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The Innovation Agency of Southern Switzerland was set up in 2011 to promote and spread innovation and technological development to start-ups and existing businesses, thereby contributing to the region’s competitiveness, and to create highly skilled jobs. Our team works with passion, employing multidisciplinary skills to ensure a wide range of services.

POINT OF ENTRY

point of entry into the Regional Innovation System for all inquiries

TECHNOPOLE

a place for start-ups and young innovative companies to grow as they work towards scaling-up

BOLDBRAIN

an accelerator that selects 20 innovative ideas each year for guidance on a path to growth

SUPPORT FOR START-UPS

tools and coaching to guide innovative start-ups towards success

SUPPORT FOR SME

consultancy and accompaniment service for digitisation and development of innovative projects

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Regional Innovation System

The Agire Foundation maintains dialogue and works with the most important industry partners on a cantonal, national and international level. Thanks to its extensive network of partnerships as well as its coordination of the Regional Innovation System, the Foundation is able to deal with all inquiries. Following an efficient sifting process, the Foundation can provide direct support or, alternatively, make referrals to the most suitable partners for the type of inquiry.

Innovation Park Ticino

In 2019, the State Council commissioned the Foundation to develop Ticino’s first Innovation Park and to submit its application to join Switzerland Innovation. This allowed the Innovation Park Ticino to be associated with the existing park in Zurich, thereby creating productive synergies along the country’s north-south axis.

Mission

To promote and spread the innovation of products, processes and business models in companies, in line with the values of sustainability and corporate responsibility, and with the aim of increasing our region’s economic competitiveness and creating more highly skilled jobs.