The 10 Scale-Ups in 2026
Project Switzerland focuses on highly scalable startups headquartered in Switzerland with the ambition to become global market leaders. In March 2026 these 10 Scale-ups were narrowed down from 160 nominations and 60 applications through a rigorous, multi-stage process involving deep-dive interviews with Role Models and ecosystem experts.
AI
Lausanne (VD)
Largo
Largo.ai revolutionizes content pre-testing for film and advertising through advanced AI. By merging proprietary generative and predictive tools, the platform delivers data-driven insights.
Robotics
Eschlikon (TG)
KEMARO
KEMARO is a Swiss robotics company with HQ in Switzerland and is the leader in autonomous AI-Cleaning for industrial spaces.
Hardware
Lausanne (VD)
Corintis
Corintis builds microfluidic cooling for the world’s most powerful AI chips. With ~75 engineers across 20+ nationalities, the majority of leading AI chip makers as customers and $60M raised since inception.
Energy
Schlieren (ZH)
Pexapark
Pexapark is the price intelligence platform for clean energy, active in more than 20 countries across Europe and the US.
Greentech
Epalinges (VD)
Voltiris
Voltiris has developed the world’s first spectral-filtering solar technology designed specifically for greenhouses. The result is clean, cost-competitive electricity produced, with benefits for crop yields.
Greentech
Lausanne (VD)
Insolight
Insolight develops and builds agrivoltaic projects, to combine crop protection and solar energy generation in a single infrastructure.
Healthtech
Solothurn (SO)
QUMEA
QUMEA is a Swiss health technology company building the trusted, privacy-first clinical intelligence platform for hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Security
Zurich (ZH)
Futurae
Futurae Technologies is a Swiss cybersecurity company founded in 2016. The company provides a cloud-native authentication and authorization platform purpose-built for regulated industries.
Cleantech
Zurich (ZH)
Neustark
Neustark developed, builds and operated negative emission technologies. They permanently remove CO2 and thus generate negative emissions.
SaaS
Zürich (ZH)
Ledgy
Ledgy is a Swiss equity and share plan management platform founded in 2017 by four co-founders who met at ETH Zürich.
The nomination period for the 2026 program closed on 15 February 2026. The next nomination window will open early 2027. Sign-up for our newsletter and follow us on LinkedIn to get a notification.
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