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SUMMARY:Climate Launchpad 2026
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DESCRIPTION:Do you have a sustainable business idea? Start here – Clima
 teLaunchpad 2026\n\nThe program supports early-stage sustainable business 
 ideas in developing their innovations into scalable business models. \n\
 nClimateLaunchpad (CLP) is part of Climate-KIC\, Europe’s climate innova
 tion agency. The competition is designed for entrepreneurs\, researchers\
 , and innovators with green business ideas that either have not yet been 
 established as a company or are less than two years old\, have not genera
 ted significant revenue\, and have received less than €200\,000 in fundi
 ng.\nRelevant sectors include clean energy\, circular economy\, food syste
 ms\, biodiversity\, sustainable\nmobility\, and more.\n\nSince its launch 
 in 2014\, ClimateLaunchpad has supported over 5\,000 teams worldwide\, del
 ivered more than 500 training Boot Camps and enabled startups to raise mo
 re than €500 million in investment. Participants benefit from hands-on 
 training\, business model development support\, and access to a global ne
 twork of investors and industry experts.\n\nApplications are now open: htt
 p://climatelaunchpad.org/application-form/\nLearn more about the programm 
 here: https://climatelaunchpad.org/competition/\nFor further details\, see
  the FAQs.\n\nThe top three Swiss teams ideas will be awarded at the Swiss
  National Final and qualify for the European Regional Final. The first pl
 ace will additionally travel to the Global Grand Finale (GGF) in Singapor
 e\, where the best international startups compete for global visibility an
 d funding opportunities.\n\n	Place: CHF 2700\, Trip to Singapore for the 
 GGF\, 18-month Startup Academy Support Program\n	Place: CHF 2000\, 12-mont
 h Startup Academy Support Program\n	Place: CHF 1000\, 9-month Startup Acad
 emy Support Program\n\nKey dates:\n\n\n	May 15\, 2026 - Application deadli
 ne for all Swiss business ideas\n	June 10-12\, 2026 – ClimateLaunchpad B
 oot Camp (half-days\, mornings\, online)\n	August 14\, 2026 – Swiss Nati
 onal Final (in-person in Basel\, afternoon)\n	September 2026 – Regional 
 Finals (online)\n	Oktober 14\, 2026 – Global Grand Final (GGF) in Singap
 ore (in-person)\n\nStartup Academy\, official Climate-KIC partner\nStartup
  Academy\, the official partner of Climate-KIC in Switzerland\, has been r
 unning ClimateLaunchpad at the national level since 2015. As a non-profit
  organization based on\nvolunteer work\, it supports startups from all ind
 ustries with a tailored support program and has been facilitating the exc
 hange between people with business ideas and those with expertise and exp
 erience since 2010.
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