What happened 2019? Tech for Impact, a growing team and exciting new developments
With new developments, a growing team and countless, inspiring, interactions with many amazing impact driven entrepreneurs, we can really say a lot of great things happened this year. We can’t wait for 2020 and all exciting things ahead. But first, let’s reflect a bit on what happened the past 12 months. For the SEIF Awards, […]
How to scale-up your impact startup
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 strategies, impact management, legal structures, organization, […]
Tech for Impact at ETH Zurich – a discussion with Dr. Tomas Brenner
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 2019. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab […]
SEIF Awards 2019 – MEET THE FINALISTS
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 entrepreneurs and listen to inspiring speeches. […]
Tech for Impact
Tech For Impact wants to solve societal and environmental challenges with a positive impact, one could say it is the human side of technology for social change. The great potential of technology to foster social change is evident. However, past events have shown that this potential not only brings chances but also risks. At seif, […]
How to create an agricultural innovation space right in the heart of Switzerland?
St-Aubin is located in the canton of Fribourg in the heart of Switzerland. The scenery is typical Swiss: A village surrounded by vast agricultural fields, next to it an industrial area and further away the world-renowned lakes and Swiss Alps. Right there the canton of Fribourg has now the ambition to create a world-renowned innovation […]
Congratulations to our former seif Award Winners!
End of May we launched our seif Awards Success Stories, where we interviewed some of our former Award Winners and asked them about their journey ever since winning the seif Award. Now we already have more success stories to share with you! In June, Carbon Delta, a data analytics firm that specializes in climate change […]
Blockchain for Good
What’s blockchain got to do with it? Undoubtedly, blockchain has become a subject of great interest and a field of booming innovations. While still in the ‘early adopter’ phase, blockchain has huge potential as a tool to accelerate social innovation around the globe. In this article, we briefly explain the concepts behind the blockchain, as […]
Social Inclusion
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 inclusion has become a hot topic […]