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| Sep 3, 2025 | Zwei Startups mit "Impact" zuoberst auf dem Treppchen |
Die Förderinitiative «Social Impact Catalyst» wurde von den drei Träger-Organisationen ZKB Philanthropie Stiftung, Swiss Re Foundation und der Stiftung Mercator dieses Jahr ins Leben gerufen. Die aus über 100 Bewerbungen ausgewählten 12 wi... |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Atlas Metrics acquires Pelt8 |
Atlas Metrics is rapidly scaling its presence across Europe — including a growing footprint in Switzerland. The collaboration is a natural next step: Pelt8 and Atlas Metrics first connected during Kickstart 2023, where both teams shared a ... |
| Jun 3, 2025 | A broad-based initiative for joint Swiss AI innovation |
Although Switzerland is considered a leader in AI research thanks to institutions such as ETH Zurich and EPFL, neither Switzerland nor other European countries have yet played a significant role in developing market-leading AI models. Of t... |
| May 9, 2025 | Neue Support-Initiativen für Wachstum und Netzwerk-Aufbau |
Deloitte, eine der weltweit führenden Beratungsfirmen, und Tenity, Frühphaseninvestor und globales Innovationsökosystem, haben zusammen das Programm Scale-up Launchpad 2025 ins Leben gerufen. Damit sollen Scale-ups während einem dreitägige... |
| Dec 4, 2024 | KICKSTART 2024: Renowned Swiss companies conclude over 30 deals with start-ups to enable innovation |
The core idea of the Kickstart programme is to harness the innovation potential of start-ups and foster collaboration with established companies to address increasingly complex market conditions. This year’s solutions are diverse, spanning... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Aonic AB Eyes Major Capital Boost Amidst Gaming Expansion | Aonic AB is poised for a significant leap. The Swedish gaming group is in advanced discussions to raise up to EUR 100 million. This capital increase is not just a number; it’s a lifeline for ambitious growth. Aonic aims to fuel its mergers ... |
| Oct 14, 2024 | Neustark wins 4th Boost My Startup Challenge |
The jury of the 4th edition of the Boost My Startup Challenge has crowned Neustark. Co-founded and co-directed by Valentin Gutknecht and Johannes Tiefenthaler, the Swiss climate tech captures and mineralizes biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), ... |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Kickstart Innovation reveals latest batch |
Each year, Kickstart has been able to attract startups from all over the world to apply for its 11-week accelerator program, which focuses on fostering partnerships between corporates and startups. To this day, the program has supported ov... |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Sixteen partnership deals for Swiss startups | |
| Jul 27, 2023 | Kickstart announces the 2023 cohort | |
| Feb 12, 2023 | Что учесть при запуске FinTech-продукта в Европе: 5 факторов | Используйте возможности для стартапов
За последние 15 лет в Европе были предприняты плодотворные шаги для создания открытого финансового рынка и усиления конкурентных позиций FinTech-стартапов там, где сильны банки. Директива Евросоюза PSD2... |
| Nov 18, 2022 | More than 55 partnerships to boost startups' growth | |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Kickstart’s 2022 cohort includes 13 Swiss startups | |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Kickstart matches startups with corporates | |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Yoordi digitalisiert Sommerbars | |
| Jul 27, 2021 | Kickstart 2021 is ready to kick off: 11 Swiss startups among the participants | Kickstart, one of the largest European Innovation Platforms, promotes tech-driven businesses and innovations to solve humanity’s biggest challenges. In its 6th year, Kickstart is bridging the gap between startups, corporations, cities, foun... |
| May 21, 2021 | Holcim setzt auf Startups | |
| May 21, 2021 | Holcim setzt auf Startups | Kickstart, eine europäische Innovationsplattform aus Zürich vernetzt Startups mit Unternehmen, Universitäten und Städten. Auch die Baubranche setzt immer mehr auf systematisches Innovationsmanagement. So war im vergangenen Jahr Holcim Schwe... |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Kickstart: 48 Partnerschaften für mehr Innovation | |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Kickstart: 48 Partnerschaften für mehr Innovation | Im Rahmen des Programms von Kickstart Innovation sind in den letzten zehn Wochen namhafte Schweizer Unternehmen und Institutionen wie AXA, Coop, Migros, Swisscom, die Mobiliar, die Stiftung Mercator Schweiz, die Stadt Zürich, PostFinance, H... |
| Jul 23, 2020 | Kickstart's new cohort includes 17 Swiss startups | Since its foundation five years ago, Kickstart has become one of the largest European innovation platforms. It has initiated over 120 pilots and commercial projects between startups, established organizations and companies from various sect... |
| Jul 23, 2020 | Kickstart's new cohort includes 17 Swiss startups | |
| Apr 21, 2020 | The Big 5 Daily: 14th April, 2020 | Hello,
Welcome back from the Celebrations!
The Big 5 Daily is back with a bang!
Enjoy!
Big news! Telkom Kenya has partnered with the University of Nairobi (UoN) to launch a customized mobile data solution for the school. The deal will enabl... |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Swiss innovation platform Kickstart opens applications for a new cohort | Zurich based innovation platform Kickstart has opened applications for its fifth iteration of its annual B2B scale-up programme aimed at late-stage start-ups interested in entering the Swiss market. African startups can enter too.
In a sta... |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Swiss innovation platform Kickstart opens applications for a new cohort | Zurich based innovation platform Kickstart has opened applications for its fifth iteration of its annual B2B scale-up programme aimed at late-stage start-ups interested in entering the Swiss market. African startups can enter too.
In a stat... |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Zurich-based innovation platform Kickstart launches a new cohort of later-stage tech startups interested in entering the Swiss market | Kickstart, one of Europe’s largest innovation platforms, is welcoming applications for the fifth iteration of its annual B2B scale-up program aimed at late-stage start-ups interested in entering the Swiss market. According to the announceme... |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Kickstart: Fifth year with innovations | |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Kickstart: Fifth year with innovations | Since its launch in 2015, Kickstart has grown into one of the largest European innovation platforms, implementing open-innovation for later-stage startups with numerous leading Swiss and global companies. Every year the program includes som... |
| Dec 9, 2019 | Advaisor AG completes a funding round | |
| Nov 12, 2019 | AirBie wins CSEM Award | |
| Nov 8, 2019 | A successful close: Kickstart startups part with over 40 PoCs | |
| Jul 25, 2019 | 14 Swiss startups selected for the Kickstart acceleration program 2019 | |
| Jul 19, 2019 | “We need to move beyond silos and start collaborating across boundaries” | |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Swiss accelerator Kickstart calls on later-stage African startups to apply for 2019 programme | Zurich-based tech accelerator Kickstart has opened applications for programme, and has called on later-stage African startups to apply for its fourth cohort.
Kickstart focuses on deep tech like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and ... |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Swiss accelerator Kickstart calls on later-stage African startups to apply for 2019 programme | Zurich-based tech accelerator Kickstart has opened applications for programme, and has called on later-stage African startups to apply for its fourth cohort.
Kickstart focuses on deep tech like artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and b... |
| Mar 26, 2019 | Here’s what you need to know about this year’s Swiss Market Entry Bootcamp | Interested in the Swiss market or network possibilities in Switzerland? Then you’ll want to attend the second Swiss Market Entry Bootcamp.
On 27 May, Impact Hub Zurich will host 50 international startups for an opportunity to explore the Sw... |
| Mar 26, 2019 | Here’s what you need to know about this year’s Swiss Market Entry Bootcamp | Interested in the Swiss market or network possibilities in Switzerland? Then you’ll want to attend the second Swiss Market Entry Bootcamp.
On 27 May, Impact Hub Zurich will host 50 international startups for an opportunity to explore the S... |
| The Big 5 Daily: 14th April, 2020 | Hello,
Welcome back from the Celebrations!
The Big 5 Daily is back with a bang!
Enjoy!
Big news! Telkom Kenya has partnered with the University of Nairobi (UoN) to launch a customized mobile data solution for the school. The deal will enabl... |
| Kickstart seeks tech start-ups for Swiss market | Innovation platform Kickstart is open to applications for the fifth iteration of its annual B2B scale-up programme aimed at late-stage start-ups interested in entering the Swiss market.
It’s not just about fintech but the firm says around 1... |
