Fast Track Programs
Resources & pages
Public resources supporting the Fast Track programs run by the EPFL Startup Launchpad.
Applications
Participant Handbooks
Contributors
Contributors
Four ways for EPFL alumni and operators to support early-stage EPFL ventures: Blue Team Coaches, Red Team Experts, Advisors, and Speakers.
Open ›Blue Team Coaches
The Blue Team coaching program: companion an EPFL Fast Track venture through structured de-risking over 3 to 6 months. The role, the framework, the terms, and the application form.
Open ›Red Team
Join the EPFL Startup Launchpad Red Team: one adversarial session, 60 to 90 minutes, to pressure-test a founder's load-bearing assumptions. What it involves, who fits, and the application form.
Open ›AI Track
Tools
IRL Self Assessment
A 5-minute founder self-assessment of your venture's Innovation Readiness, with a radar summary of where you stand.
Unlock ›KTH Readiness Model
A reusable reference to the KTH Innovation Readiness Level model: the six axes, the 1–9 scale, level-by-level criteria, and how to apply it in any program.
Unlock ›Microsoft for Startups
Claim your Microsoft for Startups benefits as an EPFL startup: up to $25,000 in Azure credits, 24/7 support, GitHub and Visual Studio Enterprise, and LinkedIn tools.
Unlock ›Coaches
Blue Team Coach Profile
Accepted Blue Team coaches: build the profile we share with founders — experience, contact details, meeting preferences — and give us the details we need to pay your mandate.
Unlock ›Coaches Handbook
Reference documentation base for external Blue Team coaches of the EPFL Fast Track Programs.
Unlock ›Coach Session Feedback
For Blue Team coaches: the after-session debrief — prep quality, evidence, outcome, envelope pacing and flags. Goes to the EPFL program team.
Unlock ›Coach Closing Report
End-of-support report from the Blue Team coach: where the venture ended, readiness movement, what the support produced, and what the program should know.
Unlock ›Coaching
Startup Session Feedback
For startup teams: three minutes on your last coaching session — how useful it was, whether the next step is clear, and anything for the program team only.
Unlock ›Grant Request
Request a grant online for any Fast Track program: describe each budget line (category, amount, rationale, duration, purpose, expected results) and submit directly to the program team.
Unlock ›Project Info
Fast Track startups: submit or update the information that appears about your project on the EPFL website — startup name, website, LinkedIn, team members, and a short description of what you do.
Unlock ›Session Prep Template
Submit your session prep at least 24h before each Fast Track coaching session: the assumption tested, what you did, what you learned, the decision it informs, and your ask.
Unlock ›Monthly Progress Update
Prepare your monthly 45-minute progress discussion with the EPFL program staff: progress against your own intake targets, what moved, what did not, and what changed in the plan.
Unlock ›Mid Term Review
The formal mid-term checkpoint of Fast Track support: progress against the trajectory agreed at intake, current readiness levels, and how the remaining sessions will be used.
Unlock ›Support Closing Report
End-of-support report filled by the startup: outcomes, learnings, what the support produced, readiness at close, and the grant spending summary. Not the form for stopping a project.
Unlock ›Support Spending Report
Report how a Fast Track grant was spent when a support closes: every expense line with its date, supplier, amount and the name of the evidence file, grouped by grant, plus where to send the evidence folder.
Unlock ›Project Closure Request
Declare that you are stopping your project and closing Fast Track support: why you are stopping, what you tried, what you learned, and the grant settlement.
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