🇨🇭 Switzerland · 🚀 Startups / Venture
Founders, fundraising, VC, demo days. 62 upcoming across 7 cities, 2 in October 2026. ~7,085 attendees expected.
Join us for a full-day **Breast Cancer Awareness Hackathon**, where tech meets real-world impact. Work in teams on real challenges related to breast cancer, including a **protein design challenge by Adaptyv**. Open to students, researchers, engineers and innovators. Whether you come with a team or join one on the day. The hackathon is **officially part of Swiss {ai} Weeks**, and we’re excited to
Special Early Bird Offer: CHF 1,940 first 5 to sign up (Sfr500. = deposit) HUMANITY & AI - Executive Retreat Reinvent yourself. Build the future. Create a life & Business you love. The leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow will combine human creativity, emotional intelligence and purpose with the power of AI. Join us for two transformational days inside a breathtaking 900-year-old Swiss monastery.
We are excited to invite you to the official kickoff of the second UPortunity cohort. The agenda looks as follows: 09:30 – 10:00: Welcome & Registration 10:00 – 10:10: Introduction by ETH Entrepreneurship 10:10 – 11:30: Start-up Pitches & Q&A 11:30 – 13:00: Apéro You are warmly invited to join us for both the morning session and the apéro, or for either one. This is a great opportunity to meet the
Life Sciences Academy at Walter The Life Sciences Academy at Walter helps life sciences entrepreneurs build the business capabilities they need beyond science. Through practical lectures, case studies and coaching, participants learn how to translate scientific innovation into viable products, companies and growth strategies. The sessions are led by experienced life sciences executives and entrepr
Code your very first game, no experience needed! Ever wondered how video games are actually made? This is your chance to find out. We’ll build Flappy Bird from scratch in Unity, together, step by step. This workshop is for absolute beginners. You don’t need to know how to code, you don’t need to have used Unity before, and you don’t need to be a CS student. If you’ve never written a line worked wi
An evening combining casual climate networking with Switzerland’s largest impact documentary festival. On Monday 2 Nov we’re partnering with the Films for Future Festival for a double-header focused on water consumption, climate communication, and how better storytelling accelerates real action. The plan: 🕡 18:30 | 4WARD Catch-Up & Discussion Gather at Frau Gerold's Garten for a casual pre-screeni
About Launch LAUNCH is Switzerland’s flagship gathering for founders, investors, and innovators. Powered by the ETH Entrepreneur Club and SICTIC, the 2026 edition unites: 2 200+ entrepreneurial minds 300+ impact-driven investors 70+ breakthrough startups Expect a full-day experience of inspiration, skill-building, and high-impact networking. Highlights Main Stage: Hear visionary founders and thou
Curated and hosted by Matteo Saponati in collaboration with Tufa Labs, an independent research group working on fundamental AI research. Join us! Our goal is to share the latest ML research and foster open discussion and collaboration among ML researchers in Zürich. Speaker: Dominique Paul (Dream Machines) https://www.thisiscrispin.com/ https://dream-machines.eu/ Dominique Paul is an entrepreneur
NCE Finance Innovation, Tenity and Visa invite you to the kickoff of the next Visa Innovation Program Europe – Nordics & Baltics edition. Join us to meet the selected fintech cohort, connect with Visa and industry partners, and explore what’s next in finance and payments. What to expect Meet the fintechs selected for the new cohort and discover their solutions. Hear perspectives from Visa, fintech
In this talk, Oliver will describe how AI is trained, what makes it economically distinctive, and how those characteristics shape competition and value creation. Starting with the big picture and key definitions, the talk explains how AI works, before examining competitive moats, price wars, and emerging trends. It then considers why "doing what’s hard" may be the strongest route to lasting advant
Vision AI Business Circle – Networking Event 2.0 SAVE THE DATE!! Seid am Mittwoch, 4. November 2026, dabei und erlebt einen inspirierenden Abend rund um die Zukunft von KI, Innovation und den Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz in Unternehmen. Freut euch auf spannende Impulse und eine offene Diskussion mit Expertinnen und Experten aus der Praxis – moderiert von Bernhard Bauhofer, Reputation Management
Siamo un network di 300+ startup founders, investors e tech executives in Svizzera attivi in diversi settori, principalmente deep tech. Le nostre startup hanno raccolto centinaia di milioni da investitori istituzionali e hanno fatto notizia a livello internazionale. Il nostro obiettivo è promuovere la collaborazione tra founder ambiziosi e costruire ponti tra gli ecosistemi startup svizzero e ital
Different session. Same ambition. VANE Zurich — The Room Returns VANE is Switzerland’s network for the people who build and fund companies. Founders, venture capitalists, angels, family-office principals and operators, meeting through training rather than dinners, receptions and panels. The first session brought the founding cohort together. The second builds on it: familiar faces, considered intr
The Startup Nights is the biggest event in Switzerland that brings the whole startup ecosystem to one table. With this event we want to create awareness for startups and their innovations.
Moderated panel on cross-border deep tech collaboration and investment between Swiss and Chinese innovation ecosystems. Leaders from the Chinese Business Network in conversation with DARE Campus founders and partners. Followed by a seated dinner.
A hands-on, community-focused conference designed to connect innovative startups with established Swiss Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), emphasizing practical workshops, networking, and direct collaboration to accelerate digital projects and foster regional innovation.
A summit bringing together scaleup executives for meaningful discussions on relevant topics, along with opportunities for social interaction.
Scaleup Founders Dinner supported by Webflow and Flow Ninja. Join us for this special edition of our founders' dinner for scale-up companies only (Series A+ and/or 100+ employees). Spend an evening amongst 20 like-minded founders at a similar growth stage. Three courses, three tables, three conversations — a rotating format designed to help you meet everyone in the room, not just the person across
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