AWARDS 2026

BEST STARTUP AWARD

The Best StartUp Award 2025, worth CHF 5'000, and sponsored by Lenz&Staehelin, was given to Dexterous Endoscope, an EPFL spinoff. This next-generation variable-stiffness endoscope is designed to combine the navigational advantages of flexible instruments with the precision and force of rigid tools.

Sevan Antreasyan - Lenz & Staehelin, Yegor Piskarev, Dexterous Endoscope

BEST ACADEMIC PROJECT AWARD

The Best Academic Project Award, worth CHF 5'000, sponsored by KT UNIL CHUV and UNITEC, went to PreciMUNE. Developed at UNIL-CHUV with support from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, the project is advancing a proprietary immune profiling platform.

Raluca Flükiger - UNITEC, Johanna Chiffelle - PreciMUNE, Anne-Renée Leyvraz - KT UNIL CHUV

H4 - LA SOURCE AWARD

Based at Biopôle, Impli AG is developing what could become the first real-time hormone monitoring device for women’s health. By enabling continuous hormone tracking, the company aims to transform fertility care, IVF monitoring, and broader hormone-related health management.

Laurence Capel - H4, Daniel Doyon - IMPLI, Thierry Dagaeff - La Source

CSEM AWARD

MoleSense, an EPFL spinoff is developing a needle-free wearable patch for continuous and non-invasive monitoring of reproductive health biomarkers, with an initial focus on high-risk pregnancies. By replacing repeated blood draws and enabling real-time monitoring, the technology has the potential to ease the burden on both patients and clinicians.

Gian Luca Barbruni - MoleSense and Gilles Weder - CSEM