Venture Kick - 15 Years of Kicking Startups to Success
Channel: Venturelab TV
Date: 2022-11-14

It all started in the fall of 2007 when the program was announced on Swiss Television.

15 years later, over 917 business ideas from Swiss universities were selected and kicked towards global markets, receiving seed money of up to CHF 150,000, intense exposure, and business development support at Venture Kick Jury Sessions, Kickers Camps, and networking events.

The philanthropic initiative of a private consortium started with the threefold vision to double the number of university spin-offs, to make these more attractive for investors, and to halve their time-to-market.
 
CHF 44.85 million in cash have been paid out to kickstart talented startup founders. The survival rate of all incorporated companies is 86% and the impact they created is phenomenal: 718 active high-tech companies with 11,362 jobs to date. Our alumni have attracted more than CHF 6.76 billion from investors and keep growing.
 
To celebrate our 15 Years, we launch a short film paying tribute to the impact of our alumni in tackling some of our time's most pressing global challenges.