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63%
of participants already generate income during the program
63%
of participants already generate income during the program
504
entrepreneurs supported since 2017
504
entrepreneurs supported since 2017
51%
are women
51%
are women
800+
experts support SINGA
800+
experts support SINGA
44
companies/associations founded in Switzerland, 91% are still active today
44
companies/associations founded in Switzerland, 91% are still active today
36%
of the participants have refugee experiences
36%
of the participants have refugee experiences
success stories
Michael is the founder of “White Gold™” – Egyptian Cotton Socks with a social mission. Every purchase of White Gold socks serves multiple purposes: you get a great pair of socks made from the world’s finest Egyptian cotton, support local workers in the Nile Delta, and build a migrant-owned and run business in Europe.
“White Gold™” – Egyptian Cotton Socks
Olga is the Founder of Christie's Bakery, creating precious moments with Cakes & Cupcakes. She already manages the bakery, opened 2 tea rooms in Geneva and is on her way to greater expansion. Stay tuned !
Christie’s bakery
Davut is the Founder of Altech and offers the service of supplying high quality aluminum profiles to customers in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. Altech meticulously carries out the stages of order, production, transportation and delivery.
Altech - high quality aluminium to Switzerland
Anouk and Marianne co-founded Serie K offering companies the possibility to repurpose their branding materials (banners, roll ups, flags etc.) and transform them into accessories made locally.
Serie k - upcycling sewable materials
Aimeerim founded SonKol, importing handcrafted goods made by women communities in Kyrgyzstan.
Son kol - crafts from Kyrgyzstan
Mustafa is the Founder of Safe-it, a mechanical design that could help save people’s lives in earthquake-prone cities.
Safe it - saving lives from natural disasters
Angela and Katya co-founded Brodex, an innovative new concept for the re-use of textile waste.
Brodex - upcycling textile waste
Nigist Goytom is the founder of HaHu Games AG, the first fun, interactive application for teaching the Amharic and Tigrigna alphabets.
HaHu Games AG
Bello Nasser's dream is to create a brand at the intersection of quality clothing as well a brand that everyone will be inspired by and will love. Beautiful functional customisable clothing for your days at the office - all within reach. That is what «BE LOVED BY» BELLO VE SMART CLOTHING is promising its future customers.
Bello smart Clothing
With a background in administration and finance, and a degree in Art History - Karina Torres has developed a new format of art therapy workshops during her time with the SINGA Incubator. Her heart beats for the arts and for healing.
KNEW - YOUR ART WORKSHOP
Originally from Ukraine, Yuri Balashov is an engineer and entrepreneur. LuminRays offers electronic candles with realistic flame representation. Yuri also won the SINGA Award during the SINGA Stories event in January.
LuminRays
Sofia Hallström, winner of the François Périer Fellowship 2023 made possible by the Tsadik Foundation for her project Contes au pluriel celebrates diversity through children's books, and looks forward to seeing you at their next event!
Contes au pluriel
Natalie Anderson will soon be launching Deep Roots, an eco-friendly gardening concept store and resourcerie for city residents!
Deep roots
With "G. Habte Financial Services", Ghebre aims to offer support in accounting, financial analysis, tax returns and insurance advice, especially for his target clientele of entrepreneurs and people with a migration background. His Master's degree from ZHAW and his further education in accounting and finance, combined with his experience as a migrant and entrepreneur, give him a very good understanding of his clients' needs.
Ghebre Habte financial services
Georgia's Bread offers nutritionally balanced breads and cakes made with fresh seasonal fruits and natural ingredients. A touch of nostalgia to her home town in Syria and her mom’s food can also be tasted in many of Georgia's recipes.
Georgia’s Bread
Design Ton Futur offers creative workshops for children aged 6 to 12 years old to enable them to discover other ways of approaching screen-based activities. Tapping on their imagination and their sense of sharing, these graphic design workshops aim to give them the necessary tools to create their own visual projects through a fun and educational approach.
design ton futur
Megi Nakhutsrishvili won the Community Award 2023 for her HomeAura project, which offers unique, healthy Georgian cuisine!
Homeaura
Celeste Hay, founder of Celeste, offers committed and ethically made silk scarves and will have her next pre-sale available soon on her website!
celeste
With FRISKYNESS, Joyce wants to support the valuable hand-work of people in the fashion and textile industry in Ghana. From beautiful and traditional fabrics, she designs clothes that empower young people with African roots, to be more self-confident and proud of their origins while living here in the diaspora.
Frisky_ness
Kenanah and Rame founded their Ltd. that offers catering and take away service with traditional Syrian meals cooked in the “slow food” style: fresh, home-made, and nourishing. For the future they are determined to have their own Syrian bistro or restaurant.
Palmyra Catering
Michelle's goal is to bring the Chinese and Japanese Bento Box to Zurich and St. Gallen. She wants to work in a team with other people with a migration background and single parents. Siow offers catering services, takeaways and cooking classes, but in the longer term Michelle dreams of having her own restaurant.
Siow
Layla founded the Orient Express Catering that offers women with a migration background (particularly from Syria) the opportunity to work and finance themselves in Switzerland. She and her crew provide Kurdish and Arabic cuisine from Aleppo and run a webshop with Arabic delicacies homemade by the women.
Orient Express Catering
La belle histoire is an inclusive Colombian catering workshop in Geneva. The project not only aims to introduce its customers to Colombian specialties made from fair trade coffee, but it also collaborates with people with disabilities (intellectual disabilities) to create its dishes.
la belle histoire
Casa Luna Boutique is dedicated to offering quality Mexican handmade decorative products made by women's associations or families. Antonia has over 12 years of experience in finance and sales and is passionate about the beauty of traditional objects that she carefully selects.
Casa luna boutique
“Goozy – easy and cosy” Ltd is a wholesale business with watch straps made of leather, steel and latex. With their all-in-one solution, they offer their clientele a zero-risk sales strategy: you only pay when you sell! Customers also receive a free presentation tower that not only looks great, but also simplifies the ordering process for the watch and jewelry shops.
goozy
Pranita is cofounder of Books For Change, a non-profit organization based in Switzerland, which operates in Nepal and India and supports the development of child-friendly libraries to improve the reading habits of the rural children. Since 2016 they have established a total of 18 libraries in schools.
Books for change
The Braid Box is a multicultural hair salon providing Afro hair care and hairstyling. They also provide a mobile hair salon. Created to foster integration through hair, Danelle believes that haircare and hair braiding is not just a routine, it is a strong tool to bring people from different cultures together.
The Braid Box
Taro and Alessandra are the founders of Hosoe Caffè, an artisan specialty coffee roastery based in Zurich which focuses on positive social values, coupled with ethical and sustainable principles. They roast the coffee by themselves and provide it to individual coffee lovers as well to stores.
Hosoe Caffé
Reka's online grocery store offers high-quality Indian food and ingredients so that they are more accessible outside of the larger Swiss cities. She is well connected in India and can therefore import directly.
Manjappai
Zouher’s initiative, WeTheSouk, is focused on preserving the heritage of Levant crafts and sustaining the livelihood of Syrian artisans. WeTheSouk offers a line of handmade products that blend contemporary design with Levant craft traditions to create authentic art objects with context. These products are made by Syrian artisans and are to be sold in Switzerland on an online platform.
WeTheSouk
Ana-Maria is the founder of PAPYOT, a company helping people and businesses to offer tailored gift packages that include a variety of sustainable and locally sourced goods from sweets to adventure trips. PAPYOT’s mission is to provide smart, tailored and sustainable gifts for everyone and every occasion.
Papyot
Evospex is a chatbot with an algorithm taking agriculture-related data from a wide range of sources to create understandable short text recommendations on best practices in farming.
evospex
Founded in 2021, Le Jardin Vivant is a cooperative based in Lausanne that sells organic products in bulk as well as local vegetables and fruit from farmers of the region. The cooperative currently has over 80 members and a network of over 30 producers and growers.
Le jardin vivant
Founded in 2020, Bizimkiler offers high quality Natural products such as healthy nuts and dried fruits as well as spices and specialities from Turkey on the Swiss market through their online shop and home delivery services.
Bizimkiler
But make it count supports people with a refugee or migrant background in identifying their talents and gaining their first work experience in Switzerland by leading classes and workshops (e.g. sewing, creative writing, cooking, dance, singing, etc.) as well as building networks and confidence.
But make it count
IT engineer Ali believes 3D is the future of e-commerce: he has founded 3digital, a Swiss-based IT solutions provider specialized in 3D visualization, web development, and modern analytics consulting.
3digital
Terre d’Argan promotes natural, organic and sustainable products sourced from women’s cooperative working with argan trees by hand in Morocco. The catalog of Terre d’Argan now comprises almost 40 products ranging from the classical argan oil to activated charcoal soap and micellar cleansing.
Terre d'Argan
Nurse de Nuit offers a night-time child care service with a human approach, personalized to the needs of each family. This is achieved through a commitment for a better quality of sleep, for more serenity in the new parents' daily life, while working towards the autonomy of the baby and the well-being of the parents.
nurse de nuit
Camila Café is a Swiss company that aims to import 100% Arabica roasted specialty coffee from Colombia. The coffee offers a combination of flavors - acidity, bitterness, sweetness - and a wide range of aromas - fruity to tart-spicy - for coffee lovers in Switzerland.
camila café
SAFE SPACE is a reception and support center for women who have been victims of domestic violence. The place is a refuge focused on well-being, emotional recovery and professional reintegration.
SAFE SPACE
The Language Jungle offers innovative and affordable French language courses through an online platform. The blended learning strategy offered allows those who wish to acquire language skills in a shorter period of time for work, study, travel as well as for taking the Fide exam.
THE LANGUAGE JUNGLE
PhotoMe Studio offers photography and content production services related to personal branding for social networks. With over 15 years of experience in marketing and branding, Carise's goal is to accompany women entrepreneurs in projects that celebrate the different forms of femininity.
PhotoMe Studio
Accord Multiservices offers a full suite of maintenance services to building owners - cleaning, gardening, repairs and painting! Edgar is committed to find flexible and personalised solutions for his clients and uses only environmentally friendly products.
Accord Multiservices
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