Thomas Puschmann obtains DIZH Grant
For project on “Sustainable Digital Finance”
Project Owner: Thomas Puschmann
Co-applicant: Beat Affolter (ZHAW) and Jan-Alexander Posth (ZHAW)
Start date: 1 November 2024
End date: 31 October 2029
Funding Body: DIZH (Digitalisierungsinitiative der Zürcher Hochschulen), Project funding
Approved amount: 811,616 CHF
Thomas Puschmann is a Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley in Vancouver and Founder of the Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab at the University of Zurich. He has co-founded key initiatives like Swiss FinTech Innovations, the Swiss Green FinTech Network, and Extreme Tech Challenge Switzerland.
His project "Sustainable Digital Finance" aims to promote financial technology for sustainable finance. Today there is still a huge gap in embedding sustainability in finance. Sustainable Digital Finance focuses on researching the major challenges and their translation into ventures and their acceleration by regulators and policy makers.
Team
- Beat Affolter, ZHAW School of Management and Law
- Niccole Jordan, ZHAW School of Management and Law
- Jan-Alexander Posth, ZHAW School of Management and Law
- Thomas Puschmann, UZH Department of Finance
Industry partners
| Green Fintech Network is an association dedicated to fostering the Swiss green digital finance ecosystem, with the goal of supporting Switzerland’s development into a global leader in green fintech innovation. |
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| Trust Square is a hub for innovation driven by disruptive technologies, built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. It connects startups, corporates, investors, and academics in a collaborative, future-focused environment. |
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More information:
DIZH Innovation Program: https://www.dizh.uzh.ch/foerderung/innovationsprogramm/