Blaze Accelerator

Run by the EPFL Startup Unit at the EPFL Innovation Park in Lausanne, Blaze opens with a four-week Validation Sprint and continues into an acceleration phase of up to six months. Support comes as non-dilutive CHF 2,000 'Roadblock Remover' grants for technical development, cloud credits or go-to-market work, with no equity term attached. Software and hardware alongside generalist teams.

Investment

CHF 2,000 (Below Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

0% (Like 88% of Europe & C. Asia · Like 79% globally)

Duration

12 weeks (Shorter than Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

rolling

Location

Lausanne, Switzerland

Sectors

• SaaS
• Hardware
• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.epfl.ch/innovation/startup/en/blaze/ read 2026-09-05 — supports name, organization, city, cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, sectors, application url, website, status

Other accelerators in Lausanne

• EPFL Ignition Grant
• EPFL Innogrant

Last verified 2026-09-05.