Pioneer Fellows
The Pioneer Fellowship enables entrepreneurial ETH students and researchers in developing their research-based technologies into marketable products and services to launch a successful ETH Spin-off company. See what the current Fellows are working on in their projects.
Active Pioneer Fellows
Lilly van de Venn
HT-DISCOVER
Accurate and high-throughput off-target detection for precision and safety in genome engineering
Börte Emiroglu
Immunosponge
A novel wound dressing to correct excess inflammation in chronic wounds
Timo Küster and Friederike Biffar
AITHON Robotics
Safer, faster, and more cost-effective UAV solution for inspecting and maintaining critical infrastructure
Giuseppe Antoniazzi
FibroTech Solutions
Pioneering chemical probe for the early diagnosis and monitoring of fibrosis
Lukas Bircher
TALPA-Inspection
Contactless, automated, and cost-efficient corrosion inspection
Massimo Saini
Captaim
CTC Apheresis for Personalized Targeted & Immune Therapy
Grace Kagho (Social Impact Pioneer Fellow)
UrbanEcho
A digital twin technology for sustainable urban planning in developing regions
Jessica Droujko
Riverkin
Breaking down the barriers of traditional water management using novel hardware and intelligent software to create an interconnected ecosystem
Marco Francesco D'Elia
ÁPEIROS
Fluorescent, Recyclable and Self-Healing Anticorrosion Coatings
Edoardo Pezzulli
Sustain
Low-cost monitoring of subsurface CO2, hydrogen and heat storage
Julia Carpenter
Apheros
Ultra-porous metal foams for efficient cooling
Gregor Perich
Terensis
Connecting agriculture
Marie Perrin
REEcover
Rare Earth Recovery and Separation
Rik Ubaghs
Arago Labs
Pioneering Digital Histology-based Navigation to optimize surgical resection of malignant brain tumors
Giorgia Greter
Baxiva
Preventing urinary tract infections with a glycoconjugate vaccine
Hao Liu
Lumios
Shaping light to accelerate the development of life-saving therapies with accurate and reproducible human tissue models
Martin Stadler
QENDRA
Providing cutting-edge classical control for atom and ion-based quantum computers, powering the quantum revolution
Kyriakos Alexandros Chondrogiannis
Builtstop
Refueling the lifespan of buildings by deploying innovative technologies to protect traditional structures
Tansel Baran Yasar
Aeternus Neurotechnologies
Next-generation ultra-flexible brain implants for stable interfacing with brain networks at single-cell resolution
Stefan Villiger
Versive (former Reagiro)
Steering-by-Leaning in Manual Wheelchairs
Carolina Paganini
Checktor Biosciences
Fighting drug resistance with point-of-care tests
Pascal Auf der Maur and Betim Djambazi (left to right)
RoBoa
A revolution for confined spaces rescue and inspection!
David Stark
QCSEL
Mid-infrared lasers for portable gas sensing solutions
Pioneer Fellow Alumni
Apply here for the ETH Pioneer Fellowship Deep-Tech and Social Impact Incubation Program
Note: You can apply for both programs, but can only receive one fellowship. You must apply for each program individually.
For further information and questions contact pioneer@ethz.ch