In the spotlight

Pitching Sessions

At Startup Nights 2024 there will again be two pitching sessions.

This year, the Swiss finals of Startup World Cup take place as part of the Startup Nights on 1st November 2024.

The winner of the seed pitching competition will get the chance to pitch at the world finals in 2025 in Silicon Valley. At the world finals the Startups have the chance to win a $ 1 million investment from Pegasus Tech Ventures.

This year, there is also a public voting. In each round, the public can nominate one startup that will have a chance on stage next to the jury-selected startups.

The voting is now closed - the winners will be announced shortly.

Prices per category

  • CHF 5000 for 1st place
  • CHF 3000 for 2nd place
  • CHF 2000 for 3rd place
Selected Startups for Pre-Seed
Equiverse, Nextgas, DigeHealth, Manukai AG, Ionic Wind Technologies Solabs Nanotechnology
Selected Startups for Seed
Crowdtransfer, hooq, Rimon Technologies, Tethys Robotics, VYZN AG, Citus

Jury

Heavyweights.

Andrea Buhofer

Andrea Silberschmidt-Buhofer

Managing Partner at EquityPitcher Ventures

Georg Schumacher

Georg Schumacher

Principal Partnering & Investing

Arijana Walcott

Arijana Walcott

Managing Partner, DART Ventures

Guy Giuffredi

Guy Giuffredi

General Partner at koyo

Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch

Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch

Founding General Partner at Privilège Ventures

Teddy Amberg

Teddy Amberg

Founding Partner at Spicehaus Partners AG

Andreas Göldi

Andreas Göldi

Partner at b2venture

Claudius Stammbach

Claudius Stammbach

Project Lead at Migros M&A

Aron Braun

Aron Braun

Business Angel at BAS and Professor at BHF

Jan Lederhausen

Jan Lederhausen

Transaction Manager – UBS Growth Advisory

Craig Cooper

Craig Cooper

Partner, Serpentine Ventures

Pascal Stürchler

Pascal Stürchler

Co-Founder & CEO Bloomhaus Ventures AG

Alex Lubnevskiy

Alex Lubnevskiy

Founder, Author, TEDx Speaker

Luca Del Medico

Luca Del Medico

VC @ Redalpine

Our Partner

Startup World Cup

Startup World Cup is a global conference and competition that brings together the top startups, VCs, entrepreneurs and world-class tech CEOs.

This year, the finalist of the pitching session at Startup Nights 2024 gets a ticket to participate in the Startup World Cup!

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