EVF 2026 Presenting Companies

These companies were nominated by participating investors.

ALGAESYS delivers low lifecycle cost, decarbonised waste-water reclamation, de-risking re-use of raw sewage & industrial effluent for cooling, irrigation, &c. We harness natural photosynthetic organisms for high-rate decontamination. Very low electrical power & maintenance burden.

What if the real limit on AI isn't compute, but heat? Apheros, an ETH Zürich spin-off, builds metal foam cold plates with up to 1000x more surface area than conventional designs, cooling the most powerful chips and scaling with ease.
 

BeFC delivers the world’s first metal-free & printed energy source for microelectronics. In a world of devices & data, we enable digitalisation without the downsides of battery disposal; breaking the paradigm by producing electricity by converting sugar & air using enzymes. 

BFY Services (BonFry) operates a digital platform for premium cooking oil delivery and used cooking oil collection in Germany, converting waste oil into sustainable biofuel feedstock for the circular economy.

Collo develops an Industrial AI platform for liquid food and beverage production, combining proprietary inline sensing and AI-driven analytics to eliminate product, water, and energy losses in real time. Its technology helps manufacturers optimize production, improve quality, and accelerate the transition to Zero-Loss Factories.

Converge is building the AI platform for concrete construction. Used on thousands of jobsites globally, it helps the world’s leading contractors digitise workflows, understand material behaviour with smart sensors, and optimise concrete with AI.
 

GA Drilling develops advanced drilling technologies including plasma-based NexTitan systems for geothermal energy production, enabling faster, more efficient access to deep hard-rock formations for zero-carbon baseload energy.

Globeholder AI is the reasoning layer for the physical world. Thinking Lab compresses energy, nuclear, and data-center investment decisions from months of consultant studies into hours of auditable, evidence-bound analysis - beyond-human reasoning, decision-grade.  

IONATE is building the hardware-software backbone for smart grids and data centers. Its Hybrid Intelligent Transformers do what SSTs promise: all-in-one data and power flow control. Coupled with IONATE’s AI platform, HITs will turn passive, old power systems into flexible, decentralized, real-time controllable platforms.

Korial is an enterprise AI platform for autonomous industrial operations, unifying robots, drones, sensors, and industrial data into a single operating layer. It enables autonomous inspections, improves safety and reliability, and helps industrial companies reduce downtime, operating costs, and manual work.

MANUS is the market leader in high-precision hand-tracking technology that transforms human dexterity into high-fidelity training data for physical AI. As the official data glove for NVIDIA Isaac Teleop, MANUS is trusted by world's leading humanoid robotics companies and deployed by more than 2,000 organizations worldwide.
 

Membion develops energy-efficient membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology for wastewater treatment, using JetSplash® pulsed aeration and seagrass-inspired membrane design to reduce energy consumption by up to 90%.
 

Naturbeads is building the next-generation of sustainable particle technologies, replacing microplastics and enabling bio-based solutions for consumer, industrial and life science applications. Green particles, endless possibilities. 
 

Qualus is an industrial climate technology company transforming leather manufacturing with patented retrofit solutions that reduce water, chemicals, effluent, energy and CO₂ while increasing profitability through a scalable recurring revenue model. 

Renaissance Fusion is building the industrial foundation for fusion energy by vertically integrating critical technologies, beginning with high-temperature superconductors (HTS). By supplying the fusion, energy, and AI infrastructure markets today while developing a simplified stellarator, we are enabling the fusion industry and accelerating the path to clean, abundant energy.

ReVentas develops dissolution-based plastic recycling technology that removes all contaminants including colors and odors from polyethylene and polypropylene waste, producing virgin-like polymers with 80% lower carbon emissions than virgin production.
 

Robotec AI develops simulation and digital twin platforms for robotics development, enabling testing and validation of autonomous systems, driver monitoring, and vehicle perception in virtual environments.

Signaloid provides a cloud-based probabilistic computing platform that tracks uncertainty through calculations, delivering up to 1000x faster uncertainty quantification for applications in autonomous systems, machine learning, and computational finance.

Sparxell creates 100% biodegradable pigments and glitters from plant-based cellulose using structural coloration technology inspired by nature, providing non-toxic, sustainable alternatives to conventional dyes and microplastics.

WASE develops modular anaerobic digestion systems that convert wastewater into biogas energy, clean water, and agricultural fertilizers, enabling waste-to-energy solutions for previously non-viable waste streams.