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New EU Regulation: Paving the way for sustainable products
In a groundbreaking move, the European Union has introduced a new regulation aimed at making products more sustainable.
Jul 24, 2024


How food trends are contributing to a more sustainable future
Our current food system is far from sustainable. Adapting nutrition and consumption is an essential prerequisite for achieving the SDGs.
Jun 27, 2024


How a mobility platform brings about a sustainable change in transport modes: Nudgd Success Story
The digital platform Smart Nudges Mobility was developed by Nudgd, a Swedish startup.
Jun 6, 2024


Facilitating Sustainable Innovation: Coop and Kern Tec Success Story
A partnership between Coop and Kern Tec: introducing Apricot Kernel Milk to the Swiss market, now available at Coop stores.
May 23, 2024


Kickstart Program Launches 9th Iteration to Drive Collaborative Solutions and Investments
Press Release Over 40 renowned companies and organizations are creating future solutions with local and international startups for...
Apr 18, 2024


Transforming Men's Health: The Regimen and Sanitas Success Story
“Cooperating with Sanitas was a fantastic experience. The team was helpful, easy to collaborate with and solution-oriented, with their...
Feb 13, 2024


Eat your own AI (course)
Given the massive momentum of Generative AI, we invited our esteemed expert Cyrill Glockner for a hands-on LLM use-case discovery workshop.
Jan 28, 2024


Elevate Your Scale-Up's Growth Potential: Find Talents
Welcome to the fifth of our 5-part series on why you should choose Switzerland as a business location for your scale-up. In partnership...
Dec 11, 2023


Kickstart is not just a program
Kickstart is not just a program, it’s a myriad of individual stories. Stories of people collaborating to innovate, people bringing their...
Dec 8, 2023


Building Trust in Healthcare - we need less “egosystems” and more ecosystems
For the second year, Kickstart partnered with Building Trust in Healthcare, an event that took part in the brand new campus of...
Nov 30, 2023


Kickstart 2023: More than 40 new Success Stories & 310 Deals for Switzerland
MEDIA RELEASE (Download here ) Official announcement of partnerships between established companies and start-ups in Zurich Dominant...
Nov 28, 2023


Elevate Your Scale-Up's Growth Potential: Open Your HQ
Welcome to the fourth of our 5-part series on why you should choose Switzerland as a business location for your scale-up. In partnership...
Nov 23, 2023


Elevate Your Scale-Up's Growth Potential: Access to Ecosystem
Welcome to the third of our 5-part series on why you should choose Switzerland as a business location for your scale-up. In partnership...
Nov 20, 2023


Elevate Your Scale-Up's Growth Potential: Locate Investors
Welcome to the second of our 5-part series on why you should choose Switzerland as a business location for your scale-up. In partnership...
Nov 10, 2023


Kickstart Digest #2
Hello, Kickstart Family! It’s been an exhilarating fortnight for Kickstart! Leading the charge, our CEO & Co-Founder, Katka Letzing, took...
Oct 20, 2023


ANYmal to visit Kraftwerk
We had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from TotalEnergies on the first day of their Learning Expedition to the Swiss startup ecosystem.
Oct 4, 2023


How to Kill a Zombie Project
Life in general and titles of blog posts in particular should be positive. But let’s have an honest look at how bad ideas are separated...
Sep 5, 2023


Innovation ist, wenn der Kreis sich schliesst.
Das zentrale Thema des Jahresanlasses 2023 von Greater Zurich Area ist: Zukunftsfähigkeit durch Nachhaltigkeit.
Aug 22, 2023


Speeddating fürs Business
Anne-Barbara Luft hat es in ihrem, in der Bilanz publizierten Artikel, exzellent auf den Punkt gebracht: Speeddating fürs Business....
Aug 16, 2023


Startups rely on AI & sustainability for new partnerships
MEDIA RELEASE 41 startups selected from over 1000 applications from 62 countries for 2023 innovation program One-third of the startups...
Jul 27, 2023


Elevate Your Scale-Up's Growth Potential: Benefit from R&D
Welcome to the first of our 5-part series on why you should choose Switzerland as a business location for your scale-up. In partnership...
Jul 27, 2023


Why we love Hackathons?
If you are looking for a way to source ideas, innovative people and build a community of innovators, this post is for you. Think about a...
May 26, 2023


What happens after a Corporate Hackathon?
Let's talk about the tricky moment after the hackathon, when your employees go back to their everyday work routine.
May 14, 2023


What a start of H18–Beaulieu Circulaire
To inaugurate H18–Beaulieu Circulaire, Impact Hub Lausanne organized a week full of events. The new space is not just their “nouvelle...
Apr 25, 2023
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