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online SINGA Business accelerator

The first online business accelerator in Switzerland for people with refugee and migration experiences. The SINGA Accelerator supports people who have already founded a company and need further support to drive it forward or scale it The SINGA Accelerator enables entrepreneurs to build and refine a solid financing plan in line with their company’s vision.

 

Would you like to know more about the Accelerator Program and how it can answer the current needs of your company ?

Book a session and let’s discuss your project ! 

Join the SINGA online Accelerator
SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2024

Have you already founded your own company in Switzerland and want to advance or scale it? If you meet the application criteria, you can apply via the online form. After a first selection, there is the possibility that you will be invited to a pitch event, where you will present online your business and your challenges in front of a jury. Afterwards, the jury will decide whether you can participate in the Accelerator.

Selection process

Apply

Check our section Who can apply. If you meet the criteria, you can apply by using the respective online forms.

Convince

You will be invited to an online pitch event where you will present your business and your challenges in front of a jury.

Get selected

After that, the jury and the SINGA team will decide if you qualify to participate in the online Accelerator and you will be informed accordingly.

Who can apply

company

You have a business registered in Switzerland that has been active for at least one year.
Your turnover is between CHF 15,000 and 25,000 per year (absolute minimum CHF 5,000) and you have at least one paying customer/client.

Origin

One person of your management team is from a non-EU/EFTA/UK country

CH-/EU-/EFTA-/UK-citizens can participate if the company’s mission aims to support people with refugee experience on its daily activities.

impact

Your business idea supports at least one of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). This does not necessarily have to be realized in the business idea itself. You can also fulfill this condition in your strategies and/or how you run your business.

Permit

One person of your management team has an F, B, C or S permit.

CH-/EU-/EFTA-/UK-citizens can participate if the company’s mission aims to support people with refugee experience on its daily activities.

Language

Your level of English enables you to have a business conversation (minimum B2 level). 

Costs

Cost for the participation to the whole program (selection, mentoring, workshops) amounts to 490.- CHF. 

Please contact the SINGA team if the fees would be a barrier for you, we can adapt to your personal situation.

 

 

Thanks to its partners, SINGA can offer you support in the following areas:

communication​

  • Strategies in communication and social media
  • (Online) Marketing / SEO
  • Branding / UX design
  • Building or improving the website
  • B2C/B2B, how to address customers
  • Pitching (in front of investors)
  • Media training/storytelling
  • Impact measurement

Finance

  • Financing / Business Model
  • Raising capital
  • Obtaining investments
  • Accounting and taxes
  • Business plan required by banks to obtain a loan
  • Fundraising from foundations

Management / HR

  • Find the right co-founder(s) or team members
  • Soft skills and leadership qualities
  • Project, self and team management
  • Risk management
  • Environmentally friendly business

Legal

  • Contracts and agreements
  • Project protection / patents
  • (Social) insurances

During the program, you will implement the elements that will drive or grow your business. Support includes testing your pitch deck in front of an audience of local investors, getting feedback from financial professionals and expanding your network.

Analysis

You will analyze your challenges and needs with SINGA in order to organize the appropriate support for the implementation of your plans.

Implementation

After two kick-off days, the support starts and consists of regular 1:1 consultations with experts as well as a monthly workshop and check-in with the program manager at SINGA.

Demo Day

At the end of the Acceleration Phase, you will have the chance to pitch your needs and uses of financial resources to an investor network in order to receive (seed) funding.

 

MEET PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS OF THE SINGA ACCELERATOR

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

Alison, Founder of Komiki - The kids art capsule offers parents of young children the opportunity to preserve and digitize their artwork into keepsake art books and apparel.

Komiki - the kids art capsule

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

Application Form: Online SINGA Accelerator

Please note that the application form takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete.

The SINGA Accelerator program is a 3-month program with workshopsmentoring and individual sessions with experts of the SINGA network. The program aims at supporting existing companies looking for funds to expand their business.

If you have any question, please send a message to info@singaswitzerland.ch.

Thank you for your application! We will contact you shortly.