Central and Southeast Europe is one of the fastest growing startup regions in the world - and an exceptional opportunity for Swiss investors. On June 11th, we will discuss early-stage investments in purpose-driven founder teams in this vibrant region focusing, amongst others, on health, education and climate tech. 

If you want to know more about our efforts to connect the Swiss and CEE startup and investment ecosystems, get in touch with Christoph Birkholz

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Program

• Welcoming (swisscontact, Greater Zurich Area, Impact Hub) 
• The early-stage investment ecosystem in CEE (swiss entrepreneurship program)
• Pre-seed Venture Capital investing in the region (PurposeTech)
• Startups on stage (Labbox, EarthCare.ai, eNOugh, Fuller Vision) 
• Panel discussion: How to connect Switzerland and Central & Southeast European ventures?
• Closing and Drinks

Speakers

• Swiss Serial-Entrepreneur and Startup-Investor, Roland Zeller
• Dajana Dzindo, executive director of Foundation 787
• PurposeTech founder Fred Zdenek Fous
• Katka Letzing, CEO / Co-Founder, Kickstart Innovation
• Entrepreneur and investor Ardian Hoxha
• Jakob Modéer, leading the SECO funded Swiss Entrepreneurship Program in the region (implemented by Swisscontact)
• Founder of EarthCare.ai, Gorjan Jovanovski
• Ina Jovicic, founder of eNOugh
• Co-Founder of Fuller Vision, Reed Foster
• Arta Shehu, CEO of Labbox
• Director Europe of Greater Zurich Area AG, Rolf Bühler
• Teresa Widmer, Global Manager Swiss Entrepreneurship Program
• Impact Hub Zürich co-founder, Christoph Birkholz

Details

• Tuesday, 11th June 2024
• Event: 17:00 - 19:00 
• Kraftwerk Selnau (Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zurich)
  

The event is a collaboration of PurposeTech, Swiss EP by SECO/Swisscontact, Kickstart Innovation and Impact Hub - in partnership with Greater Zurich Area.