Trust Valley

 A 6-month program open for international startups

Program fees are offered to selected startups

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STARTUP BENEFITS

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

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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

PwC SecTech Award

60’000 CHF Consulting Services

Winner: 30’000 CHF

2nd: 20’000 CHF

3rd: 10’000 CHF

And more to be revealed soon…!

ADVISORY BOARD 2021

Lajla Aganovic

Logitech

Anne Headon

UNIL

Marc Barbezat

Canton of Vaud

Vincent Bieri

Nexthink

Leo Bolchanine

AdNovum

Ubavka Cutile-Nikolova

VP at Barclays Private Bank

Yan Borboën

PwC Switzerland

Raphaël Conz

Canton de Vaud

Olivier Crochat

C4DT, EPFL

Stéphane Duguin

Cyberpeace Institute

Philippe Emery

S-Gate

Cédric Enzler

eXpert Solutions

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

Sylvain Jaccard

Switzerland Global Enterprise

Gérard Le Roy

SICPA

Frédéric Mauger

Sysmosoft

Christophe Nicolas

Kudelski Group

Nicholas Niggli

Republic and State of Geneva

André Duvillard

Réseau national de sécurité

Line Pillet

HES-SO  Valais-Wallis

Trust Valley
Sylvain Pasini

HEIG-VD

Patrice Perche

Fortinet

Jean-Marc Rickli

GCSP, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Trust Valley
Paul Such

Hacknowledge

Trust Valley
Dr. Mathieu Verbaere

ELCA

Alain Couttolenc

Chief Development Officer, IPSOS

Yohann Perron

Innovaud

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Guillaume Pahud

SGS

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Caroline Kokocinski

UNIL

Francesca Bosco

CyberPeace Institute

Christophe Bouillard

Chief Information Security Officer

Olivier Busolini

SYGNUM

COACHES & MENTORS

Amine Tazi

Brigitte Roy

carlos moreno

Carlos Moreno

dominique_guinard

Dominique Guinard

Trust Valley

Dr. Jean-Philippe Aumasson

davor pavuna

Em. Davor Pavuna

Fabien Jacquier

Fabrice Guye

francois d haegeleer

François D’Haegeleer

Gianfranco Moi

Trust Valley

Jérôme Bailly

jerome michaud

Jérôme Michaud

Julien Levis

laura tocmacov

Laura Venchiarutti-Tocmacov

Trust Valley

Laurent Balmelli

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Marcel Egger

Marie de Freminville

Mathieu Delavy

Micha Roon

Micha Roon

Morgane Pfefferlé

Pascal Marmier

Trust Valley

Pedro Paiva

philippe niederhauser

Philippe Niederhauser

Philippe-Emmanuel Maulion

Ria Kechagia

Sandra Dängeli

Sébastien Genet

Vera Steullet

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Vicken Bayramian

PARTNERS

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

Founder @ Kimbocare

« 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

CEO @ Nym Technology

« 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

CEO @ DuoKey

“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

EX0-SYS

« 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

CEO @ Strong.Network

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Director

Bruno Descorps

Project Manager