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Events

A hand-picked guide to business, startup and networking events in Switzerland, based in Zürich. A person checks every event before it goes live, nobody pays to appear, and every listing links straight to the organiser. How events get onto Ventranet

Networking evenings, conferences, workshops, seminars and webinars, in person, online or both. They span sectors from AI and finance to life sciences and sustainability. Filter the list

No. Reading, filtering and saving events is free, and you need no account. What an event costs is up to its organiser, and you pay them directly.

No. Every event links to the organiser's own registration, and the ticket, the payment and any refund are between you and them. Register for an event

A person at Ventranet reads every event before it goes live. Nobody pays to appear, and the list is not filled automatically. How events get onto Ventranet

There is no form for that. We find events ourselves. If you organise one and something in our listing is off, write to admin@ventranet.ch. Report a mistake

All of Switzerland, sorted into 20 city hubs from Zürich, Geneva and Basel to Chur and Olten. An event elsewhere goes to the nearest hub. Filter the list

No. The list is sorted by date and grouped by month, and six filters narrow it down in a few taps.

Changes appear within a few minutes of being saved. The line Last updated above the list tells you when that last happened. Prices and times still come from the organiser, so check their page before you go.

No. Saved events stay in your browser on this device. On another device the list starts empty. Save events for later

Open it and choose Add to calendar: Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. Add to your calendar

Covers marked with a small i are generated by AI and show the atmosphere, not the real room. Photos from organisers carry no mark.

Ask us under the event or on Support. We ask the organiser for you and answer by email. Ask the organiser

The last 90 days are under Past events. Every event keeps its own page after that. Past events

Ventracard

CHF 3.90, once. No subscription. Paid RMS plans include it. Price, payment and refunds

No. The Ventracard is an Apple Wallet pass, and there is no version for Google Wallet.

No. They point their phone camera at the code and your LinkedIn profile opens.

No. The card accepts LinkedIn addresses only, on linkedin.com or lnkd.in. Why only LinkedIn

Open the link from your email on the iPhone and tap Add to Apple Wallet. Add the card to Apple Wallet

Yes, if the card does not work. We fix it or refund you. Once a working card is delivered there is no right of withdrawal. Price, payment and refunds

Ventranet RMS

A relationship manager. It knows who you met, tells you when to get back to them and helps you remember their names. What the RMS is for

Yes. The demo gives you your own copy of a sample network for 24 hours. Try the RMS

No. It drafts if you ask, and you send. Draft a message

No. It only knows what you put into it.

Every person has a rhythm, set by how important they are. When you touch base, the clock starts again. Due and the next reach-out

Green and blue are fine. Yellow means reach out now, red means almost lost. Grey means the tie went dormant. The warmth bar

Your question and the part of your network it needs to answer. Under Google's terms for its paid service, this is not used to train its models. Your data

The assistant pauses until the limit renews. Everything else keeps working. Limits

The assistant understands and answers in German. The pages are in English for now.

They wait in the bin for 30 days. Delete and restore

Any time, as a vCard, a spreadsheet or a complete copy. Export your data

Account & privacy

Free, Standard, AI Plus and AI Pro, paid monthly or weekly by card through Stripe. Prices include 8.1 % Swiss VAT. Pricing

You probably signed in another way, with a different email. Two accounts

Choose Forgot password? on the sign-in page. We email you a 4-digit code, and you set a new password with it. Signing in

Profile → Account → Delete account…. For 14 days you can still sign in and keep it. Sign out or delete

Until you say yes, none that recognise you. With Accept all, one that recognises your browser for a year. Cookies and what we measure

Write to admin@ventranet.ch. It is free, and we answer within 30 days. Your data on Ventranet

A person reads every message

When something does not work, say what you did, what you expected and what happened instead.

A question about an event

Ask us about an event

We put your question to the organiser and answer you by email.

The RMS, your card, anything else

admin@ventranet.ch

About a Ventracard? Add the reference from your email.

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