About Us
The organizing team behind Project Switzerland:
Michael Sauter
Head Scale-up Booster
Responsible Project Switzerland
Andreas Punter
Head Marketing & Communication
Gustave Angeloz
Associate
Amara Cespedes
Project Manager
Nicolas Blanchard
James Miners
Dominik Isler
Steffen Ehrhardt
Regula Bleuler
Project Switzerland Manifesto
WHY
I.
Our mission is to strengthen Switzerland’s long-term prosperity and technological sovereignty.
Globally scaling tech companies will drive future growth, create jobs and secure our global relevance.
II.
We believe global winners are important to the Swiss startup flywheel.
Successful scale-ups release capital, share knowledge, attract talent, and raise ambition.
WHAT
III.
We aim to close the scaling gap.
Switzerland is #1 in innovation – but too few startups scale internationally. We change that.
IV.
We connect experience with potential.
Project Switzerland brings the most promising scale-ups together with best role models of Switzerland who have already built and scaled global companies.
V.
We promote global ambition.
We help founders think bigger, move faster, and compete globally.
HOW
VI.
We believe in knowledge sharing at eye level
Scaling a company is a complex journey – learning from those who have already done it brings clarity, confidence, and helps avoid costly mistakes.
VII.
We embrace a culture of learning (through failure) at Project Switzerland.
Courage, risk taking, and fast learning including failure are essential to building global champions.
VIII.
We foster a give-back culture in the Swiss ecosystem.
Experienced entrepreneurs invest their time, expertise, and networks into the next generation.
IX.
We study the Swiss startup success model and support the education of the ecosystem.
We share scaling knowledge, growth archetypes, and the mindset shift from founder to scaler.
WHO
X.
Owned by Switzerland.
Initiated by Deep Tech Nation Switzerland and partners, powered by Switzerland’s best role models – but owned by Switzerland.