An independent ranking that documents your program's real impact — based on alumni feedback, track record, and substance. Four discipline rankings. NZZ-ZHAW validated. No fees.
BEFORE YOU START
Many Swiss organisations operate both a hub and one or several programs. To prevent double-counting and confusion, we make a clean cut between organisations and instruments.
Do you operate a physical location where startups work, or do cohorts gather under your brand?
Awards measure talent identification. Grants measure funding impact. Education measures learning effect. Foundation initiatives measure mission impact. Different functions need different yardsticks.
The Selection brings programs measurable advantages – not just "visibility". Here is what you actually receive.
Swiss founders filter by program type, funding range, and sector – and find you with intent. Better application quality, fewer off-topic submissions, less screening overhead.
→ Higher hit rate in your pipelineA NZZ-ZHAW-validated Selection Status (Silver to Diamond) for funding applications to federal and cantonal bodies, sponsor acquisition, and stakeholder communication. Independent of self-reporting.
→ Differentiation among 45+ programsFunders increasingly demand outcome data, not just output. Aggregated alumni feedback gives you defensible evidence of programme impact – ready for re-funding rounds, donor reports, and political stakeholders.
→ Hard evidence for re-fundingAnnual report with your position per dimension and concrete guidance: where you excel against comparable programs, and where there is improvement potential.
→ Data-driven program iterationTHE METHODOLOGY CORE
Self-reports can be polished. Founder experiences cannot. We anonymously survey your alumni and weight their aggregated voice as the strongest dimension in your score – because that is the data quality that distinguishes evidence from marketing.
HOW IT WORKS
Self-assessment, anonymous alumni feedback, and expert validation from the Swiss ecosystem – each data source feeds its own dimensions. Single-layer model, no double weighting.
Founder Outcomes is the clearly dominant dimension at 40%. A program exists for founders, not for board reports.
These four tiers apply independently within each program discipline.
HOW TO APPLY
Submission today, full Selection Status with the public release in October 2026. Sensitive data beyond the published profile is never disclosed.
Register with your work email and select your program discipline. No credit card, no subscription. Your profile stays private until you actively choose to publish it.
Structured questions across the five dimensions. You can save and resume any time. Sensitive fields (budget sources, sponsor agreements) stay private and never appear publicly.
Provide email addresses for alumni from your last three cohorts (or award years, or training years). We handle dispatch, automated reminders, and aggregation. Survey runs 4–6 weeks.
Your final score and Selection Status arrive with the public release in October 2026. Sensitive data beyond the published profile is never disclosed.
YOUR DATA
QUESTIONS
Choose your discipline, complete the self-assessment in 25 minutes, and list alumni for the anonymous feedback.
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