Grensol Group

The very first Pitch&Fund of the Innovation Booster New Mobility Lab took place yesterday. 🚀 As many good projects were already submitted in this first call and not all 20 projects could be taken along to the Pitch&Fund, the jury chose 10 teams in a pre-selection process. These teams took part in the Pitch&Fund yesterday and 5 of them won CHF 25,000 each. These 5 winning teams are:   🎉 Direct Air Capture Algal Biofuel (DACA-Biofuels) system 👉 https://lnkd.in/dgryCeY9 Timothy C. Granata, Ph.D., P.E., Sr. Ecol. 🎉 Powerbank- Auflieger 👉 https://lnkd.in/dtUiQyfQ Michael Schacher 🎉 CarDust - We capture toxic microplastic from tire wear 👉 https://lnkd.in/diRmmA_D Daniela Brauckhoff, Jean-François Alarie 🎉 Drones for Mobility solutions as all-in-one service 👉 https://lnkd.in/dfbNPTKW Manos Barmpounakis, Jasso Espadaler Clapés, MobiLysis 🎉 Trucking with Emissions-free Hydrogen, Made from Waste 👉 https://lnkd.in/dPEDhG9n Rajiv Singhal, Bhawna Nagar, Ph.D. A big thank you to Innosuisse for powering this Innovation Booster! #swissinnovationbooster 🇨🇭 Dr. Maximilian Richter, Bettina Zipper, Alba Arias, Yousra Sidqi, Antonis Papaemmanouil, Matthias Eifert, Tamara Wisser, Gloria Romera Guereca, Dr. Philipp Scharfenberger, Francesca Cellina, Widar Von Arx, Joerg Beckmann, Dr. Thao Vu, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Sturm, Andreas Haas, Andrea Schneider, Sarah Hauser, Noëlle Meier, Andrea Del Duce, Maike Scherrer, Christian Bach, Christina Haas HSLU Hochschule Luzern, ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Universität St.Gallen (HSG), Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Touring Club Schweiz TCS, ETH Zürich, Empa, Mobilitätsakademie des TCS, Swissrail Industry Association, SBB CFF FFS, AMAG Group, Porsche Schweiz AG Switzerland Innovation Park Central #newmobility #winner #announcement #switzerlandinnovationparkcentral #switzerlandinnovation

Incubating new scientific entrepreneurship in recycling, photonics, fracture monitoring, power distribution, and health risk assessment: Grensol Group, Lightium, SIMORGH, SurroundPower, and TrueYouOmics win Venture Kick, receiving CHF 10'000 each. Congratulations to the innovators Rajiv Singhal, Bhawna Nagar, Frédéric Loizeau, Amir H. Ghadimi, Maalek Momeni, Flavio Guadagnini, Pitt-Alexander Wibawa, Dominic Mehr, Kevin Yar, and Andres Lanzos! https://lnkd.in/dpTH_yry Starring startups: Grensol Group: Revolutionizing recycling with light-powered material recovery https://lnkd.in/eDbQjESV Lightium: Enabling the next generation of photonic devices https://lnkd.in/du_uJpjZ SIMORGH: Real-time fracture monitoring for industrail applications https://lnkd.in/dGJCb2wd SurroundPower: Adaptive power distribution solution  https://lnkd.in/dKd4n7-C TrueYouOmics: The most comprehensive Direct-to-Consumer health risk assessment https://lnkd.in/dRAJNAUK #VentureKick #SwissStartups

🌎🚀 Houston, we have a solution – or rather, five of them! Earlier this week, the #ClimateCollider cohort arrived in Texas to connect with other founders working on global solutions to #climatechange in the #EnergyCapitaloftheWorld. Here’s what they’ve been up to: Over the last few days, the five #SwissStartups have been getting to know their Houston-based peers at Greentown Labs, Ion Houston, and during a lunch with local founders organized by #Swissnex and #EnergyUnderground, a group of professionals in the Greater Houston area that are accelerating the #energytransition. Earlier in the week, members of the cohort attended #CERAWeek, where they brought a Swiss #climatetech perspective to the world’s premier energy conference. Throughout the week they’ve also heard from experts on the US energy market, corporate partnerships, and fundraising. Climate Collider is a startup exchange program powered by #Swissnex and Innosuisse. apheros Grensol Group PEROVSKIA SOLAR AG RTDT Laboratories AG WattAnyWhere #GreentownHTX Greater Houston Partnership Impact Hub Houston Energy Capital of the Future Shell Halliburton Labs Chevron Technology VenturesLeyline Renewable Capital, LLC Clean Energy Nexus Energy Tech Nexus Varea Energy Rice University CLS Wind Dril-Quip Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Kimley-Horn Puffer-Sweiven CEC Energy CAMS Decarbonfuse SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services Presence Switzerland

Meet Rajiv Singhal, founder of Grensol Group, one of the #Swissstartups participating in #ClimateCollider, the startup exchange program powered by #Swissnex and Innosuisse. 30 million end-of-life cars are shredded each year. While the metal components can be recycled, the other 20% – mixed plastics and contaminated hydrocarbon waste – usually ends up incinerated or in landfills. Grensol uses #photolysis technology developed at EPFL to close the loop on these materials, converting the waste into #zeroemission #hydrogen and that can aid in the #energytransition, as well as precursors for new plastic production. For each ton of material Grensol processes, the #hydrogen and #recycled materials they produce can reduce #CO2 emissions by 6.4 tons – and if applied to other sources of waste like electronics, demolition waste, and mixed landfill plastics, their technology could cut over 500 megatons of emissions per year. Keep an eye out for Rajiv in #Boston and #Houston next month as he joins us for #ClimateCollider, and stay tuned to meet the rest of the cohort.

Very excited and encouraged to find our work being spotlighted by Harvard Business School . Proud about trying to change our urban #waste problem into an #emissionsfree #hydrogen solution. I would love to hear from you if you also find this theme interesting. Grensol Group