To coincide with the award ceremony for the 2022 Pionierpreis, its sponsors, Zürcher Kantonalbank and Technopark Zurich, have launched a completely new website for this leading award for Swiss innovators. “The goal is to noticeably increase the reach of the Pionierpreis,” says Dr. Matthias Hölling, Team Leader Foundation Areas at the Technopark Zurich Foundation. He continues: “The website and most communications will therefore be in English to make the award more accessible to potential applicants from all over Switzerland and founders originating from other countries. In addition, we have increased the eligibility period for all applicants to five years after the founding of their start-ups.”
The international appearance will better reach companies in all regions of Switzerland, as well as the many engineers and scientists who have come to Switzerland from abroad. Also, the Pionierpreis aims to do justice to Switzerland’s worldwide reputation as a leading location for innovation. The start of the application period will be announced to a broader audience in the future.
The start-up Decentriq from Zurich uses data protection technology and artificial intelligence to create completely new opportunities for collaboration between companies. The start-up won over the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark jury with its “clean room for data” and can look forward to CHF 100,000 in prize money.
The finalists for the ZKB Pionierpreis Technopark are Avelo, Decentriq and Stimit. The winning team will receive CHF 100,000 in funding at the award ceremony at Technopark Zurich on 7 May.
Zürich – The panel of judges has made its shortlist: From 45 applications, eleven start-ups are still in the running for the Pionierpreis 2024 – an initiative by Zürcher Kantonalbank and Technopark Zürich – which will be presented on 7 May at Technopark Zürich.