How can we further support and encourage family offices to engage in impact investing? The need for effective impact investment opportunities is growing, where women and the next generation of asset owners (NextGen) have been the strongest supporters. Impact investing challenges the long held view that social and environmental...
Neumühle develops durable pieces with a social and ecological impact, bringing design and functionality into harmony. Last year, co-founder Andreas Fehr was selected to join the first batch of social entrepreneurs to take part in the Innosuisse training for impact entrepreneurs in the growth stage. Read on to learn...
Are you facing a growth step and wonder how to bring your business model to the next level, creating the basis to open up new markets? No doubt is there a lot to consider at this stage, ranging from a scalable high-impact business model, growth & internationalization strategies, partnership...
The 4th annual Zug Impact Summit is coming up 16-17 September, this year with a particular focus on ocean, health and consumption. We took the opportunity to talk to SIIA Board Member, Michael Mosimann, abut the Swiss Impact Investment Association (SIIA) and the upcoming summit. In the context of our recently published whitepaper,...
Hexagro Urban Farming is a Milan-based startup leveraging vertical farming technologies to reconnect people to nature and produce healthy medicinal plants to increase well-being, creativity, and productivity in working environments. Being one of the startups selected to participate in the SEIF Impact Academy Autumn Cycle 2018, the Hexagro team...
Dr. Tomas Brenner is currently Head of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab at ETH transfer, the technology transfer office of ETH Zurich. He has more than twenty years’ experience in the tech startup world, both in the US and in Europe, and is a member of the SEIF Awards Jury...
WINNER SEIF AWARD FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION 2016 CARBON DELTA is a research firm that specializes in identifying and analyzing the climate change resilience of publicly traded companies. Oliver Marchand, CEO and co-founder, started Carbon Delta in 2015 when he realized that the economic effects of climate change had started to really affect financial...
WINNER SEIF AWARD FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION 2016 Mosan has developed a transportable dry toilet and ecological sanitation service for densely populated settlements and challenging environments worldwide. They believe that a safe sanitation is the most effective way to improve the quality of life and the health of people. Mona Mijthab, founder of Mosan, will be...
We are excited to welcome Nir Shimony as our keynote speaker during the SEIF Awards Ceremony on June 28. With over 15 years experience in high tech sectors, Nir is the co-founder and co-CEO of TechForGood Israel. TechForGood supports impact entrepreneurs to grow, generate large scale impact and financial revenue. They are...
The finalists for the SEIF Awards 2019 Tech for Impact have been selected! Learn more about who they are and what they do below. Curious to meet them? Join us for the SEIF Awards Ceremony on June 28 to connect with the impact entrepreneurship ecosystem, celebrate leading European Tech for Impact...