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 the Technopark Zurich.

This is the STARTUP CAMPUS Team

Jacques Hefti

Co-Director
jacques.hefti@zhaw.ch

Matthias Hölling

Co-Director
matthias.hoelling@technopark.ch

Ben Graziano

Lead-Trainer STARTUP CAMPUS Trainings
ben.graziano@zhaw.ch

Anna-Katharina Kilp

Course Manager Zurich & Winterthur (Business Concept)
anna-katharina.kilp@zhaw.ch

Sarah Linder

Course Manager Zurich (Business Creation & Business Growth)
sarah.linder@seif.org

Lorenz Ineichen

Course Manager St. Gallen
Lorenz.Ineichen@startfeld.ch

Vanessa Burningham

Course Manager Lausanne
burningham@epfl-innovationpark.ch

Beata Gruschka

Lead STARTUP CAMPUS Incubator "RUNWAY"
beata.gruschka@zhaw.ch

Ramona Lieser

STARTUP CAMPUS Incubator "RUNWAY"
ramona.lieser@zhaw.ch

Nicolas Schneider

Marketing & Communication
nicolas.schneider@zhaw.ch

Anna-Maria Strässner

Marketing & Communication
anna-maria.straessner@zhaw.ch

Successful startup training

Our coaches and experts

Beda Meienberger

CEO/ Lecturer/ Coach

He is co-director of the Active Assisted Living AAL Competence Center of the FHS St.Gallen, lecturer and delegate of the FHS St.Gallen in the starting field.

Work experience 22 Years

Startup experience Years

Founding experience

Founder of Netlink AG
Co-founder of Object Engineering GmbH
Co-founder of the Solution Network Group
Co-founder of Telenet AG
Co-founder of Fun Language AG (founded in two countries)
Co-founder Fun Language Holding
Co-founder of Fun Language GmbH
Founder of Netlink Telenet AG

Experience in private economy

2004-2006

Penta Group AG, St. Gallen, VR

2004-2006

Penta Group REAG IT AG, Kehrsatz, CEO

1996-2004

Telenet AG, St. Gallen, VRP

1993-2004

Netlink AG, St. Gallen, CEO

1979-1993

Various positions with medium-sized and large companies in the CH industry

Berufserfahrung Academia

2010-2012

Master of Advanced Study in Coaching & Organisationsentwicklung, IAP / ZHAW

2011-2012

BSO Recognition as Coach BSO, Swiss Professional Association for Coaching, Supervision, Organizational Consulting

2007-2008

Master of Advanced Study in Business Information Management, University of Applied Sciences Eastern Switzerland, St.Gallen (FHO/FHS)

1997-1998

Entrepreneurship / Europreneur HSG, Insead, UHA Colmar und IKL Vevey

Dr. Kerstin Wagner

Professorin/ Coach

She has work experience in the fields of biotech and internet. Currently she is porject manager and professor at the Swiss Institute for entrepreneurship, HTW Chur and coach for business models and business set-up.

Work experience 18 Years

Startup experience Years

Founding experience

Co-founder of two companies

Experience in private economy

2006-2008

Senior Reasearcher and Lecturer at the Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship, HTW Chur

2005-2006

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Economic Research IWH Halle

2002-2005

Research and Teaching Assistant University of Regensburg

2000-2002

Empolyee, Corporate Finance at the November AG

2000

Research Assistant at CIRLAB S.P.A.

Berufserfahrung Academia

Professor for Entrepreneurship at the HTW Chur

Project manager at the Schweizerischen Institut für Entrepreneurship SIFE of HTW Chur

Head of the competence area “Gründung und Wachstum” (=Founding and Growth)

Dissertation on the subject Entrepreneurship Education

Master of Science in Business Administration (MScBA)

Master of Science in Engineering

1996-2002

Diploma, Economic Geography at the University of Regensburg

2002-2005

PhD, Economic Geography, Entrepreneurship at the University of Regensburg.

Dr. Martin Horst

CEO/ Project manager/ Coach

He is currently CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Nexilis AG, Owner of Accelerex GmbH and a Coach for CTI Start-up.

Founding experience

• Co-Founder Nexilis AG
• Founder Accelerex GmbH

Experience in private economy

2015

CEO and Chairman of the board of Directors at Nexilis AG

2006-2018

CTI Coach for Start-up companies in Switzerland (Mandate of Eidgenössischen Departements für Wirtschaft, eg. Covagen AG, Virtamed AG, Thelkin AG, Qvanteq AG, Numab AG)

2004-2018

Owner and CEO of Accelerex GmbH

2009-2014

CEO MyoPowers SA

2004-2010

Management Consultant (eg. Novartis AG, Synthes AG, Stryker AG, IsoTis SA)

2003-2004

Member of the Management Team Synthes AG

2001-2004

Head of Departments of Osteobiologics and Materials & Testing at Stratec medical AG, Member of Management Team (Iter Synthes AG and tody Depuy a J&J company

Berufserfahrung Academia

1998

Habilitation for Physiological Chemistry at the Medical Faculty of the University of Göttingen

1991-1995

Habilitation for Biochemistry at the Biocenter of the University of Basel

1987-1990

PhD Thesis in Biochemistry at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University

1982-1987

Study of Biology and Chemistry at the Ruhr-University Bochum and the ETH Zürich

Dr. Ben Graziano

Coach / Head-Trainer / Lecturer

He is Innosuisse Special Coach for Pitching, Climate KIC Start-up Coach, co-founder and director of Everbeam (Malawi), head trainer at the Startup Campus (Innosuisse Modules 2/3/4), start-up coach for Runway Incubator, Winterthur, and lecturer at the Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, ZHAW.

Work experience 20 Years

Startup experience 11 Years

Founding experience

Founder and Director, Aurora Software Limited (2000), United Kingdom

Founder and Director, Everbeam Limited (2013), Malawi

Experience in private economy

2013

Founder & director, Everbeam Limited, Malawi

2008-2012

Technology Commercialisation Manager, Carbon Trust Limited, United Kingdom

2004

Spacecraft Engineering Manager, EADS Astrium, United Kingdom

2000-2004