Ventures

Our ventures, at every stage.

Every venture follows the same path, from a problem worth solving to something that stands on its own. Here they are grouped by where they are on that path.

Spun off

Proven, and now running as a company of its own.

Garden Inspection App

Seasonal parcel inspections for garden associations: checklist and photos on a phone, a report to each owner on the spot.

garteninspektion.com ↗

Problem: Garden associations inspected their parcels on paper, which made consistent feedback to every plot holder slow and laborious.
Solution: A mobile web app for on-site checklists and photos that sends each owner a clear report, and resets for every season.
Status: In use for real inspection seasons, and now a company of its own.

Spin-off in preparation

Proven with real users, and getting ready to stand on its own.

Nudget

Zero-based budgeting for young adults. Every franc gets a job, and the data stays on the phone.

nudget.ch ↗

Problem: Young adults rarely stick with budgeting: most apps record spending after the fact instead of changing the habits behind it.
Solution: An offline app for Android and iOS built on zero-based budgeting, savings goals and gentle nudges — no account, no cloud.
Status: App complete, waitlist open at nudget.ch; spin-off in preparation.

Doctor Watson

A calm task assistant for ADHD minds: three active tasks at a time, big ones broken into small steps.

drwatson.app ↗

Problem: People with ADHD lose track of tasks and stall on anything not broken into concrete steps — and long lists make it worse.
Solution: A calm assistant for Android and iOS: capture a task in seconds, keep only three active, break big ones into steps, get reminded at the right moment.
Status: Working and tested on Android; store release and spin-off in preparation.

Live

Built and in use — still with LabVentures.

igoto

A short link for every traffic source, so you can see which channel actually drove each click.

igoto.ch ↗

Problem: Campaigns run across many channels, but it’s hard to tell which one actually brings the visitors.
Solution: One short link per source, all pointing to the same destination, with clicks compared side by side — and every link available as a print-ready QR code.
Status: Live at igoto.ch, open to anyone.

launCHF

Plain-language bookkeeping for newly founded Swiss companies, running entirely on your own computer.

launchf.ch ↗

Problem: Founders of new Swiss companies face bookkeeping tools that assume accounting knowledge or require a cloud subscription.
Solution: A local desktop app that speaks plain language on top of correct Swiss double-entry accounting: QR-bills, bank reconciliation, payroll and year-end closing.
Status: Runs LabVentures’ own books; public download via launchf.ch.

QR Studio

Custom QR codes with live preview, styling and export — a by-product of building igoto.

qrstudio.labventures.ch ↗

Problem: QR codes for print and campaigns should match their design — and making them shouldn’t mean handing your content to an online service.
Solution: A tool for custom QR codes with live preview, colours, dot styles and an optional logo — exported as PNG, SVG or JPEG, or as STL/DXF for 3D printing. It runs entirely in the browser; nothing is sent to a server.
Status: Live at qrstudio.labventures.ch; created while building igoto and kept in the lab.

Vocab Wordle

Wordle for vocabulary lists, with live class sessions and a shared leaderboard.

unisg.teaches.ch/vocab-wordle ↗

Problem: Practising vocabulary is repetitive, and it’s hard to get a whole class engaged at the same time.
Solution: Wordle with the teacher’s own word lists, played alone or in live class sessions with a join code and a shared leaderboard.
Status: Live at unisg.teaches.ch.

Anno Edu

A history quiz: guess the year of an event. Teachers build quizzes on any topic.

unisg.teaches.ch/anno-edu ↗

Problem: Getting a feel for when historical events happened is hard to practise in class.
Solution: A quiz where players estimate the year of an event and score by how close they get; teachers build quizzes on any topic from Wikipedia and approve every question.
Status: Live at unisg.teaches.ch.

In development

Being built and tested.

Tresor

Private AI that runs on your own hardware, for professionals bound by confidentiality — starting with lawyers.

Problem: Lawyers and other professionals bound by confidentiality can’t send client data to cloud AI services.
Solution: An AI assistant that runs entirely on the firm’s own hardware — starting with legal research, summaries and redaction under Swiss law.
Status: In development: a first version for solo lawyers in German-speaking Switzerland.

Greifbar

Hands-on AI literacy training for teams and schools.

Problem: Companies in the EU must make sure their staff understand AI (EU AI Act, Art. 4) — and hands-on training in German is rare.
Solution: Interactive German-language modules where people try AI out for themselves, with a supervised test and a certificate.
Status: In development, starting with companies.

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