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As part of our Interview with the Founder series, we explore the stories behind the companies emerging from our community and alumni network. Today, we're speaking with Renaud Million, Founder and CEO of Spixii, an insurtech company rethinking how insurers handle complex customer interactions through intelligent automation and conversational technology.

Last month, 17 Sardinian scaleups and innovative SMEs landed in Cagliari for the Sardinia Days, the first step in a bridge we built together with Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Svizzera, Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, and ITA - Italian Trade Agency - Berna.

As part of Interview with the Founder series, we showcase the journeys of our community and alumni. Today, we're highlighting Floodlight, through an interview with his founder Nate Wyne.

Behind every partnership, every pilot, every startup-corporate collaboration, there's a person who made it happen. Kickstart Humans is a series that puts those people at the center. Not the outcomes, not the organization chart.

A new initiative is helping strengthen the connection between Italian innovation and the Swiss ecosystem, creating concrete opportunities for cross-border collaboration.

Over the past few months, Kickstart Innovation has been pleased to support Mindstone in hosting a series of monthly AI Meetups in Zurich. Both organizations describe the meetup as a practical AI community format in Zurich focused on real-world applications.

We are proud to share that Kickstart Innovation has been recognized in the Financial Times ranking of Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs 2026, developed in collaboration with Statista and Sifted. The 2026 edition highlights 180 start-up hubs across 25 European countries and was published in February 2026.