Swiss

  • Why Switzerland needs the Swiss Investment Fund

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    Sébastien Flury

    Daniel Poffet, now graduated (congrats, btw!), did a great research in explaining what the European Investment Fund (EIF) is. Basically, the EIF is a public-private partnership founded in 1994 aiming to allow a better access to (venture) capital. It is mainly owned by the European Investment Bank and by the European Union. The activity of…

  • Swiss startup quotes – enter the game!

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    Sébastien Flury

    best entrepreneurial quotes of the year coming from Switzerland. If you’re older than 18, living in Switzerland, you can submit up to 3 quotes about entrepreneurship (in English, of course!) and from a Swiss based entrepreneur. There’s even a something to win: a voucher of CHF 250.- valid in one of 7 startups gone through…

  • Learnings from the Venture Leaders' experience

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    Sébastien Flury

    here – Gregory had to cancel at the last minute and was replaced by Samuel Welten, founder of Sunbeat). I came back from the trip to Boston and New York 10 days ago, and thought that what we’ve learnt or experienced could be profitable to everybody. For the first time, the Venture Leader team was not…

  • A great news for Swiss startup scene!

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    Sébastien Flury

    SublimeVideo, has been bought by video platform giant DailyMotion. The amount of the transaction has not yet been disclosed and seems to be both an acquisition of technology and talents. You can find more about the announcement here. The core team behind Lausanne-based startup Jilion started to work together long ago, in 2007. The initial project…

  • Does Switzerland exist on the European tech startup scene? (Part IV)

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    Sébastien Flury

    At Lift Conference, I had the chance to meet Trista Bridges, the co-editor of the English-written (!) French blog Rude Baguette.With the slogan “Pardon my French”(you know, it’s very uncommon to write in English in Paris), they cover the Internet and technology sector in France, combining breaking news with in-depth analysis. If you’ve never heard…

  • How a little Switzerland-based startup is beating Flipboard

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    Sébastien Flury

    Did you remember the startup sobees, which orginally built a better social desktop aggregator than trend follower Seesmic or Tweetdeck? sobees was also the first company in the world to launch a Facebook iPad application back in May 2010, with huge buzz. Gathering all their worldclass social media knowledge (how many players can show 4…

  • Venture Night @Lift Conference: 8 startup pitching!

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    Sébastien Flury

    AlpICT Venture Night took place Thursday evening at Lift Conference in Geneva. Successful entrepreneur Christian Wanner, founder and CEO of online supermarket LeShop, pitched quickly about the journey of his venture. He started in the web early days, in 1997, at 27. He and his team experienced the entrepreneurial rollercoaster so extremely that he was…