MassChallenge Switzerland

Program Benefits 

• Access to 15+ global corporate partners including Nestlé, Bühler, Givaudan, DSM, Louis Dreyfus Company, General Mills, Südzucker, Omya, PMI, Bystronic, SMC, Georg Fischer – totalling over CHF 260 billion in revenue
• World class mentoring from 400+ experts and tailored programming provided with no equity taken in return
• The opportunity to compete for up to CHF 1M in non-dilutive cash prizes and other in-kind awards
• Switzerland-specific advice on regulations and tax, easy access to the EU market, and strong trade links

  for startups providing solutions in any sector, with a focus on: Sustainable Food, Sustainable Industry & Climate Solutions, and HealthTech

• an additional cash prize of CHF 100k no-strings-attached for the Louis Dreyfus Company Climate Resilience Prize

Criteria

Early stage: startups will have, approximately, no more than $1M of capital raised, or $2M of Sales. 

Viable: ideas need to be executed. We ask our judges to assess the quality of the team, their advisors and their plans to make things happen. 

We only accept startups whose solution will add value to society (for example, Millions of Tones CO2 eq. removed/avoided, Millions of Litres of water saved, lives saved), and all startups in the accelerator will be advised about how to make their business climate responsible and must intend to offset their emissions or actively reduce GHG to be considered.

To maximize their benefit from the program, Startups will need to travel and be present in Switzerland for our Boot-Camp and Half-Time activities. These events generate connections and facilitate collaboration with our partners, mentors and investors. The remainder of the program operates online.