Innovation Time

What Innovation Time does

Innovation Time is a Swiss student media association and free editorial platform founded in 2014, publishing articles on entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, and business in French-speaking Switzerland. It operates as a legal association (Innovation Time Global) with four regional sections — Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, and a Global coordinating body — each affiliated with local universities (UNIL, EPFL, UNIGE, UNINE). The primary product is a WordPress-based blog and content management platform at innovation-time.com, supplemented by Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and email newsletter distribution.

The organization has no paid products and no pricing model. All articles, guides, and event coverage are freely accessible. The revenue model is donation-based (the website features a "Donations" page), and the organization is supported by in-kind university venue access and a network of logo partners displayed in the site footer (e.g., Agefi, CVCI, Infomaniak, UNIGE). Strategic partnerships, particularly with Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise for the Prix BCN Boost competition coverage and Microcity, anchor the content engine.

The go-to-market is community-led: Innovation Time recruits student contributors, organizes twice-yearly National Meetings rotating across cities, runs workshops, and maintains a campus presence. The audience is university students in French-speaking Switzerland interested in entrepreneurship. The single disclosed management team member is a student Vice President. The organization is small (11–50 headcount), student-run, and positioned as a non-commercial media outlet rather than a venture-backed business.

Name

Innovation Time

Legal name

Innovation Time Global

Website

https://innovation-time.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Innovation Time is a Swiss student media association founded in 2014 that publishes free articles on entrepreneurship and innovation across four regional university sections (Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Global). It runs a donation-funded WordPress platform, organizes bi-annual National Meetings, and serves students at UNIL, EPFL, UNIGE, and UNINE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Media & Publishing

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Career & Technical Education (CTE) & Trade Skills Media (EDAGALAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Innovation & Design Thinking Programs (EDAMAHAD)

Keywords

• Student media publishing
• Entrepreneurship journalism
• Digital content publishing
• University media association
• Community editorial platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Vevey

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization accepts donations to support its operations as a student media platform covering entrepreneurship topics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Innovation Time is a student-run media association that publishes free French-language editorial content covering entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, and business topics in French-speaking Switzerland. It operates four regional sections (Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, and a coordinating Global section) and organizes semiannual National Meeting events bringing students together with entrepreneurs.

Product overview

Innovation Time is a student media organization operating as a blog/editorial platform focused on entrepreneurship and innovation journalism. The organization maintains four regional sections (Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, and Global) and publishes articles covering topics such as entrepreneurship, technology, sustainability, and business development. The primary product is the digital media platform itself, which publishes content through a WordPress-based website and organizes events including the National Meeting semester gatherings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Innovation Time Blog/Media Platform A free, student-run digital editorial platform (innovation-time.com) publishing articles on entrepreneurship, innovation, technology, sustainability, and business topics, organized across four regional sections (Geneva, Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Global). It targets French-speaking Swiss university students interested in entrepreneurship and serves as the primary publication channel for Innovation Time's editorial content.
• National Meeting Events Twice-yearly gathering of Innovation Time members from all four regional sections for workshops, networking, team-building activities, and collaboration with external entrepreneurs and partners. Free for student attendees and held at host university venues.
• La Galère Micro-Series (Video Content) A video micro-series produced in collaboration with La Galère, featuring promising young entrepreneurs from French-speaking Switzerland. Published on Innovation Time's digital channels and targeting students interested in entrepreneurship.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• evo360minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 November 2025Health technology company that presented at the 9th National Meeting in Neuchâtel. Evo360 makes health technologies accessible to the general public, previously reserved for elite athletes.
• Bach et BuckminorOthers · 22 November 2025Creperie in Neuchâtel that provided crepes for the National Meeting lunch on November 22, 2025.
• Fusion CoffeeminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 November 2025Coffee shop and snack bar in Neuchâtel that hosted the networking event with Innovation Time alumni following the National Meeting.
• Les Brasseurs (Neuchâtel)minorOthers · 22 November 2025Brewery in Neuchâtel where the National Meeting dinner took place with a privatized room for Innovation Time members and alumni.
• PolypusminorOthers · 22 November 2025Design contributor who proposed the winning t-shirt branding design for Innovation Time at the National Meeting, featuring an octopus representing the seven values: Creativity, Learning, Multidisciplinarity, Sharing, Leadership, Sustainability, and Open-mindedness.
• Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise (BCN)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2020BCN launched the Prix BCN Boost competition in 2020 for 16-28 year olds. Innovation Time Neuchâtel covers this competition, featuring participants and winners in articles. BCN collaborates with Microcity, Hub Neuchâtel, HEG Arc, and Université de Neuchâtel to support youth entrepreneurship.
• 123generationminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section of the Innovation Time website. Nature of partnership not specified in available content.
• ActaresminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section of the Innovation Time website. Nature of partnership not specified.
• AgefiminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer. Agefi is a Swiss business newspaper. Partnership details not specified.
• Chambre vaudoise du commerce et de l'industrie (CVCI)minorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section. CVCI represents the business community in the canton of Vaud.
• Fédération des Etudiants NeuchâteloisminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section representing student federation in Neuchâtel.
• FuturnessminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section. Futurness is a Swiss entrepreneurship support organization.
• Global Entrepreneurship WeekminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section. Global Entrepreneurship Week is an international entrepreneurship promotion initiative.
• InfomaniakminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section. Infomaniak is a Swiss web hosting and cloud services company.
• Start LausanneminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section. Start Lausanne is a student entrepreneurship organization.
• Université de GenèveminorOthersLogo partner displayed in footer section. UNIGE is a partner university for Innovation Time Geneva.
• MicrocitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation incubator and business support organization in Neuchâtel. Partners with BCN and Innovation Time for youth entrepreneurship programs including the Prix BCN Boost.
• Université de NeuchâtelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost institution for Innovation Time Neuchâtel section. Venue for National Meeting events and partner in entrepreneurship education initiatives.
• Young Enterprise Switzerland (YES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization running the YES program for student enterprises in Switzerland. Tapéro, a project from Lycée Jean-Piaget, participated in Prix BCN Boost through the YES program.
• HEG ArcminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHaute Ecole de Gestion Arc, part of the Neuchâtel university system. Collaborates with BCN on youth entrepreneurship initiatives.
• Hub NeuchâtelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness incubator and hub in Neuchâtel supporting entrepreneurship ecosystem development.
• Espace Création (Sion)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-working space in Sion, Valais. Innovation Time committee visited the space and produced a series of interviews with entrepreneurs located there including Valézy, ERmanos, PA Solutions, Bolay.co, and FabLab.
• EZYCountminorOthersSwiss accounting software company that facilitated Innovation Time's visit to Espace Création in Sion.
• La GalèreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on a micro-series featuring promising young entrepreneurs from French-speaking Switzerland. Innovation Time partnered with La Galère to produce video content.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Maddyness: French-language digital media outlet dedicated to startups, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Directly comparable to Innovation Time as a French-language entrepreneurship news platform, though Maddyness operates at a larger professional scale rather than student-led.
• The Family: French/European education and community organization supporting startup founders. Comparable as a French-language entrepreneurship education and community-building organization serving aspiring founders.
• PME Magazine: Swiss magazine focused on small and medium-sized enterprises, entrepreneurship, and business creation - directly overlapping with Innovation Time's coverage of Swiss entrepreneurship and SME/startup founders.
• L'Agefi: Swiss business and finance newspaper covering economics, finance, and entrepreneurship. Named as a partner in Innovation Time's footer, indicating audience and editorial overlap in Swiss business/startup news coverage.
• Heidi.news: Swiss digital journalism subscription platform covering news and innovation topics. Comparable as a Swiss-based, digital-first editorial outlet covering innovation themes, though at a professional journalistic scale.

Broad incumbents

• TechCrunch: Large-scale English-language startup and technology news outlet. Comparable in topic area (entrepreneurship/innovation journalism) but operates as a global, professional-media incumbent at vastly greater scale.
• SwissInfo (SBC): Switzerland's public international broadcaster, covering Swiss affairs including innovation and entrepreneurship. Comparable as a Swiss-based media organization reaching Swiss audiences, though operated as a professional public service.

Emerging players

• The Conversation: Nonprofit media outlet publishing articles written by academics and students. Comparable in its editorial reliance on contributor-style authorship tied to universities, though covers broader research topics rather than entrepreneurship specifically.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/innovationtime1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/innovation-time
• Instagraminstagram.com/innovationtime_global/?hl=fr
• Xx.com/InnovationTime1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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