Press releases

F10 announces 12 promising early-stage startups selected from more than 200 applications for Batch I of the renowned Startup Incubation Program. The program kicks off on 1 March in Barcelona, Spain at Barcelona Tech City, and lasts for 5 months.

We are excited to welcome Michèle Richner, former Global Brand Strategist at Saffron Brand Consultants, to the Global Leadership Team per 1st of February as Marketing & Growth Lead.

After its biggest Demo Day yet with over 700 attendees, F10 congratulates all 15 of their Incubation Batch VI Startups to a successful completion of the program at the Zurich hub of the now global incubator & accelerator.

F10 FinTech Incubator & Accelerator announces the 10 Startups that have been selected for the second batch of the Acceleration Program (previously Scaleup Program). Almost 200 companies with market traction from various countries had applied to become part of the 3-month program. The Startups accepted into the Accelerator Program will have the opportunity to collaborate with the prestigious F10 Corporate Partners in Switzerland and connect with the international F10 ecosystem. Furthermore, they will get access to the F10 Investor Network and strongly improve sales, scaling as well as fundraising skills.

F10 - where innovation meets industry - is happy to announce the F10 Investment AG launch. F10 Investment AG's founding Investors are F10 FinTech Incubator & Accelerator and the F10 Corporate Partners SIX Group as well as the innovation entity of Generali Switzerland - the House of Insurtech Switzerland (HITS). Through the newly founded F10 Investment AG, Corporate Partners of the Swiss F10 hub can invest in carefully selected startups graduating from the F10 Incubation Program in Zurich. For each batch of the renowned program, the experienced F10 Startup Coaches and F10 Corporate Partners pick the best teams out of more than 300 applications from all over the world.

We are pleased to announce that Alastria is joining F10 as a Strategic Partner to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in the banking and insurance industry. Alastria is a non-profit association that promotes the digital economy through the development and the proper use of distributed/Blockchain technologies.

One year ago, Swiss-based FinTech Incubator & Accelerator F10 released the first of its kind FinTech Sandbox, to give FinTech startups easy access to banking and insurance APIs. Now, multiple insurance APIs from F10 Corporate Partner Baloise are added to the F10 Sandbox, leading the way of open insurance in Switzerland.

F10 Singapore’s first accelerator cohort will be the first to benefit from the accreditation program. They include Apiax, Couture.ai, CoverGo, Propine, Signzy and SynctacticAI.

After successfully expanding to Singapore, F10 is now opening hubs in Spain. The launches in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia are part of F10's plans to increase the global footprint.

SIX has today announced that it will be establishing its tech incubator and accelerator F10 in Spain, enabling an enhanced mobility of high-quality startups between Spain, Switzerland, and Singapore.

The Zurich and Singapore based Incubator and Accelerator F10 is opening offices in four Spanish cities this autumn to reshape the future of banking and insurance. The move creates additional opportunities for the Swiss partners towards worldwide collaboration with tech startups.

F10 – THE HOME OF FINTECH is delighted to announce the appointment of Gerrit Sindermann as new Head F10 Zurich. He is starting mid of June 2020.