With your innovative product or business model, you need capital to grow as a company.

There are several ways you can finance your project.

The following overview provides a good summary of the most common types of financing.

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At gründerplattform.de, you will find lots of useful information on the topic of financing.

Swisspreneur

The Swisspreneur website offers a free “Fundraising Masterclass” as well as a podcast episode on the topic.

Fundraising Masterclass

Podcast

Map Venture Capital Investors Switzerland

This interactive map gives you a quick and easy overview of venture capital firms in Switzerland.

Brauchst du Unterstützung bei der Wahl der passenden Finanzierungsform?

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On the Smart-up website, we have explained the most important support programs for start-ups.

Here you will find an overview of various funding programs that might be of interest. These provide various types of support to startups.

An overview of the most important start-up news and funding programs in Switzerland.

Support program for entrepreneurial university of applied sciences students

Innovation projects with Swiss partners

Present your idea to investors at Inspirience day!

Venturelab designs and operates flagship startup programs in Switzerland.

Kick your startup idea to success

You can find more tips and links to funding opportunities on the Smart-up website

Business Model Canvas

The Business Model Canvas helps you to develop your business model in a structured way. It shows the most important building blocks of your company on a single page - from value creation to customer relationships and sources of revenue. This allows you to quickly identify how your idea can become economically viable and which areas can be further optimized.