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Kickstart

Kickstart

Kickstart’s core program brings together entrepreneurs with industry partners to collaborate on Proofs of Concept (PoC), pilot projects, commercial partnerships and other innovation opportunities

  • Use: Go2Market;
  • Date closing: -
  • Amount: - 100,000 CHF
  • Industry focus: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery; Arts; Tourism; Health; ICT; Food; Manufacturing; Chemical industry; Construction; Education; Energy and water supply; Transportation; Media; Others;
  • Total budget: -
  • Entity type: Accelerator
  • Vertical focus: circular economy, Food, retail, InsurTech, Fintech, EdTech, healthTech, smart cities
  • Website: https://www.kickstart-innovation.com/
  • Status:
    Open
  • Funding type: Equity investment;
  • Geographic focus: Europe;
  • Public/Private: Private
  • Stage focus: Seed; Series A;
  • Applicant target: SME; Startup;

Overview

Kickstart is an ecosystem innovation platform that bridges the gap between startups, corporations, cities, foundations and universities to accelerate partnerships and deep tech innovation. 

Kickstart is designed for deep tech scale-ups or series A-type startups that want executive-level access to leading corporates, top universities and large organizations. It offers:  
– B2B/market access to Switzerland for later-stage startups,
– Accelerator composed of serial entrepreneurs,
– Program that takes no equity, is no distraction for startup executives and focuses on deal-making rather than investment.

Their focus areas are circular economy, food & retail tech, fintech & insurtech, edtech & new work, smart city & technology. Candidates can pre-register in each area by clicking on the link and filling in each form.

Portfolio: Braindate, Cognician, Cord, Evrlearn.

 

 

Last update: April 6, 2022

Last updated on 2022-04-06 11:06

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