{"id":39147,"date":"2026-06-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/?p=39147"},"modified":"2026-06-15T10:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:09:57","slug":"the-fit-awards-loans-and-a-grant-to-four-western-switzerland-start-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ggba.swiss\/en\/the-fit-awards-loans-and-a-grant-to-four-western-switzerland-start-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"The FIT awards loans and a grant to four Western Switzerland start-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Foundation for Innovation and Technology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondation-fit.ch\/en\">FIT<\/a>), based in Lausanne, has awarded support to four start-ups from Western Switzerland: three Tech Seed loans of CHF 100,000 each to EM Path, REMA and Verretex, and a CHF 20,000 Digital Grant to Polytax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empath.ch\/fr\/\">EM Path<\/a> has developed a \u201ccamera for waves\u201d that visualizes and measures electromagnetic fields between 100 and 10,000 times faster than existing methods. 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