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Pitching sessions.

At Startup Nights 2024 there will again be two pitching sessions.

This year, the Swiss finals of Startup World Cup take place as part of the Startup Nights on 1st November 2024. The finalists will get the chance to pitch at the world finals in 2025 in Silicon Valley. At the world finals the Startups have the chance to win a $ 1 million investment from Pegasus Tech Ventures.

The pitch is expected to be delivered in English. We likely will run a format of a 5 min Pitch & 10 min Q&A. Details will follow. The jury will preview and nominate the startups that will get invited to pitch.

The application deadline is October 10th.

Prices per category

  • CHF 5000 for 1st place
  • CHF 3000 for 2nd place
  • CHF 2000 for 3rd place
  • Andrea Silberschmidt-Buhofer

    Managing Partner at EquityPitcher Ventures

  • Georg Schumacher

    Senior Manager Partnering & Investing Axpo Services

  • Arijana Walcott

    Managing Partner, DART Ventures

  • Guy Giuffredi

    General Partner at koyo

  • Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch

    Founding General Partner at Privilège Ventures

  • Teddy Amberg

    Founding Partner at Spicehaus Partners AG

  • Daniel Dillinger

    Investment Parter at Redalpine

  • Andreas Göldi

    Partner at b2venture

  • Claudius Stammbach

    Project Lead at Migros M&A

  • Aron Braun

    Business Angel at BAS and Professor at BHF

  • Jan Lederhausen

    Transaction Manager – UBS Growth Advisory

  • Craig Cooper

    Partner, Serpentine Ventures

  • Pascal Stürchler

    Co-Founder & CEO Bloomhaus Ventures AG

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Startup World Cup

Startup World Cup is a global conference and competition that brings together the top startups, VCs, entrepreneurs and world-class tech CEOs.

This year, the finalist of the pitching session at Startup Nights 2024 gets a ticket to participate in the Startup World Cup!

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