Boldbrain Startup Challenge 2025: Ten Finalists

The Boldbrain Startup Challenge 2025 has entered its final stage. After three months of acceleration, coaching, and pitching, the Regional Jury has selected ten finalist projects that will take the stage at the Award Ceremony on Wednesday, 3 December 2025, at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano.

Boldbrain—organised by Fondazione Agire in collaboration with the USI Startup Centre—is Ticino’s leading accelerator for early-stage startups, designed to turn innovative ideas into scalable businesses through workshops, tailored coaching, and direct exposure to investors and the regional innovation ecosystem.

The ten Boldbrain 2025 finalists

Selected on the basis of innovation, market potential, sustainability, and entrepreneurial capability, the finalists (alphabetical order) are:

• Alceberg

• CC Cardio

• Green Targets

• MethyIX

• OOVIE Studios

• POWSH

• SwissVeritas

• Tellus GreenTech

• Vocalhum

• WindtracX

These ten teams will pitch live in front of an audience of entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and innovation enthusiasts. The evening will also include an Audience Award, voted by participants in the room.

The USI EMBA Full Scholarship: awarded to the Boldbrain winner

One of the most prestigious in-kind prizes of Boldbrain is the full scholarship to the USI Executive MBA. The scholarship is granted to the overall winner of the Boldbrain Startup Challenge, as a way to support founders who are ready to accelerate not only their startup, but also their leadership and business skills.

Our USI EMBA is an 18-month, part-time international programme for executives and entrepreneurs. It combines strategic management foundations, electives, hands-on workshops, and a study tour, giving founders the tools to scale their ventures with confidence and clarity.

Join the Award Ceremony

The Boldbrain 2025 Award Ceremony is open to the public, free of charge, with mandatory registration. It’s a unique chance to discover the best emerging startup ideas in Ticino, network with founders and partners, and witness the announcement of this year’s winners—including the startup that will receive the USI EMBA full scholarship.