IFJ Institut für Jungunternehmen

Each day more than 50 people step into self-employment. It takes courage to do so. And passion. A little more then 25 years ago, we have made it our mission to guide these entrepreneurs on their way to successful businesses. So they can develop their role as a part of the Swiss economy. More than 100.000 startups were accompanied by the IFJ Since the first meeting of entrepreneurs, which the IFJ joined in 1989 as a startup itself, we have supported more than 100.000 entrepreneurs. Since then a unique wealth of experience has been accumulated, which we now share with the next generation of startup founders. Hands-on support and knowledge There are many support offers and countless measures for young entrepreneurs. Among other things, the online incorporation service, dozens of guides and checklists, intensive courses, a business plan software, an accounting solution and business events at 13 locations in Switzerland. The first address for Startups in Switzerland venturelab started 2004 as a national startup training program, and has since then conducted 202 entrepreneurship events with more than 23‘000 participants from Swiss universities and organized 3‘225 workshop modules to train innovative startup projects. Since 2015, venturelab focuses as a private initiative on the best startup talents with the ambition and the potential to grow internationally. Together with successful founders, key academic and industry partners we set up an accelerator to support the next startup generation. World-class startups. Swiss made. Up to CHF 130.000 for academic startups IFJ is also mandated to run Venture Kick, an initiative of the Venture Kick Foundation, that helps potential entrepreneurs by giving them the opportunity to win up to CHF 130.000 in pre-seed capital. More than CHF 16.01m invested, over 403 startup projects financed, more than CHF 896m in financing volume and 3434 jobs created - this is Venture Kick's track record since the private initiative was launched in the fall of 2007.

Address: Kesslerstrasse 9, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Phone: +41 71 242 98 98
FAX: +41 71 242 98 99