Event Agenda

Thursday, 31 October 2024

14:00 - 14:30

Opening Ceremony with Alyssia Kugler, Michael Kubli, and a Surprise Guest

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

3 speakers

14:30 - 15:00

How to find the perfect Co-Founder | Nicholas Hänny (Founder NIKIN) & Arshya Shahheydari (Co-Founder & CEO Togeco)

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

2 speakers

14:30 - 21:00

Meetings

Meeting block

Matchmaking Area

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

15:00 - 15:30

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

15:00 - 15:30

How to pitch investors & raise funding | Corey Wright

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

15:30 - 16:00

Bexio: Vom Start-Up zum Scale-Up | Franziska Iselin

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Fireside Chat

2 speakers

15:30 - 16:00

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

16:00 - 16:30

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

16:00 - 16:30

How we build Switzerlands fastest growing music festival | Loris Moser

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

16:30 - 17:00

From Research to Scale-Up: ANYbotics success factors in the market introduction of their robotics solutions | Péter Fankhauser

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

Péter will share his personal learnings as we explore the journey of ANYbotics from a research concept to a market leader in autonomous industrial robots with 200 employees and CHF 74m in VC funding.

1 speaker

16:30 - 17:00

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

17:00 - 17:30

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

17:00 - 18:00

Pitching Session - Pre-Seed

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Pitching Session

7 speakers

17:30 - 18:00

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

18:00 - 18:30

Bittersweet Symphony - Changing your company`s growth mode | Sally Beh, Maximilian Groth, Maruscha Heyner

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

Hosted by Microsoft

4 speakers

18:00 - 18:30

Vorsorge-Check für Gründer:innen mit Nathanael (AXA)

Telephone Box (Leisure Area)

18:00 - 19:00

Female Meet-up by Swiss Startup Association

Swiss Startup Association Booth (Nr. 132)

18:30 - 19:00

Vorsorge-Check für Gründer:innen mit Nathanael (AXA)

Telephone Box (Leisure Area)

18:30 - 19:00

How to negotiate good terms for a shareholder agreement | Daniel Andres, Thomas Dübendorfer, Gian Reto à Porta & Ildiko Sirman

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

5 speakers

19:00 - 19:30

Erfolg durch Community Building: Die Zukunft der Creator Companys | Philipp Nüssli, T-Ronimo, Andreas Lanz & Lennart Bachleitner

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

5 speakers

19:30 - 20:00

How will we work in the future? | Roi Y. Tavor, Gustavo Salami & Dr. Yasemin Tahris

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

4 speakers

20:00 - 20:30

How AI unlocked a new era of clients acquisition tactics | Joël Capt

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

20:30 - 21:00

How Startups can survive and thrive in a frozen fundraising market | Brett Martin

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

21:00 - 21:30

Story of Yokoy | Philippe Sahli (Co-Founder & CEO Yokoy)

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

21:30 - 22:00

What investors really look for in Start Ups | Simon Furer, Pascal Stürchler, Andreas Schlenker & Brett Martin

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

4 speakers

Friday, 1 November 2024

14:00 - 14:05

Opening Ceremony

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)

1 speaker

14:00 - 14:30

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

14:05 - 14:30

Growing your business without hiring | Sandra Kobel

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

14:30 - 15:00

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

14:30 - 15:00

How to master your crowdinvesting campaign | Nadine Jürgensen, Laura Matter & Matthias Bryner

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

3 speakers

14:30 - 21:00

Meetings

Meeting block

Matchmaking Area

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

15:00 - 15:30

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

15:00 - 15:30

The challenges and benefits of being a female founder | Anastasia Barner, Lea von Bidder & Katka Letzing

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

4 speakers

15:30 - 16:00

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

Vorsorge-Check für Gründer:innen mit Nathanael (AXA)

Telephone Box (Leisure Area)

15:30 - 16:00

How to get international success from day 1 with the right global team | Jerry Dreifuss

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

16:00 - 16:30

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

Vorsorge-Check für Gründer:innen mit Nathanael (AXA)

Telephone Box (Leisure Area)

16:00 - 16:30

Leading with impact | Jens Heitland

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

16:30 - 16:45

Talent Kick: Pitching of the 2024 Team Kick Winners

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Pitching Session

16:30 - 17:00

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

Vorsorge-Check für Gründer:innen mit Nathanael (AXA)

Telephone Box (Leisure Area)

16:45 - 17:00

Startup World Cup

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Pitching Session

1 speaker

17:00 - 17:30

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

17:00 - 18:00

Pitching Session - Seed

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Pitching Session

8 speakers

17:30 - 18:00

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

18:00 - 18:30

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

18:00 - 18:30

Virtual Metaverse interview | Ian Epstein

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Fireside Chat

2 speakers

18:30 - 19:00

Genisuisse Startup Coaching (1:1 Meeting)

Genisuisse booth (Nr. 102)

18:30 - 19:00

UBS Fireside Chat with Ditaji Kambundji: Speed, resilience & persistence - What startup entrepreneurs can learn from prefessional athletes

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Fireside Chat

2 speakers

19:00 - 19:30

Breaking Barrieers: Fostering collaboration between corporates & startups | Jochen Bella Ada, Cristoph Falk & Adam Reichmann

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

4 speakers

19:30 - 20:00

Beyond Chocolate, Pills and Banking: Rebooting Switzerland with DeepTech | Patrick Griss, Christian Wenger, Michael Friedrich, Ata-Tuna Ciftlik & Raphael Tobler

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

5 speakers

20:00 - 20:30

Innovation trifft Erfahrung: So profitieren KMU & Startups voneinander. | Peter Mühle, Jeremias Wehrli, Christian Gerber & Christian Kramer

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Panel Discussion

5 speakers

20:30 - 21:00

Twint: From 0 to 1 how a startup name became a verb | Thierry Kneissler (Co-Founder TWINT)

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Fireside Chat

1 speaker

21:00 - 21:30

How technologies of the future impact todays industries | Damir Bogdan

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)Keynote

1 speaker

21:30 - 22:00

Award Ceremony and Closing

Main Stage "Unicorn" (Hall 1)

3 speakers

22:00 - 23:59

Official Startup Nights After Party @Caribbean Pearl Winterthur (separate registration mandatory!) - open end

After Party

Join the ultimate afterparty! 🎉 Limited to 400 guests at Caribbean Pearl, Winterthur. Doors open at 9:45 pm. Enjoy live music, party games, networking areas, and all-inclusive drinks. Mandatory - Register now: https://www.startup-nights.ch/afterparty