Meet our entrepreneurs, creatives, activists, artists, innovators, professionals, advisors, campaigners, investors, students, executives, intrapreneurs, leaders, disrupters, thinkers, makers, doers that have been working to make a positive impact in the world!
Startups
The Backpack2school educational initiative accompanies international school projects on the topic of Education for Sustainability, enables exchange programs for students of pedagogy and builds bridges between primary schools, universities and other institutions outside of Europe. They enable teaching experiences for prospective teachers around the world.
“As part of the #BaselIncubator program we are happy to be part of Impact Hub Basel!“
Nesrin Bourbia & Houda Bourbia, Co-Founders
Backpack2school supports the following Sustainable Development Goals:
- SDG 4 — Quality Education
- SDG 11 — Sustainable Cities and Communities
- SDG 17 — Partnerships for the Goals
“Well-trained and highly motivated teachers are the backbone of any education systems. The increasing cultural heterogeneity in Switzerland has changed the requirements for today’s teachers. The prospective teachers require strong intercultural competences to meet those requirements. According to studies, intercultural competences are ideally developed abroad. However, the current statistics of student mobility show that only 4% of students of pedagogy are taking part in an international mobility program. One of the reasons for the low participation is that the current mobility programs offered at the universities are not tailored to the needs of prospective teachers.“
ecochair.ch strives to reduce the amount of new furniture purchased, to reduce our impact on the planet. They do this by selling and promoting local second-hand, vintage and upcycled furniture, teaching people how to repair and refurbish things themselves and connecting them to local businesses that offer repair and refurbishing services.
“We were looking for a community to interact that shares our values, and offers opportunities for new ideas, synergies and partnerships – and found it with Impact Hub Basel.”
Kate Bottriell, Founder
ecochair directly tackles sustainable consumption and production patterns, by seeking to reduce the manufacture of new products, and equally reducing the waste generated by discarded furniture. Buying second-hand, repairing or refurbishing all displace the manufacture of new products. By doing so, ecochair works towards the following Sustainable Development Goal:
merakoi offers a variety of services to address barriers between healthcare companies and patients. They often struggle to collaborate efficiently and often miss the opportunity to integrate patients’ voices where it matters most: creating new healthcare solutions. Merakoi makes working with patient experts compliant, simple, impactful and fun!
“We are part of Impact Hub Basel’s community to network, communicate, have great and inspiring people around us and the most important thing to have fun.”
Silja Chouquet, Co-Founder
merakoi works towards the following Sustainable Development Goals:
FAB Learning is contributing to a positive impact on the world through the creation and curation of learning opportunities that promote new ways of thinking toward a common sustainable future. Learning marketplace of tutorials, courses, programs and projects, curated for how these contribute to making the world a better place. Learners follow a path from awareness of our world’s challenges to learning new, sustainable ways of thinking and about existing solutions, and onward to taking action within their spheres of influence.
FAB Learning consists of the platform Everyone’s a Teacher, helping subject-matter experts and organizations design and develop their own courses in their areas of expertise, and College For A Better World, a sustainability learning marketplace.
“I felt right at home at Impact Hub Basel ever since the first meeting in June 2017. I was looking to collaborate with passionate and creative people who strive to have a positive impact on the world.”
Russell Jones, Founder
By creating and curating learning opportunities that promote new ways of thinking toward an environmentally sustainable, socially just and spiritually fulfilling human presence on this planet, FAB Learning is working towards all of the Sustainable Development Goal via:
TRAIN TO RIFF – short T2RIFF – develops multifunctional high quality sport clothing, which is manufactured sustainably: Recycled. Bio. Fair.
“I chose to work at the Impact Hub Basel because they have two great things: 1. Focus on sustainability 2. Worldwide unique community“
Oliver Trifunovic, Founder
T2RIFF supports the following Sustainable Development Goal:
Freelancers
Ascentys Advisory is building a tool that allows medium to large sized companies to “easy and automatically” measure their complete Strategic Sustainability Position.
“I am a member at Impact Hub Basel to be part of a community of like-minded people.”
Jerome Raguin, Founders
Ascentys Strategic Sustainability Advisory supports the following Sustainable Development Goals:
Resonance supports whole organizations and individuals to transform to more wholesome and wise actors through coaching and focusing on following key words: Well-being, resilience, mindfulness and resonance.
“I am a member of Impact Hub Basel, because of the community of purpose-driven people.”
George Peterburs, Founder
Resonance is contributing through said key activities to the following Sustainable Development Goal:
SMEs
Currents&Tides is a Swiss consulting company that implements organizational development with the clear focus on new, less hierarchical forms of collaboration. They accompany organizations that deliberately embark on the adventure of working in a meaningful and lively way with fluid structures, broad distribution of responsibilities, and flexible collaboration. Currents&Tides focuses on agile (leadership) competencies, practices, development approaches and organizational forms of a new world of work. For several years, they have built up competence and gained concrete experience in this field.
“We work at Impact Hub Basel, not only because a co-working space is very suitable for our business but also because we find here a purpose-driven environment that matches perfectly with the DNA of our work.”
André Ilg & Ursula Jucker, Co-Founders
Currents&Tides supports the following Sustainable Development Goal:
“In our work it is always important to us to respect the individual time that people and organizations need for their development and to create the necessary space for it, without losing sight of the goal.”
Digital Development & Learning Kux (DDLK) offers innovative online training on customer acquisition, sales and customer loyalty. Long and expensive business trips including overnight stays in seminar centers give way to cost-effective, flexible and intensive online training. DDLK has decades of experience in adult training and use the latest internet technologies (Cisco WebEx).
“We chose to be part of Impact Hub Basel because of the international combined with local network.”
Gabriella Kux-Wagner & Stephan Kux, Managing Partners
Digital Development & Learning Kux is reducing travel by offering innovative online training and thus, works towards the following Sustainable Development Goal:
Xpreneurs help individuals, teams and organizations discover their unique strengths and how they can tap into and leverage their full potential. Xpreneurs focuses on the natural talents and strengths of people and helps business leaders in fostering environments where people are flourishing for their own and their employers benefit.
“We are part of the community at Impact Hub Basel, because of the great network with open-minded people.”
Patrick Scheuerer, Founding Partner
Xpreneurs supports the following Sustainable Development Goal:
“We create change operating under holacracy.“
Foundations & Initiatives
nachhaltig wirkt was founded in 2008 and creates ecological, social and financial added value with every service. For this purpose they – together with partner companies from other areas – put together specific teams. The main goal is to make sustainable management, work and life easier and more accessible to the mainstream.
“Impact Hub Basel is a great organization and philosophy and I was supporting Andre Moeri and the Founders from the beginning.”
Pierre Strub, Founder
nachhaltig wirkt strives to work towards all the Sustainable Development Goals by:
- Implementing specific services (operations, projects, product development, communication) for companies to increase competitiveness and reputation as well as sales of sustainable products and services
- Stakeholder engagement, creation of political or voluntary measures and favorable framework for sustainability
- Creating awareness via communication and campaigns
- Enabling sustainable investment and projects by connecting companies and investors
Investors
Fundament is an impact investor (Startups and SMEs successions) focusing on sustainable food and circular economy.
“Sustainable & social businesses are definitely our future. Therefore I am keen to get to know exciting business ideas and exchange with like-minded people at Impact Hub Basel. And – although technology is great – I am still a big fan of direct & personal interaction.“
Rahel Gerber, Investor
Fundament focuses on investments supporting the following Sustainable Development Goals:
More members
Nicolas Weber is an individual member at Impact Hub Basel. He is not engaged in any particular business yet, but wants to contribute to a more sustainable future.
“I love what Impact Hub Basel stands for. A community of like-minded people, an organization which embraces diversity (gender, culture, etc.). I like the dynamics of the co-working space. And it was Impact Hub Basel which introduced me to a realistic world view (i.e. the circular economy).”
Membership Benefits
All members get the following benefits:
- 20% off event venue bookings
- 50% off room bookings
- Discounted day passes (CHF 10 discount)
- Discount on event tickets
- Exclusive member-only events
- Business promotion support
- Access to all Swiss Impact Hubs
- Access to our Global Community
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