Faster and more successful growth for Swiss Startups thanks to power workshops for the targeted tackling of limiting growth factors. Together with our tailer-made expert task force, composed of…
A day of learning from the best! CEO Marc Maurer of On Running and Jeremias Meier, co-founder and long-standing CEO of Bexio, will show how they have scaled their business model on March 12 in Bern.…
Congratulations to Zippsafe! They finished the Upscaler program of the Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation after a duration of 2 years very successful. The Zippsafe team worked hard on their key growth…
The Top10 Scale up's give a good overview of fast growing Swiss startups, which are also in focus in our UpScaler program. In almost 200 workshops so far, the SwissEF initiative supports young…
Fast growing Swiss startups are also feeling the harder times when it comes to financing growth. Currently top topics in our UPSCALER workshops are "Time to Cash" in operations and "Setting the right…
With over 1500 participants, Startup Days is the most important startup event of the year. As a Network Partner this year, we hosted a panel titled "How to upgrade your board". The great interest…
The ETH spinoff greenteg was a pilot participant in our UpScaler program. The insights gained were extremely valuable for the launch of the very popular and most booked support program for startups…
The SwissEF UpScaler program continues to attract great interest and is fully booked for the first quarter of 2022. No less than 13 startups are currently in the growth program. The article from…
Participants are particularly enthusiastic about the high utility value and the quick and positive impact on their business development. All participating startups now receive an exclusive CHF 80,000…
Startup PXL Vision, winner of the Swiss Economic Award 2019 and EY Entrerpreneur of the Year Award 2020, increased its revenue by more than 50% last year and doubled its headcount. PXL Vision has…
Recently the UpScaler program was launched with the company Zippsafe. Zippsafe manufactures a novel locker room solution utilizing flexible textile locker bags instead of metal sheet allowing space…
As a result of the Corona-crisis, questions concerning the financing of startups are even more in focus than before. SwissEF has adapted its UpScaler program and now offers a specific financing…
The internationally leading goods testing group SGS SA, based in Geneva, has joined the SwissEF industrial network. SGS supports the successful internationalisation of growth companies in SwissEF's…
Agreement
In order to ensure an open and honest exchange, the parties involved sign appropriate confidentiality agreements even before the 360° analysis. If the startup is definitely included in…
Cost
The startup participates with CHF 2,500 and receives in return a credit of CHF 80,000, which can be used for workshops and coaching. The 360° analysis is free of charge.
For companies in…
Industry partners
The Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation has created an industrial network that is unique in Switzerland. This network consists of very successful and internationally active Swiss…
Following the successful pilot at the end of 2018, the SwissEF UpScaler growth program is now being launched on a broad basis. Growth companies in the internationalisation phase will be supported by…
In order to optimally promote the scale-up of start-ups in Switzerland, EPFL Lausanne, EPFL Innovation Park, Innovaud and SwissEF have joined forces to form the ScaleUp Network Switzerland. The…
The UpScaler program for growth companies was tested in a pilot project with two Swiss start-ups. Both are in the midst of internationalisation, i.e. exactly in the phase on which the SwissEF…
