START SPHERE

CATALYZING CONNECTIONS
FUELING INNOVATION

Platform

We are convinced that founding is an endeavour that is best tackled when one is supported by others. One’s network is what makes the difference when it comes to the critical moments in a founder’s journey.

The START Sphere Platform is made for aspiring and recent founders. Stay up to date, learn how to build and scale a venture, experience support from peers and seize opportunities.

Completely free, always and everywhere.

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PLATFORM

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Events

Regular exclusive events in various European hubs support visionaries like you in meeting potential co-founders, investors, and peers. From workshops and panels to unique visits and fun activities, you will be able to get exclusive insights.

Only over the pasrt year, more than 50 events have been organized under the START brand all over Europe and LatAm.

 

Network

Network

16 START Chapters across Europe and LatAm are spreading our mission into new hubs, creating connections that bridge businesses and technologies to foster a new generation of entrepreneurs.

With the Road to START Summit and Road to START Hack, every Chapter scouts the best founders and students in their ecosystems, offering them the opportunity to gather and pitch at START Summit x Hack in St. Gallen.

Community

Community

Thanks to our established connections in different ecosystems, you have the chance to connect, communicate and exchange opinions and ideas with the most ambitious visionaries of this generation, being it START Alumni, partners, founders, investors, startups, students, and many more.

 

Ecosystem

Ecosystem

Being at the heart of the DACH region, START Global is working closely with different players of the Swiss ecosystem.

Thanks to our strategic connections, we are able to support young founders coming from different backgrounds, fostering innovation in Switzerland.

Ecosystem
Events

FEMELLA x
START Global

Hosted by START Global

Together with femella - women of tomorrow, START Global organised an event on the topic of Gender Bias in VC.
The program consisted of a vigorous panel discussion by male and female founders and investors, followed by a pitching competition where four amazing female founders pitched their startup.

Road to
START Summit

Hosted by START Stuttgart

As their headline event of 2024, the Chapter of START Stuttgart held their RtSS-24 in the prestigious SPARDA- Welt, right in the center of the newest borough of Stuttgart.
The event united the elite of South Western Germany’s entrepreneurial movement. The startups, taking part in the pitching competition were accompanied by inspiring keynotes and input sessions. 

FuturePynk

Hosted by START Munich


FUTUREPYNK is a platform with the vision to enable the next generation of female entrepreneurs and leaders. Together with Google START Munich hosted a Hackathon with full focus on diversity - impactful challenges, mixed teams with various backgrounds, the most exciting mentors, speakers and 200+ participants attended the final pitch event.

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Ecosystem
Partners

We're proud to partner with and host some of the top organizations across Europe, each of which is shaping the startup ecosystem in Europe and fostering the next generation of unicorns. 

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Barcelona

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Berlin

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Helsinki

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lausanne

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lisbon

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Maastricht

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Munich

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Nuremberg

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Stuttgart

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vaduz

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Hamburg

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Paris

Bogota

Quito

Lima

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