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...
Impact investments play an important part in reaching the UN SDGs by addressing a variety of global challenges, spanning from improving health and wellbeing to clean water access and energy efficiency. It is a story about choice, a story about our future and the world we want to see...
Reading about Simonetta Sommaruga’s visit to Kenya in a recent SRF article inspired us to delve deeper into the story of the recycling company she visited: Takataka Solutions. Daniel Paffenholz, founder of Takataka Solutions, participated in one of the very first SEIF Bootcamps and was one of the SEIF...
Social inclusion has the power to transform our societies. Find out more about how Social Entrepreneurs promote social inclusion in this article by our guest blogger Chinelo Ifeji. In a world where disparity between rich and poor is increasing and poverty is strongly linked to social exclusion, social...