Benjamin Sawicki – bench2biz

Application for 2025 is open!

6 May 2025

We are looking for PhD and PostDocs eager to explore the commercial viability of their research findings. If you want to present your idea and become an idea champion, please fill out the Application Form. The application deadline is 01…

8 teams present at Bench2Biz 2023

10 November 2023

In this year's edition we had seven teams from Switzerland and one joining from Romania. After the IP workshop from IPI end of October, we started in-person in Bern in a classic lecture hall and worked through one week remotely…

Alumni-Team Spacetek got 5.8MCHF

3 November 2023

Bench2Biz graduates who formed Spacetek Technology AG announced the successful closing of their seed-round. Led by Swiss Ventures, over 5 million CHF in funding has been secured. Congratulations from the Bench2Biz teams! Find all infos and more in their recent…

Workshop on Intellectual Property

4 October 2023

All participants will get a deep-dive into Intellectual Property strategies by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property on 26 October 2023. If you want to participate please save the afternoon from 14:00 to 17:00 and contact us if you…

2022 edition

25 November 2022

Business ideas took off in Bern In November 2022, a selected number of young researchers from Swiss universities and research institutes dared to step in and put their business idea to the test by participating in the Bench2biz workshop! Bench2biz…

Atanis – bench2biz alumni wins 1st place

13 July 2022

The team of Atanis around Noemi Zbären, Alexander Eggel, Thomas Kaufmann, Jean-Pierre Kinet, Rosa Robin van Brummelen won the 2022 “STAGE UP” Bernese business creation competition. Congratulations to our alumni! read more news article (paywall)