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Scale your startup with IMD & Innovaud

A 6-month program for ambitious founders ready to grow internationally.

«Jim Pulcrano (IMD) put together an extraordinary line up of experts and entrepreneurs, from Silicon Valley to Europe, to share with us what it takes to lead a scale up and cross the chasm successfully»

Franck-Eric Flegbo
CEO, Drinkotec

Why join 

  • Learn directly from IMD professors and serial entrepreneurs
  • Build a powerful peer network of scale-up founders
  • Gain practical tools and strategies to drive growth
  • Become part of the world's 10th emerging ecosystem
  • Certificate of completion delivered by IMD and Innovaud

What You Get

  • 10 evening sessions over 6 months covering 3 pillars: leadership, organizational design and strategic scaling
  • Kick-off day with off-campus activity & transport + Graduation ceremony cocktail & dinner on IMD campus
  • Exclusive access to a network of both similar stage and more advanced entrepreneurs
  • Certificate of completion + eligibility for CHF 5,000 IMD voucher for subsequent programs

Who It’s For

This program is for founders and CEOs of fast-growing tech startups who:

  • Are scaling nationally or internationally
  • Have at least 8 Full Time Employees
  • Have raised Seed funding > CHF 1M and preparing for Series A or have just raised it
Limited to 20 participants.

Application

Process

The selection is made based on the eligibility criteria and the interviews with Innovaud and IMD. We will confirm your participation after selecting the complete class of participants. Based on the participants’ list you will be able to confirm or not your participation. Your admission will finally be confirmed after receipt of the payment.

Dates & Fees

  • Next edition: 20 January – 16 June 2026 - applications are now closed

  • Fee: CHF 9,900

  • Possibility of Scholarship: 50% (CHF 4,950) for a limited number of Vaud-based companies

Bonus

In addition to the value you will get from the program, and upon completion of the program, you will receive a CHF 5,000.- voucher towards any of IMD’s online or face-to-face open programs. This is a chance to explore a topic that you may have missed in this program, to provide development to a colleague, or to go even deeper into the topics of this program.


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