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When

25.09.2026

Where

UNIGE, Geneva

Time

Weekly sessions from 17:00 to 21:00

Stage

Idea Stage, Early Stage

Sector

Engineering, ICT, Life Sciences, Social Sciences & Business Management

Activity

Courses & Training, Workshops & Skills

Target Audience

Students, PhD, Postdoc, Academic Staff & Alumni, Interested in Entrepreneurship

Apply by August 1st for priority review
Final deadline: applications close September 1st


Bring a startup to life in one semester:
from idea to validated concept


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


1
Bootcamp
Meet participants and form your team
2
Build & test
Weekly sessions to validate your idea
3
Coaching
Personalized feedback
4
Pitch Day
First pitch experience
5
Demo Day
Present to a professional jury

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 rhythm

The program runs over one semester, with an introductory one-day Bootcamp, followed by one 4h evening session per week (5-9pm).

Each week, you:

Talk to real users
Test your assumptions
Move forward with your team

It's designed to fit alongside your studies or work, while still creating real progress.

Who is it for

Students, PhDs, researchers
Curious builders: no idea? no problem, you can join a team!
Future founders
 

Program partners




 

Some of the startups built in the program

Déploya
Déploya
Self-deployable robotic solution for façade installation
KIIO
KIIO
AI for industrial relationship mining
Reverso Therapeutics
Reverso Therapeutics
Reversible therapeutics for safer anticoagulation
Phonemia
Phonemia
Freeing speech through human beatbox
Oviu
Oviu
Health insights from routine observation

Meet your Trainers

Marc Gruber
Co-founder & CEO at AgroSustain
Alexandre Laybros
Head of Startup & Innovation Programs at FONGIT
Frédéric Lauchenauer
Startup Coach at Innosuisse, scale-up expert
Danièle Castle
Communications specialist
Patrick Trinkler
Head of Sales EMEA at Lunaphore
Andrea Crottini
Licensing Officer at Unitec
Andrea Crottini
Startup Coach at Innosuisse & FONGIT

Course Location

Course dates

  • Day 1: 25.09.2026 (Bootcamp)
  • Day 2: 01.10.2026 (Team up)
  • Day 3: 08.10.2026 (Market)
  • Day 4: 15.10.2026 (Busin. Model)
  • Day 5: 29.10.2026 (IP)
  • Day 6: 05.11.2026 (Messaging)
  • Day 7: 12.11.2026 (Sales)
  • Day 8: 19.11.2026 (Finance)
  • Day 9: 26.11.2026 (HR)
  • Day 10: 03.12.2026 (Fundraising)
  • Day 11: 10.12.2026 (Demo Day)
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