On the pulse of the Swiss tech movement

The founders of Chainwork want to further strengthen Switzerland as a business location as a global hub in the technology world. "Chainwork supports the digital transformation of companies and offers the Swiss economy unique access to forward-looking and disruptive technologies. We focus on cooperation and knowledge transfer between startups, investors, technology companies, and Swiss SMEs and corporations," says Alex von Mühlenen, CEO and founder of Chainwork.

Support tech movement

The well-connected young entrepreneur created the basis for a platform with Chainwork about a year ago, which is intended to support the Swiss startup ecosystem with targeted consolidation. Von Mühlenen elaborates: "Switzerland is a hotspot for technological innovation and very well positioned in global competition. However, we see a problem in the current fragmentation of the individual economic players. We want to counteract this fragmentation with Chainwork."

Cooperation instead of competition

Located in Zurich's Seefeld district, the company's HUB covers over 1800 m2 with a large coworking space, a modern event venue and a living room with its own bar-café concept. Alex von Mühlenen emphasizes: "We want to offer technology-savvy creatives and like-minded people an exciting framework for networking and community building. Chainwork is to become a meeting point and cross-generational meeting place for the tech and corporate world." With its coworking space, various event series and a startup support program, Chainwork is its own interactive ecosystem, wherein the digital transformation of Swiss companies is to accelerate. "The synergies of our business units make us unique. At the same time, we also represent an open platform which is designed for cooperation and capable of integrating further ecosystems."

Recognize challenges of the market

With his company, Alex von Mühlenen relies on proven big names in Swiss business. Unlike other providers of startup support, Chainwork has explicitly commercial aspects. Von Mühlenen emphasizes: "It's not just 'good' ideas from startups that count. These must also be practical and meet the real needs of companies by anticipating commercial interests." Accordingly, Chainwork places great emphasis on careful curation and coordination of the companies that make up its pool of members: "Quality trumps quantity for us. We see ourselves as a boutique label for forward-looking collaborations between innovators and investors who see eye-to-eye," says Alex von Mühlenen.

Information: www.chainwork.com