Value proposition

CoBooster sparks collaborative,high-impact projects through its ideation platform connecting industries and/or academia.

CoBooster is a Swiss collaborative innovation platform designed to help companies, startups, universities and research institutions build project teams, launch co-funded feasibility studies and facilitate patent transfer.

The mission of our non-profit association is to provide access to a national, neutral and trusted platform where members can:

- Post or join discussions, ideas, challenges or patents (also anonymously)
- Build the right teams around concrete projects, combining new partners, shared expertise, pooled costs and technology transfer
- Move from an idea to action through structured and pragmatic collaboration

The benefits of CoBooster

By joining CoBooster, you become part of a national ecosystem of more than 700 members, including companies, startups, universities, applied research institutes, associations and public actors.

Members benefit from:

- A structured and trusted framework: IP rules, templates, collaboration tools, methods and personalised guidance
- A bottom-up approach: projects start from a concrete need or idea and grow by forming the most relevant team
- Facilitated technology transfer with direct access to the ecosystem
- Shared risks and costs, including the possibility to submit topics anonymously
- Multidisciplinary, national project teams (typically 5–6 partners, R&D and industry)
- Strategic support to identify and secure funding opportunities
- Centralised and secure management of project funds
- An agile model, without heavy bureaucracy
- Valorisation of patents through sale or licensing
- Tailored matchmaking events and targeted networking opportunities

CoBooster focuses on action and impact:

- More than 50 project teams already built
- Shared risks and costs from the earliest stages
- More than 75% of projects continue beyond the Proof of Concept
- Long-term partnerships and sustainable innovations rooted in real industrial and research needs

We look forward to welcoming your subjects!