Venture Leaders – Discover the selected start-ups

This year’s venture leaders team encompasses once again a large array of high-tech start-ups with activities ranging from cancer therapeutics to online automated software quality insurance. Jordi Montserrat, venturelab’s western Switzerland managing director explains: «venture leaders goes far beyond celebrating the beauty of entrepreneurship or giving out awards. On the entrepreneurial level, the venture leaders program is highly focused on providing team members with the right training and with tailored networking and financing opportunities: these are the three pillars that enable Swiss start-ups to reach the global market».

Profiles of the 20 companies including videos of pitches can be found at the website of venture leaders. And there is a dedicated blog by Swissnex Boston. The selected companies are: Terria, Koubachi, Smartcardia, Tinynode, SwissLitho, Flatev, Faveeo, SwissLeg, Bluetector, AgriCircle, Adello, iQA, Shoelace Wireless, Insight, ReHaptix, upicto.

The trip and business development program which are worth the equivalent of CHF 10000 per participant were made possible this year thanks to the support received from new partners including PSE Parc scientifique, the EPF Lausanne, ETH Zürich and OSEC. IMMOMIG, a member of the Swiss national start-up team in 2007, will also be supporting the initiative setting a valued precedent in former alumnus giving back to the start-up community. The long-time partners swissnex Boston and “Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year program” have also renewed their support.