After four months of intense preparations and collaboration, Kickstart concludes the 2019 edition with 40 partnerships between startups and large organisations.
Kickstart mission is to bring together fast-growing startups, corporations, cities, universities, and foundations to jointly drive technological innovation with a positive impact. After four months of intense preparations and collaborations, the projects and partnerships of this year’s program will be announced tonight during a Closing Ceremony in Zurich. The platform will also share news regarding the next program: Kickstart continues to expand in 2020: The program will support technological innovations in circular economy together with MAVA Foundation and Impact Hub Switzerland , as part of the Circular Economy Transition initiative. Also, Kickstart will establish a stronger presence in Romandie.
The partnerships 2019 at a glance (Details on the Kickstart website):
FinTech & Digital Assets Vertical
AXA: Annanow (CH)
Coop (Bau+Hobby and Interdiscount): Annanow
Swisscom partners include: atpar (CH) and swisspeers (CH), Assetyze (CH), Contract Vault (CH)
Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd.: Annanow
PWC: Annanow (CH), Helios Data (USA)
Cybersecurity
Swiss Mobiliar: Statice (Germany), XM Cyber’s (Israel)
Planter: Statice (Germany)
PostFinance: Statice (Germany)
Food & Retail Tech
Coop (Eisberg): SwissDeCode (CH), NiceFiller (Italy); (Coop Bell) Rebel Meat (Austria), Posidonia (Belgium)
Migros (M-Industry) Posidonia (Belgium), Kaffe Bueno’s (Denmark), NiceFiller (Italy)
Coca-Cola Switzerland and Kickstart
Edtech
Klubschule Migros: Taskbase (CH)
Swisscom: Area9 Lyceum (Denmark)
Mercator Foundation Switzerland, Swiss EdTech Collider and profilQ: Education Alliance Finland (Finland), Taskbase (CH)
Kickstart: Stroofy (Ireland)
Mobiliar: Advaisor (CH)
HealthTech
AXA, OneDoc (CH), Selfapy (Germany)
Migros (Klubschule): Braive (Sweden), Selfapy (Germany)
Medbase: Medicus AI (Austria), Nahtlos (CH), Selfapy (Germany), Onedoc (CH)
Smart City
Swiscom: BeON Energy (Portugal)
Zurich City: Oxygen at Work (CH), Totemi (CH), Vianova
EMPA: Oxygen at Work (CH)
Kraftwerk Zurich: Breeze Technologies‘ (Germany)
Panter: Totemi (CH)
Cognizant: Oxygen at Work (CH)
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