Four independent hub rankings — one per discipline.
Evaluated on track record, programme substance,
and above all: the verified feedback of founders who
completed your programme.
The Selection delivers measurable advantages for hubs
not just "visibility". Here is what you actually get.
Silver, Gold, Platinum, or Diamond — as a quality signal for investor pitches, sponsor acquisition, public funding applications, and hub communications. NZZ-ZHAW validated.
Self-declarations are interchangeable. Anonymous founder feedback from your cohorts makes the real impact of your programme visible — for Innosuisse reviews, cantonal funders, and foundation applications.
Annual report with your position per dimension — including concrete indications of where your programme excels in peer comparison and where there is room for improvement.
Swiss founders filter by programme type, sector, and stage — and find you directly. Higher match quality in your pipeline, less time on pre-screening.
A pre-incubator helping students develop ideas does something fundamentally different from a venture builder that co-founds startups. That is why we create four independent rankings — with the same methodology, but calibrated to the reality of each hub model.
No cross-type comparison. A Diamond Accelerator is a Diamond Accelerator — not "better" or "worse" than a Diamond Incubator.
Both are at the top of their discipline.
IDEA & INNOVATION SPACES
UNIVERSITY · COMMUNITY
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LONG-TERM SUPPORT
OFFICE · NETWORK · COACHING
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COHORT PROGRAMS
STRUCTURED · TIME-BOXED
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ACTIVE CO-FOUNDING
EQUITY-BASED · OPERATIVE
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Glossy brochures can be produced. Founder experiences cannot. That is why we weight anonymous alumni feedback more heavily than any other data source.
SHEET B SURVEY · ANONYMOUS · AGGREGATED
You list up to 8 alumni from your recent cohorts. We contact them with a standardised 12-item survey. At least 4 completed reviews are required for a Selection Status — if fewer are returned, your profile is marked "Provisional". This means even smaller hubs can qualify as long as 4 alumni respond.
EXCERPT FROM THE FOUNDER SURVEY (5 OF 12 ITEMS)
From the first item to the Selection Status, every evaluation passes through five transparent stages.
Comparisons are made exclusively within the same cohort and sector.
| Dimension | Weight | What is measured |
|---|---|---|
| Founder Outcomes | 30% | Sheet B Survey · up to 8 alumni submitted, min. 4 reviews required · anonymous & aggregated |
| Track Record & Alumni Performance | 25% | A5.1–A5.4, A6.1 · Top startups, funding, exits, scale |
| Programme Substance | 20% | A4.1–A4.9 · 9 service booleans (mentoring, investor access, IP, …) |
| Ecosystem Standing | 15% | Sheet C · Expert assessment by investors, coaches, programme directors |
| Scale & Reach | 10% | A2.3, A2.4, A6.1–A6.4 · Cohorts, throughput, mentor network |
Badges are awarded based on your normalised cohort score. Only the top performers in each
stage and sector receive a badge — ensuring the signal stays meaningful.
Register with your work email. No subscription required. Your profile is private until you choose to publish it.
Answer structured questions across the five dimensions. You can save your progress and return at any time. Sensitive fields (revenue, cap table) are never published.
Three reviewers from the Swiss ecosystem evaluate your submission independently. They sign an NDA and have no access to your confidential financial data.
Your profile is submitted and reviewed now — your final score and badge will be issued in October 2026. You decide whether to publish your result. If your score is below the Silver threshold, nothing is published without your consent.
The assessment requires detailed information about your startup.
Here is exactly what we do — and do not — do with it.
Submit your hub profile, complete the assessment, and receive your
Selection Badge. You decide whether the result goes public — no risk, no cost.
