Last chance to apply for important start-up awards

Several important awards are open for application. Start-ups can win substantial amounts of money, coaching and access to potential business partners.   

• SAFT Startup Challenge
  SAFT is a start-up challenge targeting entrepreneurs in the fields of smart cities, distributed generation, and energy efficiency. Up to five winning teams will be chosen by a jury of experts to take part in a month-long start-up boot camp in Zurich, a one-week international market expedition to Silicon Valley and three months of incubation at Impact Hub Zürich. One additional team will be nominated separately by Climate-KIC to join the cohort.
  Deadline: 13 November 2015
  
  
• ZKB Pionierpreis
  The prize money of CHF 31'415.92 (=10'000 × Pi) is awarded for outstanding pioneering technological projects at the threshold to market entry. The projects are characterized by innovative drive, proximity to the market and social impact.
  Deadline: 15 November 2015
  
  
• IOT / M2M Innovation World Cup
  The contest not only recognizes and honors new and innovative IOT / M2M solutions it additionally gives contestants the opportunity to win prizes worth more than $160,000.
  Deadline: 15 November
  
  
• IMD Startup Competition
  The IMD Award provides an opportunity for regional start-up founders that require a fresh thinking to validate their business model by benefiting from the free-of-charge support of MBA and EMBA students in 2016.
  Deadline: 16 November 2015

Awards with deadlines later this year:

• Swiss Fintech Award
  30 November 2015
• Start Award
  30. November 2015
• Swiss Export award
  31 December 2015
• The Swiss Sustainability Award - prix eco.ch, in the category "Generation Future"
  31 December 2015