The "Next Global Hot Thing" is all about the near global future. In a scouting process members of the swissICT Innovation specialist group and other proven experts pre-select the most groundbreaking, disruptive projects and start-ups and propose these to the jury for the award.
CV VC is an experienced early-stage blockchain VC with its own ecosystem. Under the brand CV Labs, it operates hubs in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Africa, Germany and Portugal, nurturing its global blockchain ecosystem through various activities, including acceleration programs, community-centric co-working spaces, industry events & summits and research reports. The accelerator is a 10-week program with over 150 mentors and experts that we have been running since 2019 in partnership with leading blockchain protocols.
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ETH Zurich supports and advises ETH Zurich graduates and employees interested in turning research results into marketable products and incorporate spin-off companies.
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As ETH's central hub for artificial intelligence, we bring together researchers of AI foundations, applications, and implications across all departments. We foster research excellence, industry innovation, and AI entrepreneurship to promote trustworthy, accessible, and inclusive AI systems
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Tenity is a global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor making innovation work and advancing the future of finance. We believe collaboration is the key to innovation. We bring together ambitious founders with leading corporations, forward-thinking investors, and passionate mentors – and together, we create an ecosystem that powers the future of finance.
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University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons is an innovative and entrepreneurial university of applied sciences with over 2,000 students. It trains people to become responsible and skilled professionals and managers. As a university of applied sciences with strong regional roots, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons attracts students from beyond the canton and even from outside Switzerland with its welcoming atmosphere. University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons offers a range of bachelor’s, master’s and further education programmes in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Computational and Data Science, Digital Science, Digital Supply Chain, Management, Mobile Robotics, Multimedia Production, Photonics and Tourism.
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Impact Hub Zürich is a community of 1000+ makers, leading a diverse innovation network with a proven track of 10+ years. Impact Hub manages sustainability-driven projects and programs on a local, national and international level. Its business sectors include vibrant communities, beautiful co-working spaces, award-winning gastronomies, co-innovation facilities and partnerships in the corporate, institutional, NGO and startup sector. Impact Hub Zurich is part of a global network of over 100 Impact Hubs - including in Berlin, London and San Francisco. In Zurich, Impact Hub currently operates 3 locations.
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SICTIC connects smart money investors with innovative and highly scalable Swiss early-stage startups. We are the largest and most active angel investor club of Switzerland. We also serve corporate and institutional investors, and provide our free Swiss Angel Investor Handbook to aspiring investors. The SICTIC investor community has invested into more than 250 Swiss startups, which have created more than 4000 jobs.
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The AI Startup Center is the first content and space offering specifically created by Technopark Zurich for startups in the field of AI in the greater Zurich area. Only the best startups in the field of AI find a place in this growing ecosystem.
Trust Square is an agnostic innovation engine, the primary strategic partner and host for tech innovators communities in Switzerland. Providing a unique combination of services, prime locations, ecosystem access and matchmaking, we increase the likelihood of serendipitous connections and enable the growth of new ideas & companies in the field of emerging technologies in Switzerland.
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BBecoming an entrepreneur is a career path to the students at the University of St.Gallen. Startup@HSG is the incubator at the HSG and supports students and members of the University of St.Gallen with competent coaching, adequate funding, a top-class network and knowledge from research and practice to scale their ideas.
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GrowThrust is your co-pilot for founders, dedicated to helping them reach their goals throughout the journey of their startups life cycle. Our AI and data-driven approach helps focus on the most important tasks at hand at the respective development stage. We're supporting by automized research specifically tailored to your startups market and context, to save tons of time researching, preparing slides, etc. Whether you are a Fintech, Proptech, Impact driven, Blockchain or service company, GrowThrusts goal is to help save time and increase efficiency. As your companion, our goal is to increase the startup success rate of 1:10 and help to create jobs and foster innovation.
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