Programmes
We at Impact Hub Basel are supporting startups in Northwestern Switzerland on their journey to a sustainable and growing business.
We are a non-profit organisation that tackles the most urgent problems of our time as identified by the United Nations.
Startups supported since 2019
focus sustainable development goals
Programme overview
Female Founders Coworking Morning
Female Founders Coworking Morning
Female Founders Coworking Morning The Female Founders Coworking Morning Basel is the first regular community-based program in our region focussed on strengthening the ecosystem of (aspiring) female founders and self-employed women by providing opportunities to network, collaborate, and build entrepreneurship skills in a safe and inclusive environment Key Facts of our growing community: 0 + […]
Incubator
Incubator
The Basel Incubator enables early-stage startups to develop a stustainable business where their solutions deliver impactful outcomes in Basel and Switzerland. It is a 12-month support programm (business development + early stage incubation) for 5-6 startups.
Youth Support Program – YSP
Youth Support Program – YSP
Youth Support Program (YSP) targets Ukrainian youth between the ages of 15 to 20 in Basel area that need to continue their studies or choose their professional path in the current uncertain situation. A series of meet-the-expert sessions will help 100+ young people to understand the educational system in Switzerland and how they fit into it. The program will help them concentrate on their strengths and motivate them to take considered next steps in a structured way.
Lafiya Innovators
Lafiya Innovators
Lafiya Innovators is a startup incubation and acceleration program created to support and accelerate early- to mid -stage startups in emerging economies, focused on public health, healthcare, or directly impacting the determinants of health.
Circular Economy Transition – CET
Circular Economy Transition – CET
It currently takes place in 5 Swiss cities – Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, and Zurich. In close collaboration with Impact Hub Switzerland, sanu durabilitas and with the support of the MAVA foundation, this initiative contributes to drive the new paradigm for the future of business, policy making and society through 4 main pillars.
Zero Waste Innovation Lab – ZEWIL
Zero Waste Innovation Lab – ZEWIL
The Zero Waste Innovation Lab – ZEWIL was created by Impact Hub Basel in collaboration with FHNW, Innosuisse and the foundation Christoph Merian Stiftung to promote economic processes and zero waste innovations that lead to a far-reaching, ideally even complete reduction of waste and resource consumption at every stage of the supply chain.
EmpowHER
EmpowHER
The program was run in 2021, in partnership with Arcas Foundation, Impact Hub Zurich and Thrive with Mentoring, and supported 11 women founders in the process of creating sustainable and thriving businesses with the purpose to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) locally or globally.
Innovators for Children
Innovators for Children
Innovators for Children an annual acceleration program dedicated to early-stage technology solutions that have a positive impact on the education, health and well-being of children and adolescents. The program is jointly implemented by Impact Hub Basel and Impact Hub Bucharest with support from Fondation Botnar and the Vodafone Romania Foundation.
Climathon
Climathon
Climathon is a global movement that is organized locally. So it is a city-based program that offers a clear pathway to climate action. At the core of the Climathon program is a yearly 24-hour idea-marathon, ideathon, that takes place in hundreds of other cities across many continent
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