VENTURE - Companies for Tomorrow

VENTURE - Companies for Tomorrow >>venture>> is Switzerland's leading annual startup competition.

Still riding the high from an unforgettable event! ⭐Yesterday’s winners were, quite simply, la crème de la crème, and we...
16/06/2026

Still riding the high from an unforgettable event! ⭐

Yesterday’s winners were, quite simply, la crème de la crème, and we couldn’t be prouder to stand behind such bold, groundbreaking startups.

🏆So here they are: our six vertical winners, each taking home CHF 50,000 to keep building what’s next:

💼 Business & Finance – RegCheck
🛍️ Consumer Solutions – Trulux
⚙️ Industrials & Engineering – Edwatec
🩺 MedTech & Healthcare – Actival
🧬 Biotech & Pharma – Baxiva
🌻 Social & Environmental Impact – Botana AI

🙌 Congratulations to all six for the dedication, ambition, and sheer hard work that got them here. We hope this journey give you the momentum to keep building!

Months of pitch training, mentoring, and relentless work have led to this one moment. 🏆It’s our greatest pleasure to ann...
15/06/2026

Months of pitch training, mentoring, and relentless work have led to this one moment. 🏆

It’s our greatest pleasure to announce the most anticipated winner of this year’s edition… 🥁 Edwatec! The CHF 150,000 goes to the most promising early-stage startup in Switzerland. Congratulations, this is so well deserved! 👏

Thank you to every participant, juror, mentor, advisory board member, and supporter who made this edition unforgettable. And what an edition it was: 451 submissions this year! 💥

Stay tuned for a full recap of the day: photos, highlights, and the complete rankings for everyone who couldn’t be with us live.

Straight from the Award Ceremony stage, the Audience Award results are in! 🥁The public has spoken, and CINDER has won yo...
15/06/2026

Straight from the Award Ceremony stage, the Audience Award results are in! 🥁

The public has spoken, and CINDER has won your hearts and the popular vote! Congratulations on rallying the crowd and taking home the Audience Award of CHF 10’000! 👏⭐

Stay with us, our Grand Prize winner is just moments away. Turn on notifications so you don’t miss it! 🔔

For its very first edition, the Spotlight Award shines on the boldest use of Swiss-made AI, and the inaugural winner is ...
15/06/2026

For its very first edition, the Spotlight Award shines on the boldest use of Swiss-made AI, and the inaugural winner is noemon!✨🧠

Out of every team building with Apertus, Switzerland’s own LLM from EPFL Campus and ETH Zurich, noemon stood out for building AI that learns while it runs, applying its continual-learning technology to Apertus to extend context, cut costs, and enable private customization. They walk away with CHF 50,000 and the honor of being our first-ever Spotlight Award winner! 👏

Congratulations on showing exactly what trustworthy, Swiss-built innovation looks like! 🇨🇭

What does it take to build a sovereign AI ecosystem?Join Antoine Bosselut (EPFL) and Isa Müller-Wegner (Swisscom) at the...
11/06/2026

What does it take to build a sovereign AI ecosystem?

Join Antoine Bosselut (EPFL) and Isa Müller-Wegner (Swisscom) at the >>venture>> Award Ceremony for a conversation on Apertus, Switzerland's open-source large language model, and the opportunities it creates for startups, industry, and the wider economy.

From developing transparent and trustworthy AI to deploying Swiss-hosted models that keep data within Switzerland, this discussion will explore how Apertus is shaping the future of AI innovation and digital sovereignty.

🚀 A 20-minute deep dive into the technology, its real-world applications, and what's next for Swiss AI.

📆 June 15, 2026
📍 SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne
🕣 6:30 pm

Register for free here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-venture-award-ceremony-tickets-1982421621435?aff=socialmedia

🚀 Meet the candidates for the >>venture>> Audience Award. Three startups. Three bold ideas. One CHF 10,000 prize.On June...
04/06/2026

🚀 Meet the candidates for the >>venture>> Audience Award.

Three startups. Three bold ideas. One CHF 10,000 prize.

On June 15, these startups will take the stage at the >>venture>> Award Ceremony at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne. Each startup will have just 60 seconds to win over the audience before the live vote begins.

Before you cast your vote, get to know the candidates and discover the innovations they're building.

The final decision won't be made by a jury. It will be made by the people in the room. 🗳️

Who will earn your vote?

🎟️ Join us in Lausanne and help decide who takes home the >>venture>> Audience Award: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-venture-award-ceremony-tickets-1982421621435?aff=socialmedia

See you on June 15. 💡🇨🇭

🎉 The 2026 >>venture>> Finalists Are Here! 🎉We’re proud to announce the 18 finalists of the 2026 edition of >>venture>>—...
11/05/2026

🎉 The 2026 >>venture>> Finalists Are Here! 🎉

We’re proud to announce the 18 finalists of the 2026 edition of >>venture>>—Switzerland’s leading startup competition for early-stage ventures.

With a record-breaking 451 applications, this year has set a new benchmark for early-stage innovation in Switzerland. Being named a finalist is already a remarkable achievement—and the journey isn’t over yet.

🚀 On June 15, these 18 startups will pitch live in front of our Advisory Board before the winners—including the Grand Prize Winner—are announced at the Award Ceremony that evening.

🏆 What’s at stake?
• CHF 50,000 for each vertical winner
• CHF 10,000 for each vertical runner-up
• A CHF 150,000 Grand Prize
• PLUS a consulting package from McKinsey & Company for all vertical winners

👏 Congratulations to all finalists! Learn more about them: https://www.venture.ch/finalists-2026

✨ Spotlight Award Finalists
We’re also proud to introduce the three finalists of our inaugural Spotlight Award, competing for an additional CHF 50,000 prize. Meet the Spotlight Award finalists: https://www.venture.ch/spotlight

🎤 Audience Award
Three selected startups will pitch live on stage during the Award Ceremony for a chance to win the CHF 10,000 Audience Award—and your vote could decide the winner. Only in-person attendees can vote, so make sure to join us!

👉 Join us on June 15 and support the future of Swiss innovation. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-venture-award-ceremony-tickets-1982421621435?aff=socialmedia

05/05/2026

Last Saturday, we gathered at the University of Bern for the Pitch Training Day 2026! 🎤

⭐ We were lucky to have incredible pitch experts share their knowledge with us. Yannick Orto and Andrew Loan from McKinsey Switzerland led “Pitching to Persuade” and Stefan Huber shared his magic with “The Pitching Canvas”.

🙌 Imagine having 20+ industry leaders in one room, all there for you. That’s what our semi-finalists walked into last Saturday. Each startup had the opportunity to work 1:1 with an expert having real conversations and getting real guidance. Our Semi-finalists could also practice their 5-minute pitch in front of our experts and their peers to get even more feedback.

🚀 The second round of the competition starts tonight, and we couldn’t be more excited to see these teams take everything they worked on last Saturday into the room. We’re rooting for every single one of you!

Special thanks to our experts who joined us at the Pitch Training and generously shared their advice with our Semi-Finalists:

Alexander Ginsburg, Brigid O'Donovan, Christoph Frechen, Danesh Khotari, Daniel Brandenburger, Daniel Haudenschild, Donat Matthews, Feride C., Francis Kuhlen, Gilles Burnier, Günther Eberhard, Hannes F. Baumgartner, Maija Vihma, Michèle Scheidegger, Nanci Govinder, Nicolas Lehmann, CMA, Nikko Karlo Robles, Raoul Bloch, Rémi Charrier, Ritalba Lamendola, PhD, DBA, Rudolf Gygax, Stefan Blarer, Dr. Maria Thaís Affonso, Thomas Vonwil, Véronique Stephan

Behind every logo, there’s a team disrupting the industry. 🚀Swipe through to discover 60 Semi-finalists across all 6 ver...
28/04/2026

Behind every logo, there’s a team disrupting the industry. 🚀

Swipe through to discover 60 Semi-finalists across all 6 verticals. Listening to these founders talk about their vision, their drive, and the problems they’re solving has been nothing short of inspiring. The journey they’ve been on to get here is already remarkable — and the best is yet to come. 🙌

Looking forward to what’s coming next: in May, they’ll be pitching live in front of our Round 2 jurors, competing for a spot as >>venture>> 2026 Finalists!

🔗 Explore all Semi-finalists by following the link in our bio

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