About
an ecosystem and skills
FRI UP
Our mission
Fri Up is the official organization mandated by the canton de Fribourg Its activities focus on supporting start-ups, helping people to create their own businesses and promoting entrepreneurship. Based at the bluefactory site in Fribourg, our association also has permanent offices in Murten and Bulle, as well as a number of other locations throughout the canton of Fribourg.
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Become a member!
Your membership of Fri Up enables us to support high-potential start-ups in the canton, in particular by helping to accelerate their development. The aim is to bring them into the growth phase, where they generate added value for the entire Fribourg ecosystem. By becoming a member, you are also contributing to the promotion of entrepreneurship and the resulting economic dynamic.
Skills and experience
Our team
Our business coaches come from a wide variety of backgrounds in services and industry, are themselves entrepreneurs or start-up specialists, and bring a wealth of experience in all areas: business models, financial planning, market development, planning, strategy, operational management, structure and organization, etc.
Pauline Musy
Business Coach
Yann Steulet
Director | Business Coach
Maria Le Bour
Communication | Events
Laurent Menoud
Business Coach
Joseph Ayuso
Business Coach
The committee
Pierre Esseiva
Chairman of the Board
Capital Risque Fribourg
Christophe Aegerter
Vice-President
General Secretary DEE
Bernadette Oberson
Secretary
Executive Secretary PromFR
Jerry Krattiger
Member
Director PromFR
Christophe Emmenegger
Member
Director CCIF
Reto Julmy
Member
UPCF Director
Jacques Genoud
Member
General Manager HES-SO Fribourg
Katharina Fromm
Member
Rector University of Fribourg
Christophe Grivel
Member
BCF representative
Gilles Tacchini
Member
Head of strategic projects Groupe E
Martin Waeber
Member
Managing Director, Swiss Marketplace Group
Ecosystem
Start-up and innovation ecosystem organizations
Seed Capital Foundation Fribourg
The Seed Capital Fribourg Foundation offers loans of up to CHF 100,000 to support innovative projects and start-ups in the canton of Fribourg. Funding is focused on projects at the pre-seed and seed stages of technical and commercial viability. Fri Up is responsible for the operational management of the foundation and for the files submitted.
Capital Risque Fribourg SA
Capital Risque Fribourg SA offers financing (equity stakes, convertible loans) to companies in the canton that are innovative, have strong growth potential and are in the process of accelerating their development (first sales already achieved).
Promotion économique (PromFR)
PromFR can support innovative projects in the canton through a variety of instruments.
Tech Transfer Uni
Support for research projects wishing to commercialize their innovation through a start-up.
Tech Transfer HES-SO
Support for research projects wishing to commercialize their innovation as part of a start-up or within a company.