Welcome, founders! It’s exciting to see that you want to learn more about our program, and that you might want to apply to join us as a portfolio startup. Below, we guide you through the value that you can get out of the program, as well as some technicalities, so you understand who we are and how we can help. If you have any question that goes beyond what’s covered on this page, you can ask our student investors by connecting with them on LinkedIn.

What happens when you join Founderful Campus

Founderful Campus is a non-profit association launched by Founderful, the leading pre-seed VC fund in Switzerland. The Student Partners of the VC Academy select 20 startups per year from ETH Zürich, EPFL and HSG through a process that involves 3 meetings, which ultimately lead to a selection decision. When joining the program as a startup, you receive the following benefits:

Our portfolio startups

Below, you can find the startups who joined our portfolio and with whom you’ll be able to connect on our Slack workspace. Feel also free to get in touch with them to understand how the Founderful Campus experience has been for them.

Portfolio Startups Directory Information

The CHF 25,000 convertible

Below, you will find the convertible agreement that we sign when teaming up with startups from ETH Zürich, EPFL and the University of St. Gallen, as well as a FAQ that gathers the questions that were asked from previous startups in our process. Feel free to read it (or even have a legal advisor do so) — we tried to use a language that you can understand, we also made sure to offer the most founder-friendly terms possible. Feel free to contact founders of our portfolio to get a first-hand feedback on the process.