Since 1989, the IFJ has accompanied more than 100,000 company founders on their way to independence. As the leading contact point for start-ups in Switzerland, the IFJ offers an accelerator for high-tech start-ups (venturelab.ch), a seed fund for spin-offs from universities (venturekick.ch), company start-ups throughout Switzerland (ifj.ch), tools for drawing up a business plan (businessplan.ch) as well as for accounting and administration (ifj-abaweb.ch), free intensive courses and presentation events with active networking as well as various information documents. Well-known partners rely on cooperation with the IFJ. Every year the IFJ awards the TOP 100 Swiss startups (startup.ch).