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Kickstart Innovation

Kickstart Innovation Zurich, Switzerland · open to applicants worldwide

Swiss open-innovation program that connects established startups with leading corporate and public partners for pilots and commercial partnerships, rather than early-stage idea acceleration.

Free to start · no account needed

Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes.

You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.

About

Also: corporate pilot and partnership matching; investor connections; Swiss ecosystem access.

Program calls announced on the site.

How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).

What to prepare: application form, deck.

From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Since 2015, we have facilitated 400+ commercial partnerships”

Who can apply

  • Open to founders

What you will need

  • Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Pitch deckUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.

How to apply

Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.

How Onward Scout helps

This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.

Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.

Let Onward Scout prepare this application

Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Kickstart Innovation without your tap.

Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.