16 projects from phase 1 of the UCreate program pitched to a panel of judges

Discover the 9 members of the jury, experts in various fields, whose job it is to select the projects that will move on to phase 2 of the program.

Out of the 36 projects that participated in phase 1 of the UCreate program, 16 pitched to the jury to move on to phase 2 of the program.

The teams had 3 minutes to convince the jury based on 5 criteria: the team, the problem to be solved, the desirability of the solution, differentiation and potential impact.

Discover the 9 members of the jury, experts in different fields:

• 3 UNIL alumni entrepreneurs: Cédric Rimella (ID Swiss Botanicals), Semira Gonseth Nusslé (Genknowme) & Céline Arethens (Lane Digital)
• 1 social entrepreneur: Eleonora Voltolina (Republicca degli stagisti)
• 1 member of our Advisory Board: Florence Guth (PACTT)
• 1 member of the Centre de Compétences en Durabilité: Nelly Niwa
• 1 HEC faculty member: Isabelle Engeler
• 2 partners: Julie Bocquel (FIT) & Fabio Monte (Qoqa)

Thank you all for your involvement in selecting the projects that will enter phase 2 of the UCreate acceleration program this autumn. Stay tuned, we'll present the selected teams in a few days...

Find out more about UCreate here. The call for projects for the next session is already open.