# Startup & founder events in Zurich Curated by [foundercal.com](https://foundercal.com/). Only events worth a founder's time: conferences, demo days, founder dinners, meetups and workshops. Generic networking filler is filtered out. Updated daily. - City page (HTML): https://foundercal.com/cities/zurich - Calendar feed (ICS): https://foundercal.com/cities/zurich.ics - All cities + usage guide for AI agents: https://foundercal.com/llms.txt 19 upcoming events as of 31 August 2026. ## Zurich | Claude Community x Databricks - Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 18:30 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Claude Community Events](https://foundercal.com/organizers/claude-community-events) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/zurich-claude-community-x-databricks-11TEYhCuD2lDhqI - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7572?p=md Join a Claude Community Event, organized by local enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude! A meetup focused on agentic coding in real projects, bringing together engineers, tech leads, architects, and technical founders. *The third Claude Community event in Zürich, venue and… ## The Unicorn Table: Zurich Chapter - Date: Thursday 3 September 2026, 19:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Dinner - Venue: Mandarin Oriental Savoy Zurich, Poststrasse 12, 8001 Zurich - Organizer: [The Unicorn Table](https://foundercal.com/organizers/the-unicorn-table) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/the-unicorn-table-zurich-chapter-2026-09-03 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9064?p=md A private dinner for fifteen people at the Mandarin Oriental, and the founding chapter of a founder-led series that will run in London, Paris, Munich and Stockholm. No panels, no pitches, no press, and deliberately no investors. The table is built around Swiss founders who have scaled past the… ## From Lab to Launch: Building & Scaling a Physical AI Company - Physical AI Breakfast & Fireside Chat - Date: Friday 4 September 2026, 08:30 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Dinner - Venue: Amazon Web Services - ZRH15, Mythenquai 10, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland - Organizer: [AWS Startups](https://foundercal.com/organizers/aws-startups) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/from-lab-to-launch-building-and-scaling-a-physical-ai-company-physical-ai-breakf-MsoUCHtnWGMSxCN - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/8930?p=md What does it actually take to turn cutting-edge robotics research into a company and then scale it beyond the lab? Join us for a Physical AI Breakfast & Fireside Chat in Zurich, bringing together aspiring and early-stage founders, researchers, Master’s and PhD students, as well as people from the… ## Founders Running Club :: Zurich - Date: Saturday 5 September 2026, 10:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Seebad Utoquai, Utoquai 50, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland - Organizer: [Founders Running Club](https://foundercal.com/organizers/founders-running-club) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/founders-running-club-zurich-EHterGg4fHajXIZ - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2781?p=md Founders Running Club (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer, pets, friends, family, are welcome.… ## TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award 2026 - Date: Wednesday 9 September 2026, 17:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Pitch - Venue: Zurich (venue announced closer to date) - Organizer: [Venturelab](https://foundercal.com/organizers/venturelab) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/top-100-swiss-startup-award-2026-2026-09-09 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2600?p=md The 16th edition of the Top100 Swiss Startup Award: Venturelab's annual ranking, voted by a jury of 100 leading investors and startup experts, paired with a full-day Investor Summit and an invite-only Investor Dinner. The award night itself is the highest-density gathering of named Swiss seed and… ## Momentum: Robotics & Embodied AI in Zurich - Date: Thursday 17 September 2026, 18:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Nebius Startups](https://foundercal.com/organizers/nebius-startups) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/momentum-robotics-and-embodied-ai-in-zurich-1gahlWaz9SwaSmQ - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/7717?p=md Hosted by Nebius, Balderton Capital, NVIDIA September 17, 2026 · Zurich Robotics is moving out of the lab and into the real world. Join Nebius, Balderton and NVIDIA in Zurich for Momentum, an evening bringing together the founders, researchers, engineers, investors, and industry leaders building… ## Ask the Expert: Exit Scenarios - Date: Wednesday 23 September 2026, 17:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Workshop - Organizer: [Venturelab](https://foundercal.com/organizers/venturelab) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ask-the-expert-exit-scenarios-2026-09-23 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9066?p=md A dual-track workshop on the two ways out: IPO or trade sale, and how to run both processes in parallel until the numbers tell you which one to take. The lawyers from Advestra walk through recent Swiss dual-track cases and what shareholders and management need to have settled before either path… ## A3F Startup Breakfast #16 - Date: Friday 25 September 2026, 08:30 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Meetup - Venue: Kasa Kaisin, Talacker 35, 8001 Zurich - Organizer: [Alan Frei (A3F)](https://foundercal.com/organizers/alan-frei-a3f) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/a3f-startup-breakfast-16-2026-09-25 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9065?p=md Alan Frei sold Amorana and now runs A3F, his own founder circle in Zurich. The Startup Breakfast is the open end of it: exited founders and people two months into building sit at the same table for two hours before work. Sixteenth edition, German and English, small enough that you talk to everyone.… ## CV Summit 2026 - Date: 29 September 2026 – 30 September 2026 - Type: Conference - Price: CHF 499 - Venue: Kongresshaus Zurich, Gotthardstrasse 5, 8002 Zurich - Organizer: [CV Labs](https://foundercal.com/organizers/cv-labs) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/cv-summit-2026-2026-09-29 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2593?p=md CV Labs' annual two-day summit at Kongresshaus: billed as Switzerland's largest blockchain, AI and digital-assets conference. 3,000+ attendees on four stages, 250 speakers, and 1,000m² of exhibition; presenting partner Franklin Templeton plus the regulated-crypto stack that put Zug on the map.… ## AI+X Summit 2026 - Date: Thursday 1 October 2026, 09:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Conference - Venue: StageOne Event & Convention Hall, Elias-Canetti-Strasse 146, 8050 Zurich-Oerlikon - Organizer: [ETH AI Center, ZHAW and UZH.ai](https://foundercal.com/organizers/eth-ai-center-zhaw-and-uzh-ai) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ai-x-summit-2026-2026-10-01 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2599?p=md The sixth edition and flagship event of the Zurich AI Festival, jointly run by the ETH AI Center, ZHAW and UZH.ai. 2,000+ attendees, 150+ speakers, 65+ exhibitors and 50+ sessions across keynotes, applied AI tracks, hands-on workshops and a startup expo. Mix of researchers, founders building on… ## Ask the Expert: How to Spin Out of University - Date: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 17:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Workshop - Organizer: [Venturelab](https://foundercal.com/organizers/venturelab) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ask-the-expert-how-to-spin-out-of-university-2026-10-21 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9068?p=md The most Zurich-specific workshop on this list: how to get your technology out of ETH or UZH and into a company you own. Michael Baier of Wenger Vieli covers dealing with technology transfer offices, out-licensing terms, how much equity professors end up with, and the tax traps. Selected teams… ## 🤖 Zurich Robotics Roundtable #5 - Date: Thursday 22 October 2026, 18:30 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Meetup - Organizer: [Zurich Tech Collective](https://foundercal.com/organizers/zurich-tech-collective) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/zurich-robotics-roundtable-5-tTqH76YWSGDhluV - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9462?p=md Zurich's quarterly gathering for the people building in robotics and physical AI, capped at 250 people. 250 people in one room: founders, operators, big tech engineers, researchers, and the city's most ambitious students. Built for real conversations and meaningful connections. This is the robotics… ## 158th SICTIC Investor Day at Balgrist University Hospital - Date: Tuesday 27 October 2026, 17:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Pitch - Venue: Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008 Zurich - Organizer: [SICTIC](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sictic) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/158th-sictic-investor-day-at-balgrist-university-hospital-2026-10-27 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9063?p=md SICTIC is Switzerland's largest angel network, and its Investor Days are the country's main matchmaking format: a jury picks eight startups, they pitch, and the room is angels, family offices and VCs who write Swiss seed cheques. This edition is hosted at Balgrist and focused on MedTech and digital… ## StartupExchange 2026: Global by Design - Date: Tuesday 27 October 2026, 18:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Meetup - Price: Free - Venue: Impact Hub Zurich Viadukt, Viaduktstrasse 93, 8005 Zurich - Organizer: [JCI Bellevue Zurich with Impact Hub Zurich](https://foundercal.com/organizers/jci-bellevue-zurich-with-impact-hub-zurich) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/startupexchange-2026-global-by-design-2026-10-27 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9069?p=md Fourteenth edition, roughly 100 to 150 founders, investors and operators from greater Zurich, and free. The 2026 theme is building for international markets from day one, with Sygnum co-founder Mathias Imbach and Wingtra founder Elias Kleimann on how they actually did it. Format is five short… ## LAUNCH 2026 by ETH Entrepreneur Club - Date: Tuesday 3 November 2026, 10:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Conference - Price: Free - Venue: ETH Main Building (HG), Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich - Organizer: [ETH Entrepreneur Club](https://foundercal.com/organizers/eth-entrepreneur-club) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/launch-2026-by-eth-entrepreneur-club-2026-11-03 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/2597?p=md The flagship one-day startup festival of the ETH Entrepreneur Club, Europe's most active student-run founder organization, hosted across the ETH main building. 2,700+ attendees, 70+ exhibiting ETH and Swiss startups, 200+ investors, dedicated dealflow zones, workshops and main-stage talks. If you… ## 160th SICTIC Investor Day with the Green Fintech Network - Date: Tuesday 17 November 2026, 17:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Pitch - Organizer: [SICTIC](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sictic) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/160th-sictic-investor-day-with-the-green-fintech-network-2026-11-17 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9060?p=md SICTIC's fintech edition, run with the Green Fintech Network, in the city where the money actually sits. A hand-picked set of fintech startups pitch to Swiss angels and funds, with the theme stretching past green finance into resilience, energy security and competitiveness. Startup submissions… ## Ask the Expert: IPO Readiness Workshop - Date: Wednesday 18 November 2026, 10:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Workshop - Organizer: [Venturelab](https://foundercal.com/organizers/venturelab) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/ask-the-expert-ipo-readiness-workshop-2026-11-18 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9061?p=md A half day on going public, run by Venturelab with EY, Walder Wyss and the people who actually operate the SIX Swiss Exchange. Less theory than most IPO panels: what you need in place years ahead, what breaks during preparation, and where Swiss listings typically stall. Built for scale-up teams and… ## Open-i 2026 - Date: Thursday 26 November 2026, 08:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Conference - Price: CHF 250 – CHF 1,090 - Venue: Zurich Convention Center, Claridenstrasse 5, 8002 Zurich - Organizer: [NZZ Connect](https://foundercal.com/organizers/nzz-connect) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/open-i-2026-2026-11-26 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9067?p=md Switzerland's broadest deep-tech day, built around four tracks: AI and robotics, defence and space, energy and fusion, and health. Speakers include Raffaello D'Andrea, who founded Kiva Systems and Verity, ESA's head of human and robotic exploration, and Synhelion's co-CEO. There is a dedicated… ## Swiss Fintech & AI Investor Day 2026 - Date: Tuesday 1 December 2026, 17:00 (Europe/Zurich) - Type: Pitch - Venue: Ergon Informatik AG, Merkurstrasse 43, 8032 Zurich - Organizer: [SICTIC](https://foundercal.com/organizers/sictic) - Details: https://foundercal.com/events/swiss-fintech-and-ai-investor-day-2026-2026-12-01 - Register / official page: https://foundercal.com/out/9062?p=md SICTIC's annual flagship for the fintech and AI crowd, and the largest fintech investor gathering in the Swiss calendar. Format is 90-second elevator pitches, then five-minute pitches with Q&A, then an apéro where the actual conversations happen. Hosted at Ergon Informatik, which builds a lot of…