A successful close: Kickstart startups part with over 40 PoCs

Kickstart mission is to bring together fast-growing startups, corporations, cities, universities, and foundations to jointly drive technological innovation with a positive impact. After four months of intense preparations and collaborations, the projects and partnerships of this year’s program will be announced tonight during a Closing Ceremony in Zurich. The platform will also share news regarding the next program: Kickstart continues to expand in 2020: The program will support technological innovations in circular economy together with MAVA Foundation and Impact Hub Switzerland , as part of the Circular Economy Transition initiative. Also, Kickstart will establish a stronger presence in Romandie.

The partnerships 2019 at a glance (Details on the Kickstart website): 

FinTech & Digital Assets Vertical 

AXA: Annanow (CH)

Coop (Bau+Hobby and Interdiscount): Annanow

Swisscom partners include: atpar (CH) and swisspeers (CH), Assetyze (CH), Contract Vault (CH)

Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd.: Annanow

PWC: Annanow (CH), Helios Data (USA)
 

Cybersecurity

Swiss Mobiliar: Statice (Germany), XM Cyber’s (Israel)

Planter: Statice (Germany)

PostFinance: Statice (Germany)

Food & Retail Tech

Coop (Eisberg): SwissDeCode (CH),  NiceFiller (Italy); (Coop Bell) Rebel Meat (Austria), Posidonia (Belgium)

Migros (M-Industry) Posidonia (Belgium), Kaffe Bueno’s (Denmark), NiceFiller (Italy)

Coca-Cola Switzerland and Kickstart

Edtech

Klubschule Migros: Taskbase (CH)

Swisscom: Area9 Lyceum (Denmark)

Mercator Foundation Switzerland, Swiss EdTech Collider and profilQ: Education Alliance Finland (Finland), Taskbase (CH)

Kickstart: Stroofy (Ireland)

Mobiliar: Advaisor (CH)

HealthTech

AXA, OneDoc (CH), Selfapy (Germany)

Migros (Klubschule): Braive (Sweden), Selfapy (Germany)

Medbase: Medicus AI (Austria), Nahtlos (CH), Selfapy (Germany), Onedoc (CH)
 

Smart City

Swiscom: BeON Energy (Portugal)

Zurich City: Oxygen at Work (CH), Totemi (CH), Vianova

EMPA: Oxygen at Work (CH)

Kraftwerk Zurich: Breeze Technologies‘ (Germany)

Panter: Totemi (CH)

Cognizant: Oxygen at Work (CH)