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ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERNSHIP (6 MONTHS)

ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERNSHIP (6 MONTHS)

Dagsmejan is an innovative Swiss direct-to-consumer brand on a mission to improve sleep—and, with it, people's health and wellbeing. Inspired by the advancements in performance sportswear, we have partnered with leading experts in sleep science, materials science and textile engineering to reinvent what we wear closest to our skin for one-third of our lives. The result is a new category of scientifically engineered sleepwear that helps people sleep more comfortably and recover better. Today, Dagsmejan serves customers in more than 80 countries and has received over 25,000 five-star customer reviews. Our growth has also been recognised internationally: the Financial Times ranked Dagsmejan among Europe's 1,000 fastest-growing companies, placing us #48 overall, #1 in Apparel & Fashion, and #1 in Switzerland. To support our continued growth, we are looking for a Entrepreneurship Intern to join us for a six-month programme. Working closely with our management team, you will gain hands-on experience across the different functions of a fast-growing international D2C business. What you'll gain • Hands-on experience in a fast-growing international consumer brand. • Broad exposure to business development, marketing, e-commerce, retail and operations. • Direct collaboration with experienced entrepreneurs and a highly committed team. • Meaningful responsibilities from day one. What you'll be working on As an Entrepreneurship Intern, you'll support a broad range of commercial and operational topics. Depending on business priorities, your work may include: • Supporting business development activities and researching potential partnerships across different markets and channels. • Assisting with marketing campaigns and commercial initiatives. • Helping identify, prepare and operate pop-up stores and other retail concepts. • Conducting market research, competitor analysis and customer research. • Preparing presentations, reports and analyses for the management team. • Supporting cross-functional projects across different parts of the business. • Contributing wherever needed and gaining practical insight into the day-to-day operations of a growing international e-commerce company. Who we're looking for We're looking for someone who is curious, proactive and enjoys getting things done. Ideally, you bring: • A Bachelor's or Master's degree (or are close to completing one) in Business Administration, Economics or a related field. • Initial practical experience through internships, student jobs or entrepreneurial projects. • A hands-on mentality and the willingness to take ownership. • Strong analytical and organisational skills. • The ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with others. • Excellent written and spoken English; German is an advantage. • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office; experience with e-commerce platforms, digital tools or AI applications is a plus. • A genuine interest in entrepreneurship, innovation, health and consumer brands. Why Dagsmejan? Building a successful consumer brand isn't just about strategy—it is about solving problems every day, working across different functions and turning ideas into reality. During this internship, you'll experience exactly that. You'll contribute to real projects, work alongside experienced entrepreneurs and gain practical insights into what it takes to build and grow an international premium brand. If you enjoy variety, taking initiative and learning by doing, we'd love to hear from you. Interested? Please send your application to [email protected]. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch—we look forward to hearing from you.

1-to-1 Marketing

Product Development / Co-Founder

Drink Specialist / Product Development / Co-Founder

sawastea, Lucerne, Switzerland · Co-Founder · Equity We're two people testing out an idea: Sawastea, an authentic Thai Iced Tea (Cha Yen). We haven't founded a company yet — right now it's small home-batches and figuring out if there's a real market for it. So far it's one person on marketing & sales, one on ICT & design. What we're missing is someone who genuinely knows food/beverage product development — that's you. What we're looking for: A co-founder to take ownership of product development: bringing real expertise to our recipe, formulation, and eventually the path toward an RTD product. You don't need to know Thai tea specifically — but you should genuinely come from this field, not be learning it alongside us. What you'd work on: - Recipe refinement and eventually scaling from home-batch toward a producible format with a suiting partner - Reformulation questions: e.g. moving from synthetic colorants to natural alternatives without losing color/stability - Shelf-life and food safety basics: pasteurization, preservation, working with a milk-infused tea - Helping us think through what it takes to eventually work with a co-packer - Keeping an eye on Swiss food law relevant to composition and labeling You might be a fit if you have: - A real background in food science, beverage technology, or F&B product development — studies or hands-on industry experience - Genuine comfort with hands-on recipe work: tasting, iterating, adjusting — not just theory - Interest in joining as an co-founder from an early, unproven stage — this is still a test, not a running business yet What we offer: - Co-founder equity and real influence on where this goes - An honest, early-stage project: we've done some groundwork (food law basics, batch records, a first pass at financials) but there's no funding, no company, no guarantees yet - Two people who take this seriously and want a third who can actually judge the product side, which we can't yet. - Start Up experience and passion for entrepreneurship. If this sounds interesting even without a perfect match on paper, reach out and let's talk.

Food & Beverage

Immersive Wellness - Marketing Co-Founder

Wellness Marketing Co-Founder

Immersive Wellness

We're looking for a digital marketing-focused co-founder to help build and scale an immersive wellness brand that combines ancient wisdom with modern innovation. This role will lead brand growth through digital marketing, performance strategies, content, community building, and customer acquisition while shaping the overall brand presence. The ideal partner is passionate about wellness, understands how to build impactful consumer brands, and can transform meaningful experiences into a globally recognized movement. Message on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-hodel/

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Join us in advancing precision oncology

Quality and Regulatory Affairs Manager

Oncobit develops CE-IVDR-certified molecular diagnostics for precision oncology. As we continue to expand our product portfolio and clinical evidence, we are looking for an experienced Quality & Regulatory Affairs Manager to strengthen our team in Schlieren.

Regulatory Affairs

Software CTO

About the Role We are looking for an experienced software engineer to own Riverkin’s technical roadmap end-to-end, including working hands-on on the software component. You will take responsibility for creating a reliable client-facing product, which will be mainly an enterprise software that is fed with data (from hardware we build ourselves) and models (which we also build ourselves). We already have several manufactured sensor prototypes and a software MVP deployed in the field with clients. Now we need someone who can take what exists, challenge it where needed, and define a coherent, scalable path forward with a customer facing approach and without overengineering or starting from scratch unnecessarily. You should think like a builder, not an optimizer. We need someone who has taken products from 0 to 1 and knows how to move fast without losing track of the overall structure. What You'll Do Create Clarity and Momentum Bring structure to ambiguous problems and drive them to execution Make decisions and move forward without waiting for perfect information Lead, shape and manage the technical team You will be a leader and guide the technical team so that everyone has enough context for their work, ownership of their work, and a growth path You will decide what to build in-house, where to use external support, and how to keep engineering quality high as the software and sensor deployments scale. Own the technical roadmap Work with the product team to obtain product requirements and translate them into a technical roadmap You will align the roadmap with our current stage Decide when to iterate, fix or rebuild and explain why Create a path to scale and industrialization Own, Build, and Industrialize the Software Architecture Define and build the first customer-facing platform where customers can access, understand and act on our data. Evaluate the current backend and decide what to keep, fix, or redesign (today: a Python backend, AWS provisioned with Terraform, SQLite, and a JavaScript frontend) Make practical decisions on UX, APIs, and structure to get to a usable MVP quickly Lead development of our cloud backend (primarily AWS and GCP based) Build and refine data pipelines from sensor ingestion to usable outputs Not only design, but remain deeply involved in implementation Lead debugging and debug yourself Find the balance between scalable architecture and pragmatic solutions, aligned with our stage (product and company) Bring the final product to commercialization/industrialization Work with the hydrology and hardware teams Translate customer needs in product development direction, both hardware and data side You will support the hardware team to bring their hardware to industrialization You will lead and define the IP roadmap together with the hardware team You will work with the hydrology team to define the model outputs and how to represent the outputs in the software Who You Are You have built and shipped enterprise products from the ground up in a startup or similar environment. You are customer facing, translate customer needs into product and architecture decisions. You are both a hands-on developer and an architect. You have worked closely with hardware-software systems. You have strong intuition for pragmatic software architecture at an early stage. You can turn messy inputs into clear technical directions. You care about building systems that actually work in the real world. You communicate clearly with technical and non-technical teammates. Technical Requirements Strong experience building cloud-based systems (AWS required) Proficient in modern backend development (e.g. Python or Node.js) Experience designing and building data pipelines and APIs Comfortable building simple frontends for MVPs Experience working with real-world data systems (IoT, data platforms, or similar is a strong plus) 7 years of experience building and shipping software products 3 years of experience managing and leading a team Comfortable with infrastructure-as-code (we use Terraform) and SQL Nice to Have Experience building data-as-a-service or analytics platforms Previous founder experience Role Details Commitment: 100% FTE Compensation: competitive base salary plus meaningful equity, depending on experience Location: 4 days per week in Zurich office (with one day flexible/remote) Starting date: by November 1st 2026 at the latest Work-permit: Swiss/EU nationals with a work permit are prioritized since we do not have the capability to sponsor a work permit for third-country candidates Relocation: We do not sponsor relocation Benefits: 25 days of vacation About Riverkin We are a well-capitalized startup building real-time sensing and data infrastructure for rivers. Our own field-deployed sensors collect live water-level and sediment data, while our platform turns that data into decision-ready insights for customers. We work across two core use cases: hydropower, where better sediment data can support flushing, asset protection and compliance; and flash-flood risk, where local river data can help hydropower, first responders and municipalities understand what is happening before conditions become critical. We are a small, hands-on Swiss startup working across hydrology models, sensing products, software and market development with real customer deployments. To apply: Email a short motivation and your CV to [email protected]. If you have them, add links to things you’ve shipped: your Github profile, a portfolio, or a couple of lines on a 0-to-1 product you owned (optional, not required). Our process has three stages: 1) a screening call, 2) an online 45min interview, and 3) a 2h workshop with the founders on-site in Zurich.

Software Engineers

Field operations and customer success associate (100%)

Field operations and customer success associate (100%) | Feldeinsatz und Customer-Success-Mitarbeiter:in (100 %)

About the Role We are looking for a recent graduate that is excited to wear many hats in our startup and support operations: getting their hands wet during fieldwork, supporting customers, owning and driving the projects we have with clients and making sure we deliver on time, and managing sensor inventory in the lab and field. This is primarily an operational role, but we’re looking for someone with a technical background. This is not an engineering role. What You'll Do: Fieldwork You will own all fieldwork responsibility: from scheduling a field visit to a client site (usually somewhere along a river in the Alps), to renting/packing the car with sensors and safety equipment, selecting the optimal location for installation, updating sensor firmware and settings, making sure sensor is sending data correctly via LoRa or satellite, installing the sensor in the river along with other material to protect the sensor, and collect water samples You will find flaws in our sensor deployment setup, and then come up with better solutions and communicate these solutions to the product team You will create better and more robust sensor deployment setups if needed You will keep collected samples and field equipment organized Customer success You will follow up with customers and make sure their product is working as it should You will troubleshoot any issues that the customers face with the sensors You will document any issues that arise and communicate them to the product & engineering teams You will document any feature requests from the customers and communicate them to the product team Project management You will keep track of our current customer projects (contacts, next steps, identification of sensors deployed, which sensors are online and/or need to be fixed) You will be the driver for delivering outcomes to the clients by: Requesting new features from the software team and telling the client when the feature will be ready, then making sure the feature gets delivered Requesting bug fixes from the engineering team and then giving the client a date when the bug is fixed, then following up with the client to make sure their issue is solved Inventory management Creating and keeping track of our sensor inventory in the lab and in the field And knowing how many sensors we need to order from our manufacturing partner based on the number of clients we have in the pipeline Place sensor orders with our manufacturing partner on time so that sensors arrive before a project is due to begin Create a smooth ordering process from the manufacturing partner Oversee basic budget management, expense reporting, and invoice tracking from the manufacturing partners Manage day-to-day logistics Who You Are You enjoy working in the field, rain or shine You enjoy speaking to clients and enabling their success You’re a fast learner You’re highly organized, reliable, and enjoy bringing order to chaos You’re a strong communicator and a natural multitasker You’re comfortable taking initiative and asking for help when needed You thrive in an early-stage, fast-changing environment Requirements Must speak German and English (C level or native), with preference to candidates that are also fluent in French Must have a valid driving license and be comfortable driving manual cars and confident driving on mountain roads to reach field sites Degree in a technical field (engineering, science, or equivalent) from a Berrufslehre, Hochschule or Fachhochschule (or equivalent) Must be comfortable handling a drill while standing in a river Comfortable using Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel) Comfortable using productivity tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, etc.) Can swim Nice to Have Swiftwater Rescue Technician Certificate Experience with IoT or sensor-based systems Experience navigating rivers on foot Previous startup experience Role Details Commitment: 100% FTE. Compensation: competitive base salary plus meaningful equity, depending on experience. Growth: this role has the opportunity to grow into a key operational role as the company scales. Reporting line: you report directly to the founders. Location: based in Zurich with 25% travel time (with one day flexible/remote) Starting date: candidates that can start by September 1st or earlier will be prioritised. The role must be filled by October 1st 2026 at the latest. Work-permit: Swiss/EU nationals with a work permit are prioritized since we do not have the capability to sponsor a work permit for third-country candidates. Relocation: We do not sponsor relocation Benefits: 25 days of vacation, and pension contributions About Riverkin We are a well-capitalized startup building real-time sensing and data infrastructure for rivers. Our own field-deployed sensors collect live water-level and sediment data, while our platform turns that data into decision-ready insights for customers. We work across two core use cases: hydropower, where better sediment data can support flushing, asset protection and compliance; and flash-flood risk, where local river data can help hydropower, first responders and municipalities understand what is happening before conditions become critical. We are a small, hands-on Swiss startup working across hydrology models, sensing products, hardware, field engineering, software and market development with real customer deployments. To apply: Email a short motivation and your CV to [email protected] Our process has three stages: 1) a screening call, 1) an online 45min interview, and 3) a final on-site interview in Zurich with the entire team.

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Private Equity Praktikum

Private Equity Praktikum

Unternehmen & Beschreibung Ebenholz AG ist eine kleine, unkonventionelle Private-Equity-Firma. Anders als klassische Private-Equity-Häuser wird Ebenholz nur ein einziges Unternehmen erwerben – und der Principal wird dieses nach der Übernahme selbst operativ führen. Du arbeitest direkt mit dem Gründer zusammen – einem unprätentiösen Serial Entrepreneur mit siebenstellig aufgebauter unternehmerischer Erfahrung. Er widmet sich nun voll und ganz der Ebenholz AG. Du bekommst Einblick in: Laufende M&A-Deals Den Umgang mit Brokern, Steuerberatern und Anwälten Due Diligence und Verhandlungen aller Art – jeden Tag Wir suchen Praktikanten, die uns helfen, unseren mehrstufigen Deal-Funnel mit hohem Volumen so effizient wie möglich zu managen. Was kannst du lernen: Wie man langfristige, echte Beziehungen zu Unternehmern und Entscheidern aufbaut Wie Deals und Verhandlungen in der Realität wirklich entstehen und geführt werden Wie man verkauft – klar, direkt und ohne Umwege Wie man überzeugend kommuniziert und Menschen für sich gewinnt Zu deinen Aufgaben gehört vor allem: Kontaktdaten von Eigentümern zahlreicher Privatunternehmen recherchieren und eigenständige direkte Ansprache (Outreach) Unterstützung beim Sourcing von Deals, die zu unseren Investitionskriterien passen Brutal ehrliches Feedback zu E-Mail-Entwürfen und Geschäftsverhandlungen geben Nicht dazu gehört: Financial Modeling Aufwendige Analysen Alles, was unnötig Zeit frisst Anforderungen: Jemand, der hungrig ist und viel lernen will Gesunder Menschenverstand und eigenständiges Denken Echtes Interesse an Business und Unternehmertum (sonst passt es nicht) Umgang mit Chaos Mindestens 20 Stunden pro Woche und 2 volle Tage Verfügbarkeit (keine 4–5 halben Tage) Vergütung: Das ist ein unbezahltes Praktikum. Wenn du ein glamouröses, formelles Prestige-Praktikum suchst, ist das hier nicht passend. Wir arbeiten aus einem Büro in Zürich (ca. 7 Minuten zu Fuss vom Zürich HB). Bei guter Leistung erhältst du Empfehlungsschreiben und Einblicke sowie Kontakte zu Personen in Beratung, Banken und Private Equity. Zusätzlich gibt es Unterstützung bei Bewerbungen, Recruiting und Sales, wenn gewünscht. Dieses Praktikum ist besonders geeignet für dich, wenn du: in Private Equity einsteigen willst und verstehen möchtest, wie Deals wirklich entstehen – von der ersten Kontaktaufnahme bis zur Transaktion – und dafür ein intensives, praxisnahes Sprungbrett suchst. Nächste Schritte: Wenn das nach dir klingt, sende eine E-Mail an [email protected] mit: einem kurzen Absatz, warum du den Job willst und warum du gut dazu passt deiner Verfügbarkeit für die nächsten Monate

HUB Lead

Hub Lead: Operations & Community (80%)

Sitem Startup Club

Hub Lead: Operations & Community (80%) Sitem MedTech HUB by Sitem Startup Club Are you a natural host who loves bringing people together, creating a great atmosphere, and making sure everything runs smoothly behind the scenes? Join Sitem Startup Club (SSC) as our Hub Lead and become the heart of the Sitem MedTech Hub (SMH). This is a highly visible, hands-on role for someone with experience in operations, hospitality, coworking, events, or community management; and who enjoys being part of a dynamic startup and innovation environment. The role As Hub Lead, you are the person who makes the hub feel welcoming, inspiring, professional, and alive. You lead the daily operations of the space while acting as the main host and community connector for founders, researchers, startups, partners, and guests. You are just as comfortable managing logistics as you are welcoming a new startup team on their first day. What you’ll do Host the hub • Be the first friendly face members and guests see when they arrive. • Create a calm, professional, and warm atmosphere in a fast-moving innovation environment. • Build trusted relationships with members and understand what they’re working on. • Make thoughtful introductions that spark collaboration across startups, partners, and teams. Own the member journey • Lead new member onboarding, including tours, orientations, access setup, and follow-ups. • Make sure founders and teams feel confident, supported, and at home from day one. • Be the go-to person on-site for questions, requests, and problem-solving. • Gather member feedback and continuously improve the experience. Run the hub like a pro • Own the day-to-day operations of the coworking and accelerator space. • Ensure meeting rooms, common areas, and offices are always ready to host. • Manage schedules, vendors, supplies, access, and operational workflows. • Spot issues early and resolve them smoothly and efficiently. Support community and programming • Support HUB activities, events, workshops, and partner visits. • Help create moments of connection before and after programming. • Ensure events run smoothly from a hosting and operational perspective. Lead with presence • Set the standard for hospitality, professionalism, and care. • Coordinate on-site staff, partners, or service providers. • Balance structure and flexibility in a dynamic startup environment. A day in the life You open the hub, do a quick walk-through, and make sure everything is set: coffee on, rooms ready, and the space calm and welcoming. You greet founders as they arrive, check in with a new startup moving into the space, and answer questions about access, meeting rooms, or daily hub life. Between meetings, you handle operations: vendor coordination, supply checks, scheduling, and solving small issues before they become big ones. Over lunch, you connect members who should know each other and gather informal feedback. In the afternoon, you onboard a new team, give them a tour, and make sure they’re fully set up. You wrap the day by resetting the space, checking tomorrow’s schedule, and leaving the hub ready for another great day. Who you are • You are a natural host: warm, confident, and grounded. • You are detail-oriented and have a strong operational mindset. • You are comfortable in a professional, innovation driven environment. • You stay calm under pressure and are proactive by default. • You are genuinely excited about startups, MedTech, hospitality, and community. • You enjoy being present in the hub and shaping the daily experience of members and guests. Experience that helps • Experience in hospitality, coworking, community management, operations, or events. • Experience managing a physical space where people and details matter. Languages • English, German (Swiss German) What you’ll get • An exciting 80% role with a high level of ownership and responsibility. • The chance to be at the center of a thriving MedTech innovation ecosystem. • The opportunity to build real relationships with founders, researchers, and industry leaders. • A young, dynamic, and entrepreneurial work environment. • A unique role combining hospitality, operations, and community. • The chance to own a space that enables meaningful impact in healthcare. About Sitem Startup Club SMH is more than a workspace, it’s a club for MedTech innovators. Our members include founders, researchers, clinicians, investors, and industry partners who are building the future of healthcare. The hub brings together people who are serious about impact and value being part of a curated, collaborative community. As Hub Lead, you are the host of the SSC. Apply Ready to become the heart of the SITEM MedTech Hub? Send your CV and a short motivation letter to [email protected].

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Founding Commercial Lead

Founding Commercial Lead

Monotonic (m7c) replaces the stack of git bolt-ons (scale hacks, merge queues, SBOM scanners) with one cohesive VCS: a post-AI linear monorepo with native build integration. Pre-seed, technical founder (ex-Google), working prototype, mid-raise. You own everything non-engineering: first customers, pricing, hiring, ops, fundraising support. Founder builds product; you build the business. Many hats, no playbook handed to you. You'll: - Land the first paying design partners and turn pilots into contracts. - Build the bottoms-up motion: FOSS adoption to team to org, with the compliance paywall (CRA/SBOM attestation, enterprise admin) as the conversion trigger. - Set pricing, run the commercial process, and help stand up the company as we grow. You are: - Commercially sharp in dev-tools, infrastructure, or a technical B2B product. You've sold or gone to market before, even if not at this exact altitude. - Credible to engineers. Our ICP is platform and infra leads who spot a non-technical seller instantly. - Comfortable pre-product and pre-revenue, with regulatory tailwind (CRA, EU sovereignty) as the wedge. Terms: founding equity, salary on close. Path to co-founder on proven fit. Zürich or remote. Contact: [email protected]

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Version Control Tools

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Continuous Delivery

Looking for a Technical Co-Founder (CTO) for Primerus AI

I'm building Primerus, the AI system that builds and runs the entire digital presence for businesses in regulated industries (SMEs). Here's what makes it work: most marketing tools hand you a dashboard and leave you to figure it out. Primerus is the opposite. Our AI generates, operates, and continuously optimizes everything - brand, website, content, SEO/GEO, social, virtual twins, and customer communication - autonomously. The owner focuses on their craft; the system grows their brand in the background. We started in the €2B+ DACH aesthetics market, where trust and compliance decide everything. In 8 months, fully bootstrapped, we've reached €120k ARR with 10+ paying customers. The wedge is proven. In the long run, we scale across every regulated industry where reputation is the product. I bring the domain expertise, the go-to-market engine, and real traction. What I'm looking for is a technical co-founder to own the autonomous AI architecture and build this into a category-defining company with me.