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Y-PARC - Swiss Technopole
Y-PARC Swiss Technopole is Switzerland's first and largest technology park located in Yverdon-les-Bains, dedicated to fostering innovation and collaboration among startups, SMEs, and multinational companies.
Overview
What Y-PARC - Swiss Technopole does
What Y-PARC - Swiss Technopole is
Y-PARC Swiss Technopole is Switzerland's first and largest technology park located in Yverdon-les-Bains, dedicated to fostering innovation and collaboration among startups, SMEs, and multinational companies.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 1998
- Approximate age
- About 28 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 11, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Y-PARC - Swiss Technopole as a community
Community overview
Y-PARC is a technology park located in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. It was established to support local and international businesses in developing their activities in Europe. The park spans 52 hectares and hosts nearly 200 companies, providing over 2,700 jobs.
Community focus
Y-PARC focuses on fostering technological innovation and entrepreneurship. It offers various services, including rental of office spaces, laboratories, and production halls, as well as land for sale. The park is home to the Y-START incubator, which supports startups in their early stages.
Member value
Members benefit from access to office spaces, laboratories, and production facilities, as well as mentorship and resources through the Y-START incubator and various training programs.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 200
- Pricing models
- fixed-tuition
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- June 21, 2024
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Operators
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- incubator, community, and training
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- Europe
Community activity
- Annual events
- 12
Events and activity
Y-PARC hosts a variety of events, including monthly SME & Start-up Breakfast meetings focusing on relevant topics for SMEs, the invitation-only Innovaud Connect event aimed at fostering innovation, the Digital Industry by RobotYx conference scheduled for June 21, 2024, and workshops such as 'Encountering Organizational Resilience' on October 10, 2024.
Notable members
Notable companies within the Y-PARC ecosystem include Swiss Airtainer, which specializes in intelligent refrigerated containers for air transport of pharmaceutical products, and Mikron, which has recently established its operations in the park.
Common questions
What to know about Y-PARC - Swiss Technopole
Upseed classifies Y-PARC - Swiss Technopole under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
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Source basis
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Last reviewed
April 11, 2026
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