Build a startup concept in one semester:
from idea to validated concept
Form a team, test your idea with real users, and pitch in front of investors.
Your journey from idea to investor pitch
What you'll actually do
- Join or pitch an idea and form your team
- Talk to real users and validate your idea
- Build and test your solution every week
- Get feedback from founders and experts
- Pitch in front of investors
Program journey
- Bootcamp: meet participants & form your team
- Build & test: weekly sessions to validate your idea
- Coaching: personalized feedback
- Pitch Day: first pitch experience
- Demo Day: present to investors
What you'll walk away with
- A validated startup idea
- Real experience building in a team
- A pitch ready for investors
- Connections in the Swiss startup ecosystem
A hands-on, weekly rythm
The program runs over 10 weeks, with one evening session per week.Each week, you:
- talk to real users
- test your assumptions
- move forward with your team
Who is it for
- Students, PhDs, researchers
- Curious builders: no idea? no problem, you can join a team!
- Future founders
Startups built in the program
Déploya
Self-deployable robotic solution for façade installation
.png)
KIIO
AI for industrial relationship mining
.png)
PreciMune
Decoding the immune repertoire for precision medicine
Reverso Therapeutics
Reversible therapeutics for safer anticoagulation
Phonemia
Freeing speech through human beatbox
.png)
Healium
Improving medication adherence
Jolie Fille Swimwear
Trendy swimwear for women
PsyMod
Precision medicine software against depression
Oviu
Health insights from routine observation
Pantheris Biotech
Next-generation endosomal release peptide platform
.png)
