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Swiss Climatetech Showcase

Meet the eight Swiss startups from the Climate Collider 2026 program and discover their groundbreaking climatetech solutions during Climate Week NYC.

Meet the next generation of Swiss climatetech founders as the Climate Collider 2026 cohort comes to Climate Week NYC. Eight Swiss startups — spanning carbon removal, geothermal drilling, sustainable agriculture, clean hydrogen, industrial efficiency, circular construction materials, advanced membranes, biomaterials, and textile recycling — will pitch their solutions to investors, researchers, and industry leaders shaping the future of climate innovation.

Climate Collider is a startup camp powered by Innosuisse and managed by Swissnex, designed to strengthen transatlantic collaboration and connect Swiss startups with Boston and New York, two of the world’s leading climatetech hubs.

Program

  • 12:45pm – Doors Open
  • 1:00pm – Welcome Remarks
  • 1:05pm – Pitches
  • 2:00pm – Networking
  • 2:30pm – End
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  • New York

    1:00PM

Startups

    BCHAR

    BCHAR provides turnkey biochar production systems that manage the full process from biomass input to biochar output, combining automated hardware with built-in MRV software for transparent carbon credit generation.

    Borobotics

    Borobotics develops autonomous electric drilling robots for shallow geothermal boreholes, making ground-source heat pumps accessible where conventional drilling is too costly, disruptive, space-intensive, or impractical.

    Neology

    Neology develops ammonia-based solutions for hydrogen supply and clean power generation, enabling zero-emission energy to replace diesel in off-grid applications across data centers, industrial sites, construction, telecom, mining, and agriculture.

    Proseed

    ProSeed develops industrial drying solutions that improve speed, energy use, output quality, and footprint through a proprietary real-time control system and advanced process modeling for precise moisture removal.

    Rematter

    Rematter develops lower-cost, fossil-free and circular alternatives to structural concrete floors, using digital design and robotic prefabrication to create high-performance building systems from earth and timber.

    Separatic

    Seoaratic develops atomic-precision porous graphene membranes for advanced gas separation, transforming molecular sieving through award-winning research from the University of Fribourg and patented deep-tech innovation.

    Treeless

    Treeless develops bio-based, fossil-free alternatives to harmful and polluting materials by harnessing microorganisms to create more sustainable solutions for advanced material applications.

    Verretex

    Verretex transforms waste glass fibers from end-of-life composites into high-performance recycled textiles and compounds that can replace virgin materials in industries including wind energy, automotive, marine, and sports.
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Judges

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    Bio

    Cvic Innocent

    Founder and General Partner
    Frankenbuild Ventures

    Cvic Innocent is ex-NASA and the Founding Partner of Frankenbuild Ventures. Outside of investing, Dr. Innocent has continued her international policy presence, including a technical letter presentation at the United Nations, participation at COP30, and, most recently, a satellite talk at the WEF in Davos. She founded Frankenbuild Ventures in 2023, was recently awarded the 2025 Startup Supporter/Investor of the Year by ACT, the largest national trade organization for hardtech in climate, and is excited to work alongside Partner Tom M and the rest of the growing Fv team.

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    Bio

    Natalie Cira

    Principal
    HG Ventures

    Natalie serves as a Principal on the HG Ventures investment team where she’s responsible for sourcing, due diligence, deal execution and ongoing support of portfolio companies.

    Prior to HG Ventures, Natalie was an investor at BHP Ventures, the venture arm of the world’s largest mining company. With an investment mandate to support the decarbonization of BHP’s operations and improve the sustainability of natural resource extraction, Natalie led several investments related to the critical minerals value chain, including biomining and bioremediation, selective mineral extraction, novel chemical leaching, carbon removal, and advanced water treatment. Before BHP, Natalie was an investment banker at Whipstitch Capital.

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    Bio

    JC Jung

    Managing Partner
    Anywhere Ventures

    JC is a repeat entrepreneur, advisor and investor dedicated to creating value while having an impact in relation to climate change and society.

    His current focus is across 4 key areas:
    – Financing of clean technologies and large scale projects in Energy, Mobility, Water, Air and Carbon with Global Sustainable Future (GSF)
    – Cleantech startups Acceleration programs and consulting with Anywhere Ventures
    – Innovation, including cofounding Tarform
    – Storytelling, Education, science and evangelization around climate, including Neriutta Productions, the Hack Summits, the Ice Memory Foundation and Aliph Africa

Assembly

This event is part of Assembly, the main Swiss stage at Climate Week NYC 2026. As world leaders gather in Midtown Manhattan, Swissnex assembles Swiss and global voices – from private sector innovators and researchers to artists and policymakers – in the East Village for three days of communal climate thinking and action. Assembly speaks to deliberation and democracy – the idea that communities must collectively define their futures – as well as the ongoing, creative, improvisational process of constructing those futures from the pieces of our present.

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Partners

This event is organized by Swissnex in collaboration with Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency.