Investment for climate technology companies
Equity for early-stage companies developing lower-carbon energy, industry, materials and urban systems, with investment conditions tied to measurable environmental outcomes.
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Climate-tech investment from pre-seed to Series B
Equity investment for European climate-tech companies, from their earliest development through later business-growth funding rounds. The focus includes clean energy, storage, carbon capture and recycling.
Digital climate-impact startup investment
Initial equity investment of €250,000–€2.5 million for early-stage software businesses combining measurable positive impact with commercial returns. The climate-relevant portfolio includes energy, buildings, industrial efficiency and carbon removal.
Building insulation grants
Grants for owners insulating roofs, exterior walls and buried walls or floors of existing buildings in Aargau permitted before 2000.
Climate mortgage
A discounted fixed-rate mortgage for homeowners financing energy and ecological renovation of their main residence.
Sustainable mortgage
A five-year mortgage interest discount for single-family homes and condominium apartments with qualifying energy construction or renovation work.
Large innovation projects
Grants of up to US$5 million to scale or spread innovative climate-adaptation solutions in eligible developing countries, submitted through accredited implementing entities.
Climate-tech investment
Equity investment of €1–5 million for European climate-tech startups, mainly at seed stage, working in energy, industrial decarbonisation or systemic resilience.
Energy and climate subsidies — battery storage
A grant covers 30% of the purchase price of a renewable-connected storage battery in Aigle, up to CHF 1,500, for individuals and legal entities liable for the municipal electricity tax.
Green mortgage
A discounted fixed mortgage for individuals and companies building an energy-efficient new property.
Investment in resource-efficient companies
Equity investment and growth support for established, profitable technology companies that help industry use resources more efficiently.
Climate Pledge Fund investment
Investment for companies worldwide that can grow to meet Amazon’s demand and help it reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Growth investment for established agrifood companies
Equity investment of €15–80 million for profitable agrifood companies with €10–200 million in revenue, including businesses scaling solutions that reduce emissions across food and agriculture.
Agrifood venture investment
Venture capital for food and agriculture companies: a €1 million target for earliest development rounds (pre-seed/seed), or €5–10 million for subsequent business-growth rounds (Series A/B).
Early-stage investment for post-carbon ventures
Venture-capital investment for companies building deep-tech or digital solutions for Europe’s energy, industrial and food transitions, from pre-seed through Series A.
Energy mortgage
Borrow at a discounted interest rate to renovate a single-family or holiday home for better energy efficiency.
Eco mortgage
An individual mortgage interest discount and up to CHF 1,000 towards energy certification for an efficient home you occupy as your main residence.
Sustainability mortgage
A fixed-rate mortgage with an interest discount for private energy-efficient properties, qualifying renovations and solar installations.
Environmental renovation mortgage
Borrow at a discounted fixed rate for energy-saving home renovations, with the whole property financed through Bank SLM.
Energy-efficiency loan
Borrow for energy-saving home renovations or certified new buildings, with a mortgage interest discount for up to ten years.
Building energy grants
Grants for property owners improving insulation and windows in older Basel-Stadt buildings, with bonuses for better building energy performance.
Baselbieter Energiepaket building-insulation grants
Building owners in Basel-Landschaft can get grants to insulate roofs, facades and walls or floors against the ground. Qualifying projects can also receive insulation-related bonuses.
Eco-renovation mortgage
A fixed-rate mortgage discount for owners renovating or extending a home, rental property or business building to meet recognised energy standards.
Energy renovation loan
Borrow CHF 20,000–100,000 at a published preferential rate of 3.90% to improve the energy performance of a home you own in Switzerland.
EcoHabitat mortgage
Mortgage interest discounts for private borrowers buying or building an energy-efficient home for their own use.
Bonus Vert
Twelve months without mortgage interest for homeowners financing qualifying energy-saving renovations.
Eco Home loan
Unsecured borrowing for homeowners and tenants improving household energy systems at a property in Valais.
Building energy renovation grants
Grants help owners renovate houses and apartment buildings in canton Bern through verified energy-class improvements or Minergie certification.
Sustainability mortgage
Private customers can borrow for an energy-efficient property or eligible renovation and solar installations, with a discount on the fixed mortgage interest rate.
Energy mortgage
A mortgage interest discount for energy-saving home renovations or a qualifying new home, with a fixed-rate option.
Business Fellowship
A full-time paid fellowship for experienced climate-business professionals to help early-stage climate-technology teams reach market, with an industry-competitive living stipend.
Explorer Grants
Grants for scientists and researchers worldwide to test high-risk, early-stage climate technologies while remaining in their current university, laboratory or research role.
Innovator Fellowship
Up to $500,000 through a SAFE investment agreement, with technical and commercial support, for early-stage climate-technology innovators worldwide who will work full time on their startup.
Energy grants
Grants help building owners in Bütschwil-Ganterschwil install solar panels or solar batteries and replace windows.
Venture Accelerator
An eight-week remote accelerator for UK- or EU-registered climate startups, with a chance to pitch for €150,000–€250,000 of pre-seed investment.
Visite conseil villa subsidy
Resident homeowners in Carouge can get a home energy visit for CHF165 including tax if annual electricity use does not exceed 30,000 kWh.
Energy renovation grant
A municipal grant for resident individual property owners who have received a Geneva cantonal grant for improving the energy performance of a local building.
Carbon Neutrality Fund investment
Investment for companies developing new technologies to cut or remove industrial carbon emissions, with a focus on Canada, the US and Europe.
Investment in defensible climate technology
Equity investment for companies raising Seed through Series B to commercialise defensible climate technologies with a quantified path to multi-gigaton emissions reduction.
Equity for companies scaling emissions-cutting solutions
Equity investment for companies nearing or already at commercial launch whose solutions can deliver large-scale greenhouse-gas reductions; the investor receives an ownership interest in return.
Climate-tech startup investment
Climate Tech Partners typically invests A$1 million to A$5 million in climate-tech companies that sell to businesses and are ready to scale with corporate partners; the investor takes an ownership interest in return.
Investment in industrial climate technology
Investment of €1–5 million for European companies bringing physical, science-based climate technology from early commercialisation towards industrial scale.
Green Spark Fund
Grants of up to £2,000 for community-led climate-resilience projects by Communities for Nature partners and groups in their partner communities.
Climate-tech investment
€1–4 million in equity investment for Pre-Seed and Seed climate-tech companies in Europe and the United States, excluding food and agriculture.
One carbon-removal investment
Investment for companies worldwide at their earliest financing stages that can deliver or enable large-scale greenhouse-gas removal.
Cleantech investment
Investment and business support for companies developing technology that cuts emissions, saves energy or uses fewer resources.
IAM climate investment
Equity investment for European startups developing solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or adapt to climate change, at early stages of company development.
Climate technology investment
Equity investment for companies building energy, AI infrastructure and critical-mineral technologies with positive climate impact, from initial company building through commercial growth.
Growth investment for bio-based and circular businesses
Investment for European companies scaling biological alternatives to fossil-based products or circular production, with a demonstrated climate benefit.
Municipal sustainable development fund
Residents and businesses in Ecublens can receive CHF 1,500 towards a new fully electric car.
Investment for energy-transition startups entering the market
An investment averaging €3 million for energy-transition startups in Europe or North America that are bringing a software or hardware product to market; EDF takes a minority ownership stake.
Cleantech Co-Investment Facility
Equity or equity-like co-investment for EIF-backed fund managers proposing funding rounds for growing cleantech companies in the EU or EFTA.
Frontier decarbonization investment
Investment for early-stage companies developing new technologies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, with a global climate-technology focus.
Heat-pump water-heater grant
CHF 800 per boiler for EKZ electricity customers replacing a central electric water heater in a single-family home in canton Zurich.
Project Track
Investment and coaching for climate companies building the first project of its kind or another early commercial facility or set of installations.
Strategy Track
Investment and coaching for companies typically at Pre-Seed or Seed stage that already have a working prototype and at least three full-time employees, to win early customers, launch products or enter new markets.
Investment for energy-transition technology companies
Emerald’s Global Energy Transformation Fund invests in early and expanding energy-technology businesses, mainly through equity and sometimes through securities that can become equity. It screens the business’s commercial potential, environmental and social risks, and governance.
Investment in near-market climate technology
Equity investment of €250,000–€750,000 for pre-seed and seed companies bringing validated decarbonisation technology to market in Europe.
Renewables and low-carbon venture investment
Equinor buys a minority ownership share in early-phase and growing companies working mainly on renewable-energy and low-carbon solutions, with potential pilot, technical and scaling support.
Environmental technology growth investment
Equity investment for growing technology companies across Europe that can deliver significant, measurable environmental impact, including climate solutions in energy and mobility.
Efficient household appliance grant
Grants for Luzern residents and businesses replacing old household appliances with eligible energy-efficient models.
Efficient household appliance grant
EWN electricity customers in Nidwalden can receive CHF 50–100 per qualifying energy-efficient appliance replacing an old one.
Allstars investment for climate-tech funds
Allstars invests in funds worldwide that finance climate-technology companies.
Flagship II climate-tech investment
Equity investment of €1–5 million for mainly European Seed and Series A climate-tech companies with substantial emissions-reduction potential.
Le Programme Bâtiments — complete-renovation grants
Grants for renovating single-family homes, apartment buildings and nonresidential buildings in Canton Fribourg to certified Minergie standards.
Energy transition grants
Building owners can receive a grant for temporary heating when their boiler needs immediate replacement before a planned district-heating connection.
Investment in digital energy companies
Venture-capital investment for asset-light, scalable companies with proven customer demand at Series A or a later funding stage.
Climate Seed Program
A €250,000 minority-equity investment and six months of hands-on support for pre-seed and seed climate or deep-tech startups worldwide with a product in or near the market and some traction.
Energy funding
Building owners in Erstfeld can receive CHF 2,000 towards replacing electric heating with an air/water heat pump.
BeyondNetZero energy transition investment
Equity investment for fast-growing technology companies expanding solutions that make the global energy system more efficient.
Grant for improving building energy ratings
Grants for owners renovating buildings in Geneva canton to improve both building-envelope and overall energy ratings by at least two classes.
Sustainability mortgage
A discounted mortgage for private and business borrowers renovating façades, insulation, roofs or windows to improve their building’s energy performance.
Grants to scale ecosystem-based adaptation
Grants of up to USD 250,000 for organisations scaling ecosystem-based adaptation, with priority for work in ODA-eligible small island developing states and least developed countries.
Innovating for Climate Resilience
Funding to test and expand climate-adaptation solutions that can improve the lives of millions of people living in poverty in developing countries. Applications are currently closed.
Ecological transition fund: bicycle purchases
Grants cover 15% of an ordinary bicycle purchase, up to CHF 200, for Grand-Saconnex residents, businesses and nonprofit associations.
Early-stage climate and resource technology investment
€500,000–€2.5 million equity tickets for pre-seed to Series A founders, including technologies that reduce emissions, improve climate resilience or conserve resources.
Investment in AI for the green transition
Equity investment for early-stage companies building applied AI to make European energy systems, industry and infrastructure greener.
Renewable energy grants
Grants for solar thermal collectors and batteries paired with solar PV at existing buildings in Horgen.
Energy grants
Households in Illnau-Effretikon can receive 25% of the purchase price, up to CHF 300, when replacing an appliance with an energy-efficient model listed on Topten.
Clean-energy startup investment
InnoEnergy invests in early-stage clean-tech companies with at least a proof of concept or prototype, mainly in Europe and also in the USA and Japan.
Climate technology growth investment
€2–30 million minority equity investment for climate technology companies, usually at Series A–C, with a focus on Europe and Israel.
Industrial technology investment
KOMPAS invests in industrial technology companies from seed to Series B, with current initial investments of €1 million–€5 million. Climate-relevant areas include industrial decarbonisation, cleaner buildings and climate-risk tools.
Kraftwerk Kloten — solar grants for existing buildings
Property owners can receive up to CHF 15,000 from the City of Kloten for solar electricity installations on existing buildings, including independently arranged projects.
Bonus énergie
A municipal grant matches the cantonal subsidy for a first CECB Plus energy assessment of an eligible home in Lancy.
Energy-efficiency research grants
Grants for higher-education research and development in energy efficiency and renewable energy with local benefits for Lausanne and participating municipalities.
Growth investment for climate technology companies
Lightrock’s Climate Impact strategy backs businesses scaling proven climate solutions in Europe and North America. Its fund announcement sets out typical initial investments of €10–40 million and a limited exception for earlier companies already showing commercial progress.
Link III energy-transition investment
Investment for early-stage European companies building electric-mobility, clean-energy, energy-storage or related energy-transition technology.
Investment for early-stage climate technology
Equity investment for founders at the earliest stages developing commercially driven technology to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, remove atmospheric carbon or buy time by cooling the planet.
Investment for cleaner energy, industry and climate resilience
Investment for startups making energy or industry cleaner, or developing ways to address the impacts of climate change, with MCJ receiving a share of ownership in the company in return.
Municipal energy, climate and biodiversity fund
A municipal grant toward a first CECB Plus energy diagnosis for eligible building owners in Meyrin.
Fixed-rate mortgage with Eco discount
Borrow for your own energy-efficient home with a fixed-rate mortgage and a 0.15 percentage point interest discount for up to five years.
Fonds d’encouragement communal — photovoltaic feasibility studies
Residents, businesses and organisations in Morges can receive 20% of the fees for a photovoltaic feasibility study on an existing large roof or a collective roof project, up to CHF 1,000.
Renewable energy and sustainable development fund
A CHF 500 municipal top-up helps private building owners in Moudon pay for a CECB Plus energy audit supported by Vaud.
Energy Transition Fund
Investment for European startups and scaleups developing hardware or software that cuts emissions from power, transport and buildings.
Loans for Nordic green companies
Loans of typically €2 million to €5 million for established Nordic small and medium-sized businesses investing to take proven environmental solutions into international markets.
Early-stage investment for emissions-reducing technology
New Climate Ventures invests in early-stage startups developing technology that reduces or avoids carbon emissions.
RenovaPlus mortgage
Borrow CHF 20,000–100,000 for energy-efficiency renovations to your mortgaged property, with a guaranteed discount from the variable mortgage rate.
Investment for scaling industrial climate technologies
Equity investment and hands-on scaling support for industrial climate-technology companies with customers and revenue.
Early-stage investment and founder programme
€250,000–€500,000 in equity and an in-person programme for founders building young technology companies, including climate solutions.
Investment to commercialise scientific innovations
Investment and hands-on support for young research-based companies turning scientific breakthroughs into businesses, including clean energy and industrial climate solutions.
Investment in energy, industry and health technology
Equity investment for early-stage and growth companies using technology to tackle climate-relevant energy or industry problems; Norrsken VC also invests in healthcare.
Umwelt-Bonus
Mortgage interest reductions and help with energy-certificate costs for owners renovating residential buildings or financing a qualifying new home.
Energy grants
Grants help residents, locally established legal entities and local property owners install photovoltaic panels in Plan-les-Ouates.
Investment in green technology
An initial €500,000–€4 million investment for mainly European green-technology startups raising an early venture round, formally from pre-seed through Series A.
Early-stage investment for energy and infrastructure software
$500,000 to $2 million in venture investment for pre-seed and seed companies building digital solutions or software for energy, mobility, buildings or industry, primarily for business customers.
Energy fund
Project grants for EBM members and eligible electricity-network customers to improve energy efficiency or reduce CO₂ emissions.
Investment in energy, building and infrastructure startups
PT1 backs early-stage founders building technology for energy, buildings and infrastructure, with a European focus. Relevant climate applications include cleaner energy, building decarbonisation and climate-risk tools.
Eco mortgage interest discount
Mortgage interest reduction for homeowners building to energy standards, renovating older homes, replacing fossil heating or installing solar energy in Switzerland.
Growth investment for food and agriculture companies
Equity investment for growing food and agriculture companies with proven business models, including solutions that store carbon in soil and use resources more efficiently.
RegioEco-Kredit
Interest-free borrowing for private homeowners installing solar panels or replacing fossil heating with a heat pump in a house financed by Regiobank.
Efficient household appliance grant
A grant towards replacing old household appliances with efficient Topten-listed models for rhiienergie electricity customers.
Energy startup investment and support
Investment and 6–12 months of startup support for energy-transition businesses. The support package costs €65,000; total investment capacity can reach €2 million through later funding rounds.
Energy fund
A municipal grant tops up cantonal support for insulating existing buildings in Roggwil TG.
Building energy assessment grant
Building owners in Rolle can receive a grant for an energy study that identifies improvements to an existing building, alongside cantonal support.
Energy and climate education grant
Individuals and legal entities can receive grants for education and awareness activities that encourage energy saving and climate-friendly energy consumption in Rüti ZH.
Early investment in climate technology startups
Satgana invests €100,000–€500,000 in very early climate and environmental technology startups, with a focus on Europe and Africa. It also supports fundraising, business development and impact measurement.
Sustainability mortgage
Finance energy-saving property renovations with a fixed mortgage for companies and property investors, with 0% interest in the first year.
Building insulation grant
Grants help private building owners insulate older buildings in Canton Schwyz, with an additional bonus for extensive facade and roof renovation.
Greentech VC investment
Green technology companies can seek equity investment for technology development, growth and international expansion. SEB invests across Europe, focusing on the Nordic and Baltic markets.
Investment in digital energy technology
SET usually invests €2–5 million initially in European digital-energy companies and receives an ownership stake rather than repayment of a loan.
Sustainable mobility growth investment
€4–20 million equity investment for Series A and B sustainable transport startups. The fund aims to lead the funding round and take at least 10% ownership.
Climate-tech venture investment
Investment and strategic support for climate-tech startups developing energy or industrial solutions that can scale into new markets.
Climate Fund One investment
Investment for European climate companies expanding sales and international markets in clean energy, low-carbon industry, recycling and natural resources.
Building insulation grants
Grants for owners insulating existing buildings in Canton Solothurn, with an additional bonus for extensive roof and façade insulation.
Eco fixed-rate mortgage
A mortgage interest discount for people and companies planning climate-effective building work on a residential property.
Energy funding programme
Grants help private applicants and businesses add solar thermal to buildings with combustion heating in Baden, Switzerland.
Energy and climate project grants
Project grants for innovative energy projects and installations that deliver measurable climate benefits in the city of Lucerne.
Energy funding programme: solar electricity storage
A grant for private individuals and companies installing storage of at least 6 kWh alongside solar panels to increase their own use of solar electricity in the city of Zug.
International Fund investment
Equity investment of €3–20 million for energy and climate technology startups in Europe and North America, from Series A development beyond the initial seed stage through later business growth.
Energy and climate grants
Grants help private and company building owners install or extend solar electricity and solar thermal systems in Steinhausen.
SC Climate Tech Ventures investment
Investment and business support for companies beginning to commercialise technologies that cut emissions, with a strong focus on Spain.
SC Net Zero Ventures investment
Investment of €5–15 million for technology companies with demonstrated market demand that are expanding solutions to reduce emissions in energy, industry and mobility.
Adapt+ climate adaptation grant
Grants help Swiss individuals, businesses and local authorities prepare, plan and carry out measures that reduce damage from climate change.
Sustainable mobility in companies grant
Grants for Swiss companies to develop mobility plans and help staff and customers adopt more sustainable travel.
Electric-drive energy analysis grant
Grants help industrial and service businesses measure electricity-saving potential in electric drive systems and plan practical efficiency improvements.
PEIK energy advice and implementation support
Help with the cost of energy-efficiency advice and implementation assistance for smaller and medium-sized businesses in Switzerland.
Pinch heat-recovery analysis grant
Grants help industrial and commercial production businesses analyse their heat use and identify ways to recover waste heat and reduce energy consumption.
ProKilowatt electricity-efficiency project grant
Grants for businesses, individuals and public bodies to replace or improve existing equipment that uses electricity in Switzerland.
Food technology investment
Equity investment for companies developing food-production technologies and alternatives to animal products with potential for positive environmental impact.
Handschlag-Hypothek
Borrow up to CHF 75,000 for energy improvements to your own home if you are from Schwyz and already have financing with SZKB.
Fund EX1 investment
Investment for European and North American startups developing technologies that electrify energy use and cut emissions.
Building insulation grant
Grants for private owners insulating existing roofs, walls and floors in Canton Thurgau.
Energy mortgage
Mortgage interest discount for borrowers building or renovating to qualifying Minergie or GEAK energy standards.
Efficient household appliance grant
Grants of CHF 50–100 per appliance help Thurplus electricity customers replace older household appliances in Frauenfeld.
Climate technology investment
Investment for founders worldwide whose early-stage companies are bringing renewable-energy, carbon-management, electric-vehicle, battery or other climate technologies to market; Toyota Ventures provides money in return for a share of the company.
Early climate startup co-investment
Commercial investment alongside angel investors and venture-capital funds for early software and hardware businesses addressing climate change, within Triple Impact Ventures’ broader environmental strategy.
Energy grants
Grants for private homeowners in Troinex installing voluntary solar photovoltaic panels on an existing building with no more than three dwellings.
Mortgage Energy
A fixed-rate mortgage from CHF 25,000 for replacing oil or gas heating with renewable heating, or installing solar collectors or solar electricity panels on Swiss residential property, with no processing fee.
Energy efficiency loan
Borrow for insulation, solar panels and other energy-efficient home improvements as an eligible member of the UN community.
Building insulation grant
Grants for insulating older buildings in Uri, with a higher rate for insulation combined with integrated solar facades.
Energy-project subsidies
Building owners can receive CHF500 towards a CECB Plus energy assessment for a building in Val Terbi, outside a property sale.
Lila Umwelthypothek – renovation mortgage
A fixed-rate mortgage with an interest discount for homeowners making energy improvements to their home.
CECB Plus energy audit grant
Grants for owners of pre-2000 buildings in Vaud to assess energy performance and compare renovation options.
Energy grant top-up
An additional municipal grant for energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects in Vaz/Obervaz that already have a qualifying grant award from Graubünden.
Fonds communal pour l’énergie et le développement durable (FEDD)
Households living in Vevey can receive 50% of the cost of switching bulbs and fluorescent tubes to LEDs, up to CHF 100 under the standard grant.
Electrification Fund I investment
Equity investment for European pre-seed and seed companies developing technologies for renewable energy, grids, storage and electrification.
Climate technology investment
Investment for early-stage companies developing energy, industrial and climate technologies, in return for a share of the business.
Energy funding programme — balcony solar
A one-time grant helps household solar-system owners buy plug-in solar panels installed in Wallisellen.
Building energy efficiency grant
A municipal top-up for owners insulating a building in Wetzikon after receiving Canton Zurich funding.
Public transport season-ticket rebate
Residents can recover 25% of the cost of a personalised public transport subscription bought in 2026, up to CHF 250 per person for the year.
Energy grants
A CHF 500 grant helps private owners and businesses install solar electricity systems on qualifying existing buildings in Worben.
Investment in climate technology
Venture-capital investment of typically €1–15 million for climate-tech companies raising seed, Series A or Series B funding, with Europe as the main target market.
Zäme effiziänt household appliance grant
Per-appliance grants help households, companies and property managers in Bern, Solothurn and Jura replace inefficient household appliances.
Building insulation grant
Grants help building owners in the canton of Zug insulate older buildings, with an additional payment when eligible roof or facade insulation is combined with solar panels.
Green credit
An interest-free, unsecured loan for homeowners in the economic region Zug to replace oil or gas heating with a heat pump or install solar panels.
Charging infrastructure grant
Grants for preparing residential and business-fleet parking for electric vehicles, selected public charging sites and e-mobility advice in Canton Zurich.