Swiss Climate Foundation Innovation Funding
Supports climate-tech companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein through Swiss Climate Innovation funding for field deployment.
The Swiss Climate Foundation's Innovation Funding programme is the foundation's primary active funding track, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in Switzerland and Liechtenstein that are developing technical innovations to reduce or avoid greenhouse-gas emissions with a clear path to market entry. The programme opens twice per year: Round 1 closes on March 1 with Foundation Board decisi…
Technical innovations that reduce or avoid greenhouse-gas emissions, with a clear market-entry path.
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