Archive '03 - '05

November 2005: Venture 2006 has started!

Venture 2006, the business plan competition organized by the ETH Zurich and McKinsey & Company, is about to start. Throughout the contest, experienced coaches - successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and other professionals - will guide you in refining your business idea/plan.
Furthermore, Venture offers various workshops to help build on your functional skills - from marketing to financing and intellectual property protection. And you stand a chance of being awarded part of the total prize money of over 150'000 Swiss francs.

All you need to do now is sign up for Venture 2006 on our website at www.venture.ch ("Login" -> "Teams").

July 2005: Roche acquires Glycart AG

Roche acquires Glycart AG, a Spin-off of ETH Zurich, for CHF 235 Mio.
More information under press release, www.glycart.com and www.roche.com

September 2004: Courses for entrepreneurs

Do you have a business idea and would like to set up your own company? Two new offers give potential company founders the information they need:

Want to run your own company?
Business Tools offers a module entitled "Founding a small company". It will be held on October 13 and 14, 2004 at ETH Zurich. More information and registration under www.btools.ch

venturechallenge
VentureLab offers a semester course on "Entrepreneurship". It will be held four hours a week from October 26, 2004 at ETH Zurich. More information and registration under www.venturelab.ch

July 2004: New regulations on intellectual property and participation in companies in the ETH domain

 

The regulations on intellectual property and participation in companies in the ETH sector have now been published – following their approval by the Swiss Federal Council – in the official compilation of Swiss Federal law. (Regulations on intellectual property and participation in the ETH domain)

These regulations are linked directly to the new ETH law that came into force on January 1, 2004 and represent the basis for the internal guidelines of ETH Zurich for the exploitation of research results (exploitation guidelines).

 

June 2004: Venture 2004 – Business plan competition

Congratulations!

To the winning teams Molecular Partners and NovoGEL, who were awarded the first prize of SFr 60,000 each for their business plans in the Swiss Business Plan Competition Venture 2004.

To the other prize winners: Active Noise Cancelling, Endosense, FlamePowders and Foldcore.

To the other 75 participating teams for their innovative ideas, entrepreneurial spirit and outstanding commitment.

We wish all participants in Venture 2004 a successful future as entrepreneurs and at the same time thank our Advisory Board and our media partner!

Further information under www.venture.ch

October 2003: Founding of Swiss Technology Transfer Association (swiTT)

Technology transfer from universities and other institutions of research and education plays an increasingly important part in the innovation process. The Swiss Technology Transfer Association (swiTT) was established in Bern by 31 founder members, all of them specialists responsible for technology transfer at 19 Swiss institutions.

Media bulletin of October 21, 2003