Sword Startup Challenge 2026: Serving Wealth Management
Offers the winning Swiss wealth-management startup a venture-clienting deal with Sword.
Applicants submit a full application by the March deadline; five finalists get business-case coaching from Sword experts and pitch training from Venturelab, plus introductions to financial-services companies, before a Final Jury Pitch Day picks the winner. The winner gets a venture-clienting opportunity with Sword - customer and partner introductions - while every finalist gets PR exposure and mem…
Looking for Swiss startups building digital solutions for wealth management. The company must be registered in Switzerland's Commercial Register for at least a year, have 12 months of cash-flow visibility, and already have the solution implemented with at least one customer.
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