Our digests, to keep you up to date on what’s happening during the Kickstart program, key successes, exciting news, announcements, and more. View this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/kickstart-innovation/keeping-up-with-kickstart-2023-digest1-12660753?e=a37f17cdef) Logo ** Keeping up with Kickstart: Digest #3 ------------------------------------------------------------ 13 November 2023 Hello, Kickstart Family! The time since the last digest seems to have flown by and so many things have happened! We are pleased to share some of them with you. Kickstart has been a partner of the 'Building Trust in Health (https://www.buildingtrustinhealth.ch/) ' conference, hosting over 15 speakers and 150 attendees to boost a dynamic ecosystem linking various innovators, all keen on trust technologies in health and life sciences. Special thanks to all the other partners: Canton de Vaud (https://www.myvaud.ch/en/) , Economy of Trust Foundation (https://eotfoundation.ch/) , Hirslanden (https://www.hirslanden.ch/de/corporate/home.html) , Swiss Medical Network (https://www.swissmedical.net/en) , Intuitive (https://www.intuitive.com/fr-fr) , Swisscom Business (https://www.swisscom.ch/de/business.html) , Groupe Mutuel (https://www.groupemutuel.ch/en/groupe-mutuel.html) , Swiss Post (https://www.post.ch/en) , Clinique de La Source (https://www.lasource.ch/) , Garmin (https://www.garmin.com/de-CH/) , Cognizant (https://www.cognizant.com/ch/en) , Trust Valley (https://trustvalley.swiss/en/) , Alp ICT (https://www.alpict.ch/home) , Champagne Laurent-Perrier (https://www.laurent-perrier.com/) . Together with our partner AXA Switzerland (https://www.axa.ch/en/private-customers.html) , we hosted a Global Pitch Event for their international offices to delve deeply into two pivotal strategic domains: Cybersecurity and Smart Buildings. Our 2023 scaleups, including Cyber Evolution (https://www.cyberevolution.it/en/index.html) and Cyberangels (https://cyberangels.it/en/) from Italy, Preflet (https://www.preflet.com/) from Germany, and viboo (https://viboo.io/) from Switzerland, had the opportunity to showcase their innovative solutions. A special shoutout to Claudia Bienentreu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-bienentreu-62765413/) , Head of Open Innovation, and Sina Von Burg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sina-von-burg-974025187/) , Innovation Manager from AXA. We warmly thank the Female Founders Initiative (https://female-founders.ch/) for organizing the extraordinary RiseUp Summit (http://riseupsummit.ch/) , where female visionaries and game-changers converged to shape the future - an inspiring gathering filled with thought-provoking discussions, cutting-edge insights, and unparalleled networking opportunities for our startups and stakeholders. As part of our Smart Cities vertical journey and partnership with the City of Zurich and ewz, we offered our community a visit to the hydroelectric water plant of Höngg (https://www.ewz.ch/de/ueber-ewz/standorte-fuehrungen/erlebnis-kraftwerk-hoengg.html) . It was an impressive visit that brought insights into how power can be generated from a river, the challenges of renewable energy production, and our partners' commitment to net-zero. Lastly, we had the pleasure of hosting Kickstart’s advisors and experts in a private networking event. We are extremely grateful for each of their contributions to our program! Thanks for #makeithappen with us. Thank you all for being part of our journey. Here's to more shared milestones and stories in our next update. Your Kickstart team! P.S.: The digests are shared during the program. We share five digests until the wrap-up of the Kickstart program in November. https://www.ewz.ch/de/ueber-ewz/standorte-fuehrungen/erlebnis-kraftwerk-hoengg.html ** Verticals News ------------------------------------------------------------ FINANCE AND INSURANCE * Kickstart’s alumni Klimate (https://klimate.co/) announced their seed funding round of €3.5m (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/klimate-co_klima-startup-rejser-tocifret-millionbel%C3%B8b-activity-7119974148545630209-HA6y/) (26 million DKK) to help them scale in the global market for high-quality carbon removal analytics and strengthen various parts of the business. * CyLock (https://www.cylock.tech/en/home-en/) signed a PoC with Leonardo, an Italian multinational company specialized in aerospace, defense, and security, among the largest contractors in the world. * QuSecure (https://www.qusecure.com/) has been awarded a United States ASA(ALT) contract to identify resilient software solutions to combat quantum threats. QuSecure will advance its research in quantum-resilient technologies and encryption solutions for the Federal U.S. Government. https://klimate.co/ https://www.cylock.tech/en/home-en/ FOOD AND RETAIL * AssetFloow (https://www.assetfloow.com/) has been nominated for The Europas Tech Startup Awards 2023 in the category of “Hottest eCommerce & Retail Tech Startup”: NOMINEES | The Europas (https://www.theeuropas.com/nominees) * The team from Meala Foodtech (https://www.mealafood.com/) served delicious clean label plant-based hamburgers, kebabs and sausages in the Live Demo Kitchen during the Future Food-Tech in London (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/future-food-tech_happening-now-in-london-the-team-from-meala-activity-7113466972964544513-p84U?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) . * Kickstart’s alumni tide ocean (https://www.tide.earth/en/) successfully launched a collaboration with our partner Coop. You can now get your hands on a shopping basket (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tideoceanfabric_tide-activity-7122661937003257856-Lee3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) made from ocean material. https://www.assetfloow.com/ https://www.mealafood.com/ HEALTH AND WELLBEING * Kickstart’s alumni Sidekick Health (https://www.sidekickhealth.com/) announces landmark acquisition, expanding its portfolio to offer regulated Prescription Digital Therapeutics. Learn more here (https://www.sidekickhealth.com/news/sidekick-health-announces-landmark-acquisition-expanding-its-portfolio-to-offer-regulated-prescription-digital-therapeutics) . * MiiCare (https://www.miicare.co.uk/) with its digital health coach Monica has been nominated for the Swiss Insuretech of the Year 2023 Award. More details here (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7120365180831547392/?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7120365180831547392%29) . * PIPRA (https://www.pipra.ch/) , developing software for the prevention of post-operative delirium has been nominated for the last round of the Vesalius Innovation Award (https://karger.com/pages/vesalius-innovation-award) . https://www.sidekickhealth.com/ https://www.miicare.co.uk/ https://www.pipra.ch/ NEW WORK AND LEARNING * Muchskills (https://www.muchskills.com/) just launched a new version of their product and the world’s smartest skills-centric learning repository (https://www.muchskills.com/features) . * Our event about the future(s) of work was a success! The speakers enjoyed the stage time they had, to then jump into action with workshops and fishbowl sessions. Join our LinkedIn group here (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12902688/) . * Ada Growth (https://adaapp.com/en/) , offering a solution to attract, retain and grow the potential of the female talent in organizations, is on the shortlist for the HREA 2023 with two of their clients, Erste Bank and Dorda. https://www.muchskills.com/ https://adaapp.com/en/ SMART CITIES * Preflet (https://www.preflet.com/) started their incubation with the European Space Agency ESA BIC Baden-Württemberg (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/preflet_preflet-esabicbw-badenwaesrttemberg-activity-7112342030705410048-i8pK/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) (Germany). The access to satellite imaging will enable them to develop new capabilities to estimate heat loss in buildings and combine it with existing energy data to improve efficiency. * Holcim has invested significantly in Swiss climate-tech pioneer and Kickstart’s alumni neustark (https://www.neustark.com/) , committing to deploy neustark's CO₂ storage technology (https://www.holcim.com/media/company-news/investment-cleantech-startup-neustark) in its global building material recycling plants. * Last year, the Gemeinde Männedorf (https://www.maennedorf.ch/) equipped one of their school buildings with smart thermostats and viboo’s Predictive Control as a Service (https://viboo.io/) platform. The results speak for themselves: 27% of energy savings were achieved. Discover the whole case study (https://viboo.io/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/viboo-Case-Study-Maennedorf.pdf) . https://www.preflet.com/ https://www.neustark.com/ https://viboo.io/ ** Ecosystem News ------------------------------------------------------------ https://www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/elevate-your-scale-up-s-growth-potential-locate-investors ** Why Switzerland? ------------------------------------------------------------ Have you ever wondered how you can benefit from Switzerland's strong investor base and accelerator programs to support the launch and growth of your company? Discover it! (https://www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/elevate-your-scale-up-s-growth-potential-locate-investors) In partnership with SG-E (https://www.s-ge.com/en) ** A gift is in the air! ------------------------------------------------------------ Kickstart, Kraftwerk, and Impact Hub start to share the holiday feeling! Whether you're looking for an event venue for your team retreat or a creative meeting room for your upcoming strategy session, get 50% off an event space and/or container booking at the inspiring Kraftwerk location for January and February. Book before December 15th and enter the voucher code ESKW20 (https://zurich.impacthub.ch/space/event-space-kraftwerk/) for event space bookings and COKW20 (https://zurich.impacthub.ch/space/meetingraum-k4/) for your container booking. ** Upcoming Events ------------------------------------------------------------ Global Tech Summit Lausanne - November 14 - Register here (https://www.globaltechsummit.ch/) Kickstart Executive Dinner Geneva - November 21 - Invitation only Kickstart Investor Summit - November 23 @ Kraftwerk - Invitation only Kickstart Closing Ceremony - November 23 @ Kraftwerk - Invitation only EMPA Nest Visit - November 24 @ Dübendorf (Zurich) - Register here (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/empa-nest-visit-tickets-749134360037) Kickstart Closing Party - November 23 @ Kraftwerk - Register here (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kickstart-closing-party-2023-tickets-476423364107) https://www.linkedin.com/company/kickstart-innovation/ https://www.instagram.com/kickstart_inno/ https://twitter.com/kickstart_inno Copyright (C) 2023 Kickstart Innovation AG. 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