Climate Tech grants in Switzerland

Awards a EUR 10,000 grant to a grassroots ocean or climate initiative worldwide.

Between cycles

Awards over €300,000 in cash prizes to entrepreneurs building Earth-observation data products.

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Funds companies scaling carbon removal technologies through Frontier offtake agreements.

Gives early-stage water startups worldwide a zero-equity accelerator with mentors and investor access.

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Supports allocation of exascale compute resources for scientific codes and high-impact computing studies.

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Runs research teams and institutions for INCITE Allocation in artificial intelligence, quantum systems, and energy systems.

Awards up to AED 500,000 to circular-economy scale-ups through Dubai Holding.

Awards $50,000 each to ten climate-solution organizations across five prize categories.

Awards a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 cash prize to a startup driving climate resilience in agriculture.

Pays a non-dilutive CHF 100,000 to the startup with the biggest climate impact on food and ag.

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Pays student teams up to $20,000 each from a $620,000 pool to solve marine energy challenges.

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Runs a startup pitch prize for student teams with climate and energy ideas worldwide.

Pays category-winning climate and energy startups €10,000, equity free.

Grants and mentors early-stage clean energy start-ups worldwide toward net zero.

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Paid a $2 million purse to teams building affordable, accurate ocean pH and CO2 sensors.

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Paid a $1.4 million purse to teams that could skim spilled ocean oil faster and cleaner.

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Backs first-of-a-kind clean energy projects in hydrogen, storage, aviation fuel, and direct air capture.

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Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.

Pays student teams up to €6,000 to design a locally-buildable clean energy solution that solves a real community's energy access, efficiency or reliability problem.

Pays $10,000 to $15,000 for promising non-patented clean-tech startup ideas in energy transition and the circular economy, with a chance to join A2A's venture-building program.

Pays $20,000 to $30,000 for patentable clean-tech products or processes in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the exclusive right once filed.

Pays $30,000 to $50,000 for already-patented clean-tech products or technologies in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the IP.

Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.

Awards $100,000 cash plus up to $200,000 in piloting to mature desalination tech.