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Le Bridge
With the support of S-GE, Business France in Switzerland and the French-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (CCIFS) are jointly organizing a unique event in Switzerland, bridging the gap between innovative startups and major groups.

Corporates often find it difficult to collaborate with innovative startups. The latter face a real challenge when it comes to identifying the decision-makers among the corporates with whom they would like to work. Le Bridge links these two types of players on both sides of the French-Swiss border. For startups, Le Bridge represents an opportunity to pitch their technology to major international groups in three minutes such as DPD, Akka Technologies, Sita, Soladis, SGS and Froriep.
For additional information please see the Le BRIDGE flyer available for download below.
The program is subject to change. The event will take place onsite, in hybrid or virtual mode depending on the development of the coronavirus situation.
Additional information: https://lebridge.ch/.
Originally scheduled for February, the event is postponed to June 28 and 29, 2021.
Information
Date |
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Target audience | Innovative startups |
Organizer | S-GE / CCI France / Business France |
Event language |
English French |
Cost of participating | CHF 200.- / CHF 400.- (with overnight stay) |
Agenda for Monday, June 28, 2021
Directors from CCI France / Business France in Switzerland
Collaboration between startups, major groups, and academics: keys to success
Pitches in either French or English
Pitches in either French or English
17:45: End and transfer to town
19:15: Official speeches
19:45 Guest speaker
20:15 Cocktail dinner party (to be confirmed)
Agenda for Tuesday, June 29, 2021
12:30 Packed Lunch and leave-taking
13:00 End
Pitch preparation Workshop prior to the event, June 14, 2021
- Intro 5'
- Presentation of the startup programme, 5'.
Presentation of registered startups, 1' per startup
Workshop, 1h
Q&A and next steps, 5'
The workshop will cover the following topics: event progress, how to make a good pitch without revealing too much (confidentiality issues) and a good follow-up, organisational differences between start-ups and corporates, specificities of the business in France and legal issues.
Pitch preparation Workshop prior to the event, June 21, 2021
Every startup will be offered a 15 minutes-slot for a test pitch and further feedback from our coaches. Steps :
- startup presentation, 30''
- business sector, 30''
- use case, technology application, 90''
- startup expectation 30''
- financial aspects + team
- technology maturity
Pitch preparation Workshop prior to the event, June 22, 2021
Same programme as the prveious day June 21, 2021. See above.
Documents
Location
Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich
C/O Stiftung Innovationspark Zürich, Wangenstr. 68
8600 Dübendorf
Suisse