The START Summit was one of the most important European conferences for entrepreneurship. Over 7,000 visitors, more than 1,000 start-ups and over 1,000 investors from all over the world used the event to make new contacts and initiate collaborations.

For the first time, the leading institutions and organizations of the St.Gallen startup ecosystem appeared together at the START Summit. Under the motto “St.Gallen – Success through Access”, they presented the region’s strengths and supported founders on their journey from idea to scaling.

Also present were:

• Promotion of the Canton and City of St.Gallen
• University of St.Gallen (HSG)
• HSG START Accelerator Foundation
• OST – Eastern Swiss University of Applied Sciences
• Switzerland Innovation Park East with its “Startfeld” start-up promotion program
• Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research
• St.Galler Kantonalbank
• Private investors like b2venture

This close collaboration created a strong network for start-ups and made St.Gallen visible as a location for innovation – both nationally and internationally.