CERN spin-off Reshape wins top prize at Tech4Trust 2025
Tech
16 June 2025
Winners of Season 6 of the Tech4Trust program at the Unlimitrust campus. Among the six start-ups awarded for their work in cybersecurity and digital trust, four Swiss companies stood out: RESHAPE.SYSTEMS (Grand Prize), Panop.io (Cloud Innovation Award), Zephior (Jury Prize), and Recarta SA (Industry Prize). | © Trust Valley
Swiss start-ups shine at the sixth edition of the Trust Valley acceleration program, with Reshape taking the Grand Prize for its AI-driven risk analysis software.
The Tech4Trust 2025 Awards Ceremony, held on 5 June 2025 at the unlimitrust campus in Prilly, crowned Reshape System SA, a CERN spin-off, as the Grand Prize winner of the sixth edition of the program. The event marked the conclusion of a nine-month journey focused on advancing innovation in cybersecurity and digital trust.
Selected from 14 finalists, six start-ups were recognized, including four Swiss companies. Reshape impressed the jury with its AI-powered platform designed to automate risk analysis in complex systems such as drones, autonomous vehicles, and industrial machinery. As safety-critical technologies proliferate, Reshape offers a generative AI “co-pilot” that helps engineering teams reduce time-to-market and development costs while increasing system reliability. Supported by the Foundation for Technological Innovation (FIT), Reshape’s approach responds to growing global demand for more robust and scalable safety tools.
The Tech4Trust program, initiated by the Trust Valley initiative and hosted at unlimitrust, SICPA’s innovation hub in the canton of Vaud, has become a prominent platform for emerging digital trust technologies.
In last year’s edition, Vaud-based Brightside AI took the top prize, with Geneva’s iCure and Ystorian also receiving recognition. This year, Trust Valley CEO Lennig Pedron highlighted the market’s momentum, noting that the global digital trust sector is expected to grow from USD 350 billion in 2023 to more than USD 1.2 trillion by 2031.
Other Swiss start-ups also earned accolades. Panop.io, based in Lausanne, won the Cloud Innovation Award for its automated platform providing real-time exposure management. The Jury Prize went to Zephior, which streamlines RFP automation, and the Industry Award was presented to Recarta, an EPFL spin-off developing a novel real estate governance platform, currently incubated at Trust Village Geneva.
International winners included QEVLAR (France), which supports alert investigations in security operations centers, and Checkstep (UK), a solution for managing online content moderation.
