The ninth edition of the Boldbrain Startup Challenge kicks off

Our seventh edition kicked off yesterday
CC Cardio wins the eighth edition

The Regional Jury has selected the ten finalists who will present their innovative projects at the Award Ceremony.
Mid-term 2025: The startups present their first pitches

Our seventh edition kicked off yesterday
The eighth edition of Boldbrain kicked off yesterday

Our seventh edition kicked off yesterday
20 projects selected for the 2025 edition

The expert committee has selected the 20 projects that will participate in the 2025 edition of our accelerator for early-stage startups and innovative ideas. The program will officially kick off on August 28 at the Suglio Business Center in Manno. This year, Boldbrain set a new record: 141 total applications, with 78 deemed eligible according […]
In Virtuo Labs wins the seventh edition

The Regional Jury has selected the ten finalists who will present their innovative projects at the Award Ceremony.
Here are the 20 projects of the seventh edition

The commission of experts selected the 20 projects that will participate in the 2024 edition of our accelerator for early-stage startups and innovative ideas, emerging from a total of 95 applications received, of which 61 were deemed suitable according to the criteria of the admission rules. The names of the selected startups are, in alphabetical […]
InfoDAY Boldbrain 2023: register now!

Do you have an innovative idea and would like to take it to the next level? Then Boldbrain Startup Challenge is the opportunity you were looking for!
To learn more about our startup accelerator program, register and attend the InfoDay on May 11 at the Hotel Luganodante: register here.
Don’t miss this opportunity, your success starts here!
Boldbrain will be at START Summit 2023

On Thursday, March 23 and Friday, March 24, Olma Messen in St. Gallen will host the 2023 edition of START Summit, the largest conference in Western Europe for entrepreneurship and technology.
Boldbrain will be exhibiting in the Switzerland Area, which will host some of the major players in the Swiss innovation ecosystem, with a booth that will also feature 2022 alumni Zario and GiPSy. Come visit us!
With the attendance of more than 4’000 startups, investors, companies and young talents, START Summit actively promotes innovation and offers an excellent networking opportunity. Whether you are an entrepreneur, business leader, or a person looking to improve your knowledge, START Summit 2023 is a must-attend event! Tickets for the event are quickly selling out. If you would like to attend, take advantage of the discount code from USI Startup Centre, a network partner of START Summit: by entering the code USIXSTART when purchasing tickets, you can receive a 30% discount.
AliperTherapeutics wins the fifth edition

At the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano, the final of the fifth edition took place. Among the finalists, AliperTharapeutics, a start-up created as a spinoff of the Institute for Research in Oncology (IOR) in Bellinzona with the aim of developing pharmacological treatments for prostate cancer, won the first prize from the national jury. The audience prize was instead awarded to Revozona, which also won fifth place from the jury. Using a special ozone gas process to clean raw fabrics, it saves 90% in CO2 emissions and water use and reduces the use of energy and chemicals by 40%. In second place was AQUAtryp®, in third place ZARIO, and in fourth place GiPSy, which also won a special prize from Hemargroup. The Agire Foundation awarded its desks at the Tecnopolo Ticino, for one year, to FormidAbile, Revozona and Zario.