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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


8th Kickstart innovation program launched with a continued focus on sustainability and CE
8th Kickstart innovation program launched with a continued focus on sustainability and circular economy with over 40 public and private...
Apr 4, 2023


Participate in the Circularity Roadmap for Switzerland
We warmly invite you to participate to the national multi-stakeholder process to jointly take the circular economy share to the next level.
Mar 29, 2023


Switzerland only reuses 7% of virgin materials - CGR Switzerland 2023
After more than a year of intensive collaboration, we launched the Circularity Gap Report Switzerland 2023. Based on a global...
Mar 22, 2023


TrustRelay – a new startup founded by former Swisscom employees
Jorge Alvarado and Lukas Hohl, former Swisscom employees, founded the recently incorporated TrustRelay - a SaaS platform that enables...
Feb 13, 2023


Onstage at #Davos23
Thank you to all of the collaborators and speakers who made the “Circularity Gap: Meeting societal needs & preserving global resources”...
Jan 20, 2023


Kickstart 2022 Wrap-up
This year, Kickstart welcomed 52 later-stage startups and intrapreneurship teams from over 16 countries as part of our 2022 program....
Dec 19, 2022


Insurtech Map Wrap-Up 2022
With the Insurtech Map, we have had the privilege of being right on the pulse of the InsurTech ecosystem, a front seat to the evolution...
Dec 14, 2022


Kickstart 2022 achieves 55+ new innovation partnerships
MEDIA RELEASE (Download here ) Partnerships to support market entry for startups from 11 countries including Ukraine, Sweden, Finland,...
Nov 21, 2022


Kickstart Weekly Digest #8
Weekly Digests are shared during the 10-week Kickstart program to keep our community up to date on exciting news, announcements, and...
Nov 11, 2022
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