Les start-up de l'École, dont beaucoup sont basées au parc d'innovation du campus, ont levé 16% des fonds en Suisse
Funds raised in Switzerland crossed the CHF 1 billion mark for the first time in 2018. And EPFL startups accounted for over a sixth of that amount, bringing in CHF 217 million. 2018 was a bumper year for Swiss startups. According to a study by independent news website startupticker.ch, they raised CHF 1.236 billion in funding - 31.8% more than the previous year and exceeding one billion for the first time. While Zurich was the region with the highest increase and took the top spot in terms of funds raised, Vaud came in second with over 20% of the Swiss total, or CHF 267.5 million. This marks the first time since 2013 that Vaud has not ranked number one. The third and fourth places went to Basel-City and Zug, respectively.
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