Directory

Startup ecosystem in Geneva

Local startups, investors, and operators based in Geneva, Switzerland.

11 entries.

AI for Good Global Summit 2026 (July 2026)

Geneva, Switzerland · Event

The United Nations' flagship AI-for-good event, organized by the International Telecommunication Union. It convenes governments, technology companies, startups, academia and UN agencies around applied AI for the Sustainable Development Goals, with a large exhibition, robotics demos and a startup and innovation track. It is one of the largest AI gatherings in Europe, relevant to founders seeking visibility, partners and policy context.

Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Geneva, Switzerland · Person

Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies, leading global efforts on digital connectivity and AI governance. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.

Geneva Health Forum 2026

Geneva, Switzerland · Event

A biennial gathering at Campus Biotech, one of the largest global health conferences, bringing political, private, academic, and civil-society actors together on global health innovation and policy. For a healthtech founder in the Romandie it is the marquee venue to reach NGOs, multilateral health bodies, and impact funders.

Giuseppe Zocco

Geneva, Switzerland · Person

Co-founder of Index Ventures alongside Neil and David Rimer in 1996. Over more than two decades he helped build Index into one of the world's most successful venture firms before transitioning to an emeritus advisory role.

Joëlle Barral

Geneva, Switzerland · Person

Senior Director of Research and Engineering at Google DeepMind, leading research teams working on foundational machine learning and applied AI. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.

Marc Benioff

Geneva, Switzerland · Person

Chair and CEO of Salesforce, the enterprise cloud-software company he co-founded in 1999, and a prominent advocate for stakeholder capitalism and ethical technology. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.

Neil Rimer

Geneva, Switzerland · Person

Co-founder of Index Ventures, which he started in Geneva in 1996. A foundational figure in European venture capital, he backed early successes including Skype, MySQL, Last.fm and Supercell, and shaped Index's evolution into a transatlantic firm before stepping back from active partnership.

Ray Kurzweil

Geneva, Switzerland · Person

Inventor, futurist and best-selling author known for his work on artificial intelligence, pattern recognition and predictions about technological singularity, and a principal researcher at Google. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.

Yoshua Bengio

Geneva, Switzerland · Person

Professor at the Université de Montréal, Turing Award laureate and a founding pioneer of deep learning, and Co-President of the LawZero AI-safety initiative. He is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.