Deadline: 6-Nov-22
Do you have an idea or startup that can contribute to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy in Switzerland? Apply to the 12-week program to get support on bootstrapping your minimum viable product and validating your business model with the help from experts, creatives and techies!
The Circular Economy Transition (CET) Incubator enables teams and startups to prototype and develop solutions contributing to accelerate the transition towards Circular Economy in Switzerland.
During the program, the selected entrepreneurs work on developing their minimum viable product (MVP) and validating their business model, with the support from advisors, experts and their network of impact investors.
What Can You Expect?
- During 12 weeks, the participants will benefit from several elements of support that will empower them to bootstrap an MVP and validate its market potential with customers. By the end of the program, the entrepreneurs should be able to stop looking at their startup as a side-project and more as their full-time job.
- The entire support services provided by the CE Incubator have a value of CHF 15.000 per team. The CE Incubator has a zero equity and fees policy. This means you will not be charged anything for your participation in the incubator and the idea you develop stays entirely yours
Main Pillars of Support
- Community & space
- Connect with corporates, public institutions, entrepreneurs, creatives and techies, while working from an inspiring space (aka Impact Hub) at the heart of your city.
- Startup support
- Have 1:1 mentoring sessions and join workshops delivered by experienced experts in business & circular economy related topics to help you fine-tune your MVP and business model
- Events & connections
- Make meaningful connections and exchange best practices with peer entrepreneurs and circular economy experts at several events, taking place across Switzerland.
- Swiss-wide visibility
- Benefit from local and Swiss-wide exposure throughout the program, through conferences, pitching days as well as mentions on the press, newsletters and social media
Eligibility Criteria
- Each edition of the program incubates 25+ startups Swiss-wide split among cohorts in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Ticino and Zurich.
Criteria
- Before getting started, check whether you fulfill their criteria for acceptance:
- Working on my startup, project or idea for less than 2 years
- Startup doesn’t generate any revenues for the moment
- Solution is / will be implemented in Switzerland, in one of the cities the incubator is based
For more information, visit https://www.cetransition.ch/en/circular-economy-incubator