Our bi-weekly 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-digest1-12705580?e=a37f17cdef) Logo ** Keeping up with Kickstart: ------------------------------------------------------------ ** 2024 Program Takeoff! 🚀 ------------------------------------------------------------ September 2024 The time of year has come again where we are kicking off our bi-weekly digests for the next 11 weeks, to keep you up to date on what’s happening during the Kickstart program, key successes, exciting news, announcements, and more. Thank you for being part of this adventure! Last week, we welcomed 41 startups, scaleups & intrapreneurship teams from 9 countries (https://www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/41-international-startups-in-switzerland-to-make-deals-in-the-coming-weeks) in the fields of Finance & Insurance, Food & Retail, Health & Wellbeing, New Work & Learning, Smart Cities, Intrapreneurship along with the newly launched Climate Positive Mission - Circular Economy Initiative to launch our 2024 program with the goal of creating innovative and sustainable collaborations with our partners. Here's a peek of what we go up to... ** Week #1 in a Nutshell 🥜 ------------------------------------------------------------ Day 1: Market Entry Session with SGE & Advisor Meetup 🇨🇭 On Tuesday 10, we were thrilled to welcome our 2024 scaleups & intrapreneurship teams from across the globe, all geared up to immerse in insightful meetings with industry partners, seasoned advisors, domain experts, and like-minded peers. 🫱🏼🫲🏽 The day kicked off with an insightful session from Sirpa Tsimal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirpatsimal/) , Global Marketing Director, Switzerland Global Enterprise, unveiling insider strategies for cracking the Swiss market. Their expert insights provided international scaleups with a blueprint for establishing a powerful presence in Switzerland. 🇨🇭✨ The cherry on top? Our Advisors Networking Meetup, where synergies sparkled and ideas flowed over delightful conversations with our startups. 🥂 Day 2: Opening Ceremony! 🎉 🎉 The 2024 Kickstart Opening Ceremony & Party was a night to remember! 🎉 Yesterday, Kraftwerk Zürich buzzed with energy as over 200 attendees – including our partners, investors, advisors and media – came together to set the tone for this year's 11-week program. From 41 riveting pitches by our scaleups & intrapreneurship teams to insightful fireside chats and alumni success stories, the evening was a testament to innovation and collaboration. A massive shoutout to our speakers: Katka Letzing (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katkaletzing/) , Lorena Perrin Kreis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorena-perrin-kreis-97b69b79/) , David Weber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcasparweber/) , Paloma Bosco (https://www.linkedin.com/in/palomabosco/) , Laurent Botaya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-botaya/) , Ray Neubauer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayneubauer/) , Luca Sigrist (https://www.linkedin.com/in/itisnotaboutme/) , Lilian Buss (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilian-buss/) , Adrian Giger, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriangiger-/) Andreas Schönenberger, Monika Wülser (https://www.linkedin.com/in/monika-w%C3%BClser-83a84419/) , Bahaa Roustom (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bahaa-r-9216a73/) Jürg Stuker (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuker/) for their inspiring words, and to Sara Fedele (https://www.linkedin.com/in/fedelesara/) for moderating the night. Day 3: Startup and Partners 1:1 Meetings Halfway through our Opening Week and the energy was higher than ever! 💥 On Wednesday and Thursday, the startups dove into exclusive 1:1 meetings with partners, unlocking exciting opportunities for collaboration and exploring potential game-changing proof of concepts (PoCs).🚀 Day 4: Kickstart Executive Dinner 2024 ✨ Thursday saw the exclusive Kickstart Executive Dinner 2024 at Kraftwerk Zürich on Day 4 of #Kickstarters24. ✨ This annual event connects the CEOs & executives of Switzerland's leading institutions such as AXA Switzerland (https://www.axa.ch/en/about-axa/company/portrait/axa-switzerland.html) , Coop (https://www.coop.ch/de) , Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com/) , die Mobiliar (https://www.mobiliar.ch/) , IKEA (https://www.ikea.com/ch/en/) , PostFinance (https://www.postfinance.ch/en/private.html) , Romande Energie (https://www.romande-energie.ch/) , Sanitas Krankenversicherung (https://www.sanitas.com/it/clienti-privati.html) , Stadt Zürich (https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index.html) , MSD Switzerland (https://www.msd.ch/en/) and more, with the c-level executives of our local and global scaleups and intrapreneurship teams, this year including 41 scaleups representing 9 countries. 🚀 Special thanks to Anna Schindler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-schindler-4809071/) , Director of Urban Development at Stadt Zürich (https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/portal/de/index.html) , Christoph Birkholz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophbirkholz/) , President of the Board at Kickstart Innovation, Anna Rosenkranz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-rosenkranz-92675086/) , Co-Founder and CEO at Health Yourself (https://yourself.health/) , Ankur Patel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankurpatel9/) , Founder and CEO at Multimodal (https://www.multimodal.dev/) , Veroniek Vermeulen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/veroniek/) , Founder and CEO at Silatha (https://silatha.com/) , Malte Buschbeck (https://www.linkedin.com/in/malte-buschbeck/) , Chief of Staff at Thermosphr (https://www.thermosphr.com/) for joining us on stage throughout the delicious 3-course vegan meal to share their innovation insights & company journeys and Kickstart experiences. 🚀 Notably, our dinner showcased ingredients from our Food & Retail alumni: Planted (https://it.eatplanted.com/) , and Kern Tec (https://www.kern-tec.com/en/) . 🌱 ** Next up…🗓️ ------------------------------------------------------------ October 4 - RiseUp Summit, Zürich - Register here (https://riseupsummit.ch/) November 1-2 - Climathon Zürich - Register here (https://climathon.ch/) November 26 - Kickstart Executive Dinner, Lausanne - invite only November 28 - Investors Summit, Zürich - invite only November 28 - Closing Ceremony, Zürich - invite only Many thanks and wishing you a great week ahead! 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