Start-up internationalisation camps

Update Covid-19: Internationalisation camps

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Ready to scale your start-up internationally? Validate the market potential of your business idea, optimise your product-market fit and accelerate your market entry through Innosuisse’s internationalisation camps.

Where do you want to gain a foothold?
Market validation camps
Market entry camps

Where do you want to gain a foothold?

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Market validation camps

Are you ready to test your business idea in a foreign market? Which is the best market? How is your product perceived? What steps are necessary to successfully enter the market?

Innosuisse’s market validation camps offer you the opportunity to experience the target market in person, test your business idea on-site, talk to local experts and develop a tailored market entry strategy.

Who can take part?

Innovative Swiss start-ups:

with global ambitions and the potential for increased value creation in Switzerland
that can be expected to successfully enter the target market
that are enrolled in the Innosuisse coaching programme (initial, core or scale-up coaching) or awarded the Innosuisse certificate within the past three years

What do you get?

An individualised and tailor-made programme with full-immersion in the target market of up to four weeks
An opportunity to validate and test your product, service or business model on-site
Scouting services and targeted introductions to potential customers, authorities and business partners
Internationalisation mentoring and continuous guidance
Office and meeting space with on-site support
A stipend to cover a portion of your travel expenses

How to apply?

Start-ups already enrolled in the Innosuisse coaching programme need to select the preferred camp location in the above-mentioned interactive map and contact the local camp organisers.

Start-ups not enrolled in the Innosuisse coaching must first apply for Innosuisse coaching.

Market entry camps

Are you ready to scale your business into a new market? Is the business idea locally validated and the expansion strategy in place?

Innosuisse’s market entry camps will catalyse your business expansion and accelerate your market entry, giving your start-up a jump start in a new country.

Who can take part?

Innovative Swiss start-ups:

with a positive validation of their business idea in the target market
with the ambition to enter the market and the potential for increased value creation in Switzerland
that are enrolled in the Innosuisse coaching programme (initial, core or scale-up coaching) or awarded the Innosuisse certificate within the past three years

What do you get?

An individualised and tailor-made programme of up to three months to accelerate market entry
Office and meeting space with on-site support
Scouting services and targeted introduction to potential customers, authorities and business partners
A stipend to cover a portion of your travel expenses

How to apply?

Start-ups already enrolled in the Innosuisse coaching programme need to select the preferred camp location in the interactive map and contact the local camp organisers.

Start-ups not enrolled in the Innosuisse coaching must first apply for Innosuisse coaching.