The application deadline for the long-established award from the WA de Vigier Foundation is at the end of September – ambitious start-ups should not miss this date. Winners will receive 5 times CHF 100’000. In addition winners and nominees get access to an excellent network and can take part in the alumni events of the foundation.
The award for young entrepreneurs presented by the Solothurn-based WA de Vigier Foundation is one of the renowned awards for start-up companies in Switzerland. The main criteria for an award-worthy project are innovative character, societal importance, technical and financial feasibility, and market potential. The selection process is carried out according to strict rules, and a winner, or team of winners, receives a prize of CHF100,000. In addition, the foundation takes a stake with an additional CHF10,000 in the company (max 10%).
Apart from the prize money the five winners and five nominees will get access to the densely woven network of the foundation, which in addition to the active and previous trustees, also encompasses numerous experts, as well as the professors who act as ambassadors for the foundation at universities and other tertiary institutions in Switzerland.
Start-up founders who want to win CHF 100’000 can apply for the WA de Vigier Foundation Startup Awards. until 30 September 2015. Click here for the online application form.
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