Build in Zurich.
Capture the world.

Build in Zurich.
Capture the world.

We give brilliant founders the space to gather. A place to meet, commit, and believe before the world does.

We give brilliant founders the space to gather. A place to meet, commit, and believe before the world does.

Who we are

J floor is a community for founders, anchored around two spaces in the heart of Zurich close to its universities and business hubs.


Whether you just finished uni or quit big tech, come to J floor if you are wired to build. No equity, no fees.

Everything early-stage fits here: messing around with tech, getting first customers, scaling globally, etc…


J floor is the base for solo founders and small teams for the earliest stages.

J floor City

J floor Campus

Our Story

J floor emerged from a community of 50+ builders at the ETH Student Project House (SPH). Since 2023, this community has quietly become a prolific sources of exceptional founders who started in Europe and are now spread all over the globe.

We spent days and nights building on the floor J of the SPH, helping each other turn projects into growing ventures. We saw firsthand that success can be just a few launches away.


The recipe: Fill a room with brilliant people and let the magic happen.

active founders

23+

active founders

23+

active founders

23+

raised in (pre-)seed

43M+

raised in (pre-)seed

43M+

raised in (pre-)seed

43M+

Valuation

123M+

Valuation

123M+

Valuation

123M+

The original floor J (2025)

The original floor J (2025)

Events

We mostly build, but sometimes we gather.

Get informed about our events:

Zurich Builds

Zurich Builds

Come to build