intelligence race, then the international financing of deep tech start-ups. Participants include Pierre Baqué (Neural Concept), Harald Nieder (Redalpine), Florian Schweitzer (b2venture), Lajla Aganovic (Logitech) and Emile de Rijk (SWISSto12).
Edouard Bugnion, EPFL Vice President for Innovation and Impact, closes the session. Pitches by start-ups in creation follow at 5.30 pm, before a networking aperitif at 6 pm.
Practical information
- Date – Wednesday 25 November 2026
- Times – from 8.45 am to 7 pm, session open to all from 3.15 pm
- Venue – SwissTech Convention Center, EPFL, Écublens
- Audience – morning by invitation for investors and founders, afternoon open to all
- Registration – on the event page, with the code PlenaryID26 for the afternoon
- Price – not communicated by the organizer to date
- Contact – Investorday@epfl.ch
Links
- Official page – EPFL, Investor Day 2026
- All events in French-speaking Switzerland – Genève Infos Agenda
Sources
- EPFL, Investor Day 2026, overview and programme, accessed on 12 November 2026
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