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Everything you need to apply,

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The five stages, the six verticals, what we're looking for, and exactly how the jury scores you.

Read for ten minutes, apply in one evening.

application deadline

November 30

always

Free, no equity

awarded each year

CHF 590,000

SPOTLIGHT AWARD 2027

CHF 50,0000

Work, reimagined

A second way to win, open to all participants

Nobody knows what work will look like in ten years, which is exactly why we need founders working on it today. Work is changing faster than our schools, companies and institutions can keep up: a workplace rewritten by AI, education for challenges we have never experienced, a generation of leaders who may never learn the junior tasks that trained the last one, and a growing shortage of the essential workers who keep Switzerland running. If your startup helps people, teams or entire sectors prepare for what comes next, we want to see it.

Candidates are identified from the applications already submitted.

No separate application

Work isn't one industry. Any arena can be considered.

Open across all six verticals

Apply by November 30. Nothing extra to prepare.

No separate application
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Learn How To Craft A Winning Startup Plan

The full guide to the competition: how each stage works, what jurors reward on every criterion, and insider tips from the jury themselves. Free to download right now.

Ready to venture forward?

Then click on the button below to start your journey with us.

Application deadline: November 30, 2026

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