🇨🇭 Switzerland · 🚀 For founders
Rooms where founders, investors and executives meet: startup nights, pitch events, venture summits and leadership forums. 76 upcoming across 12 cities, 58 in October 2026.
36 hours of building. 50 engineers. Real hardware. The ERH Physical AI Hackathon brings 50 of the sharpest builders in Europe to Dare Campus for a weekend of building physical AI. You get the keys to the hardware: robot arms, mobile platforms, sensors and compute, all on site and all yours for the weekend. It starts Friday night. On Friday 16 October we kick off with an evening meetup: intro talks
Investment in Startups: How to get it right Join us for an insightful session on how to get started in angel investing, featuring Ralph Mogicato, SICTIC Board Member, entrepreneur and experienced business angel with multiple board positions, alongside Nicolas Berg, long-standing Venture Kick jury member, founder of two VC funds, and experienced tech entrepreneur and business angel. Drawing on thei
What could the future of women’s health look like in Switzerland, and how can we shape it together? Join us in Zürich on October 19 for the first FemTech Café, the inaugural gathering of FemTech Switzerland. We’re bringing FemTech Switzerland to life with a shared vision: to connect the people and organisations advancing women’s health, make their work more visible, and build bridges that help inn
A practical breakfast session on the key employment law topics every startup should understand, from hiring and contracts to international talent and compliance.
Join us at Superlab Suisse Schlieren for the Thermo Fisher Scientific Accelerator Bootcamp: What's Next for Your Molecule? Agenda 08:30–09:00 – Arrival / Registration & Breakfast 09:00–09:15 – Welcome 09:15–10:15 – Thermo Fisher Scientific Innovation Experience Station 1: Discovery & Research Station 2: Characterization, Development & Laboratory Automation Station 3: CMC, Scale-Up & Manufacturing
Alongside the BioTechX conference in Basel, at this invite-only roundtable we'll explore a critical question: we model the technology, but are we adequately modelling the workforce risk beneath it? Senior executives spanning data, analytics, AI, digital, operations and finance will examine how workforce capability, knowledge dependencies and decision bottlenecks affect AI adoption, operational per
Join Google Cloud experts in Zurich to explore, build, and scale agentic AI through expert insights, hands-on labs, demos, and role-based breakout sessions. Learn how to empower your workforce, automate complex tasks, and build a scalable AI agent strategy. Hear from Google Cloud experts, explore practical applications across business and technology, and get hands-on with AI solutions designed to
A practical session on patent strategy for startups, covering what, when, and how to protect innovations in IT, AI, Software, Biotech, and Life Sciences.
Your Robot Works. Now a Company Wants to Pilot It. What Should You Agree Before You Say Yes? You’ve built the prototype. It works. Now a company wants to test it in a warehouse, factory, lab, or real-world environment. Great. But what exactly are you agreeing to? Join Thomas Steiner at Wenger Vieli in Zurich, together with the ETH Robotics Club, for a practical session on how robotics teams can st
🚀 Join our event in Zurich! We design Pitch and Networking nights to help founders sharpen their thinking through direct, candid feedback and to give strong investors access to serious teams. Our pitch night is complemented by a structured networking session before and after the pitch session. 💡 What to expect: Startups pitch live and receive focused feedback from angels and VC partners Structured
How well do you know your own body? This Pink October, Woman On A Mission - by Alexandra Maurer x HeadsQuarter invite you to an evening dedicated to breast health, awareness, prevention and self-care. An evening designed to inform, empower and encourage us as women to know our bodies, pay attention to changes and feel confident asking questions. We will talk about why knowing your breasts matters,
Where Deep Tech meets the Next Generation of Builders Location: bQm Kulturcafé & Bar (Directly under the Polyterrasse, ETH Zurich) Time: 7:00 PM onwards Access: Open to summit delegates, ETH/UZH founders, researchers & student innovators Following the closed-door summit at the Semper Aula, the conversation moves underground to ETH’s iconic bQm. The Tech Exchange After Party strips away the formali
Female Innovation Forum 2026: Make Ideas Bigger. Better. Faster. Together. Every meaningful innovation begins with an idea. But ideas only become powerful when we dare to think bigger, make them better, move them forward—and bring the right people together. The Female Innovation Forum 2026 brings together founders, entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, innovators, and leaders who are not simpl
Arkade Day brings together executives, capital allocators, developers, product teams and ecosystem partners working across financial products and Bitcoin infrastructure. The day opens with Capital Sessions, featuring new Ark Labs product showcases alongside conversations with treasury teams, trading desks and financial providers about opportunities for income, hedging and financing. The agenda wil
Swisspreneur Padel Tournament 2026 🎾 We’re excited to welcome you to the second edition of Swisspreneur’s sports experience, an afternoon where padel, entrepreneurship, and genuine human connection come together once again. The Swisspreneur Padel Tournament is your chance to enjoy one of the fastest-growing racket sports while meeting inspiring founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Whether y
Calling all Innovation Enthusiasts & Founders! Join us for the highly anticipated Unicorn Pitches Zurich on October 21, 2026, starting at 6:00 PM! Witness the next generation of AI startups battle it out for a chance to gain recognition and funding — and level up your own AI skills before the pitches even begin. Limited Tickets Available! Why Attend? Kickstart your day with two hands-on AI worksho
AI Apero: Edition #1 The AI technology revolution Tuesday, October 21, 2026 · 18:00–20:00 CET · Vulkanstrasse 106, Zurich AI Apéro is an event series created by AI practitioners, for AI practitioners. It is a place to connect with peers, exchange experiences, ask questions, and openly discuss the opportunities and challenges of a technology that is reshaping our world. Through real conversations a
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