18. November 2019 Picking up speed in Silicon Valley The five winners of the Swisscom StartUp Challenge 2019 are back from Silicon Valley. In our highlight video, they discuss their experiences and what they… Like 12 0
Like 21 0 Silicon Valley: Tips from 3 experts How do Swiss start-ups assert themselves in the technology heartland of Silicon Valley? Advice from three people who know: an investor, a senior manager in…
Like 13 0 Swisscom StartUp Challenge 2019: the winners This year’s Startup Challenge Final was held in the Braingym in Bern, on the 22nd of August. The top ten Tech-Startups that were selected amongst the 280 competitors were pitching…
Like 14 0 ‘Swiss high-tech start-ups reach for the stars’ Nanja Strecker takes high-tech Swiss start-ups into the stratosphere with ESA’s Business Incubation Centre and is a member of the jury for the Swisscom StartUp…
Like 8 0 ‘Swiss fintech start-ups are world class’ Johs. Höhener has been publishing the Swisscom Fintech Start-up Map for the past six years. He is an expert on trends and developments in the…
Like 7 0 ‘Worlds collide when you’re building an ecosystem’ autoSense is one year old. How are the ratings for the app? What goes into finding a balance between product development and sales? Is it…
Like 3 0 What happens to the applications now? The application phase of the Swisscom StartUp Challenge 2019 is now over. A total of 289 start-ups from all over Switzerland want to travel to…
Like 13 0 2019: New challenges & milestones for our StartUp Challenge alumni 2018, with all its highs and lows, is over – our StartUp Challenge alumni Eugenia Balysheva (Dotphoton), Sandro Schmid (Aaaccell) and David Gugelmann (Exeon Analytics)…
Like 7 0 When everyone learns from each other How is it possible to find and exchange knowledge in a large enterprise? That’s the question Swisscom is investigating with the start-up Teachy in a…
Like 4 0 Max the “hacker” Sitting in front of a laptop and programming for nearly 40 hours straight: why would someone do that to themselves? Max Eichenberger is one of…
Like 17 0 StartUp Challenge 2018: Off to Silicon Valley The finalists of the Swisscom StartUp Challenge pitched their ideas in front of the Jury on Aug 14th. Watch the video to see how they…
Like 7 0 Hack’n’Lead: The hackathon for women It’s a hot Sunday in ewz Kraftwerk in Selnau: the second day of a two-day hackathon – but instead of an exhausted group of male…
Like 5 0 Founder interview: ‘Car was my first word as a child’ The digital vehicle assistant Autosense has been live for 50 days. CEO Jaap Vossen spoke with us about obstacles, pride and jitters during the founding…
Like 6 0 The StartUp Challenge jurors all agree: ‘Like everything in life – the more you put in, the more you get out.’ On 14 August, a ten-member jury will select five start-ups to travel to Silicon Valley with Swisscom and Venturelab for a one-week business accelerator programme.…
Like 13 0 An accelerated start in the start-up scene Sixty start-ups pitched at Kickstart Accelerator’s bootcamp in Zurich in early July for a spot on the mentoring programme. Comments and impressions.
Like 8 0 ‘We are looking for determined individuals with something special!’ The 2018 Swisscom StartUp Challenge is up and running. More than 250 start-ups are vying for a spot in the business acceleration programme in Silicon…
Like 27 0 Helping drones to see Autonomous drones are mostly blind when in flight. But Manu Lubrano and his start-up Involi are now looking to change this – with a network…
Like 8 0 “Signing a deal with three of the largest Swiss companies gave us a lot of credibility” Janis Graubins, CEO of Notakey hit the jackpot of last year’s Kickstart Accelerator: He got to do a PoC not only with one but with…
Like 6 0 Big Data for Big Impact: Improving quality of life As we are enjoying summer, we are all frustrated when we plan to meet friends in the city centre and end up in a traffic…
Like 11 0 How to sell your startup: Plan your exit right from the start Selling a startup doesn’t just happen out of the blue – great startup exits are oftentimes well prepared for and guided by strong advisors. Finding…
Like 14 2 StartUp Challenge 2018: 238 Startups Have Applied 238 startups have applied for our Swisscom StartUp Challenge 2018! In order to illustrate some of the key characteristics of our applicants, we summarized their…
Like 8 0 «Running a start-up is a marathon» A year is a long time in the life of a start-up. There is not much opportunity for reflection, but the ability to adapt to…
