La Forge Incubator Demo Day Spring 2025

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.

Simon Harvey

Founder & CEO

Demodia

You know that feeling of frustration when you explain what you do, but buyers don’t understand the value that you're bringing to them. When people don't connect with what you’re saying, they just walk away.

As a startup, you need to make yourself unforgettable, or it's game over. So, how do you make that connection, and how do you get people interested in the products and services that you offer?

I’m Simon Harvey, the Founder and CEO of Demodia. For over twenty years, I have been coaching startup leaders worldwide, helping them tell their stories and grow their businesses by following a proven go-to-market plan.

In this session, I’m going to give you the exact steps I follow to develop clear and compelling messaging that makes startups unforgettable.

Agenda/ What you will learn…

The science behind unforgettable communications
How to create a story for your brand or product
How to use your story across your social, website and sales communications

🎁 Participants will also get access to a goodie bag from HubSpot & Demodia packed with

a FREE storytelling workshop
discounts on Demodia's premier Revenue Factory go-to-market coaching programme
Exclusive freebies and deals from HubSpot for Startups - incl. Up to 75% off HubSpot, 5k AWS credits, $1,000 in Google & LinkedIn Credits, 12 months Asana and Make for free and much more!

Thanks to EPFL’s partnership with HubSpot for Startups, you're eligible for exclusive perks!

By joining the free HubSpot for Startups program, you are eligible for up to 75% off HubSpot's Pro-level and Enterprise plans. In addition to the discount, you'll get access to educational resources,workshops, events and other startup-friendly discounts and offers.

>> Claim these offers here <<

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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About HubSpot for Startups

HubSpot is a leading CRM platform that provides software and support to help startups & entrepreneurs to grow better. Our platform includes marketing, sales, service, and website management products that start free and scale to meet our customers’ needs at any stage of growth. HubSpot's Growth Platform is powered by the same database, so everyone in an organization - Marketing, Sales & Services - is working off the same system of record. This allows for a smoother handoff between teams, and a more delightful customer experience.

Today, more than 30.000 startups & entrepreneurs around the world use our powerful and easy-to-use tools and integrations to attract, engage, and delight customers.

It’s completely free to join the HubSpot for Startups program. By signing up, your startup will get access to a discount to use on the CRM tool should you ever decide to upgrade, you’ll also get other exclusive discounts and perks from companies like AWS, Asana, Google, LinkedIn, Stripe, Apollo and more, and educational resources and training materials tailored to helping you scale your business.

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