La Forge Incubator DemoDay November 2024

Pitching competition

Join us in a moment where ideas take the spotlight. Watch as La Forge start-ups share their journeys and solutions, turning complex tech into easy-to-understand pitches.

Relatable networking

Engage and learn with a vibrant community of innovators, investors, and tech enthusiasts. A space where you can meet, share, and perhaps, collaborate.

Discover and learn about innovation

Journey through our booths and witness forward-thinking technologies and applications in areas ranging from AI to Digital Health, offering a sneak peek into the future of tech.

<5% of founders ever reach 7-figure annual revenue. This session will provide hands-on insights from helping 300+ B2B start-ups scale sales quickly and efficiently—without the need to hire (and fire) an army of sales reps or over-invest in ineffective technology. Join us for practical advice on how to grow your start-up without working 60-80 hours a week. Featuring Wingtra case study, this workshop covers everything from start-up sales (CHF 0-1M ARR Do's & Don'ts) to leveraging tools like HubSpot CRM to scale efficiently.

Manuel Hartmann

Founder & CEO

SalesPlaybook

Stephanie Lambert

Founding Employee & Head of Global Sales Operations

Wingtra

By TRAIN, METRO, and WALK
Three train stations are close to EPFL Innovation Park:
LAUSANNE, RENENS and MORGES
Visit www.cff.ch for schedules

From Renens VD station
When you arrive at Renens, take the M1 metro to the «EPFL» stop

From Lausanne station or Morges station
You can take the metro or the bus to the EPFL Campus.

Metro M2 and M1:
Take the M2 metro one stop to «Lausanne-Flon», then take the M1 metro for about 10 minutes to « EPFL »
For M1 and M2 metro timetables, visit www.t-l.ch
From the «EPFL» stop, walk (10') to «La diagonale» and then you’ll arrive at the EPFL Innovation Park.

By BUS
Bus lines TL (Public Transport of the Lausanne area) and MBC (Transport Region Morges) run in western Lausanne:
MBC bus 701 : Echichens, Morges, Préverenges, EPFL, Bourdonnette
MBC bus 705 : Lonay , Préverenges, Denges, Echandens, Ecublens, EPFL
TL bus 31 : Renens-Gare, EPFL-UNIL, Saint-Sulpice, Venoge
TL bus 1 : Lausanne-Gare, EPFL-Colladon - From Monday to Friday between 6.30am and 9am and between 3.30pm and 7pm, with a frequency of around 7.5 minutes

By CAR
Take the highway A1 and follow direction «LAUSANNE-SUD» and exit at «EPFL». When you arrive, there are visitor parking places (white spaces) as indicated on the map. Payment using parking meter, Parkingpay, EasyPark or Twint

About La Forge

Located at the heart of the EPFL Innovation Park, La Forge is an incubator for early-stage startups and young companies with a connection to EPFL. In this supportive environment, selected fledgling businesses can build a useful network of like-minded entrepreneurs, meet potential investors, refine their business models and acquire new skills to get their companies off to a flying star.

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About EPFL Innovation Park

Founded 30 years ago, EPFL Innovation Park – originally called Science Park – manages 13 buildings and offers a location for national and international companies in the heart of the campus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Lausanne (EPFL). It promotes collaborations with researchers from EPFL and technology transfer. In this modern world, coexist about twenty large companies and over 100 startups. About 2’000 people work together with skills as diverse as biotechnology, micro and nanotechnology, information technology and communication, etc.

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