SEF.Growth Event with Innosuisse

Date

14.11.2023 17:00 - 21:00

Location

memox.world Basel SBB, Peter Merian Strasse 80, 4052 Basel

Register

At the Event, Swiss innovations that contribute to sustainable development and have the potential for a large impact will be highlighted. Interested young entrepreneurs and SME representatives will be given practical glimpses of how successful Swiss companies have developed their innovation projects and which support by Innosuisse can make a difference.

This SEF.Growth Event is aimed at innovative SMEs and scale-ups. It offers a unique opportunity to learn more about Innosuisse’s funding instruments. The high-flyer start-up Climeworks will give a keynote about their innovation journey. Afterwards, the chocolate start-up Koa Switzerland and an innovation mentor will shed light on Innosuisse's funding offers in a panel discussion.

The participation is free of charge and the event will be held in German.

Program

17.00: Door opening and welcome drink

17.30: Welcome note by Lukas Frösch, Director Entrepreneurship, NZZ Connect and Maria Anselmi, Head of Divison Start-ups and Next-Generation Innovators, Innosuisse

17.45: Keynote «Innovation Journey of Climeworks» by Nathalie Casas, Head of Department Energy, Mobility and Environment, Empa and previously founder and Head of Technology, Climeworks
Followed by Q&A

18.15: Panel discussion «Supporting Swiss innovations» with

Ursina Krähenmann, Research, Development & Food Innovation Director, KOA Switzerland AG and
Gabriele Schwarz, Innovation Mentor, Innosuisse and Managing Director, Innovista Management GmbH

18:55: Closing words by Lukas Frösch, Director Entrepreneurship, NZZ Connect

19.00: Networking-Apero

21.00: Door closing

Principal

Directory of active investors

Our directory of active investors includes more than 200 VCs and other institutional investors who invested in Swiss start-ups in the last years. Each profile has links to the news mentioning the investors, so that it is possible to check which companies received the money and what they are doing, how often the VC invests and who are the preferred co-investors.