Start-Up

From a start-up to a successful young entrepreneur: what’s happening on the Swiss start-up scene? What ideas stand out and what kind of support do young entrepreneurs receive? Information about founders and the latest on the Swisscom StartUp Challenge and other initiatives that provide support to start-ups. Plus lots of valuable information and tips on marketing, foundation and financing for young entrepreneurs.

A fast jump into Silicon Valley

For its fifth time in a row the Swisscom StartUp Challenge brings five Swiss startups to the Silicon Valley for a tailor-made acceleration program. Today…

Swisscom StartUp Challenge: Off to Silicon Valley!

August 17th, a hot, sunny day in Biel. While others were enjoying the sun, the ten finalists of the Swisscom Startup Challenge were preparing their…

Smart Cities Startups are participating at Kickstart Accelerator 2017.

8 Smart-City Start-ups and 1 Intrapreneur team will join

This year’s Kickstart Accelerator boot camp took place in beautiful Zurich and Swisscom, as a partner of the Smart City acceleration program, is happy to…

“The angel community is still incredibly monolithic”

Brigitte Baumann is the Co-founder of Go Beyond Early Stage Investing and part of this year’s jury of the Swisscom StartUp Challenge. In the interview…

“We need a new image for coffee”

Coffee connoisseurs are hardly in short supply. One who has completely devoted himself to the subject is Benjamin Hohlmann. The 34-year old is a barista,…

The Power of Communities in the Digital Age

From Kelly Hungerford to Alisée de Tonnac, 8 incredible women have been invited to talk about their role as a community builder in the digital…

One year later: Nanolive, Winner of the StartUp Challenge 2016

It’s been one year since the startup Nanolive applied for the Startup Challenge – had the chance to go to Silicon Valley and got an…

A success story: Startup Challenge winner Advanon

As one of the most successful fintech startups in Switzerland, Advanon closed its second financing round in January 2017, including an investment of Swisscom. Recently,…

“When the start-up adviser becomes a regular customer”

Swisscom employs a nine-person advice team specialising in new businesses. The team helps customers in the exciting start-up phase and advises them about all aspects…

“Come with a product or even revenues – not just slideware”

These days, many large corporates work with start-ups. From the start-ups’ point of view, these opportunities raise numerous questions: What do I gain from working…