# Venture Kick

> Venture Kick is a privately financed philanthropic startup initiative in Switzerland, operated by Venturelab under the Kick Foundation. It supports research-based founding teams with up to CHF 150,000 across three stages, business coaching and investor access, with separate follow-on opportunities through InnoBooster and Kickfund.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** Schlieren, Switzerland
- **Founders:** Beat Schillig (Co-founder and founding co-manager), Jordi Montserrat (Co-founder and founding co-manager)
- **Products:** Three-stage Kicking Process, Kickers Camps, Demo Brunch
- **Notable:** Reached 1,000 incorporated startups in March 2026 with Stellar Alpina., Reported CHF 1.25 billion in alumni follow-on financing during 2025., 66 alumni appeared in the 2025 Top100 Swiss Startups.

## Products & services

- **Three-stage Kicking Process** — Up to CHF 150,000 over nine months: CHF 10,000 grant, followed by CHF 40,000 and CHF 100,000 convertible loans under published core program terms.
- **Kickers Camps** — Two-day camps with commercial execution, pitching and fundraising guidance accompanying the funding stages.
- **Demo Brunch** — Curated meetings for alumni founders actively fundraising and prospective investors.

## Achievements

- Reached 1,000 incorporated startups in March 2026 with Stellar Alpina.
- Reported CHF 1.25 billion in alumni follow-on financing during 2025.
- 66 alumni appeared in the 2025 Top100 Swiss Startups.
- Supported 130 new projects in 2025 after 990 applications.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Maus Robotics obtained CHF 150,000 to develop autonomous fresh-food deployments.
- **2026-03** — Stellar Alpina marked the 1,000th incorporated startup.
- **2026-02** — Venture Kick reported CHF 10.2 billion in cumulative alumni follow-on financing and an 84% survival rate for incorporated companies; the latter is a reported portfolio measure, not an individual forecast.

## Links

- Website: https://www.venturekick.ch/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/venture-kick
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/venturekick
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0VQaZPzct9H-R_wM3CiG7_qEeFewXAmo
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/venturekick/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/venturekick

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Last updated: 2026-10-08