Venturelab

Together with successful founders, key academic and industry partners; Venturelab designs and operates programs to bring the best #startup talents to the next level of development. Our mission is to support entrepreneurs towards successful fundraising and business growth throughout the evolution of the company. With Venture Leaders, we take the Swiss National Startup Teams to Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Boston, New York, London, Munich, Barcelona, and China, supporting them on their global expansion path. We are also proud of the success of our mandate to run the operations of Venture Kick since its launch in 2007, having kicked off 1,121 Swiss startup projects with CHF 80 million from private donors. Thanks to financial support, coaching, and networking with investors, this initiative has led to the emergence of 750 thriving startups and the creation of 14,500 jobs. Venture Kick alumni companies have attracted investments of CHF 9 billion and represent 66 companies ranked in the TOP 100 Swiss Startups in 2024. Our team operates from our startup space in Zurich and offices in Lausanne and St Gallen.