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SIMcubator
SIMcubator is a student-run incubator based in Switzerland, focusing on empowering social entrepreneurs in Bangladesh and Rwanda. It emphasizes sustainable change in healthcare and education sectors.
Overview
What SIMcubator does
What SIMcubator is
SIMcubator is a student-run incubator based in Switzerland, focusing on empowering social entrepreneurs in Bangladesh and Rwanda. It emphasizes sustainable change in healthcare and education sectors.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Incubator
- Founded
- Founded in 2020
- Approximate age
- About 6 years
- Structured capabilities
- Program host · Community
- Last reviewed
- March 31, 2026
What Incubator means
An incubator is a support environment for turning a nascent idea or early company into a startup that is more ready for customers, funding, or an accelerator.
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Capability profile
SIMcubator as a program host
Program thesis
SIMcubator focuses on enabling local social entrepreneurs in Bangladesh and Rwanda to establish startups that address pressing social issues.
Focus narrative
SIMcubator provides incubation programs aimed at supporting early-stage social startups in Bangladesh and Rwanda. The organization emphasizes sectors such as healthcare and education, with a particular focus on initiatives that have a positive social impact. The incubator targets pre-seed stage startups and aims to enhance their viability for investment.
Value and support
SIMcubator offers incubation programs, mentorship, and opportunities for funding from local investors to enhance the viability of social startups.
Format and cadence
- Typical duration
- 10 weeks
- Typical cohort
- 10 companies
Availability
- Application state
- Accepting
- Next deadline
- December 12, 2025
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Sectors
- HealthcareEducation
Alumni and track record
- Last recorded cohort
- April 11, 2023
Capability profile
SIMcubator as a community
Community overview
SIMcubator is an incubator founded in September 2020, based in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It focuses on enabling local social entrepreneurs in Bangladesh and Rwanda to establish startups that address pressing social issues. The organization is comprised of students from the Master in Strategy and International Management (SIM) program at the University of St. Gallen.
Community focus
SIMcubator provides incubation programs aimed at supporting early-stage social startups in Bangladesh and Rwanda. The organization emphasizes sectors such as healthcare and education, with a particular focus on initiatives that have a positive social impact. The incubator targets pre-seed stage startups and aims to enhance their viability for investment.
Member value
Members of SIMcubator gain access to a structured incubation program that includes a bootcamp and mentoring phases, opportunities for funding from local investors, and a supportive community of like-minded social entrepreneurs.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- cohort-based
- Commitment
- moderate
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- January 26, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- incubator and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- application
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Sectors
- Healthcare
- Regions
- Global
Community activity
Events and activity
SIMcubator runs a 3-day bootcamp followed by a 2-3 month incubation period for startups in Bangladesh, and a bootcamp followed by a three-month mentoring phase for startups in Rwanda.
Common questions
What to know about SIMcubator
Upseed classifies SIMcubator under the Incubator organization type. Its current public profile includes program host and community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 31, 2026
Known limits
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