📣 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 #𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬25 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭! 🚀
We’re happy to welcome 36 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 14 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 to join the #KickstartInnovation 2025 Open Innovation Program in #Switzerland this September! 🇨🇭
From 𝐀𝐈-𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 to 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬, these scaleups will have the opportunity to collaborate with 100+ partners, including AXA, Stadt Zürich, Coop, die Mobiliar, MSD Switzerland, PostFinance, Swisscom, Sanitas Krankenversicherung, CSEM, and many more.
And the #startups are:
🛒 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: UMushroom, Fini, Legora, Hello Customer, Almanax, SuperLikers, Datactics, aurigin.ai, Meeco.me
📈 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 & 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥: Pacifico Biolabs, WeShop AI, Circly - KI-Absatzprognosen für Produktion & Handel, Food Brewer, Kokomodo, Fruitful AI, Green Spot Technologies
🍎 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 & 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠: genknowme, Maven Health, VivoSensMedical GmbH , Traverse Health, Opmed.ai, Spearfish Corporation
📚 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 & 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: @Evolve, Digemy.com, Mindstone, zick learn, Scholé AI
🏗️ 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: infrared.city, mygrid AG, Findmee, WattAnyWhere
🤝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬: SecondWave, SmartHear, HELIOW, NEEDLESS, KUORI
💡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 2025 𝐂𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭:
✅ 95% of startups have an #AI focus
✅ Top trends: AI #agents, #machinelearning, #bigdata, #deeptech
✅ 90%+ are actively working on sustainability, contributing to at least 3 UN #SDGs
✅ 35%+ focus on #circulareconomy 
👉 With 95% of our cohort AI-powered, Switzerland is reinforcing its role as Europe’s AI innovation hotspot – and Kickstart is proud to be part of this momentum. 
Alongside the program, we are also proud to co-initiate Swiss {ai} Weeks: 160+ events across 24 cities turning AI research into real-world applications. 🇨🇭🤖
👏 Thanks to all the judges, experts, and partners involved in selecting this incredible cohort. We’re proud to shape the future of innovation together.
Read more on our blog: https://lnkd.in/dKmwNdwy
💬 Which vertical are you most excited about? Tell us in the comments 👇
#Innovation #AI #Sustainability #Kickstarters25 #makeithappen #SwissAIWeeks