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🚀 92 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬. 5 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. After reviewing 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 450 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 out of 1000+ 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 50 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, we’ve invited 92 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 to pitch in front of our 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲. These high-potential ventures are now preparing for the final phase: 🎯 The chance to enter the 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 2025 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 🤝 Collaborate with 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, and 🇨🇭 Gain strategic access to the 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. Here’s what sets this cohort apart: ✅ 45% already have a strong customer base - they’re ready to #scale ✅ 95% are leveraging #AI - including #GenAI, #ML, #BigData, #DeepTech ✅ 35% are strongly addressing #sustainability and #circulareconomy challenges ✅ Top focus SDGs: #9 (Innovation & Infrastructure), #3 (Health), #8 (Decent Work), #12 (Responsible Consumption), #13 (Climate Action) 💡 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭! A strong lineup of experts across sectors who will help determine which ventures make it into the program and get access to real partnership and growth opportunities in Switzerland. 𝐁𝐮𝐭… 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 💬 “𝘐’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬,” 📩 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤. We’re always open to connecting with 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 ready to shape the future of #innovation! 👥 A big thank you to our amazing team, partners and jury: AXA Switzerland, Coop, die Mobiliar, MSD Switzerland, Swisscom, PostFinance, Sanitas Krankenversicherung, Stadt Zürich, Romande Energie, ETH Zürich, CSEM, VNTR | Innovation & Venturing, Katka Letzing, Franziska Legoupil, Katerina Klezlova, Oana Ria, Sara Fedele, Andrea Bianchi, Ray Neubauer, CPA, CGMA, Tiziano Luccarelli, Anikó Ivanics, Blanka Skacelova, Sabina Kalamujic, Sara Piva, Elisabetta Maria Chiarantoni, Markus Geissler, 🦙 Fritz Seidel Seidel, Oender Boyman, Jürg Stuker, Ron Schneider, Reto Conrad, Andreea Prange, Anna Schindler, Paloma Bosco, Dimitri Gitas, Christina Ulardic, Christoph Birkholz, Georgios Kontoleon 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 and 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 #Switzerland! 📅 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬: the official #Kickstarters25 announcement drops on 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 26! #MakeItHappen #AIAgents #Innovation #SmartCities #HealthTech #Fintech #FutureOfWork #LifelongLearning #SwissTech #StartupSelection