Swiss startup competition venture is calling for up-and-coming entrepreneurs to send in their applications for this year.
Founded by Dr. Thomas Knecht in 1997, the venture competition aims to empower young entrepreneurs to develop their viable business ideas into startup companies.
The competition is a joint initiative between public research university ETH Zurich, McKinsey & Company, Swiss transportation company Knecht Holding, Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). venture is looking for applications from five industry verticals; finance and insurance, health and nutrition, ICT, industrials and engineering as well as retail and customer services. The finance and insurance vertical is the latest addition to their long-standing competition.