THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY INCUBATOR 2023/24
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 (check our Circular Economy in a Nutshell to know more about our Circular Economy vision).
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 our network of impact investors. Each edition of the program incubates 25-35 startups Swiss-wide split among cohorts in Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Ticino and Zurich.
Applications have closed for 2023/24.
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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
Timeline 2023/2024
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.
Mentors
During the three-month program, each of the 33 participating projects is supported by individual one-on-one sessions with an experienced entrepreneur or corporate executive:
Magdalena Szafranska
HR business partner/advisor at MSA - The Safety Company
Clemence Gillier
Business Development Manager and Sustainability Consultant at The SHIFT Agency
Ralph Schmidhalter
Innovation Strategist / Engineer / Business owner at atto GmbH
Katja Sylvia Bürki
Partner & Professional Inventor at Creaholic SA
Eszter Bana
Senior management consultant in group internal consulting at UBS
Joanna Kulpa
Global Account Manager and Assistant Directer at EY
Lisa Bounoure
Campaign Manager at WWF
Florian Lancelle
Crew scrum master and Agile Champion for GWM Securities-Backed Lending business. In other words: making Lombard loans become digital at UBS
Alessandro Biagini
Customer Experience Designer | Business Designer
Tuan Lam
Sustainability Transformation & Innovation Expert
David Perry
Ontological Life Coach PURECOACH
Ekrem Gündüz
Innovation Delivery Lead at Roche Global
Marco Bronda
Venture Capital Journey Executive at SalesPlaybook
Mariella Meyer
Senior Manager Corporate Sustainability | Food & Food Processing at WWF
Roy Franke
Expert in Innovation & Agility - Cofounder at SugarCup
Valerie Riedo
Digital Transformation in Real Estate Management at EY
Gianluca Carbone
QA Lead Automation Engineer in GCRG Transaction Monitoring and Anti Money Laundering at UBS
Kristina von Fuchs
Center of Excellence Lead for Agile Transformation in HR at UBS
Chani Guillard
Sustainability Senior Manager
at We Don't Need Roads
Hanna-Kajsa Fernström
Business Developer
Elina Kärki
Manager, Digital Transformation at EY
Denis Schraner
Team Leader Investment - Former startup COO and CFO at Trianon SA
Andreas Braendle
Founder & Chairman of the Board of Chimpy
Jonas Müller
Senior Manager - PLM und Innovation Excellence at EY
Mustafa Khybari
Global Markets / IB: Cash Equities Sales Trader at UBS
Jan Lederhausen
Transaction Manager - Growth Advisory at UBS
Miriam Gantert
Managing Partner at Superloop Innovation
Anja Bernet
Project Manager Strategy Development at WWF
Lucie Rein
Circular Economy Advocate former CEO of Sharely
Benedicte Deryckere
Independent Expert - Circular Economy and System Thinking
Barbara Webb
Director Group Governance at UBS
Daniel Tanner
Stream Technical Lead Client Document & Records Management at UBS
