Swiss startup days 2026

20 – 21 May 2026 | Bern, Switzerland

Pearl Oti-Amoako

Founder & CEO

PIN Sport App GmbH

Switzerland

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PIN Sport App is building the digital infrastructure for grassroots and semi-professional sport. We started with a simple observation: over 20,000 sports clubs in Switzerland are still recruiting through Instagram posts and WhatsApp messages — while thousands of athletes are looking for the right team and never find it. The tools exist everywhere. The infrastructure to connect them doesn't. PIN is that infrastructure. A sports-first marketplace where athletes create structured profiles, clubs post open positions, and an AI-powered matching engine connects both sides — based on sport, level, position, and fit. Not on name or background. The matching engine is grounded in peer-reviewed field research: a study across 1,116 Swiss sports clubs documented that name-based bias systematically blocks access to sport. PIN is the technical answer to that finding — built by the researcher who ran the study. We are live in Switzerland, backed by VentureKick Stage 2, Talent Kick and Female Founders+, and currently expanding city by city across the DACH region. Sport should be accessible to everyone. We're building the platform that makes it possible.
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Thursday, 21 May 2026

14:15 - 15:00

Newcomers #3 and Talentkick - Switzerland’s most promising early-stage tech startups

Location:Szenario 2 (Level 0)Track:Newcomers

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