About RUNWAY Incubator:
- We support you and your start-up in the pre-seed and seed phase through a targeted coaching and mentoring program.
- We support business ideas from all industries and geographical regions in Switzerland.
- We are located in Technopark Winterthur - 20 minutes away from Zurich.
- We are part of the Zurich start-up ecosystem and offer access to services such as workshops, training and events of the STARTUP CAMPUS.
- We are a program of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the ZHAW Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Year of foundation
startups supported
% received funding
mio CHF
RUNWAY Boost Packages
How we support you:
• Product Development
• Product Management Tools
• MVP Essentials
• Intellectual Property
• Go-To-Market Plan
• Marketing Plan
• Sales For Founders
• Pitching & Storytelling
• Due Diligence Check List
• Capitalization Table
• Business Model & Plan
• Investor Relations
Onboarding & Administration
Online registration and application deadline
Fill out the registration form and submit your Pitch Deck.
Application deadline for a start in the following quarter: February 15th / May 15th / August 15th / November 15th.
Evaluation
We will evaluate your application.
Interview
After a successful evaluation we will invite you to a personal interview.
What happens after the evaluation of your application and the first interview?
If your application is complete and we see potential in you, your team and your idea, we will forward the documents to the Runway Evaluation Committee. The committee consists of representatives of the ZHAW Center for Entrepreneurship, Technopark Winterthur and the Zürcher Kantonalbank ZKB. After you will receive a decision from us on your acceptance into the Runway Startup Incubator.
We can help you
Our Team
We're happy to support you with any request.
Just send us a message and we will get in touch with you.
Dr. Matthias Filser
Head, RUNWAY Cluster & Head, STARTUP CAMPUS
Melanie Binggeli
Project Lead, RUNWAY Incubator
Vanessa Mohrig
Marketing & Community Builder
Annina Graf
Project Associate
Richard Bläse
Project Lead, STARTUP CAMPUS Business Creation Course
Emanuel Lüthi
Project Lead, STARTUP CAMPUS Business Concept Course
Beata Dinger
Project Lead, Büro Züri Innovationspark
Sandra Chellakudam
Project Assistant
