When
Thursday, 16. October 2025
Where
East Campus USI-SUPSI, via la Santa 1, Lugano-Viganello (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZSUW6b49bs9gsqJj7)
Time
12:00 - 13:00, incl. Networking Lunch
Topic
Venture Briefing Lugano
Target Audience
Students, PhD, Postdoc, Academic Staff & Alumni, Entrepreneurs, Interested in Entrepreneurship
Why attend?
Training, Inspiration, Networking
Program
***Note - as this is an event over lunchtime, we will offer food and drinks for all registered participants (free of charge)***Take a startup deep dive and join us for lunch! The Venture Briefing event series is designed to help students and scientists with an intent to pursue entrepreneurship take their first steps towards building a successful company.
The event features a keynote from entrepreneurs Franco Burlando and Nathan Deutsch of Lighthouse Tech.
About: Lighthouse Tech is an award-winning Swiss startup on a mission to blind and visually impaired people travel safely on foot. The company is making a state-of-the-art eyewear frame that locates obstacles in the upper-body zone, an area left unprotected by the traditional white cane. The company was founded by Nathan Deutsch, Franco Burlando, and Andrea Maroni Stampa; it holds several patents, and has received funding and interest by industry, customers, and investors from around the world.
At our event, Nathan and Franco will talk about their startup and share details about their journey building a successful company. They will also help answer some of your questions during the Q&A session:
- How to become an entrepreneur?
- How to validate my idea?
- How to fund my idea?
- How to find help to bring my idea to life?
You will also be introduced to different support programs available to new entrepreneurs:
- Venture Kick: up to CHF 150,000 pre-seed capital for business development
- InnoBooster: up to CHF 150,000 grant to accelerate market entry
- First Ventures: up to CHF 150,000 financial support and tailored coaching program for University of Applied Science students
We thank the Gebert Rüf Stiftung for supporting this event.
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and our local partners
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Get ready! Watch and get inspired:
About Lighthouse Tech - the Startup of Franco and Nathan
Learn more about Entrepreneurship in Ticino at SUPSI
Get to know Startuppers at USI
Meet other founders supported by Gebert-Rüf-Stiftung / Venture Kick
Excited? So are we! Register now
(free of charge, seats are limited)
Lighthouse Tech SA: Safe navigation for people who are blind & visually impaired
Founded in 2020 by a team of optical and eyewear industry veterans, we developed TAMI®—a smart eyewear frame designed for the blind and visually impaired (BVI) community. Used alongside the white cane... Read more