Talent Kick – Call for Applications by 06.11.2025

Talent Kick will help you find a co-founder with a complementary skillset and gain hands-on experience as an entrepreneur. During the program, you will create a stable foundation that enables you to confidently choose the entrepreneurial career path after your studies!

Program Overview
Talent Kick is a highly selective, cross-university program lasting 2 to 4 semesters until your graduation, which will help you find an interdisciplinary co-founder team and combine your studies with entrepreneurial experience.
The 1st semester is designed around bootcamps, events, workshops, and coaching, enabling you to form a stable team and a strong bond with your co-founders, develop your leadership skills, get initial direction, and validate your technology/problem space more in-depth. This will prepare you to take control of your entrepreneurial journey. The most successful students will receive initial funding and move on to semesters 2–4.
Semesters 2–4 focus on building your network and receiving valuable input from experienced entrepreneurs, executives, potential customers, investors, and experts. You will validate your first ideas practically, leverage synergies with your studies, and connect to further programs and funding sources to extend your runway.

At the end of the program the best participants will have…

• Validated Ideas
• Secured Fundings
• Co-founder secured and/or company founded
• Immersed in the Swiss and international entrepreneurial ecosystems
• Runway extended through other support programs Swiss-wide & from global program partners

Apply until 06.11.2024 for the Talent Kick program starting in spring 2025!