144th SICTIC Investor Day @ NEST Empa, Dübendorf

Powering the Future: SICTIC Investor Day at NEST Empa On September 16th, SICTIC Investor Day lands at NEST Empa in Dübendorf – Switzerland’s living lab for sustainable construction and energy innovation. This EnergyTech-focused event brings together forward-looking investors and startups working at the forefront of the energy transition.   What to Expect: High-Potential Startup Pitches: Meet cutting-edge EnergyTech startups tackling challenges in energy efficiency, storage, and sustainable infrastructure. Networking with Energy Experts & Investors: Connect with key players driving innovation in the energy space. Inspiration from a World-Class Innovation Hub: Experience the unique NEST environment, where new energy and building technologies are developed and tested in real time. Also, in an inspiring keynote Dr. Elena Mavrona shares her journey from photonics researcher to co-founder of Lepto, a deep-tech startup developing THz devices for space and communication. She will highlight the support of Empa and glatec, and her perspective as a woman founder in innovation. Join us at this iconic innovation platform to invest in the technologies shaping a more sustainable energy future!

Startups on stage

  • Beyond Scroll

    Beyond Scroll develops oil-free scroll machines for clean gases using a patented co-rotating design and WEDM precision.

  • Deutelio

    Deutelio is a private initiative promoting an alternative path to fusion energy.

  • Ionic Wind

    Ionic Wind solves the issue of over-heating in high-performance electronics with novel solid-state airflow generators.

  • kuafu

    Make the electrical grid smarter with an AI-powered platform to bridge the key players.

  • Sympheny

    Sympheny offers a web app to support the design of sustainable energy systems using AI-enhanced optimization.

  • UpGrid

    UpGrid develops an end-to-end operating system to solve the solar direct marketing bottleneck for energy communities.

  • Yuon Control AG

    Yuon is building AI-driven software that optimizes district heating networks, cutting operational costs and CO₂ emission.

  • Solid watts

    Industrial process heating fit for the 21st century. Efficient. Limitless. Clean.

Event Agenda

16:30 – Registration (On-Site Attendees)
17:00 – Welcome & Intro from SICTIC
17:10 – Intro from Empa
17:20 – Keynote “From Corfu to Zurich: My Journey into the Deep-Tech World” by Elena Mavrona, CEO @ Lepto GmbH
17:50 – 90s Startup Pitches (6-8)
18:00 – Short Break
18:15 – 5 min Startup Pitching Session + Q&A (3-4)
18:45 – Active Funding Rounds Pitching Session (Founder & Investor Pitch) (1-2)
19:10 – Wrap up by SICTIC
19:20 – Networking Apéro / Livestream ends

Registration

Startup Applications

Startups: If you want to pitch, please submit your project here. If accepted to pitch, you will get two free tickets to attend. We encourage startups that fulfil our investment criteria to submit their business case. We offer this service and the pitching at one of our events free of charge to startups. For each SICTIC Investor Day, a jury will select the eight most promising startups for pitching at the event.

Submit your startup project

Important: In case you don’t express your interest to pitch at an event in your application form, we will assume you would rather just to want share your business case with SICTIC members and investors and will not include your project in the selection process.

Investor Registration

This event is intended primarily for angel investors (also novices). Family offices, fund managers and venture capitalists that want to invest in Swiss Startups are also welcome to attend.

SICTIC Investors and invited guests please use your promotion code to get your free ticket.

Investors: You can read the startup business cases before the event by joining our SICTIC Investor Community. You can then attend SICTIC Investor Days for free and get access to our online deal platform.

Limited seating. No entry without a valid ticket. No ticket sale at the event.

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Location

NEST Empa 129 Ueberlandstrasse 8600 Dübendorf

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