Venture Challenge at ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne

Hosted at ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne, the Venture Challenge workshop series aims to develop the validation and execution of your business case. The workshops provide the following:

Exchanges with industry experts and mentors
Introductions to key tools, checklists, and objectives, using benchmark examples from successful founders
Identification of your startup's core mission, priorities, and tasks with support from experts
Definition of objectives and milestones, with a focus on maximized value creation
Leveraging of feedback through the process of pitching, debriefing, and challenging your results to improve and accelerate the development of your idea

The Venture Challenge workshops will help you to:

Get inspired and shape your entrepreneurial idea
Network with like-minded students and entrepreneurs
Learn how to raise money from business angels and institutional investors

The course is recommended for students at Swiss-based Universities/University of Applied Sciences, PHDs, PostDocs with a business idea in mind.

Apply now for the upcoming Venture Challenge workshops

Venture Challenge at ETH Zurich

At: ETH Zurich, 22. April - 27. May 2026 (6 workshops in total)

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Past ask the entrepreneur workshops

Each year, Venturelab organizes the Venture Entrepreneur workshop. The 10 most innovative and promising Swiss startups are selected by a jury of investors and startup experts. Discover the Swiss National Entrepreneur Team of the past years and read all about their workshops: