# Fri Up

> Fri Up is the nonprofit association providing official startup and entrepreneurship support in Switzerland’s Canton of Fribourg. It offers free business coaching, market validation, financial planning and fundraising preparation, connects founders with research and industry, and manages operations and applications for the separate Seed Capital Fribourg Foundation. Its current emphasis includes deep tech and the bioeconomy.

- **Founded:** 1989
- **Headquarters:** Fribourg, Switzerland
- **Products:** Startup business coaching, Business-creation consultations and workshops, Seed Capital Fribourg application support, Bioeconomy incubation, Research, industry and infrastructure introductions
- **Notable:** Operating since 1989., Co-founded the Swiss Startup Coaching Network in 2019., Helped Droptimize prepare a PromFR financing application for prototype development.

## Products & services

- **Startup business coaching** — Free coaching in business models, market validation, financial planning, strategy, pitch preparation and fundraising; for innovative, scalable ventures based in or moving to Fribourg.
- **Business-creation consultations and workshops** — Free individual advice in person or online, plus thematic workshops for entrepreneurs, including conventional businesses.
- **Seed Capital Fribourg application support** — Operational management and application preparation for a separate foundation offering milestone-based seed loans up to CHF 100,000 under published conditions.
- **Bioeconomy incubation** — A specialist offer describes CHF 100,000 cash plus services, converted into a fixed CHF 175,000 convertible loan, for high-potential ventures with a working prototype and initial test customer.
- **Research, industry and infrastructure introductions** — Connects ventures with academic institutions, competence centers, laboratories, industrial partners and investors.

## Achievements

- Operating since 1989.
- Co-founded the Swiss Startup Coaching Network in 2019.
- Helped Droptimize prepare a PromFR financing application for prototype development.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — A fribourg.swiss interview describes startup screening that considers commercial potential and fit with local expertise.
- **2026-09** — The official website hosts its 2025 activity report in a September 2026 upload directory; the report itself is dated March 2026.
- **2026-03** — Fri Up is listed as an exhibitor in the BIOKET 2026 program.

## Links

- Website: https://www.friup.ch/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fri-up/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/friup
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@friup3925
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friup.ch/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/friup/

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Last updated: 2026-10-24