Tenity and Ergon - partnership to promote digital innovation

Tenity and Ergon Informatik AG, a pioneer in digitalization and technological solutions based in Switzerland, have partnered to promote digital innovation in Switzerland.

Tenity is a leading innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor promoting innovation primarily in the financial and insurance sectors through pre-seed acceleration programs, collaboration-focused open innovation programs for partners, and industry events, among other activities.

Andreas Iten, CEO & Co-Founder of Tenity, explains,

“This partnership with Ergon represents a powerful fusion of our expertise in nurturing fintech and insurtech startups with Ergon’s unparalleled experience in digital transformation. We are convinced that the extended Tenity ecosystem will benefit greatly from Ergon’s knowhow and expertise.” 

Strong partners – from the initial idea to market success

Ergon is a leading provider of IT solutions and services based in Switzerland. Together, Tenity and Ergon will support the fintech and insurtech markets in Switzerland and beyond. Adrian Berger, Managing Director Finance Solutions & Member of the Executive Board at Ergon, explains the importance of this cooperation:

“The partnership with Tenity will allow us to effectively use our extensive knowledge and experience in the field of digital transformation and create innovative solutions for fintech and insurtech companies. Together, we combine our strengths and support start-ups from the initial idea through to market success.”

Ergon has over 20 years of experience in working with both international and local financial service providers, establishing many meaningful and lasting partnerships along the way. These partnerships have included projects in retail banking, private banking, wealth management, asset management, stock exchange and POS transactions. Ergon even developed the first Internet banking system in Switzerland. When it comes to insurance, Ergon has extensive know-how in broker systems, B2B transactions and insurance portals.

Within the Tenity ecosystem, Ergon offers specialist expert knowledge in areas such as tech consulting, user experience design, software engineering and data and artificial intelligence. This expertise is specially tailored to the requirements of startups accepted on the "Tenity Pre-Seed Fintech Accelerator Program".

The partnership between Tenity and Ergon promises a significant strengthening of Switzerland’s innovation potential. Not only will it accelerate the development of future-proof solutions, but it will also drive forward the entire ecosystem thanks to an integrative approach.

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About Tenity

Tenity is is the leading global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor powering the future of finance with presence in Switzerland, Singapore, Nordics, Spain, Turkey, and UK. Its vision is to create the future of finance by bringing together ambitious founders with leading corporations, forward-thinking investors, and passionate mentors.Today, Tenity counts six hubs, runs corporate innovation programs in more than 15 countries, has worked with 65+ corporate partners and has supported more than 1600 startups through its programs.

About Ergon

As Switzerland's leading IT solutions and service provider, Ergon Informatik AG creates unique customer benefits from digitalisation trends – from the initial idea to market success. Ergon combines strategy, engineering and design expertise to create ‘smart’ solutions for meeting complex requirements. Our highly trained experts develop user-friendly customised software and internationally proven Airlock® Secure Access Hub for customers from a wide range of industries. The company was founded in 1984 and employs over 400 people.

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