Global forumfor the next generationof student founders.
A recurring live forum where student founders pitch in front of investors, mentors, universities and an audience that pays attention. Born in Geneva, now travelling to new cities.
The most ambitious students rarely get a stage worth standing on — or a room with investors in it. We built one, and we're taking it to new cities.
Who is in the room.
Every edition brings the same five groups into one hall for one evening. That mix is the whole point — it's how a student pitch turns into an investor conversation.
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Student founders
Selected from applications across universities. They pitch live, on stage, in front of everyone below.
Apply to pitch02
Investors
Angels, VCs and family offices attend as regular guests. No name badges, no spotlight — they watch, then reach out.
Investor access03
Mentors & operators
Founders who've done it before and executives who hire, buy and advise. They stay for the conversations after.
Why they come04
Universities
Business schools and universities from the host city send students, faculty and their own founders.
Partner with us05
A curated audience
Students, young professionals and guests who registered to be there — not a random crowd.
Reserve a seatFrom idea
to investor.
Four steps. The stage is the middle one — the last one is why founders apply.
Apply for Vol. 021.Apply
Tell us about your idea, your team and where you are. Applying is free and takes ten minutes.
Start your application2.Get selected
We review every application and pick a small line-up for each edition. Selected founders get a slot, a deadline and feedback on their deck.
How selection works3.Pitch live
You take the stage in front of the full room — students, mentors, universities and the investors sitting quietly among them.
See the next edition4.Meet your investor
Investors who want to talk reach out through us after the evening. Conversations happen privately, on your terms and theirs.
How investors attendVol. 02 — Geneva.
Founders Network returns to Geneva for its second edition: an evening of live student pitches, a curated audience and investors in the room. Then the forum moves on — see the full roadmap.
Three ways
to be in the room.
Born in Geneva.
Built to go further.
After the inaugural edition in June 2026, the forum returns to Geneva this October, then moves to the Lausanne / Montreux region and Zurich before expanding internationally. Same format, same standard, a new room of investors in every city.
New cities.
New founders.
Whether you want to pitch, watch, back or fund the next generation of founders — there's a seat for you at the next forum.