

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 5-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 organisations actually addressing trust issues.
In a nutshell:
High potential startups for a valuable peer2peer support
High quality contacts with corporates, mentors, experts and academics
Prestigious partners from the Trust Valley ecosystem (public, private & academic actors)
Strong presence in Switzerland but hybrid program that can be followed wherever you are
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.
In the field of cybersecurity, authentication, access control, artificial intelligence, data privacy, blockchain, anti-counterfeiting, traceability, GDPR, forensics, quantum, authenticity verification or related.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Registration
Before September, 5th, 2020
Selection of participants
End of September 2020
Announcement of participants
October 2020
Acceleration program
October 2020 – March 2021
Closing ceremony
End of March 2021
GOALS & BENEFITS
Visibility & Sales
Showcase innovative products/services and connect with potential customers
Pilots & PoCs
Creating synergies with research departments from corporate companies
Academic Partnerships
Creating opportunities for joint research projects with labs & professors
Mentoring
Exclusive 1-1 coaching by a pool of experts to accompany the startups during the program
Fundraising
Meeting investors, support in clarifying needs and development of pitching skills
Learn new skills
Workshops led by experts on tech, sales, management, legal aspects and fundraising
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…!
SELECTED STARTUPS 2020
Category "EARLY"
- Bug Bounty Switzerland : Crowdsourced cybersecurity for a safe digital Switzerland aiming to help large organizations to master their digital transformation.
- Cryptolex : Cryptolex allows everyone to access and use the Blockchain by recreating the process of certification and traceability.
- CyQuant : bridges cybersecurity and insurance by providing a platform for insurers to estimate risk exposure for companies and help IT security market close the gap.
- Cysec : provides a confidential computing solution applied to the edge that protects data in use by running your critical applications in a trusted execution environment.
- Diadem Technology : provides an easy, transparent and efficient contracting & billing system for Mobile Network Operators using smart contracts.
- DuoKey : helps companies store highly confidential documents and benefit from cloud services while protecting data with privacy and trust.
- ONLIFE+ powered by Edenair : provides the platform ONLIFE+ which allows to digitalize one’s life and spare time.
- KETL : is a Swiss AI-Infused SaaS solution to manage documents, emails and workflows dedicated to professionals who value privacy and productivity.
- Kimbocare : provides transparency and trust in the delivery of healthcare in developing regions.
- Orbitalize : is a mobile and web application that empowers public authorities and event organizers to oversee drone operations in their local airspace.
- Origin Food : enables transparency & collaboration across supply chains, with a focus on product traceability and product compliance.
- P3KI : is a decentralized and offline authorization solution that brings human trust to digital devices.
- Rumya : Digitalization facilitator helping companies comply with privacy regulations from data subject’s rights management to data breach and consents management.
- Sarus : empowers enterprises to leverage their most sensitive data assets for analytics and AI applications with the highest standards of data protection: differential privacy.
- Strong.Network : defines and automatically reinforces the rules of collaboration around code development by protecting data confidentiality and monitor intellectual property.
- UBCOM : is cybersecurity provider helping organizations to reveal their cyber exposure and digital awareness through a cost effective tool compliant with international standards.
- X80 Security : Automated Cyber Defenses by generating threats in a simulation environment.
- Zimt : is a digital traceability startup helping food businesses increase transparency & consumer trust.
Category "GROWTH"
- Clearwater Dynamics : provides horizon smart threat detection for Microsoft SaaS applications. Tackling event fatigue and the cyber skills shortage.
- Cyber-Safe Label : is the Swiss cybersecurity label that tackle SMEs’ risks and help them build trust with their partners.
- decentriq : enables secure data ecosystem by making data analytics confidential by design. decentriq enables businesses to identify analytics potential in datasets without having access to data.
- Inpher : provides XOR secret computing allowing advanced analytics and AI applications on distributed data sources without exposing or transferring sensitive data.
- Nym Technologies : is building the next generation of privacy infrastructure. A decentralized and incentive mixnet that can make any internet communication private, going beyond a VPN.
- PXL Vision: is providing highly secure and fully automated AI-based identity verification solutions.
- We can Group : created a decentralized network for major Swiss financial actors which allows them to share standard data with a high level of security and auditability.
- YESWEHACK : is providing a bug bounty & VDP platform relying on a global community of experts to minimize time to vulnerabilities detection and remediation.
ADVISORY BOARD 2021

Lajla Aganovic
Swisscom Ventures

Anne Headon
UNIL

Dr. Lan Zuo Gillet
Foundation EPFL Innovation Park

Marc Barbezat
Canton of Vaud

Vincent Bieri
Nexthink

Leo Bolchanine
AdNovum

Yan Borboën
PwC Switzerland

Raphaël Conz
Canton de Vaud

Olivier Crochat
C4DT, EPFL

Stéphane Duguin
Cyberpeace Institute

Philippe Emery
SYZ

Cédric Enzler
eXpert Solutions

Guy Escarfail
SGS

Antoine Geissbühler
Université de Genève

Patrick Ghion
Police de Genève

Bolko Hohaus
SICTIC (Swiss ICT Investor Club)

Jean-Philippe Lallement
Foundation EPFL Innovation Park

Dr. Vincent Lenders
Cyber-Defence Campus armasuisse

Gérard Le Roy
SICPA

Frédéric Mauger
Sysmosoft

Dr. Fabrice Moscheni
Fastcom Technology SA

Reshad Moussa
GEOSATIS

Christophe Nicolas
Kudelski Group

Nicholas Niggli
Republic and State of Geneva

Sylvain Pasini
HEIG-VD

Patrice Perche
Fortinet

Jean-Marc Rickli
GCSP, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Paul Such
Hacknowledge

Dr. Mathieu Verbaere
ELCA

Alain Couttolenc
Chief Development and external relations Officer
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
PROGRAM LED BY

Lennig Pedron
Director

Emilie Dondelet
Marketing & Communication
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