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Chemistry

Varimol

Varimol is a Swabian chemistry start-up that develops and distributes reagents for click chemistry. The reaction between tetrazines and trans-cyclooctenes ...

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Biotechnology

Cellugy IVS

Our promising biotech has been validated and awarded by different institutions. The Venture Cup – world leading startup organization based in Denmark – ...

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Chemistry

SILANA GmbH

SILANA's materials span a wide range of applications. Use them to provide your customers cleanness, continous wetting-tunability, 100% breathability, ...

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Production technology

heliatek GmbH

Heliatek aims to become a worldwide leading company for a sustainable and carbon free future. The company holds the organic photovoltaic world record in ...

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Laboratory analysis / Laboratory measurement technology

Ionplus AG

Members of the Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics (LIP) at ETH Zürich founded the Ionplus AG as a spin-off company in order to offer new instrumentation ...

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Chemistry

UniSieve Ltd

UniSieve Ltd is a Switzerland-based cleantech company originating from ETH Zurich. We provide advanced membrane molecular separation solutions for a wide ...

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Chemistry

Volterion GmbH

volterion GmbH was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT, Oberhausen. The company produces and sells compact-size redox flow ...

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Laboratory analysis / Laboratory measurement technology

Magnes AG

Magnes AG is a technology spinoff from the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab (MSRL) of ETH Zurich. Magnes inherits its extensive know-how on magnetic sensing and ...

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Production technology

Notion Systems GmbH

Notion Systems focuses on development, manufacturing and selling inkjet printers, laser treatment equipment, machinery for automation and positioning and ...

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Laboratory analysis / Laboratory measurement technology

Activated Research Company, LLC

Activated Research Company (ARC) is MAKING CHEMICAL ANALYSIS EASY™ while improving accuracy, saving time, and reducing costs in the laboratory. For decades ...

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Laborausstattung / Laborbedarf

cubuslab GmbH

Every lab is individual – that's what we support. cubuslab is simple, flexible and secure: Our solution connects your lab devices to a larger system. With ...

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Chemistry

Cutting-Edge Nanomaterials (CENmat) UG

CENmat is a young and innovative chemical engineering spin-off from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) offering a broad range of services ranging from ...

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Chemistry

Custom Cells Itzehoe GmbH

Custom Cells - Energy stores are optimized at the chemical, battery, and battery module levels to meet your needs and deliver great performance benefits. ...

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IT

Elco Industrie Automation GmbH

Our ambition is to support automation engineers by pushing their digitalization ideas and efforts with the aid of individual Industrial Apps and Industrial ...

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Production technology

PMR Tech UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

The PMR Tech UG (haftungsbeschränkt) is a young technology start-up from the heart of the Ruhr area. We develop efficient hydrogen-oxygen gas generators ...

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Chemistry

​Cyanetics Ltd.

We develop robust and scalable industrial biological process technologies that economically convert polluting gasses to high value platform chemical ...

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Biotechnology

Bipolymer Systeme

Our revolutionary plastic converts heat into electricity at a lower price than ever before! We use commercially available plastics, which can be purchased ...

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Chemistry

Ionomr Innovations, Inc.

Ionomr is pioneering and commercializing the world's most advanced ion-exchange materials. These provide an enabling platform for clean tech solutions ...

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Chemistry

CheMondis GmbH

CheMondis is the B2B online marketplace for chemicals. Our roots go back to 1863. Ever since, we have developed our reputation as chemical experts. In ...

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Production technology

Biospec GmbH

BIOspec products utilizing high-end LED technology for sophisticated Photo-Chemistry and Biocatalytsis Systems. Solutions offer a spectral range of 265 to ...

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Start-up News

14. Jan 2021

Putting climate-positive business ideas into practice

More and more ETH Zurich researchers are taking the plunge into entrepreneurship. By launching spin-​offs, they hope to turn their lab findings into solutions that can help stem the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide. There is no shortage of ...

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12. Jan 2021

Leverage the huge potential that lies dormant in the vas ...

Labforward has closed a new financing round. The laboratory equipment manufacturers Tecan and 2mag as well as existing investor Peppermint Venture Partners are investing more than € 5 million in the laboratory software company with headquarters ...

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30. Oct 2020

Brenntag and start-up CheMondis announce cooperation in ...

Brenntag and CheMondis announce a first cooperation. Brenntag and CheMondis plan to jointly accelerate digital sales and marketing for the chemical industry. Both companies recognize the increasing importance of online sales channels for the ...

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23. Oct 2020

Making gas leaks in the chemical industry visible from k ...

Over 30% of major leaks of toxic of flammable industrial gases remain undetected by gas sensors. Grandperspective develops with the scanfeldTM world’s first early warning solution monitoring entire chemical parks for gas leaks. The High-Tech ...

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20. Oct 2020

How to make perfect edges in 2D-materials

Ultrathin materials such as graphene promise a revolution in nanoscience and technology. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now made an important advance within the field. In a recent paper in Nature Communications ...

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08. Oct 2020

How ETH Zurich spin-offs strengthen the Swiss economy

As well as generating more jobs on average than other Swiss start-​ups, ETH spin-​offs are also acquired more frequently. A decisive factor, according to University of St.Gallen’s comprehensive analysis, comes from the institutional support for ...

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17. Sep 2020

Funding for renewable energy startups in Germany and Eas ...

Challenges like climate change and dwindling natural resources require permanent, global innovations. However, to be able to make the greatest impact, these solutions must also be adjusted for local conditions. That is why the University of ...

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20. Aug 2020

BASF invests in industrial artificial intelligence company

IntelliSense.io and BASF Venture Capital (BVC) announced that BVC is leading a strategic investment round in IntelliSense.io with follow-on participation from a group of U.K.-based technology angel investors including Dr. Steve Garnett and ...

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13. Aug 2020

Start-ups in Germany are rarely based on radical innovations

The founding processes in the "alternative energies" and "information technologies" sectors are proceeding faster in Germany than in the USA. This is the result of an international research project of the IfM Bonn and the University of Utrecht, ...

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20. Jul 2020

chembid enters into partnership with COATINO from Evonik

chembid and the Coating Additives Business Line of Evonik announce their cooperation. The platforms have set themselves the goal of making processes and decisions for chemical companies more efficient and driving forward the digitization in the ...

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25. Jun 2020

Printed electronics to monitor industrial production pro ...

Merck announced the first commercial product from Feelit, based in Haifa, Israel. Feelit is an Industry 4.0 startup that was part of the Merck PMatX innovation lab for next-generation electronics in Israel. RetroFeel™, the company’s first ...

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15. Jun 2020

Renewable fuels from CO2 & water using 100% renewable el ...

Norsk e-Fuel AS, the new European industry consortium headquartered in Oslo, has announced to industrialize Power-to-Liquid technology (PtL) in Norway for the European Market. The new state-of-the-art project will allow the conversion of Norway’ ...

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04. Jun 2020

Climeworks raises CHF 73M

Climeworks has successfully raised CHF 73 million (USD 75 million) in equity from private investors. This is the largest private investment into direct air capture to date. The funding will help to drive forward the company’s scale-up roadmap ...

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27. May 2020

New system for widespread availability of green hydrogen

As an alternative propulsion technology in the transport sector, hydrogen is playing an important role in the energy transition. However, it is not yet suitable for mass production. Hydrogen is mainly produced centrally from fossil resources and ...

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26. May 2020

Public Value Carries Startups Through the Crisis

Every year, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and the auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY) hand out awards to young companies offering solutions for societal challenges through their products and services and creating public value. Some of th ...

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07. May 2020

Merck Invests in Artificial Intelligence Chip Startup Sy ...

Merck announced its investment in SynSense (formerly known as aiCTX), a neuromorphic computing startup based in China and Switzerland. The startup’s AI (artificial intelligence) processors and sensors provide an unprecedented combination of ...

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30. Apr 2020

Using artificial intelligence to optimise manufacturing ...

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) together with Bayern Kapital has invested a seven-figure sum in Munich-based IT start-up Erium as part of a seed financing round. SAR Elektronic GmbH is also on board as a co-investor. Erium’s software solution ...

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26. Mar 2020

From Greenhouse Gas to a High-tech Resource

At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the NECOC research project is aimed at building a unique test facility for active reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The world’s first container-scale facility of this type is to convert ...

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05. Mar 2020

ISC3 and Brightlands join forces to support Sustainable ...

The Innovation Hub of the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3) and Brightlands Chemelot Innovation Center (BCIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding as a first step towards a future partnership. As a part of their ...

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02. Mar 2020

Covestro invests in start-ups

Covestro is a start-up investor: With its Covestro Venture Capital (COVeC) approach, the company seeks to combine the needs of start-ups in areas such as financing, expertise and network with its own strategic goals with the goal of ensuring ...

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Winterthur Instruments AG

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XENOPS Chemicals GmbH & Co. KG

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