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TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award

The TOP 100 Swiss Startup Ranking features the 100 most promising startups that are not older than five years and are selected by a jury of early-stage investors.

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Venture Kick

Venture Kick supports potential entrepreneurs with start capital up to CHF 150'000 as well as hands-on execution support and access to a nationwide network of investors and experts in the startup field. Multiple times per year, 8 selected projects get the opportunity to present their business ideas in front of a panel. The 5 most promising projects enter the support process. After 9 months at the latest, the startups incorporate and enter the market. Since 2007, Venture Kick has invested over CHF 58 million in over 1111 projects.

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Venture Leaders China

The venture leaders - the members of the Swiss national startup team- have a clear-cut goal. They envision themselves as global players and want to take the first step to their global expansion. The ten-day business development program is specifically structured to help them achieve this goal.

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Climate-KIC

The Swiss Climate-KIC centre is hosted by ETH Zurich, which is the leading technical university in continental Europe. ETH Zurich’s strengths lie in engineering, architecture, mathematics, and system-oriented and natural sciences. In addition, ETH Zurich has longstanding expertise in all Climate-KIC areas including knowledge and technology transfer and spin-off creation. Energy and climate change are one of ETH Zurich’s strategic development areas.

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Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

The CES Innovation Awards is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products. View more information about the program.

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CTI Start-up Label

CTI Start-up enables entrepreneurs to realize their innovative idea professionally.

In a process of three phases, over forty experienced coaches guide start-up companies on their way to enter the market successfully and attract financing. At the end of the coaching process, the most promising start-up companies have the opportunity to receive the prestigious CTI Start-up ’Label’. In addition, the companies benefit from the wide CTI Start-up network of industry experts, experienced entrepreneurs, business angels, venture capitalists and has access to foundations such as de Vigier, STI, FIT, Gebert, Rüf, etc.

Until today, CTI Start-up reviewed more than 1 800 projects, and awarded over 200 start-up enterprises with the CTI Start-up Label. Over 85% of these companies are still in business and some have shown remarkable growth, which is a sign that CTI Start-up guides them to sustainable success.

CTI also promotes the culture of entrepreneurship at universities, teaching hospitals, technical institutes as well as universities of applied sciences. CTI Entrepreneurship offers workshops to students on how to bring innovation to the market.

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ETH Spin-off

http://www.vpf.ethz.ch/transfer/firmgruend/spinoff_list/by_years/2009

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Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.

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IMD Startup Competition

The IMD Startup Competition provides an unique opportunity for regional technology startups to benefit from the help and insights of a team of dedicated, experienced IMD participants from the MBA and the Executive MBA programs.

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SEF High Potential SME

The Growth Initiative is based on a review of the growth strategy and the award of the Swiss Economic Forum’s “High-Potential SME” quality label. The qualification process is a progressive four-stage selection procedure and is free for the participating company.

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Solar Impulse Foundation

To address environmental challenges without compromising economic growth, Bertrand Piccard and the Solar Impulse Foundation have identified 1000+ clean and profitable solutions, and are now committed to going even further. By offering political and economic decision-makers a Guide to Solutions that can be implemented on a large scale, the Foundation will help them establish a roadmap for the adoption of much more ambitious energy and environmental programs and thus achieve their carbon neutrality objectives.

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Venture Leaders Mobile

The Venture Leaders - as members of the Swiss National Startup Team - have a clear-cut goal. They envision themselves as global players and want to take the first step to their global expansion. The Venture Leaders’ startup development program is specifically structured to help them achieve these goals. Each year, the Venture Leaders Mobile journey offers selected entrepreneurs an accelerated learning curve and a solid network through their participation at the Mobile World Congress and 4YFN Conference.

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Volkswirtschaft-Stiftung

Die eidgenössische Stiftung zur Förderung schweizerischer Volkswirtschaft durch wissenschaftliche Forschung bezweckt die Förderung des Technologietransfers. Jungunternehmen können sich für ein zinsloses Darlehen bewerben.

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W.A. de Vigier Stiftung

Seit 1987 fördert die W.A. de Vigier Stiftung zukunftweisende Geschäftsideen mit einem Förderpreis von je 5 x CHF 100'000. Nebst diesem Startkapital erhalten die Preisträger auch immaterielle Unterstützung; etwa in Form von wertvollen Kontakten, Medientrainings sowie Präsenz in Presse, TV und Radio. W.A. de Vigier Stiftung versteht ihr Engagement als Beitrag zu einer wettbewerbsstarken und gesunden Schweizer Wirtschaft.

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