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Initiators>> Medienpartner >> Companies and institutions >>
The initiators and the Advisory Board support Venture 2010 as strategic partners. The project team (which includes the Steering Committee) and the coaches support the participants. Companies and institutions support the competition in a variety of ways.
 The ETH Zurich represents world-class scientific competence, research to benefit the economy and society, and the education of highly qualified experts. As a foremost global technological and scientific university, ETH Zurich opens up a broad and multifaceted science and engineering horizon for its students. It also offers an inspiring environment as an international research university at the highest level. Twenty-one Nobel Laureates who have studied, taught, or conducted research at ETH Zurich confirm its excellent reputation. Long-standing cooperation with the business world, a location in the heart of Europe, and strong relationships with other world-class universities and research institutions all contribute to ETH Zurich’s unique knowledge environment. As a hub of study, research, and administration, ETH Zurich hosts 18,000 people from 80 countries—359 professors and 13,500 students. The school is home to 16 departments, 82 institutes, and 3 campuses in Zurich and Basle. Its annual budget is approximately 1.2 billion Swiss francs. Further information at: www.ethz.ch  The CTI is the federal agency responsible for promoting innovation. It encourages the exchange of knowledge and technology between companies and universities. It also helps them to work together on joint applied research projects and provides entrepreneurs with the support needed to establish startup companies. Grant funding for R&D projects is available for scientific innovations in all disciplines. In order to qualify for grant funding, the project must be based on an innovative product or service idea offering strong market potential. With its Venturelab programme, the CTI provides entrepreneurs with personalised training modules, enabling them to establish the corporate vehicle needed to successfully implement their innovative business ideas; young entrepreneurs can also take advantage of professional coaching. The Venturelab programme is intended to create scientifically and technologically based companies whose products or services offer major market potential. CTI-funded KTT consortiums facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technology between universities and business partners in a given region. Professionally-led KTT consortiums help business and university partners to come in contact with one another and to develop projects and innovative ideas. Further information at: www.kti-cti.ch  McKinsey & Company is a globally active management consulting company. Clients are the top management of companies, but also those of public institutions and governments. McKinsey & Company was founded in 1926 in the USA and today has more than 90 offices in over 51 countries. McKinsey has been active in Switzerland since 1962. The three offices in Zurich, Geneva and Casablanca, with a total of about 215 consultants, serve clients in the most important industries. While McKinsey offices adjust to local management practice, at the same time offices operate worldwide according to the same principles, use the same pool of experience and know-how and follow the same standards concering professional responsibility, quality of work, training of staff and problem-solving methodologies. Further information at: www.mckinsey.ch
Medienpartner NZZ campus With the brand "NZZ campus" the "NZZ" regroups all activities addressing students. "NZZ campus" comprises different publications and media products centered on studies and career. Among them belongs the university magazine (issued biannually in spring and fall) as well as the online platform nzz-campus.ch. On the website, students, graduates, headhunters and young professionals report exclusively on studies, job start and career. www.nzzcampus.ch
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