Startup Matchmaking
Startups meet investors and corporates
Switzerland's best corporates use our unrivaled network in the Swiss and European startup ecosystems to complement their strategic corporate venture capital investments, and build early-mover advantages against global rivals. They use our matchmaking services to develop pipelines of early-stage candidates for pilot projects, as well as later-stage scaling opportunities and acquisition targets.
Over the past 15 years, Venturelab has shaped Switzerland's startup community through thousands of interactions with the country's best entrepreneurs. Our 1:1 matchmaking will allow you and your team time to focus with founders, for the most-efficient sweep of the competitive landscape and technologies, in a half-day or full-day session. We give your decision-makers access to the ambitious innovators open to sharing their tech via proofs-of-concept, pilot projects, partnerships or investment.
We work with you to design the national or international scope of scouting, and help select the stage of startups most-relevant to your innovation goals. Whether your company has an offensive or defensive technology strategy, whether you are looking for proven technologies to scale or early ideas to innovate your business, our startup matchmaking services will allow you to:
- Gather the best entrepreneurs and most imaginative minds in one place for an efficient exchange of ideas
- Tap the knowledge of early innovators to gain an edge against global competitors
- Identify the people and technologies targeting your markets
- Discover the disruptive innovations that could challenge your company or become the keys to your future growth
- Connect with scaling companies that are expanding in complementary and adjacent markets
- Discuss the future of your industry, with the novel founders seeking to change it
- Get out-of-the-box thinking to challenge your industry’s prevailing views or your team’s current assumptions
- Gauge the strength of your corporate innovation against cutting-edge research and business models
Sounds interesting?
Have a look at our current matchmaking programs
Scale up Bootcamps
Matchmaking program for corporates and startups
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THE SPOT
The leading sporttech event in Europe
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Foodtech
European foodtech program
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Nicolas Bürer
'Venturelab, with its national and international entrepreneurial training programs and unrivaled network of founders, has driven the success of the Swiss startup ecosystem. Its experienced team is critical in making Switzerland a world-leading digital innovation hub.'
Andreas Roth
'Credit Suisse, as the leading bank for entrepreneurs in Switzerland since 1856, values Venturelab's measures to connect top innovators with professional investors. The partnership enables investors and relationship managers to meet, network and engage with a broad range of entrepreneurs.'
Anna Hellman
'Venturelab's network helped to bring some of the world's best sports technology innovators to our flagship event THE SPOT in Lausanne. Their team managed the successful Start-up battle which kept the crowds cheering throughout the different rounds.'