Startup Ecosystem

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STARTUP ENGAGEMENT & OPEN INNOVATION

Global Trendscouting

Collaborating with startups helps us speeding up Swisscom’s innovation process, developing disruptive fields of growth and offering clients innovative products. We believe in young entrepreneurs and support them as the SMEs of tomorrow and the backbone of an innovative Swiss economy.”

Interfaces between

startups and Swisscom

Roger Wüthrich-HasenböhlerChief Digital Officer Swisscom

Value of Swisscom's Startup Engagement for Switzerland

Since 2000 Swisscom has invested more than CHF 100 Mio. into startups. This engagement has created jobs and supported an innovative and competitive Swiss national economy.

Disruptive innovation in the fields of ICT, IoT, Big Data and FinTech.

Create and support a dynamic startup ecosystem.

Value of Startup Engagement for Swisscom

Speed up Innovation. Develop disruptive fields of growth and offer clients innovative products.

Intrapreneurship. Learn from startups about innovation culture and structure.

Startups

Universities andInitiatives

Support young entrepreneurs.

Startup Partners

OutpostPartnerships with startups to realize

proof of concept projects.Scouting for talented startups, initiate co-creation and venture opportunities.

Among others Swisscom invested in these winning contestants.

Investments:

Example:

Investments:

Inpost for startups, co-creation projects.

Mila: On-site customer support thanks to Swisscom friends. Among others Swisscom invested in these successful startups.

Investments into startups in strategic relevant fields.

Swisscom StartUp Challenge

Pirates Hub

Partnerships with startupsVENTURES

Silicon Valley

Success Case Application Cloud

Global innovation hub.

Swisscom OutpostScouting for tomorrow’s technologies and trends, bring them back to Switzerland.

Developed in Silicon Valley, launched in Switzerland by Swisscom.

CHF100 Mio.