Building ecosystems is a craft you do not learn from books. Our team has practised it repeatedly: from the fintech incubator of the Swiss stock exchange to a global quantum accelerator, across three continents, through design, build and operations.
Our team helped build and operationally run the F10 FinTech Incubator & Accelerator in Zurich: founded and operated by SIX, the operator of Switzerland's financial infrastructure. An initiative of the stock exchange became "The Home of FinTech", one of Europe's leading fintech ecosystems, which today continues to grow globally under the name Tenity as an innovation-ecosystem operator and early-stage investor.
Three consecutive programmes ("Idea to Prototype", "Prototype to Product", "Product to Market") plus corporate roundtables: from first concept to market entry, with structured stage gates, masterclasses, coaching and demo days.
Leading financial institutions as paying members, including banks, insurers and advisory firms of the Swiss financial industry. Corporates supplied real business challenges, ran pilot projects with the startups and became first customers: exactly the model we build for quantum today.
International hackathons in Zurich, Vienna and Singapore, presence at the world's leading fintech events, AI-assisted startup screening and applications from over 80 countries. Deal flow was engineered, not hoped for.
More than 50 startups incubated and accelerated, with a graduation rate above 80 percent, a 98 percent survival rate among graduates, over 20 million dollars in seed investment and more than 200 jobs created.
Alongside startups, corporate ventures emerged in the ecosystem's orbit that shaped the Swiss financial industry: from the national digital payment solution to digital exchange infrastructure.
Building the international Zurich–Singapore axis with hubs and programmes at both locations: the blueprint for how startups scale from a local ecosystem into global markets.
With QAI Ventures, our team carried the ecosystem craft into the quantum and AI world: as a venture builder, accelerator and early-stage investor based in Switzerland with international expansion. This is where the model proved itself in a deep-tech market where technology readiness, talent scarcity and long sales cycles make everything harder.
Building and running an accelerator programme specifically for quantum startups: with international scouting, competitive selection, investment in the participating teams and a programme that combines technological depth with commercialization.
Anchoring the ecosystem at a physical innovation site with quantum infrastructure: startups, corporates and research in one place, with access to systems instead of only simulators. The direct template for the hardware coupling we offer today.
Building locations and partnerships in North America and Asia, including programmes with regional government and research partners: proof that a quantum ecosystem can be replicated across continents, adapted to local strengths.
Founding and building ventures from scratch, with founder sourcing from research groups, use-case validation with industry partners and capital from the in-house vehicle: the most demanding module of the craft, in the most demanding industry.
Working with public agencies, universities and private investors in several countries: first-hand experience of the stakeholder landscape that shapes every government mandate.
Two complete ecosystems, two industries, three continents: the same craft, each time adapted to the context. The methodology, templates and processes from both builds flow directly into your mandate.
We bring an experienced core team from day one. The local team is built together with you: job profiles, recruitment, training and shadowing are a fixed part of the build phase, not an afterthought.
After a jointly defined period we hand the ecosystem over to your team in full: knowledge, processes, relationships and operations. The mandate ends with your independence, not with a dependency on us.
30 minutes on your plans, our approach, and the lessons from F10 and QAI Ventures that transfer to it.
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