30.01.2019

Votes open for Startfeld Diamant

St.Gallen – The St.Galler Kantonalbank is once again awarding the Startfeld Diamant award to startups from Eastern Switzerland this year. An audience award is also being presented for the first time, for which the vote is now open.

The Startfeld Diamant Young Entrepreneur Award will be presented for the eighth time this year. Applications have been received from 36 startups, the St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB) reported in a press release. A preliminary jury will be selecting the five finalists from this group, with key considerations being “unique business ideas, sound business models and strong teams”.

All finalists will benefit from advice, training and prize money of 50,000 Swiss francs. They will have opportunity to develop their business models in seminars, before presenting them to the jury in June. The award ceremony takes place on 12 June.

An audience award is also being presented for the first time this year. The population can cast their votes until 18 February for who they think should win the award worth 2,500 francs.