A 6-month program open for international startups
Program fees are offered to selected startups
BENEFITS for STARTUPS
Gain visibility to potential customers
Access to the Trust Valley ecosystem and its top-level partners
Get fundraising with the right investors
Exclusive coaching & mentoring sessions with a high-level experts
Synergies with corporate companies & academics
Strategy improvement through workshops & roadshows
TRUST, A CRITICAL NEED
Building and maintaining trust is a major challenge for tomorrow’s society and economy. Good news is innovative solutions do exist.
With a 6-month program, Tech4Trust aims to boost startups developing innovative solutions to tackle the major challenge of trust and make sure to connect the participants with the organizations addressing trust issues.
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
All startups developing innovative solutions to foster trust in our society are welcome to apply.
Priority will be given to startups:
Incorporated for less than 7 years
Already having a product ready to be sold.
In the phase of acquiring their first customers.
Committed to attend the program activities.
Expertise wanted
Threat Intelligence, Quantum security, Forensics, Neurotechnology, Industrial IoT, Critical Infrastructure, SCADA, Robotics, AI, Access Control, Cybersecurity, Authentication, Data Privacy, Blockchain, Anti-counterfeiting, Traceability, GDPR, Authenticity Verification, Cloud Security, Anonymized, Data Management, Edge Cloud, Digital self-determination.
Fields
Space, Smart Cities, Agritech-food, Health, Finance & Insurance, Mobility, Education, Industrial Sector, ICT
Timeline
- 5th of September: Application deadline
- End of September: Examination/review of each file – selection of participants –possible oral interview with Advisory Board
- 4th of October: Announcement of the selected startups
- October 2021 – March 2022: Acceleration program
- 6th of April: Closing ceremony
Any questions?
COMPETITION
To reward the best projects, selected partners are sponsoring special prizes at the end of the acceleration program to most promising start-ups selected by an Advisory Board
Winner: 30’000 CHF
2nd: 20’000 CHF
3rd: 10’000 CHF
And more to be revealed soon…!
SEASON 3 STARTUPS
ADVISORY BOARD 2021
Lajla Aganovic
Logitech
Vincent Bieri
Nexthink
Leo Bolchanine
AdNovum
Ubavka Cutile-Nikolova
VP at Barclays Private Bank
Patrick Ghion
Police de Genève
Bolko Hohaus
SICTIC (Swiss ICT Investor Club)
Jean-Philippe Lallement
Foundation EPFL Innovation Park
Sylvain Jaccard
Switzerland Global Enterprise
Christophe Nicolas
Kudelski Group
Nicholas Niggli
Republic and State of Geneva
Line Pillet
HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Yohann Perron
Innovaud
Guillaume Pahud
SGS
Francesca Bosco
CyberPeace Institute
Christophe Bouillard
Chief Information Security Officer
Olivier Busolini
SYGNUM
COACHES & MENTORS
TESTIMONIALS
“The Tech4Trust community has enabled us to forge successful strategic partnerships such as the one with Microsoft Azure. This partnership strengthens the security around patient data that is at the heart of the KimboCare initiative. We are feeling very proud and grateful for our time and experience with Tech4Trust.”
Franck Tiambo
“The Tech4Trust program allowed us to connect with the amazing local network of experts as well as, all together will other startups, present an incredible diverse offering.”
Harry Halpin
“The Tech4Trust program has been an incredible springboard for our young startup specialized in the field of data encryption in public clouds. We were able to exchange with remarkable coaches and above all benefit from an unparalleled visibility. The support of the canton of Vaud and the TrusValley has been a great help to start our developments and market our solutions to our first customers.”
Nagib Aouini
“We were very fortunate to have extremely qualified mentors who allowed us to better orient our strategy and thanks to which we were able to obtain really relevant information and recommendations which helped us to move forward. ”
Julian Naftule
“The program is an unique opportunity to meet high-motivated innovators and experienced folks with a security mindset. It provides a platform for visibility at the national level, with an appearance at the Swiss CyberSecurity Days. It does not get better than that.”
Laurent Balmelli
Lennig Pedron
Director
Bruno Descorps
Project Manager