City of Zurich selects start-ups for KlimUp program

(CONNECT) The current fourth edition of the KlimUp program has started with a new group of seven start-ups that are currently in the pre-seed phase. This initiative of the City of Zurich promotes its climate technologies or ideas for the circular economy with non-dilutive financial support of up to CHF 250,000. KlimUp is run by the Zurich start-up promoter BlueLion and supported by its incubator services.

Emissium from Sion provides data centers and other energy-intensive companies in particular with site-specific real-time data for the detailed tracking of their electricity emissions. Its system combines public and private data and creates high-quality models.

KoraLabs GmbH from Zurich develops tools for agricultural management. These use artificial intelligence to make it easier for agricultural companies to make sustainable decisions.

Kuafu, a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology(Empa) based in Dübendorf ZH, is a platform for electricity grid operators that uses artificial intelligence to enable intelligent grid control. It closes the communication gap between the key players and enables cost-efficient decarbonization of the grid.

Neology Hydrogen AG from Lutry VD produces clean hydrogen. It uses ammonia as a cost-effective and emission-free carrier.

nuorail GmbH from Zurich builds intelligent driver assistance systems for trains. These enable complex energy optimizations in milliseconds.

recoal AG from Zurich uses waste biomass to capture CO2 from the atmosphere. The company has developed an efficient and scalable technology for its permanent underground storage.

Straintest GmbH enables the precise monitoring of infrastructure structures using commercially available cameras in smartphones and drones. The Zurich-based start-up emerged from the ETH Student Project House. ce/mm