The purpose of the company is to support the entrepreneurial success of start-ups through assistance in fundraising, practical workshops, coaching, networking events, online platforms, incubator and accelerator activities, as well as bringing together innovative start-up companies, investors and strategic partners. The company can participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary or suitable to promote the development of the company or its group companies. The company can acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. Furthermore, the company can participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees, sureties or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.