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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On startupticker.ch, you'll find an overview of the most important types of financing.

Swisspreneur

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

Fundraising Masterclass

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Map Venture Capital Investors Switzerland

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

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Tip: OOMNIUM is a Swiss crowdinvesting platform that helps startups raise funds and facilitates access to private investors.

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

Through "First Ventures" the Gebert Rüf Foundation supports bachelor's and master's students at Swiss universities of applied sciences who are developing an innovative business idea stemming from their studies for the market.

>>venture>> is an independent Swiss support program for innovative startups that offers prize money, mentoring, and access to investors and experts.

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The W.A. de Vigier Grant Program supports innovative startups that develop sustainable, socially relevant, or technological solutions.

Innosuisse is the Swiss Agency for Innovation Promotion. It supports SMEs, startups, research institutions, and other Swiss organizations in their research and development activities.

Through the *zünder accelerator program, selected startup projects have the opportunity to participate in a 10-month training series and benefit from intensive mentoring by experienced coaches and experts.

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.