About us : STARTUP CAMPUS

About us

STARTUP CAMPUS offers a wide range of startup activities for aspiring entrepreneurs and established startups, startup coaches, investors, and business angels. STARTUP CAMPUS brings together the threads of various startup activities: Innosuisse Start-up Trainings, individual startup coachings, coworking spaces, startup incubators, exciting startup events, awards as well as professional conferences on current entrepreneurial topics.

All these offers are only possible thanks to the strong strength of the consortium behind STARTUP CAMPUS. The consortium consists of universities, colleges, and techno- and innovation parks in the Zurich - Eastern Switzerland region. STARTUP CAMPUS is co-led by the ZHAW School of Management and Law and Impact Hub Zurich.

This is the STARTUP CAMPUS team

Dóra Schweighoffer

Course Manager Zurich
Innosuisse Start-up Training
dora.schweighoffer@startup-campus.ch

Emanuel Lüthi

Course Manager Zurich
Innosuisse Start-up Training
emanuel.luethi@startup-campus.ch

Bernd Schneider

Course Manager St. Gallen, Innosuisse Start-up Training
STARTUP CAMPUS
bernd.schneider@startfeld.ch

Björn Ignell

Course Manager Lausanne, Innosuisse Start-up Training (Social Entrepreneurship)
STARTUP CAMPUS
björn.ignell@startup-campus.ch

Merle Zur

Event & Projectmanager
STARTUP CAMPUS & Impact Hub Zurich
merle.zur@startup-campus.ch

Stephanie Ospelt

Lead Diversity & Entrepreneurship
Impact Hub Zurich
stephanie.ospelt@impacthub.ch

Dr. Ben Graziano

Co-Lead, Business Concept Course
Head Trainer, Innosuisse Start-up Training
ben.graziano@zhaw.ch

Dr. Richard Bläse

Co-Lead, Business Creation and Business Grwoth Course
Innosuisse Start-up Training
richard.blaese@startup-campus.ch

Beata Gruschka

Program Manager Runway Incubator
Innosuisse Start-up Training
beata.gruschka@zhaw.ch

Melanie Binggeli

Co-Lead Runway Incubator
Innosuisse Start-up Training
melanie.binggeli@zhaw.ch

Nathalie Minder

Marketing & Community Builder
Innosuisse Start-up Training
nathalie.minder@zhaw.ch

Dr. Christoph Birkholz

Co-founder Impact Hub Zürich
STARTUP CAMPUS Advisor
christoph.birkholz@impacthub.ch

Dr. Matthias Hölling

Team Lead Foundation Affairs at Foundation, TECHNOPARK® Zurich
STARTUP CAMPUS Advisor
matthias.hoelling@technopark.ch

Dr. Matthias Filser

Head, STARTUP CAMPUS Consortium
Head, Center for Entrepreneurship (ZHAW)
Lead, Innosuisse Start-up Training
matthias.filser@zhaw.ch

Some facts about STARTUP CAMPUS

Our coaches and experts

Katka Letzing

Co-Founder & Co-Lead Kickstart Innovation

He specializes in intellectual property management (patent monitoring, IP licensing, IP portfolio control), business development, and strategic planning.
He is an accredited Special Coach IP at Innosuisse, where he regularly conducts IP roadmaps and IP assessments for startups in the life sciences, chemistry, diagnostics and medtech sectors. In addition, he has mandates with SMEs for which he is responsible for IP management.

Work experience 34 Years

Startup experience 14 Years

Founding experience

He is founder, owner and manager of IPROMA GmbH.

Experience in private economy

Since 2014

Managing Director IPROMA GmbH

2013

Technology and Licensing Manager at ETH transfer (a.i.)

2002-2012

Prionics AG, Head of IP, Business Development and Business Unit Manager

1993-2002

Givaudan SA, Head of Agrochemicals, UV Filter, Flavour & Fragrances Laboratories, later Head of Patent Department Givaudan and Competitive Techno-logy Intelligence

1990-1993

Ciba-Geigy AG Head of Nematicides R&D Department

1984-1990

Hoffmann-La Roche AG, SOCAR AG, MAAG Dielsdorf AG Laboratory Manager

Berufserfahrung Academia

1971-1976

Master in Organic Chemistry

1978-1983

PhD thesis in Organic and Bioorganic Synthesis Chemistry with Labo-assistance for Chemistry and Pharmacy Students