Startup Nights Winterthur

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Der Entrepreneur Club Winterthur besteht aus unternehmerisch interessierten Personen, Gründungswilligen und Startups aus dem Umfeld der Grossregion Winterthur.

21/10/2026

🤖 AI has made building a startup cheaper. But deciding what to build? Harder than ever.

After 25+ years of building and scaling startups, Boris Manhart has seen the startup world change from every angle — the wins, the failures and everything in between.

Today, he helps founders find real product-market fit in an AI-driven world through Growth Unltd and his work as a startup coach.

His latest book, Human Signal, explores exactly that question: How do you know what people actually want when AI makes it easier than ever to build?

His answer: “Real growth starts where the noise ends: with the human signal.”

🎤 Hear Boris unpack what founders should focus on when everyone can build faster at Startup Nights 2026.

📍 Winterthur | 🎟️ Get your ticket and discover what really drives product-market fit in the age of AI.

Growth

20/10/2026

Meet one of the many exciting speakers joining us this year: Pedro Schmidt 🎤

Pedro Schmidt is the CEO and Founder of KA-EX®, the ETH-trained pharmaceutical scientist behind Switzerland’s best-selling supplement brand.

He transformed KA-EX from a lab concept into a VC-backed company with national retail listings across Coop, Migros, Denner, pharmacies, gyms, and Amazon US.

His science-led innovation has made KA-EX a trusted supplier to thousands of elite athletes, from the Swiss National Football Team to top clubs across Europe and the US.

He is also an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 nominee and a multi-award-winning founder.

Thank you, Pedro, for joining us. We’re excited to have you on stage!

18/10/2026

🚨 When Plan A stops working, it's time to enter the War Room.
What happens when your strategy hits a wall? Do you push harder, rethink everything, or make the bold move to pivot?

Welcome to the Live Pivot War Room – Series A+ Track at Startup Nights 2026! 🚀

This isn't another talk about pivoting. It's a hands-on challenge where 40 selected Series A+ founders and executives tackle a real SaaS pivot case in the age of AI.
Led by Stefan Zanetti (Pivotal) and Janine Crivelli (Pivot Lab, University of St. Gallen), this session is all about challenging assumptions, making tough decisions, and finding new ways forward.

📍 Wintower Winterthur, 26th Floor
📅 Thursday, 5 November | 17:00

And because the best conversations don't end when the session does, we'll continue with food, drinks, peer networking, and the panel “What to do when nothing moves forward anymore” at Startup Nights.

📝 Apply on our Website. Link in Bio.

18/10/2026

🔥 3 exits. 100,000+ B2B clients. 5 ventures.

Meet S. Manoj Harasgama, British-Swiss serial entrepreneur and growth founder.

From scaling Treatwell to over $1B in GMV to building JOIN.com to 100,000+ B2B clients, Manoj has spent his career turning startups into scaleups.

Now, he’s back in builder mode as Founder of Ventourage — while also supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs as a lecturer and startup mentor.

His philosophy? “Hypergrowth isn’t random. It comes down to a set of methods that can be repeated.”

🎤 Catch Manoj at Startup Nights 2026 and get a closer look at what really drives hypergrowth.

📍 Winterthur | 🎟️ Ready to think bigger? Get your Startup Nights ticket and meet Manoj live.

VentureCapital

17/10/2026

Growth looks different from up here. 🚀 26 floors above Winterthur. One table. Real conversations about what it takes to scale.

Swiss Scaleup Executives Summit. Hosted by the Scaleup Chapter of the Swiss Startup Association, as part of Startup Nights 2026.

Ready to take the conversation to the next level?
📍 Wintower Winterthur, 26th Floor
📅 5 November 2026 | 09:30
👉 Join us. Apply on our website.

Hosted by the Scaleup Chapter of the Swiss Startup Association.
Supported by UBS , Paymira and SalesPlaybook.

16/10/2026

🚗 After 3 startups, 2 exits and CHF 600M+ raised, Olivier Kofler is betting on autonomous vehicles.

Swiss serial entrepreneur Olivier Kofler has co-founded Carvolution | Das Auto-Abo., bexio AG and iBROWS AG, taking two of those companies through successful exits.

Now, he’s pursuing a new ambition: building Europe’s leading autonomous vehicle operator.

His belief? “Autonomous vehicles will revolutionize society, much like the internet did 25 years ago.”

From building companies from the ground up to betting on what comes next, Olivier has spent his career turning ambitious ideas into reality.

🎤 Hear Olivier’s take on entrepreneurship and the future of mobility at Startup Nights 2026.

📍Winterthur |🎟️ Get your Startup Nights 2026 ticket to hear Olivier live on stage.

13/10/2026

✈️ 1M+ bookings a week. 1,000+ employees. ~$1B raised. But GetYourGuide nearly failed more than once.

Meet Tobias Rein, Co-Founder and Principal Engineer of GetYourGuide.

What started as an ETH Zürich student project became one of Europe’s best-known travel tech companies.

Tobias helped scale the engineering and infrastructure behind the platform, while navigating the near-failures, bold bets and tough decisions that came with building a unicorn.

Now, AI has him feeling like a founder all over again:

“Excited, ambitious and, yes, slightly terrified.”

🎤 Hear Tobias unpack the moments that shaped GetYourGuide — live at Startup Nights 2026.

📍 Winterthur | 🎟️ Get your Startup Nights 2026 ticket and hear the story live.

11/10/2026

Innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. Neither should you. 🚀
The Corporate Ticket is for those looking beyond their own walls - for new technologies, fresh perspectives and the right people to build with.

🔎 Discover 150+ startups, technologies & solutions
🤝 Meet founders and find potential partners, suppliers & collaborators
🤖 Use AI-powered matchmaking to find the people relevant to your goals
💬 Schedule 1:1 meetings directly through the event app
💡 Explore emerging trends through workshops, keynotes, panels & fireside chats
🌐 Connect with founders, investors & corporate innovation leaders
🥂 Afterparty + free food & drinks included

See what’s being built. Meet who’s building it. Find where your company fits in.

📅 5-6 November 2026
📍 Winterthur

Your next collaboration might be one conversation away.

11/10/2026

🏆 What does it take to go from professional sport to building award-winning companies?

For Besfort Biljali, the answer is simple: “No talent. Just hard work.”

A former professional athlete, Besfort took the mindset of competitive sport into entrepreneurship. He co-founded Lumvin, a Swiss clean-tech company developing sustainable lighting solutions, and founded SBN, bringing together leaders from sport and business.

With Lumvin, he went on to win the Swiss Economic Award 2025 and Aargauer Unternehmerpreis 2026.

At Startup Nights, Besfort will share the real story behind building Lumvin and SBN — the setbacks, the mindset, and what sport taught him about entrepreneurship.

🎤 Come hear the story behind the mindset — live at Startup Nights.

📍 Winterthur |🎟️ Get your ticket now!

10/10/2026

Looking for what’s next? Start here.

The Investor Ticket puts you closer to the startups, founders and ideas worth discovering at Startup Nights.

🚀 Explore 150+ startups and meet the founders behind them
🎤 Watch the Pitching Competitions and spot promising ideas
🤖 Use AI-powered matchmaking to find relevant founders and opportunities
🤝 Connect with attendees and schedule 1:1 meetings
🛠️ Access all workshops, keynotes, panels & fireside chats
🥐 Be eligible for the exclusive Investor Brunch
🥂 Afterparty + free food & drinks included

Less searching. More relevant conversations.

📅 5-6 November 2026
📍 Winterthur

Come curious. Leave with a shortlist. 👀

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