Spin-offs / Start-ups
Company spin-offs from ETH are one direct and very effective form of technology and knowledge transfer that boost the innovative strength of Switzerland's economy. Academic spin-offs are, besides sale of licenses and partnerships with other companies, a third method of technology transfer.
It can be considered the most challenging type of commercialization as the technology, the market, and the company itself all must be developed from scratch. This is where the "ETH Transfer" office supports the highly motivated scientists in setting up their start-up enterprise with external partners.
Current listing of all official ETH spin-offs from the Department of Computer Science by ETH Transfer.
Acquisitions and IPOs of D-INFK spin-offs since 2000
Source: Industry and Knowledge Transfer
More spin-offs and companies founded by computer science staff, students and graduates from ETH Zurich
In addition to the official spin-offs from our department, many other start-up companies have been founded by one or more D-INFK staff, students, or graduates, either directly during or after their time at ETH Zurich, or sometimes years later. Until now, ETH Zurich has not had an official system for tracking these start-ups. Therefore, the following list is only an excerpt and by no means complete. Please let us know if your company is missing on this list. Send your information to communications@inf.ethz.ch by indicating company name, business purpose, founding year, website, name of founder(s) and their ETH D-INFK grade.
Download List with companies founded by computer science graduates from ETH Zurich (PDF, 133 KB)
More information
- ETH spin-offs A-Z
- ETH transfer: spin-off support
- ETH Pioneer Fellowships
- external page ETH Entrepreneur Club
- external page STARTUP CAMPUS: offerings
- external page Business tools: courses (in German)
- external page Venture: competition
- external page Venturelab: programmes for start-ups
- external page Gründen: information for founders in Greater Zurich (in German)
- external page Startzentrum: offerings for new founders (in German)
The latest articles about our spin-offs
ETH spin-off Invariant Labs acquired by Snyk, the leading company in secure AI software development
Invariant Labs, a deep-tech spin-off from ETH Zurich, has been acquired by the cybersecurity company Snyk – less than a year after its founding. The move highlights both the rapid rise of AI-native software and the critical need for robust security innovation.
Readying robots for new tasks
The ETH spin-off Flink Robotics wants to revolutionize the handling of packages. Its founders Moritz Geilinger and Simon Huber, both former computer science students, have developed software that allows robots to work together and quickly take on new tasks.
Secure agentic AI systems
Invariant Labs is a new ETH spin-off co-founded by Professors Martin Vechev and Florian Tramèr, D-INFK alumnus Mislav Balunovic and doctoral students Marc Fischer and Luca Beurer-Kellner. With Invariant Analyzer, their open-source analysis tool, they aim to enhance the security and reliability of AI systems by using deterministic security measures.