Venture Briefing
Venture Briefing Bern: How to get funded – Non-dilutive financing instruments for your spinoff or innovation project
Thursday, 2026/09/24, 12:00
© Universität Bern
The Innovation Office of the University of Bern, the Bern University of Applied Sciences and Venture Lab cordially invite you to the Venture Briefing Bern. In the first part of the event, various financing options for spinoff and innovation projects will be presented. In the second part, a founder talks about their experiences. Afterwards we are looking forward to the networking lunch, sponsored by the Gebert Rüf Foundation.
| Event organizer: | Innovation Office of the University of Bern in collaboration with Venture Lab |
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| Date: | 24.09.2026 |
| Time: | 12:00 - 13:00 |
| Locality: |
205 HRZ Hallerstrasse 6 3012 Bern |
| Registration: | Registration |
| Characteristics: |
open to the public free of charge |
Agenda
12:00 Welcome
12:05 Financing options
- Venture Kick & Gebert Rüf Stiftung, by Raffael Kellner (Venturelab)
- BRIDGE Funding, by Christian Brunner (Swiss National Science Foundation & Innosuisse)
- Startup Grants, by Bern Economic Development Agency (tbc)
- Overview of BFH-specific financing instruments, by Entrepreneurship Office BFH
- UniBE Venture Fellowship, by Laura Camurri (Innovation Office, UniBE)
12:30 Q&A on the funding instruments
12:40 Entrepreneur Input
A Founder shares their story (name: coming soon)