Fashiontech scouting and shortlist

The FashionTech workshops are a core part of the Netcomm Suisse strategy towards the promotion and driving forward of a Lifestyle-tech Competence Center. The workshop series is composed of expert directors from different brands from diverse segments of the market, each with unique needs and competences which we aim to fully reflect in the final outputs of the workshop. It brings together leaders in the field to define strategic R&D guidelines for scouting and research projects of a future Lifestyle-tech Competence Center, as well as more general innovation strategies within the field.

The workshops aim to identify the innovation requirements between and within companies in the sector, build bridges across different economic areas, including between investors and brands/retailers/manufacturers and also to connect all these businesses with upcoming and valid start-ups/scale-ups. The workshops represent an initial step towards the development of a Lifestyle-tech Competence Center, which would benefit all industry stakeholders within Switzerland and beyond.

 

WORKSHOP DETAILS

This specific workshop aims to review progress on themes and projects set out in previous meeting. Thanks to the support of investment management firm Loomish SA, participants will be able to evaluate and access scouted start-ups working in the home and living technology area. Loomish will also present a short list of relevant university R&D projects and tech corporations interested in co-financing innovation initiatives.

 

PARTICIPATION BENEFITS

• Education: Free access to a series of educational workshops, dinners and events
• Connect and share insights: Connect investors from Private Equity, VC , Family Office and holdings with C-level Directors of large innovative corporations to evaluate and access entrepreneurs and disruptive technologies
• Fund R&D projects: Access to public funding to perform R&D activities in Switzerland with local and international research centers and universities
• Open innovation: Define guidelines for the start-up/scale up scoutings. Definition of research criteria, participation to the scale up selections and participation to the meet up awards