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We are looking forward to our event, "Circularity Gap: Meeting societal needs & preserving global resources" at Davos today in the from 12:00-2:00pm! 🚀

We have a full & exciting agenda planned with inspiring speakers covering pressing topics, including:

An overview of the Circularity Gap Report project locally & globally 🌍 with Martijn Lopes Cardozo, CEO of Circle Economy & Carlo Giardinetti, Sustainability Lead at Deloitte Switzerland

A keynote on CE’s situation in Switzerland 💡from Adèle Thorens Goumaz, Councillor of the States

Panel I - Build a Circular Built Environment ♻️ hosted by Joy Jadam, Sustainability Manager at Deloitte Switzerland with:
🎤 Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer at Holcim Switzerland
🎤 Johannes Tiefenthaler, Co-CEO & Founder at neustark
🎤 Sonja Gehrig, Senior Project Manager of Circular Economy & Consumption, Sustainable Procurement at Stadt Zürich
🎤 Anita Eckardt, Executive Committee at Implenia
🎤 Damir Kusar, Head Group Innovation at Axpo Group

Panel II - Nurture a Circular Food System and beyond 🍎 hosted by Katka Letzing, CEO & Co-Founder at Kickstart Innovation with:
🎤 Christina Senn-Jakobsen, Executive Director at Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley
🎤 Jeannette Morath, Founder & CEO at reCIRCLE AG
🎤 Matthias Oppliger, Director at ocean material®
🎤 Paula Guerra, Director Procurement Central Europe at Mondelēz International
🎤 Lynda Mansson, Director General at MAVA Foundation

Panel III - Financing of Circular Systems 💰 hosted by Felix Stähli, Co-Founder of Impact Hub Geneva & Impact Hub Lausanne with:
🎤 Patrick Odier, Chairman of the BoD at Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd
🎤 Alice Dal Fuoco, Head of Innovation at PostFinance
🎤 James Crawshaw, Senior Impact Manager at Inyova Impact Investing

Introduction to Circularity Gap Report Switzerland & Swiss Roadmap announcement from Kathrin Fuchs, Senior Program Manager at Circular Economy Switzerland 🎯

Although the session is invite-only & at capacity, we would like to invite you to join us virtually by scanning the QR code below or clicking here 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/e934WkiW

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🎄Season's Greetings & Happy Holidays to one and all, from the Kickstart Innovation Team 🎉

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Let’s in 2023! 🎊

To wrap up 2022, InsurTech Map is excited to announce the addition of 14 startups to the platform, joining over 200 InsurTechs representing the DACH region. A warm welcome to Automation Hero, Inc, Baobab, EDUBAO, Embea, Garentii, MyGutachter GmbH, SureIn & Vinlivt Business from Germany 🇩🇪and 3rd-eyes analytics AG, Coinnect, dacadoo, DGTAL, grape & ZenOwn from Switzerland 🇨🇭.

In addition, we were thrilled to see 6️⃣ startups from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany selected for FinTech Global's InsurTech100 list of the world’s most innovative InsurTech companies in 2022 🌎. Shoutout to bsurance from 🇦🇹, CelsiusPro, dacadoo, DGTAL & Riskwolf 🐺 from 🇨🇭, and Scanbot SDK from 🇩🇪. Congratulations! 👏🏼

You can learn more about our new additions, success stories from startups on the InsurTech Map as well as a recap of 2022 industry trends on our blog, here 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/e4UBcKq2

To join this incredible community or nominate an InsurTech startup, head to https://lnkd.in/eZncZx2B 🚀

We are very excited to share with you the next Insurtech Map discoveries for 2023. Stay tuned! 🔔

The InsurTech Map Team - Kickstart, F10 FinTech Incubator & Accelerator Generali Switzerland

🥁🎉 YOU DID IT! 🚀🌍

5️⃣5️⃣ deals announced. Thank you to our partners, scaleups, and community network that helped us !

Read all about the impressive achievements of our scaleups, intrapreneurship teams, and partners here 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/eDszPCXG

To recap…
🥁 52 scaleups & intrapreneurship teams from over 16 countries 🌍
🥁 55 Deals in 2022 as PoCs and Commercial Projects 🤝
🥁 270+ Deals made since 2016 🚀
🥁 150+ Advisors and Experts 🧠
🥁 80+ countries globally engaged 🌐
🥁 400+ negotiations 💬
🥁 1,500+ participants engaged 🙌🏼
🥁 100+ events and workshops around Switzerland & Austria 🇨🇭🇦🇹
🥁 100+ speakers engaged 🎤

AXA Switzerland Coop Swisscom La Mobilière PostFinance ETH Zürich CSS Gesundheitspartnerin Stadt Zürich Credit Suisse Sanitas Krankenversicherung Universitätsspital Zürich Axpo Impact Hub Switzerland Etat de Vaud Ringier AG South Pole Atos Wien Energie MAVA Foundation École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Hirslanden Institute for Management Development IMD and more. 🙌🏼