Kickstart Innovation
@kickstartinno.bsky.social
Kickstart is one of Europe's largest zero equity, open innovation platforms building innovation ecosystems with purpose. We bring together public and private organizations, startups, investors, and experts to deliver next-generation products and services.
📣 BIG NEWS: Meet the #Kickstarters25 Cohort! 🚀
36 scaleups from 14 countries join #KickstartInnovation 2025 in 🇨🇭! 95% are #AI-powered, shaping the future across Finance, Health, Food, Smart Cities, New Work & more 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/from-pr...
#AI #Innovation #SwissAIWeeks
36 scaleups from 14 countries join #KickstartInnovation 2025 in 🇨🇭! 95% are #AI-powered, shaping the future across Finance, Health, Food, Smart Cities, New Work & more 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/from-pr...
#AI #Innovation #SwissAIWeeks
From preventive health to real-time deepfake detection: 36 start-ups - 95% AI-powered - are shaping Switzerland as an innovation hotspot
From preventive health to real-time deepfake detection: 36 start-ups - 95% AI-powered - are shaping Switzerland as an innovation hotspot
www.kickstart-innovation.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📣 BIG NEWS: Meet the #Kickstarters25 Cohort! 🚀
36 scaleups from 14 countries join #KickstartInnovation 2025 in 🇨🇭! 95% are #AI-powered, shaping the future across Finance, Health, Food, Smart Cities, New Work & more 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/from-pr...
#AI #Innovation #SwissAIWeeks
36 scaleups from 14 countries join #KickstartInnovation 2025 in 🇨🇭! 95% are #AI-powered, shaping the future across Finance, Health, Food, Smart Cities, New Work & more 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/from-pr...
#AI #Innovation #SwissAIWeeks
🌍 What’s shaping the future of #innovation in 🇨🇭 & beyond?
From #AI healthtech to #circulareconomy & #futureofwork, get founder stories, trends & opportunities with Kickstart Insider.
🚀 Join 10,000+ innovators → lnkd.in/dxWWyqrA
#TechForGood #KickstartInnovation
From #AI healthtech to #circulareconomy & #futureofwork, get founder stories, trends & opportunities with Kickstart Insider.
🚀 Join 10,000+ innovators → lnkd.in/dxWWyqrA
#TechForGood #KickstartInnovation
September 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🌍 What’s shaping the future of #innovation in 🇨🇭 & beyond?
From #AI healthtech to #circulareconomy & #futureofwork, get founder stories, trends & opportunities with Kickstart Insider.
🚀 Join 10,000+ innovators → lnkd.in/dxWWyqrA
#TechForGood #KickstartInnovation
From #AI healthtech to #circulareconomy & #futureofwork, get founder stories, trends & opportunities with Kickstart Insider.
🚀 Join 10,000+ innovators → lnkd.in/dxWWyqrA
#TechForGood #KickstartInnovation
🚀 Exciting news from #KickstartInnovation! We welcome Anna Hakobyan as our new AI Lead & Co-Lead of the Academy.
With 20+ years in digital transformation & a Harvard Business School background, Anna will help shape the future of AI in 🇨🇭.
#Innovation #SwissAIWeek
With 20+ years in digital transformation & a Harvard Business School background, Anna will help shape the future of AI in 🇨🇭.
#Innovation #SwissAIWeek
September 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🚀 Exciting news from #KickstartInnovation! We welcome Anna Hakobyan as our new AI Lead & Co-Lead of the Academy.
With 20+ years in digital transformation & a Harvard Business School background, Anna will help shape the future of AI in 🇨🇭.
#Innovation #SwissAIWeek
With 20+ years in digital transformation & a Harvard Business School background, Anna will help shape the future of AI in 🇨🇭.
#Innovation #SwissAIWeek
🚀 Startup selection for #Kickstart25 is complete!
450+ scaleups → 5 verticals → Top innovators ready to scale with 🇨🇭 leaders like @AXA, @Swisscom, @PostFinance & more.
🌍 Reveal on Aug 26.
Follow us to meet the future of #innovation!
Read more 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/startup...
450+ scaleups → 5 verticals → Top innovators ready to scale with 🇨🇭 leaders like @AXA, @Swisscom, @PostFinance & more.
🌍 Reveal on Aug 26.
Follow us to meet the future of #innovation!
Read more 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/startup...
Startup Selection Finalized for the Open Innovation Program 2025
🎉 Our vertical teams and partners have completed the startup selection for hashtag#Kickstart25! After reviewing 450+ late-stage scaleups from over 50 countries, together with our partners and judges w...
www.kickstart-innovation.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚀 Startup selection for #Kickstart25 is complete!
450+ scaleups → 5 verticals → Top innovators ready to scale with 🇨🇭 leaders like @AXA, @Swisscom, @PostFinance & more.
🌍 Reveal on Aug 26.
Follow us to meet the future of #innovation!
Read more 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/startup...
450+ scaleups → 5 verticals → Top innovators ready to scale with 🇨🇭 leaders like @AXA, @Swisscom, @PostFinance & more.
🌍 Reveal on Aug 26.
Follow us to meet the future of #innovation!
Read more 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/startup...
🚀 92 top startups. 5 verticals. Countless opportunities.
After reviewing 450+ apps, we’re heading into the final stage of #Kickstart2025!
💡 95% use #AI
🌱 35% tackle #Sustainability
🌍 50+ countries represented
📅 Save the date: Aug 26 → Official reveal!
#Switzerland #deeptech #startup
After reviewing 450+ apps, we’re heading into the final stage of #Kickstart2025!
💡 95% use #AI
🌱 35% tackle #Sustainability
🌍 50+ countries represented
📅 Save the date: Aug 26 → Official reveal!
#Switzerland #deeptech #startup
July 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🚀 92 top startups. 5 verticals. Countless opportunities.
After reviewing 450+ apps, we’re heading into the final stage of #Kickstart2025!
💡 95% use #AI
🌱 35% tackle #Sustainability
🌍 50+ countries represented
📅 Save the date: Aug 26 → Official reveal!
#Switzerland #deeptech #startup
After reviewing 450+ apps, we’re heading into the final stage of #Kickstart2025!
💡 95% use #AI
🌱 35% tackle #Sustainability
🌍 50+ countries represented
📅 Save the date: Aug 26 → Official reveal!
#Switzerland #deeptech #startup
🚀 Our updated Collaboration Map is LIVE!
Explore 450+ collab topics, 340+ partnerships & startup impact across #Switzerland since 2016.
Now with filters by SDGs & Circular Economy ♻️
🔍 Dive in: www.kickstart-innovation.com/collaboratio...
#KickstartInnovation #AIforGood #DeepTech #OpenInnovation
Explore 450+ collab topics, 340+ partnerships & startup impact across #Switzerland since 2016.
Now with filters by SDGs & Circular Economy ♻️
🔍 Dive in: www.kickstart-innovation.com/collaboratio...
#KickstartInnovation #AIforGood #DeepTech #OpenInnovation
July 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚀 Our updated Collaboration Map is LIVE!
Explore 450+ collab topics, 340+ partnerships & startup impact across #Switzerland since 2016.
Now with filters by SDGs & Circular Economy ♻️
🔍 Dive in: www.kickstart-innovation.com/collaboratio...
#KickstartInnovation #AIforGood #DeepTech #OpenInnovation
Explore 450+ collab topics, 340+ partnerships & startup impact across #Switzerland since 2016.
Now with filters by SDGs & Circular Economy ♻️
🔍 Dive in: www.kickstart-innovation.com/collaboratio...
#KickstartInnovation #AIforGood #DeepTech #OpenInnovation
🌱 What if the future of food was hiding in fruit waste?
Meet #Kickstart21 alum #KernTec: turning discarded apricot, cherry & plum pits into nutritious, circular ingredients for food & beauty. #coop
90% less water 💧
50% less CO₂ 🌍
100% upcycled ♻️
www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/from-wa...
Meet #Kickstart21 alum #KernTec: turning discarded apricot, cherry & plum pits into nutritious, circular ingredients for food & beauty. #coop
90% less water 💧
50% less CO₂ 🌍
100% upcycled ♻️
www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/from-wa...
From Waste To Value: Upcycling Fruit Pits into a Global Food Innovation
As part of our Open Innovation Program, we showcase the journeys of our participants and alumni. Today, we’re highlighting Kern Tec, a pioneering food tech company dedicated to transforming the way we...
www.kickstart-innovation.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🌱 What if the future of food was hiding in fruit waste?
Meet #Kickstart21 alum #KernTec: turning discarded apricot, cherry & plum pits into nutritious, circular ingredients for food & beauty. #coop
90% less water 💧
50% less CO₂ 🌍
100% upcycled ♻️
www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/from-wa...
Meet #Kickstart21 alum #KernTec: turning discarded apricot, cherry & plum pits into nutritious, circular ingredients for food & beauty. #coop
90% less water 💧
50% less CO₂ 🌍
100% upcycled ♻️
www.kickstart-innovation.com/post/from-wa...
🇨🇭 Big wins for Swiss innovation in Paris!
🎉 Two #KickstartAlumni stole the show at the ODDO BHF Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2025:
🏆 Enerdrape – Innovation Award
🌟 VirtuosisAi – Public Award and Grand Jury Prize
Proud of these bold #SwissStartups! 🚀#Innovation
@EPFL
🎉 Two #KickstartAlumni stole the show at the ODDO BHF Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2025:
🏆 Enerdrape – Innovation Award
🌟 VirtuosisAi – Public Award and Grand Jury Prize
Proud of these bold #SwissStartups! 🚀#Innovation
@EPFL
June 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🇨🇭 Big wins for Swiss innovation in Paris!
🎉 Two #KickstartAlumni stole the show at the ODDO BHF Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2025:
🏆 Enerdrape – Innovation Award
🌟 VirtuosisAi – Public Award and Grand Jury Prize
Proud of these bold #SwissStartups! 🚀#Innovation
@EPFL
🎉 Two #KickstartAlumni stole the show at the ODDO BHF Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2025:
🏆 Enerdrape – Innovation Award
🌟 VirtuosisAi – Public Award and Grand Jury Prize
Proud of these bold #SwissStartups! 🚀#Innovation
@EPFL
Heading to #VivaTech2025 in Paris? Let’s connect!
Proud to be represented by our CEO Katka Letzing & Anna Hakobyan, Kickstart #AI Expert.
🚀 Calling scaleups driving #SocialInclusion & #TechForGood: Apply to Beyond Services Social Inclusion with by June 13 👉 kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
Proud to be represented by our CEO Katka Letzing & Anna Hakobyan, Kickstart #AI Expert.
🚀 Calling scaleups driving #SocialInclusion & #TechForGood: Apply to Beyond Services Social Inclusion with by June 13 👉 kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
Beyond Services for Social Inclusion | Kickstart Innovation
AXA Switzerland seeks to foster social inclusion and financial resilience, exploring 'Beyond Services' for financial empowerment, career support, and wellbeing solutions benefiting solo- and micro-ent...
kickstart-innovation.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Heading to #VivaTech2025 in Paris? Let’s connect!
Proud to be represented by our CEO Katka Letzing & Anna Hakobyan, Kickstart #AI Expert.
🚀 Calling scaleups driving #SocialInclusion & #TechForGood: Apply to Beyond Services Social Inclusion with by June 13 👉 kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
Proud to be represented by our CEO Katka Letzing & Anna Hakobyan, Kickstart #AI Expert.
🚀 Calling scaleups driving #SocialInclusion & #TechForGood: Apply to Beyond Services Social Inclusion with by June 13 👉 kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
🚨 Deadline extended! 🚨
Due to high interest, applications for the Beyond Services for Social Inclusion initiative by #AXA & #KickstartInnovation are now open until June 13!
💡 Calling #startups boosting financial #resilience & #inclusion in 🇨🇭
Apply 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
Due to high interest, applications for the Beyond Services for Social Inclusion initiative by #AXA & #KickstartInnovation are now open until June 13!
💡 Calling #startups boosting financial #resilience & #inclusion in 🇨🇭
Apply 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
June 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🚨 Deadline extended! 🚨
Due to high interest, applications for the Beyond Services for Social Inclusion initiative by #AXA & #KickstartInnovation are now open until June 13!
💡 Calling #startups boosting financial #resilience & #inclusion in 🇨🇭
Apply 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
Due to high interest, applications for the Beyond Services for Social Inclusion initiative by #AXA & #KickstartInnovation are now open until June 13!
💡 Calling #startups boosting financial #resilience & #inclusion in 🇨🇭
Apply 👉 www.kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
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The world is facing a plastic crisis, the status quo is not an option.
Ahead of #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2, celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay in #GENeva showing how urgent & international response is needed to #BeatPlasticPollution.
📆 5 June, 9:00 CEST
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Ahead of #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2, celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay in #GENeva showing how urgent & international response is needed to #BeatPlasticPollution.
📆 5 June, 9:00 CEST
🌍 tiny.cc/GENWED25
June 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The world is facing a plastic crisis, the status quo is not an option.
Ahead of #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2, celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay in #GENeva showing how urgent & international response is needed to #BeatPlasticPollution.
📆 5 June, 9:00 CEST
🌍 tiny.cc/GENWED25
Ahead of #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2, celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay in #GENeva showing how urgent & international response is needed to #BeatPlasticPollution.
📆 5 June, 9:00 CEST
🌍 tiny.cc/GENWED25
🚀 Kicking off #SwissAIWeeks with 55+ partners across🇨🇭! From hackathons to public events, we’re shaping an ethical, inclusive & impactful #AI future. Proud to collaborate with @EPFL @ETH_en @Swisscom @UBS @SwissRe & more!
👉 Join us: swiss-ai-weeks.ch #AIforGood #KicksstartInnovation #tech #innovation
👉 Join us: swiss-ai-weeks.ch #AIforGood #KicksstartInnovation #tech #innovation
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June 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚀 Kicking off #SwissAIWeeks with 55+ partners across🇨🇭! From hackathons to public events, we’re shaping an ethical, inclusive & impactful #AI future. Proud to collaborate with @EPFL @ETH_en @Swisscom @UBS @SwissRe & more!
👉 Join us: swiss-ai-weeks.ch #AIforGood #KicksstartInnovation #tech #innovation
👉 Join us: swiss-ai-weeks.ch #AIforGood #KicksstartInnovation #tech #innovation
🚀 Heading to #DublinTechSummit this week?
Catch @Kickstart_Inno on May 28–29 to talk #OpenInnovation, #startups & collaboration!
Let’s shape the future of #tech together 💡
📍More info: lnkd.in/eqjWKi4
#AI #DeepTech #KickstartInnovation #DTS25
Catch @Kickstart_Inno on May 28–29 to talk #OpenInnovation, #startups & collaboration!
Let’s shape the future of #tech together 💡
📍More info: lnkd.in/eqjWKi4
#AI #DeepTech #KickstartInnovation #DTS25
May 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🚀 Heading to #DublinTechSummit this week?
Catch @Kickstart_Inno on May 28–29 to talk #OpenInnovation, #startups & collaboration!
Let’s shape the future of #tech together 💡
📍More info: lnkd.in/eqjWKi4
#AI #DeepTech #KickstartInnovation #DTS25
Catch @Kickstart_Inno on May 28–29 to talk #OpenInnovation, #startups & collaboration!
Let’s shape the future of #tech together 💡
📍More info: lnkd.in/eqjWKi4
#AI #DeepTech #KickstartInnovation #DTS25
🔊 Application deadline for #KickstartInnovation 2025 has been extended to May 26! Apply now to access commercial deals & investments with leading corporates, institutions & cities in 🇨🇭& beyond: startups.kickstart-innovation.com/apply #Kickstarters25 #innovation #sustainability #makeithappen
May 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🔊 Application deadline for #KickstartInnovation 2025 has been extended to May 26! Apply now to access commercial deals & investments with leading corporates, institutions & cities in 🇨🇭& beyond: startups.kickstart-innovation.com/apply #Kickstarters25 #innovation #sustainability #makeithappen
🚀 Looking forward to #StartupDays on May 14 in Bern!
Join us + Switzerland’s innovation movers—founders, investors, corporates & ecosystem builders. Let’s shape the future together!
🌱 Meet the #KickstartInnovation team & let’s #MakeItHappen 💥
#Innovation #Mission2050
Join us + Switzerland’s innovation movers—founders, investors, corporates & ecosystem builders. Let’s shape the future together!
🌱 Meet the #KickstartInnovation team & let’s #MakeItHappen 💥
#Innovation #Mission2050
May 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚀 Looking forward to #StartupDays on May 14 in Bern!
Join us + Switzerland’s innovation movers—founders, investors, corporates & ecosystem builders. Let’s shape the future together!
🌱 Meet the #KickstartInnovation team & let’s #MakeItHappen 💥
#Innovation #Mission2050
Join us + Switzerland’s innovation movers—founders, investors, corporates & ecosystem builders. Let’s shape the future together!
🌱 Meet the #KickstartInnovation team & let’s #MakeItHappen 💥
#Innovation #Mission2050
🚨 7 DAYS TO GO!
Are you a later-stage #startup with a bold solution in #FinTech, #HealthTech, #SmartCities, #FoodTech, or #FutureOfWork?
Apply now for #KickstarterInnovation 2025 — scale with top Swiss & EU partners!
🗓 Deadline: May 12
🔗 Details & Benefits: kickstart-innovation.com/join-startup
Are you a later-stage #startup with a bold solution in #FinTech, #HealthTech, #SmartCities, #FoodTech, or #FutureOfWork?
Apply now for #KickstarterInnovation 2025 — scale with top Swiss & EU partners!
🗓 Deadline: May 12
🔗 Details & Benefits: kickstart-innovation.com/join-startup
Join as a startup | Kickstart Innovation
Build new partnerships, scale your business, unlock opportunities and make an impact in Switzerland and beyond by applying today.
kickstart-innovation.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚨 7 DAYS TO GO!
Are you a later-stage #startup with a bold solution in #FinTech, #HealthTech, #SmartCities, #FoodTech, or #FutureOfWork?
Apply now for #KickstarterInnovation 2025 — scale with top Swiss & EU partners!
🗓 Deadline: May 12
🔗 Details & Benefits: kickstart-innovation.com/join-startup
Are you a later-stage #startup with a bold solution in #FinTech, #HealthTech, #SmartCities, #FoodTech, or #FutureOfWork?
Apply now for #KickstarterInnovation 2025 — scale with top Swiss & EU partners!
🗓 Deadline: May 12
🔗 Details & Benefits: kickstart-innovation.com/join-startup
🚀 The global F&B market is set to hit $7.5T by 2025.
🌱 Alt proteins could take 11% of the market by 2030.
🍎 Consumers want healthier, sustainable food — now.
Are you building the future of #FoodTech or #Retail?
Apply to #Kickstart by May 12 👉 lnkd.in/e7WRE6Bp
#Startup #Sustainability #Tech
🌱 Alt proteins could take 11% of the market by 2030.
🍎 Consumers want healthier, sustainable food — now.
Are you building the future of #FoodTech or #Retail?
Apply to #Kickstart by May 12 👉 lnkd.in/e7WRE6Bp
#Startup #Sustainability #Tech
April 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚀 The global F&B market is set to hit $7.5T by 2025.
🌱 Alt proteins could take 11% of the market by 2030.
🍎 Consumers want healthier, sustainable food — now.
Are you building the future of #FoodTech or #Retail?
Apply to #Kickstart by May 12 👉 lnkd.in/e7WRE6Bp
#Startup #Sustainability #Tech
🌱 Alt proteins could take 11% of the market by 2030.
🍎 Consumers want healthier, sustainable food — now.
Are you building the future of #FoodTech or #Retail?
Apply to #Kickstart by May 12 👉 lnkd.in/e7WRE6Bp
#Startup #Sustainability #Tech
🇨🇭 Switzerland is home to 400+ #fintechs — and we’re thrilled to see #CalvinRisk, a #Kickstart2023 alum, named Top 5 at the Swiss FinTech Awards! 🏆
Their work on #AI risk management with @Swisscom shows what real #innovation looks like.
#SwissFinTech #AIforGood #MakeItHappen
Their work on #AI risk management with @Swisscom shows what real #innovation looks like.
#SwissFinTech #AIforGood #MakeItHappen
April 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🇨🇭 Switzerland is home to 400+ #fintechs — and we’re thrilled to see #CalvinRisk, a #Kickstart2023 alum, named Top 5 at the Swiss FinTech Awards! 🏆
Their work on #AI risk management with @Swisscom shows what real #innovation looks like.
#SwissFinTech #AIforGood #MakeItHappen
Their work on #AI risk management with @Swisscom shows what real #innovation looks like.
#SwissFinTech #AIforGood #MakeItHappen
🚀 Calling all #SocialInnovators & #Scaleups! #KickstartInnovation & AXA Switzerland are scouting solutions to boost financial resilience & inclusion in 🇨🇭.
Apply by June 6 👉 kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
#Mission2050 #SocialImpact #Innovation #OpenCall #MakeItHappen
Apply by June 6 👉 kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
#Mission2050 #SocialImpact #Innovation #OpenCall #MakeItHappen
April 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚀 Calling all #SocialInnovators & #Scaleups! #KickstartInnovation & AXA Switzerland are scouting solutions to boost financial resilience & inclusion in 🇨🇭.
Apply by June 6 👉 kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
#Mission2050 #SocialImpact #Innovation #OpenCall #MakeItHappen
Apply by June 6 👉 kickstart-innovation.com/beyond-servi...
#Mission2050 #SocialImpact #Innovation #OpenCall #MakeItHappen
🚀 NEWS ALERT! Applications for @kickstart_inno 2025 are open! If you're a later-stage startup looking to enter or scale in Switzerland & beyond, #apply now to access commercial #deals & investments with leading corporates, institutions & cities #Kickstarters25 #innovation #makeithappen
April 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🚀 NEWS ALERT! Applications for @kickstart_inno 2025 are open! If you're a later-stage startup looking to enter or scale in Switzerland & beyond, #apply now to access commercial #deals & investments with leading corporates, institutions & cities #Kickstarters25 #innovation #makeithappen