Kickstart

Deadline

04.06.2023

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Each year, over 100 entrepreneurs representing 50 top quality startups are selected to join our intense 10-week open innovation program to scale their business through deals with Kickstart's partner organizations.

The goal of Kickstart’s program is to facilitate deals in the form of pilots or commercial collaborations between later-stage startups and established institutions who are looking to scale their products and services, find fresh revenue streams and invest in forward-looking models and practices. Next to building partnerships, Kickstart also provides access to a diversified investor network for startups and alumni raising financing rounds. Partners with corporate venture arms are actively involved.

The search for the solutions of tomorrow takes place in six verticals: Health & Wellbeing, Finance & Insurance, Food & Retail, New Work & Learning, Smart Cities and Intrapreneurship. Each vertical has a core focus on specific innovation trends and needs of each Kickstart vertical partner.

Criteria

Applications are welcome from later-stage startups based anywhere in the world or within Switzerland, fulfilling further requirements:

  • A product or technology is available (preferably with patent)

  • Previous investment has been secured

  • The venture is ready for collaboration with Kickstart partners

  • At least one of the founders or senior executives to be present during key events (Final Selection, Planning Sprint, CEOs & Founders Dinner, Opening and Closing Ceremony, key partnership negotiations)

  • A promising product or technology in one of the six Kickstart verticlals.

  • Type of award

    Accelerator program
  • Geography

    Global
  • Prize

    Acceleration program offering a fast-track access to industry partners and investors
  • Timeline

    Annual
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