USI Startup Centre

Registrations are open for "𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗽é𝗿𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹"   Ready to enhance your negotiation skills and learn how to prepare for a client meeting to increase your chances of success? Join us as we explore key aspects of securing your first deal as a startup at the upcoming Business Apéro 🎯 📅 November 26, 2024 🕕 17:30 📍 USI Startup Centre, Level 2, Sector C, East Campus More info & registrations: https://lnkd.in/egD7nziB Speakers: ▪️ Arturo Nicora, Special Coach Innosuisse ▪️ Andrea Girasole, CEO & Co-Founder of Billte AG ▪️ Stefano Giovanni Maria Colombo, CEO of Stan2services & Mentor Innosuisse Business Apéro is an annual information and networking event for startups, researchers and students organised by USI and SUPSI and supported by Innosuisse. USI Università della Svizzera italiana University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland

InkVivo Technologies AG is on a mission to revolutionise how medications work thanks to their polymer platform that enables the combination of multiple active ingredients into a single solution to enhance their absorption and bioavailability 🔬 In this interview, Elia Guzzi, co-founder and USI EMBA alumnus, shares his entrepreneurial experience and the changes that have shaped the startup so far. Read the full article >> https://lnkd.in/evbyfPTj   Check out the "Innovation and startups" section in the USI newsletter #USIFlash >> https://lnkd.in/eUqK52MY #swissstartups USI Executive MBA, EMBA Stefano Cerutti Leonardo Tognola

A great evening with a diverse crowd of entrepreneurs and innovators from different backgrounds and levels of experience, which brought up insightful exchanges 💡 A big thank you to all the participants for coming and to our co-hosts from the Swiss Startup Association and Fondazione AGIRE | Tecnopolo Ticino for making it happen. It was great to meet you all and we already look forward to the next event in Ticino!

Congratulations to our alumni startup Primal Bee® for reaching two important milestones: closing a seed financing round and shipping their first commercial batch of innovative beehives. Well done to the team: Alessandro Gamberoni, Gianmario Riganti and Tomer Moldovan! Primal Bee has developed a new standard hive engineered to meet the needs of the bees. It helps reduce colony losses, increase honey production, and cut maintenance costs, benefitting both the beekeeper and the environment 🐝 🌱 Read more on Startupticker.ch >> https://lnkd.in/eMi4gXEg #swissstartups

𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 🚀 If you are a student at a Swiss university with a vision of bringing positive change to the world through science-based innovation, do not miss the opportunity and apply to the Spring 2025 Batch of the Talent Kick programme 💡 It is a free entrepreneurial excellence program designed to help students and researchers build scalable startups while studying. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂? - Meet passionate & like-minded people from other universities and build a strong interdisciplinary team - Get a chance to validate your project through the financial support of 5,000 CHF (non-dilutive funding) - Receive mentoring from experienced entrepreneurs - Connect to Switzerland’s best support structures for entrepreneurs and startups. Ready to make an impact? 👉 Apply here before 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲𝘁𝗵 https://lnkd.in/dbCrQPR5 #TalentKick #Entrepreneurship #UniversityStudents #Startups #Innovation

We are excited to host the "𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁&𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁" event 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 🌍 With its focus on Healthcare, High Tech, and Sustainability, InnoSource Ventures AG engages in opportunities across various industries to help young and dynamic companies through their journey to success 🚀 During this presentation, you will meet with two of the senior partners, who will talk about the company's core activities, startups they work with, exciting career opportunities and values that shape their daily work. 📅 October 23, 2024 🕕 17:00 – 18:30 📍 USI Startup Centre, Level 2, Sector C, East Campus   Sign up before October 18th and join the event to discover more about InnoSource Ventures' distinctive approach and see what opportunities they offer to students and young graduates >> https://lnkd.in/eQTDGf7F   USI Università della Svizzera italiana Jana Aleksandrova Ghezzi Shivani V.

Navigating regulatory requirements and ensuring quality are not just hurdles but essential building blocks for successful market entry for MedTech startups. Last week, four different teams — Skinmind, Archiater Sagl, LighthouseTech, and Regenera GmbH - Regenera SA— explored how to align these elements in their own strategic planning to be better equipped to drive real-world impact during a dedicated workshop 🚀 A big thank you to our invited experts, 1MED SA and Marco Agrati, MBA, as well as to all the participants for their invaluable contributions and insightful discussions! Together, we’re shaping the future of MedTech innovation 💡 #medtech #swissstartups #healthcareinnovation Tiziana Rosa

Go Healthy & Co provides psychologists and psychotherapists with digital tools to enhance their interaction with clients. How did the project start, and what have they achieved so far? In this interview, Joy Bordini, CEO and founder of Go Healthy & Co., explains how her startup wants to facilitate and enhance the relationship between mental health professionals and their patients through a dedicated digital platform 🌱 Read the full article >> https://lnkd.in/eb7nDrEX   Check it out in the "Innovation and startups" section of #USIFlash. Link to the newsletter >> https://lnkd.in/ecYGRXbC   #swissstartups 

On Wednesday, October 2nd, 3 early-stage startups recently admitted into our incubation programme presented their innovative solutions to the academic and innovation community during the 4th edition of Incubation Kick-off Pitch 💡 🌱DEC Energy – a startup building a B2B marketplace where corporates can rent fractions of solar plants to make their electricity consumption renewable 🔎Flycatcher – a startup providing safe, reliable and cost-effective AI-driven inspection solutions for industries and large-scale infrastructures ⚕️Skinmind – a startup that provides a highly accurate AI-powered system for early skin cancer detection A big thank you to the founders for the great presentations and to everyone who joined for engaging discussions during the Q&A and networking! Over the next 2 years, the teams will benefit from a comprehensive programme that includes structured coaching activities, specialised advisory from vertical experts, dedicated workshops, and assistance with grant applications and fundraising 🚀 Learn more >> https://lnkd.in/exFEAPMD Nicola Scarinzi Manuel Bonù Dario Mantegazza, Ph.D. Sepehr Beheshti USI Università della Svizzera italiana IDSIA USI-SUPSI #swissstartups

Congratulations to the fantastic team of our alumni startup LighthouseTech for securing a CHF 150,000 grant from Venture Kick! Well done Franco Burlando, Nathan Deutsch, Andrea Moroni Stampa and all those who contributed to this milestone 🎉 LighthouseTech's smart eyewear combines technology and style to help blind and low-vision people move around safely and independently. Full announcement >> https://lnkd.in/d5XpCTit LighthouseTech website: https://lnkd.in/dRY-eWv #swissstartups #assistivetech