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AfterBusiness Hour
AfterBusiness Hour is a networking platform based in Lugano, Switzerland, established in 2004. It facilitates connections among professionals through events, workshops, and strategic partnerships.
Overview
What AfterBusiness Hour does
What AfterBusiness Hour is
AfterBusiness Hour is a networking platform based in Lugano, Switzerland, established in 2004. It facilitates connections among professionals through events, workshops, and strategic partnerships.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2004
- Approximate age
- About 22 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- April 1, 2026
Official channels
Find AfterBusiness Hour elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
AfterBusiness Hour as a community
Community overview
AfterBusiness Hour is a networking platform founded in September 2004 in Lugano, Switzerland. It aims to create opportunities for individuals interested in expanding their personal and professional networks.
Community focus
AfterBusiness Hour provides networking services, including strategic partnerships, B2B meetings, dedicated workshops, and business lunches. The organization focuses on facilitating connections among professionals seeking new opportunities and synergies.
Member value
Members gain access to networking opportunities, strategic partnerships, and various workshops designed to enhance their professional connections.
Membership
- Pricing models
- fixed-tuition
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Operators
- Benefits
- network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Europe
Community activity
- Annual events
- 3
Events and activity
In 2026, AfterBusiness Hour will host three networking events at selected locations. Each event has a participation fee of CHF 20 per person.
Notable members
Notable partners include FirstCaution SA, Swiss Business Group Solution, Colorlito.ch, and MUSEC, which offers benefits to members such as discounted museum entry and guided tours.
Capability profile
AfterBusiness Hour as an event host
Event focus
AfterBusiness Hour provides networking services, including strategic partnerships, B2B meetings, dedicated workshops, and business lunches. The organization focuses on facilitating connections among professionals seeking new opportunities and synergies.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- meetup
- Recurrence
- annual
- Modality
- in-person
- Recorded ticket price
- $20
- Startups can present
- No
Availability
- Registration state
- Not currently accepting
- Next recorded event
- January 1, 2026
- Next event location
- Lugano, Switzerland
Audience and fit
- Selection criteria
- paid-registration
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Regions
- Europe
Common questions
What to know about AfterBusiness Hour
Upseed classifies AfterBusiness Hour under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 1, 2026
Known limits
Capability profiles appear only when a structured public profile also contains decision-useful role evidence. Terms and availability can change.
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