The 2026 Startup Selection
DeltaSpark
DeltaSpark transforms captured CO2 and waste streams into clean hydrogen, building materials and green chemicals simultaneously. Our patented, containerised CCUS technology mineralises CO2 up to 100× faster than conventional solutions, while producing low-cost clean H2, O2 and sulfuric acid. By turning industrial emissions and waste streams into valuable products, DeltaSpark enables economical, permanent CO2 removal without relying on carbon credits.
https://www.deltaspark.ch/
Diligent Energy
Diligent Energy is a Swiss AI-native Platform for renewable-energy investors, developers and operators.
Our Agentic AI services cover the project lifecycle: market and grid intelligence; site risk screening; solar, wind and battery plant design in 2D and 3D on real terrain, with energy-yield and financial modelling in minutes; and AI project and asset management. Our flagship due-diligence reports arrive in hours rather than weeks, traced to the source documents and approved by a human industry expert."
https://diligentenergy.ai/de
Elenir
Elenir builds a platform letting heating network operators safely unlock and monetize their flexibility, turning hot water into thermal batteries for the electrical grid. Our platform ingests thousands of data points in real-time, transforms raw data into reliable decisions for plant management with Agentic AI & ML algorithms, and integrates operator-facing explainability for trust in critical infrastructure.
https://elenir.ch/
Emissium
Emissium develops AI-powered forecasting for electricity prices and energy market fundamentals. Our data helps utilities, traders, and large consumers optimise bidding strategies, manage portfolios, and plan curtailment, turning market signals into concrete decisions. Fine-grained regional resolution adds precision that national models miss, while digital twin modelling and automated optimisation support the full workflow from forecast to action.
https://emissium.io/
Flybotix
Flybotix is a Swiss robotics company specializing in drone-based solutions for the visual inspection and digitization of industrial confined spaces. Founded in 2019, it offers a fully integrated system combining a collision-tolerant drone for GPS-denied, hard-to-reach environments (e.g. sewers, nuclear power plants, oil tanks and penstocks) with proprietary software for analysis and collaborative workflows. Its mission is to protect people, save time and reduce environmental impact.
https://www.flybotix.com/
Freesuns SA
Freesuns designs, engineers and installs beautifully integrated solar roof tiles for residential, architecturally significant and heritage buildings.
Our roofs are stunningly beautiful and fully integrate into the architectural design unlike solar panels. They generate clean energy, offsetting carbon emissions and providing a financial return to the building owner which pays for the cost of the roof. Adding a battery will maximise self-consumption further increasing the ROI.
https://www.freesuns.com/
FrostForge
Space cooling already uses more electricity than the whole EU. Energy is wasted cooling spaces when people want personal comfort. Why not chill smarter?
FrostForge's proprietary, wall-mounted radiant panels draw heat directly from the body, driven by our patent-pending, grid-free chiller. We transform solar and waste heat into local, personal comfort cooling and ice.
After an estimated 62,775 heat-related deaths in Europe in 2024, cooling cannot remain a luxury. FrostForge makes it a right.
https://www.frostforge.ch/
Gaia Turbine
Gaia Turbine: a patented dual-rotor turbine has been engineered to unlock the potential of overlooked sites, offering high-efficiency plug-and-play solution with a low environmental impact and strong economic potential.Compared with incumbent turbine technologies, Gaia’s is designed to perform better in variable operating environments. Gaia's proprietary technology combines high performance and modularity within a largely standardised product platform.
https://www.gaiaturbine.com/
Hivoduct
Hivoduct is a Swiss deep-tech company developing Pressurized Air Cable (PAC) technology for medium- and high-voltage power transmission. PAC uses compressed air as insulation, eliminating SF₆ and other greenhouse gases, while enabling higher power transfer, lower losses, enhanced safety, and ultra-low electromagnetic fields. PAC supports sustainable grid expansion and delivers value to utilities, infrastructure developers, local communities, and the environment.
https://www.hivoduct.com/
Kelva Systems (by MLCL AG)
Kelva Systems is developing highly efficient heat battery using special concrete. Designed for industrial processes below 600°C, this storage converts cheap intermittent renewable energy into on-demand heat and steam, replacing fossil fuels. Kelva heat battery lowers the cost of heat, increases the stability of its supply, and avoids carbon emissions. As the storage can charge and discharge at the same time, it can act as a sink for excess renewable power, advancing grid flexibility.
https://www.kelva-systems.ch/
KLARK
KLARK macht Beton vom Problem zur Lösung: Durch die Einbindung von Pflanzenkohle speichert KLARK-Beton bis zu 250 kg CO₂ pro m³ dauerhaft und verwandelt Gebäude und Infrastrukturen in langfristige Kohlenstoffspeicher, und das über mehrere Recyclingzyklen hinweg. Die Lösung ist praxiserprobt und bei über 10 Betonherstellern in der Schweiz im Einsatz, mit bereits knapp 30 realisierten Projekten. KLARK ermöglicht eine verursachergerechte CO₂-Speicherung mit absolut lokaler Wertschöpfung
https://www.klark.swiss/
kuafu
kuafu offers an AI- and automation-powered platform connecting grid operators and building operators to coordinate building energy resources such as batteries, EV chargers, heat pumps, and solar panels in real time to support grid operation. As the only vertically integrated software platform from building automation to energy market participation, kuafu reduces grid congestion, system and energy costs while enabling building operators to unlock new revenue streams, making electricity more affordable for all.
https://kuafu.ch/en/
librec
LIBREC is Europe's leading lithium-ion battery recycling partner. We convert production scrap, cells, modules, and battery packs from all chemistries into high-value black mass. By recovering critical raw materials and returning them to battery manufacturing, we close the loop and provide the scalable recycling infrastructure for the circular battery economy.
https://librec.ch/
Mitico
Mitico delivers affordable, simple and green carbon capture for point-source emitters across a wide range of industries. Our breakthrough carbonate chemistry innovations make carbon capture viable for applications previously excluded by complex, costly technologies. With modular, scalable systems and safe, earth-abundant materials, Mitico's robust temperature-swing process enables practical, low-cost decarbonization at scale.
https://www.mitico.tech/
MobyFly
MobyFly is a Swiss technology company that designs and delivers premium, zero-emission hydrofoil boats for the fast ferry market. Headquartered on Lake Geneva, MobyFly builds its vessels through local manufacturing partnerships, keeping infrastructure costs low and enabling rapid scale. Its vessels serve municipalities, operators, and passengers across rivers, lakes, and coastal waterways around the world. A three-time Top 100 Swiss Startup honoree and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, MobyFly raised CHF 10.1 million in its 2025 Series A.
https://mobyfly.com/
MOOST
MOOST helps utilities turn their existing smart meter data and customer portals into an indispensable companion for households through personalized analytics and proactive recommendations. Profiling algorithms automatically create customer-specific analyses based on energy data, without the need for a prior questionnaire. The system then generates customer-specific insights and proactive messages to activate customers and inspire long-term customer portal usage and efficiency actions.
https://www.moost.io/
narrowin
narrowin, a University of Basel spin-off, connects distributed energy sites securely and at scale. With OT Connect, the network is designed once and rolled out to every substation, heating plant, PV or EV site in minutes: complete configs generated automatically, hardware provisioned zero-touch, WireGuard encryption over fiber or 4G/5G. Because per-site budgets in energy are tight, OT Connect is built to cost a fraction of conventional SD-WAN solutions — from 20 to 2,000+ sites, along the principles of the IKT-Minimalstandard.
https://narrowin.ch
nihito
nihito helps commercial fleet operators run electric depots efficiently. Our software optimizes charging, vehicle dispatch and energy management together, ensuring vehicles are ready when needed while minimizing energy costs and respecting operational and infrastructure constraints. By orchestrating the entire depot, nihito enables logistics, recycling and service fleets to electrify more vehicles with reliable, cost-effective operations.
https://www.nihito.io/
NRG Solutions
NRG Solutions plans, delivers, installs, finances and operates large-scale battery energy storage systems for industrial sites, infrastructure and energy companies. Its integrated approach combines system design with intelligent operation and market optimization. By stacking peak shaving, self-consumption optimization, energy arbitrage and ancillary services, NRG turns battery capacity into flexible, economically valuable energy assets.
https://www.nrg-solutions.ch/
Planeto
Planeto is an end-to-end software for thermal energy network design, already trusted by 25 clients across 7 countries to support energy engineers through every phase of the project: from early feasibility to detailed design and tendering. Engineers use Planeto to plan projects and converge quickly on bankable designs, adapting to real-world constraints and shifting site conditions. The result: optimized network designs that lower CAPEX and OPEX, and turn complex decarbonization projects into investable and executable plans.
https://planeto-energy.ch
REEcover
REEcover’s mission is to unlock a circular supply chain for Rare Earth Elements, which are critical components in green technologies such as wind turbines, and electric vehicles. Their sourcing by mining pauses serious environmental and geopolitical risks, so we aim to change this paradigm by recovering valuable REEs from industrial and electronic waste using our award-winning patented process inspired by nature and provide industrials with a stable and sustainable supply of raw materials. (494 characters incl. space)
https://www.reecover.ch/
Rema
Hydrogen logistics account for a large share of the end-user cost. REMA develops compact, modular AEM electrolysers for on-site green hydrogen production. Its innovative fluidic stack design improves efficiency and durability while using cost-effective materials. By producing hydrogen directly where it is needed, REMA reduces transport, storage costs and associated emissions.
https://www.h2rema.ch/
Resilens
Resilens helps organisations decide where and how to invest in climate adaptation. The platform identifies priority sites, evaluates suitable adaptation measures and uses cost-benefit analysis to compare their economic short-term value. Stakeholders can see what an intervention will cost, what risks and losses it can reduce, and how its benefits compare with alternative measures. This makes it easier to move from identifying climate risks to selecting investments, allocating budgets and building a credible case for funding.
https://resilens.com/
SAMAWATT
Samawatt is an AI-driven energy trading and optimization platform for owners and operators of renewable energy and battery assets in European power markets. We optimize solar, wind, and battery portfolios through a fully transparent, open-book approach, using our integrated in-house technology stack—from forecasting and virtual power plant (VPP) operations to automated trading and risk management—to maximize revenue while minimizing operational complexity.
http://samawatt.com/
Sintio
Sintio provides an innovative software solution enabling the management of EV charging infrastructure. With the comprehensive features available in the Sintio portal, energy suppliers and energy service providers have maximum flexibility for the billing of charging energy and related services as well as all tools for ensuring a reliable 24/7 operation of EV charging infrastructure. The Sintio portal and app are also available as white-labeling solution with the branding of the energy supplier.
https://www.sintio.ch
Solarstream
Solarstream is an all-in-one platform for solar installers that eliminates the biggest hidden cost of every project: administration. Instead of re-entering the same customer, roof, and system data across planning tools, quoting sheets, and project trackers, everything lives in one connected record. Teams and customers stay aligned through a shared portal instead of scattered emails and calls. The result: far less manual admin work, fewer errors from duplicate entry, and clearer communication at every step.
http://www.solarstream.ch
Sun-Ways
Sun-Ways has developed an innovative fastening system that allows demountable photovoltaic systems to be installed in the area between the rails of a railway track to supply electricity to trains or stations. The solar modules are installed with a special rail machine and can be quickly removed for maintenance work on the infrastructure. The solution is compatible with railway operations and suitable for different types of tracks.
https://www.sun-ways.ch/en
Sunaxer
Sunaxer SA is an EPFL spin-off which accelerates industrial decarbonization and targets the emerging market of solar process heat through its uniquely durable, high-efficiency receivers for concentrating solar collectors. Serving solar thermal OEMs and collector manufacturers, its patented technology delivers market-leading efficiency and unmatched durability, remaining stable at 310°C in air for the equivalent of 25 years of operation.
https://sunaxer.com/
Synergi Solutions
Synergi allows utilities, DSOs, and asset managers to turn previously inflexible energy assets into VPP-ready flexible capacity. Our VPP platform and technology lets them connect residential and C&I assets, aggregate and pre-pool them into a single flexibility resource, and monitor and dispatch the portfolio via API/MQTT — all from their own trading desk or control system. Hardware-free. OEM-agnostic.
https://www.synergi.so/
TALPA Inspection
Reinforced concrete is the backbone of our energy and transport infrastructure. Corrosion is the main cause of damage. The steel inside can corrode hidden in the concrete, invisible for years. Our contactless sensor mounts on drones and robots and scans the surface point by point. It detects corrosion 5 to 10 years before it becomes visible, also on hard-to-access assets such as dams and cooling towers. The result is a photorealistic digital twin with a corrosion map for maintenance planning.
https://www.talpa-inspection.ch/
Winduction
Winduction, an ETH Zürich spin-off, develops the first wheel-based wireless charging system for electric buses in public transport. Charging happens automatically – without cables, delays, or visible infrastructure – even during 20-second halts. Idle time becomes charging time, letting fleet operators reduce fleet and battery size, avoid midday bus swaps, and lower peak grid loads and energy costs.
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https://www.winduction.com/
Yuon Control AG
Yuon provides AI-powered software that optimizes district heating networks in real time. By forecasting heat demand and intelligently controlling energy flows, the software helps utilities reduce operating costs, lower CO₂ emissions, and increase network capacity without requiring new hardware or infrastructure upgrades. It integrates with existing control systems and supports more efficient, reliable thermal energy distribution.
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http://www.yuon.ch