Chipmind builds AI agents for chip design and verification, in Zürich.
Won Innosuisse SIP
The challenge
Their first draft had an impact gap an evaluator would penalise — strong tech, but the case for funding wasn’t landing.
What we did
Cynthia Jurytko coached Harald to sharpen the impact narrative and matched Chipmind to the right Swiss instrument.
The result
Chipmind won an Innosuisse Start-up Innovation Project (SIP) — fixed before submitting, not after a rejection.
About the instrument
The Start-up Innovation Project (SIP) is Innosuisse’s instrument for young Swiss startups — it funds a science-based innovation project (typically run with a research partner) without taking equity, so founders keep their cap table intact while de-risking the technology.
Innosuisse’s SIP page sets out who can apply: start-ups taking a prototype to first market launch that are not yet on the market, were founded no more than five years before submission (ten in exceptional cases) and have fewer than 50 FTE. Innosuisse covers at most 70% of the direct project costs; the start-up contributes at least 30%.
Coached by Cynthia Jurytko · EIC Accelerator Jury Member · Innosuisse Expert