VENTURE BRIEFING @HSLU

The Venture Briefing event series is designed to help students with an intent to pursue entrepreneurship take their first steps towards building a successful company. The events are held in English. The event features a keynote speech from a successful entrepreneur. The entrepreneur will talk about their startup and share details about their journey building a successful company. They will also help answer some of your questions during the Q&A session:

• How to become an entrepreneur?
• How to validate my idea?
• How to fund my idea?
• How to find help to bring my idea to life?

Eligibility

• Students, PhD, Postdoc, Academic Staff & Alumni, Interested in Entrepreneurship

Benefits

• Inspiration and networking
• You will also be introduced to different support programs available to new entrepreneurs:
  • Venture Kick (up to 150K pre-seed capital for business development)
  • InnoBooster (up to 150k grant to accelerate market entry)
  • First Ventures (financial support and tailored coaching program for University of Applied Science students)
• Following the keynote speech and introduction to the support programs, 6 aspiring entrepreneurs from the audience will have the unique opportunity to pitch their business idea in 3 minutes or under. The best pitch will win a 30-minute pitch consultation session with a member of the Venture Kick team.

Application Process

• Click here to apply

Note: A networking apéro will be hosted at the end of the event, where audience members will have the chance to talk amongst themselves and potentially meet their future co-founders & team members!