STOP SUICIDE

What STOP SUICIDE does

STOP SUICIDE is a Swiss non-profit association headquartered in Les Acacias, Geneva, dedicated to preventing suicide among young people aged 15-29 in French-speaking Switzerland (Suisse romande). Founded around 2000 and active for over 25 years, the organization works to break the taboo around suicide, open dialogue about mental health, and connect at-risk youth with help platforms, most notably the national 147 helpline, which receives roughly 13 calls per day from young people with suicidal ideation. Its primary beneficiaries are young people themselves, with secondary audiences comprising professionals working with youth (educators, social workers, healthcare providers) and the family and close contacts of at-risk young people.

The organization's service portfolio includes workshops for youth, workshops for youth with facilitators, training modules for professionals, theatrical productions, media prevention services, an annual awareness campaign, and physical prevention materials. The most differentiated asset is 'Un pas après l'autre' (One Step After Another), a prevention video game developed by young people for young people that is designed to open dialogue around helping friends in distress. Distribution is multimodal: an in-house website (stopsuicide.ch), in-person workshops, privacy-enhanced YouTube content (youtube-nocookie.com), and increasingly Twitch live streams with named influencers such as EkimDad and MendeleievTV. The organization's analytics stack is limited to consent-based Matomo tracking, with no advertising or third-party cookies, reflecting a deliberate privacy posture consistent with a vulnerable-youth audience.

STOP SUICIDE operates as a donation-funded non-profit: all prevention services are delivered free of charge, and revenue is sourced from public donations, individual memberships, volunteer engagement, and project initiation by external partners. There is no commercial pricing, no paying customer base, no app, no API, and no disclosed financial figures in the public source material. The organization is governed as an independent Swiss association with no parent company, no institutional investors, and no disclosed leadership team beyond a general contact function. It celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2025 with a dedicated exhibition, and in the same year expanded into municipal-level initiatives such as 'Bernex, là pour ses jeunes' and athlete-led fundraising via the Geneva Triathlon.

Name

STOP SUICIDE

Legal name

STOP SUICIDE

Website

https://stopsuicide.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

STOP SUICIDE is a Geneva-based Swiss non-profit that delivers youth suicide prevention workshops, a prevention video game ('Un pas après l'autre'), and awareness campaigns for young people aged 15-29 in French-speaking Switzerland, funded by donations and memberships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Prevention Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Services (EDALAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Suicide Prevention, Self-Harm Prevention & Threat Assessment Programs (EDAKAMAI), Crisis Response & Threat Assessment (Suicide Prevention, Violence Prevention) (EDAJAIAH)

Keywords

• Suicide prevention
• Youth mental health
• Prevention workshops
• Mental health awareness
• Community outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Les Acacias

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization accepts donations from the public to support its mission of youth suicide prevention in French-speaking Switzerland.
2. Membership: Individuals can become members of STOP SUICIDE to support the organization's activities and mission.
3. Volunteering: Volunteer engagement as a form of support and participation in the organization's prevention activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

STOP SUICIDE is a Swiss non-profit association that delivers youth suicide prevention services for young people aged 15-29 in French-speaking Switzerland (Suisse romande). Its offerings include prevention workshops for youth, workshops for youth with facilitators, training modules for professionals, theatrical productions, media prevention activities, protection measures, and prevention materials, as well as an annual awareness campaign. The organization also developed "Un pas après l'autre," an interactive video game for suicide prevention created by young people for young people.

Product overview

STOP SUICIDE is a non-profit organization focused on suicide prevention among young people (ages 15-29) in French-speaking Switzerland. The organization operates as a service-oriented entity offering workshops, theatrical productions, media prevention, and an annual campaign. Their portfolio includes 'Un pas après l'autre', a video game for prevention developed by young people for young people. Services are delivered through workshops for youth and professionals, theatrical performances, media prevention activities, and prevention materials. The organization also engages in public awareness events including Twitch live streams and participates in fundraising activities such as triathlons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Un pas après l'autre An interactive video game for suicide prevention developed by young people for young people, designed to open dialogue about mental health and how to support friends in distress.
• Atelier pour jeunes

Quantifiable outcome

• 13 young people contacted via 147 helpline daily

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered moderate and minor.

• MendeleievTVmoderateGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 July 2026STOP SUICIDE partnered with MendeleievTV for a live Twitch stream where she discovered and played the prevention video game 'Un pas après l'autre', opening dialogue about helping friends going through difficult periods.
• EkimDadmoderateGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 July 2026STOP SUICIDE partnered with Twitch streamer EkimDad for a live Twitch session dedicated to suicide prevention. The live covered topics including how to recognize signs of distress, risk factors, and tips for supporting someone in difficulty.
• Dr. Olivier SamanominorGTM or Marketing Partner · 4 July 2025Dr. Olivier Samano, a psychiatry resident, participated in the Geneva Triathlon (short format) to raise funds for STOP SUICIDE. He dedicated each distance (500m swim, 20km bike, 5km run) to youth suicide prevention.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Mind (UK): Major UK mental health charity providing information, support, and campaigning. Comparable community-led awareness and education model, though substantially larger and broader in scope than STOP SUICIDE.
• Samaritans (UK & Ireland): Large, established suicide prevention non-profit running a 24/7 helpline and public awareness campaigns. The clearest international comparable in mission and service model, though much larger and more established than STOP SUICIDE.
• Pro Juventute: Switzerland's largest youth welfare organization offering a broad portfolio of counseling, parent support, and youth mental health services (including the 147 helpline). Overlaps with STOP SUICIDE on youth crisis support but operates nationally across all language regions with a much wider mandate.

Direct peers

• La Main Tendue (143 / 147 helpline): Operates the 147 helpline that STOP SUICIDE references and routes youth to. Both are Swiss non-profits addressing youth mental health and suicidal ideation; they are complementary rather than strictly competitive, but the closest functional peer in the same Swiss suicide prevention ecosystem.
• SOS Suicide Phénix: French suicide prevention non-profit providing listening services and postvention support. Close international peer in suicide prevention mission, community-based service model, and youth/family outreach.
• Pro Mente Sana: Swiss mental health advocacy non-profit offering counseling, peer support, and public awareness. Comparable peer in Swiss mental health non-profit sector with similar community-facing educational and prevention mandates, though broader than suicide alone.
• Association SPHères: Swiss association focused on suicide bereavement support and prevention. Highly comparable community-based non-profit model targeting emotional support and suicide-related stigma reduction in French-speaking Switzerland.
• Samaritans Switzerland / Dargebotene Hand: Swiss 24/7 crisis hotline (143) operated across all language regions. Directly comparable in service model (helpline + awareness), serving overlapping Swiss youth populations and addressing the same problem set.

Regional players

• SOS Amitié: French federation of helplines offering emotional support and suicide prevention. Comparable service model (helpline + prevention awareness) targeting French-speaking populations, primarily in France rather than Switzerland.

Emerging players

• Papageno Foundation: Swiss foundation using media-based interventions (film, TV) for suicide prevention. Emerging peer in Switzerland applying creative and media channels to prevention — directly comparable to STOP SUICIDE's video game and theatrical prevention approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stop-suicide

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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