Swiss Club

Name

Swiss Club

Legal name

STAN

Website

https://swissclub.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Swiss Club, founded in 2020 and based in Monthey, operates STAN, a Swiss magazine, membership and event platform serving entrepreneurs and business owners across multiple Swiss cantons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Membership Clubs (Category-Focused) (CRAEADAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Premium/Upmarket Membership Clubs (CRAEADAG)

Keywords

• Swiss business media
• Entrepreneurship editorial coverage
• Business networking events
• Regional business portraits
• Magazine membership publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Monthey

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Swiss Club operates a Swiss business media platform (STAN Magazine) covering entrepreneurship, business portraits, and industry topics across multiple Swiss cantons. The platform delivers editorial articles, entrepreneur profiles, and membership-based access to magazine content, supplemented by in-person networking events such as 'Soirée Réseau' for entrepreneurs and business professionals across sectors including restaurants, horology, craftsmanship, fashion, hospitality, finance, real estate, IT, wellness, sports, hotels, and professional services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• STAN Magazine A Swiss magazine publication covering entrepreneurship, business portraits, and industry topics across regions including Geneva, Vaud, Valais, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, Jura, and Bern, for Swiss entrepreneurs and business professionals.
• STAN Membership Membership program offering access to STAN magazine content, networking events, and community engagement for Swiss entrepreneurs and business professionals.
• STAN Networking Events In-person networking events and soirées (e.g., 'Soirée Réseau') organized for Swiss entrepreneurs and business professionals to connect across cantons.
• STAN Newsletter Email newsletter delivering updates on new articles, entrepreneur portraits, upcoming networking events, and entrepreneurship news for Swiss entrepreneurs and business professionals.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Broad incumbents

• Le Temps: Le Temps is a major French-language Swiss daily newspaper with substantial economics and business coverage. It competes for the same Romandie business readership that STAN targets for its entrepreneurial coverage.
• L'Agefi: L'Agefi is a long-established Swiss French-language financial and economic daily covering business, finance, and entrepreneurship. It is a broad incumbent that competes for the same French-speaking Swiss business readership as STAN.
• Handelszeitung: Handelszeitung is a major Swiss-German business newspaper covering economy, finance, and SMEs. While its primary language market differs, it competes for the same advertiser pool of Swiss SMEs and entrepreneurship-focused readers.
• Bilan: Bilan is one of Switzerland's leading French-language business magazines covering economy, finance, and entrepreneurship. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with STAN's entrepreneur and SME audience at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• startupticker.ch: startupticker.ch is the official Swiss startup news platform, covering new business formations, funding, and entrepreneurship across Switzerland. It overlaps with STAN's editorial coverage of Swiss entrepreneurship but focuses specifically on the startup ecosystem.

Direct peers

• PME Magazine: PME Magazine is a Swiss publication dedicated to small and medium-sized enterprises, directly competing with STAN's editorial focus on Swiss entrepreneurs and business owners across sectors and cantons.
• Moneycab: Moneycab is a Swiss online business and finance news outlet covering entrepreneurship, finance, and SMEs in Switzerland. It is a direct digital peer to STAN Magazine for Swiss business news consumption.

Others

• Founders Forum: Founders Forum is a global community and events platform for technology entrepreneurs and CEOs. It shares STAN's networking-and-content model for entrepreneurs, though it operates at a much higher tier and global rather than regional scope.
• Swissinfo: Swissinfo is Switzerland's public international broadcaster, providing multilingual coverage of Swiss affairs including business and economy. It is adjacent to STAN's mission of communicating Swiss business stories to a broader audience.

Regional players

• The Local Switzerland: The Local Switzerland is an English-language news outlet covering life and business in Switzerland. While it serves an expat audience with a different primary language, it overlaps with STAN's coverage of business and entrepreneurship in the Swiss market.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SwissClub.ch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swissclub

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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