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Join the Swiss Growth Programme and benefit from strong partners, funding and a distinguished label.

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Building a start-up has never been easy. Very specific challenges such as balancing time and money resources while at the same time defining your strategy and brand positioning. We love start-ups and have been giving them the right boost for a whole decade now.

We offer business model assessments, reviews of strategic directions, and practical advice on every aspect concerning the growth of your business. We continue to develop SEF.Growth into THE growth programme to promote entrepreneurship in Switzerland.

Stay up to date on the SEF.Growth High Potential Labels, events and partner contributions.

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Conference Offers

  • Access to the SEF conference portfolio
  • Exclusive presentation opportunities
  • Opportunity to apply for limited Free tickets

Strategy Assessments

  • Detailed evaluation of your growth strategy
  • Personal meeting with highly regarded entrepreneurs
  • Preparation for discussions with investors and partners

Quality Label & Award

  • SEF.Growth High-Potential Award
  • Recognition of your potential
  • Information about exclusive support services

Fundamentals

  • Measures to protect your intellectual property and innovation
  • Risk analysis of current and future business activities
  • Accompanied strategic situation analysis

Scaling

  • Analysis of the maturity of the product roadmap
  • Technical milestone and potential cost reduction checks
  • Tailor-made team of experts to give legal, financial, and strategic advice.

Banking & Funding

  • Access to qualified banking and financing solutions
  • Finding investors and securing growth loans

Conference Offers

  • Access to the SEF conference portfolio
  • Exclusive presentation opportunities
  • Opportunity to apply for limited Free tickets

Network-Opportunities

  • Participation in network events
  • Access to the SEF.Founder network
  • Practical discussions and presentations

Meet Industry Leaders

  • Direct access to decision-makers
  • Networking and presentation opportunities
  • Industry-specific meetups
12
years in the market
850+
applications
450+
participants
10+
programme partners
50+
entrepreneurs as experts
105
High Potential Labels
200+
millions of
determined
 capital
95%+
success rate of
High Potentials

Participating is as easy as 3 Steps

Registration

Select the Modules that are relevant to you and complete your non-binding registration.

Evaluation

We arrange and an individual interview to determine whether or not we are a good fit for each other.

Take off

We identify your ideal entry point into the SEF.Growth programme.

Raphael Studer 

CEO of Algrano 

The journey to get awarded the SEF High Potential Label was the most valuable. It opened doors and got us a network of service providers and experts who can support our growth and take us further.

Sandro Schmid

CEO and founder, AAAccell Ltd

We found working with the SEF.Growth team of experts to be a professional, understanding and fruitful experience. The experts asked lots of important questions, which helped us to hone our profile and reflect on our strategy. The journey was the aim in itself, and the label was the cherry on top.

Michael De Vivo

CEO, DEPsys

The SEF.Growth programme brought us together with highly qualified people. Expert feedback is immensely important at every stage of a company’s development. The SEF.High-Potential Label makes the process more official and lends the company credibility.

Pascal Späni 

Co-Founder and CEO of Brame 

The program promises increased visibility and instilled trust in the brand. Once into the program, we encountered and appreciated the honest feedback from experts who were previously unfamiliar with the company. Their input improved the business plan structure and highlighted the potential of our pioneering business.

David Allemann

Founder, On Ltd

Being recognised as a SEF.High-Potential by an independent team of experts vindicated our growth strategy and facilitated access to growth capital.

Marc Bolliger

Founder and CEO, Pickwings Inc.  

The SEF.High-Potential Label has enabled us to expand our network, massively boosting our recognition and confidence in us as a start-up.

Tobias Richter 

Founder and CEO of TRI Dental 

Within the SEF.Growth label process TRI has received encouragement and approval for their US market expansion plans. Hearing this from experts has given us the confidence to strongly focus on this milestone in the upcoming months and years.

Philippe Sahli 

Co-Founder and CEO of Yokoy 

Having a third-party opinion on what you do is always interesting. We had fascinating discussions with SEF.Growth experts. And for sure, we will benefit from the label by gaining trust from new potential customers.

Julian Nolan 

CEO of Iprova 

The SEF High Growth Potential label is both a value-creating process and a huge accolade and I would recommend it to other Swiss companies who are looking to scale-up.

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