Enerdrape receives fresh capital for geothermal solution
Ecublens VD - Enerdrape hat eine Seed-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 1,3 Millionen Franken abgeschlossen. Das Westschweizer Start-up hat spezielle Paneele entwickelt, die geothermische Wärme und Abwärme nutzen, um Gebäude zu heizen oder zu kühlen.
Enerdrape announces the successful completion of a seed financing round totalling CHF 1.3 million. The Ecublens-based company has launched the world’s first prefabricated geothermal panel technology. According to a press release, Swiss investors, including Après-Demain via the GeneRActions Planet initiative and Romande Energie, played a key role in the seed round.
Established by Margaux Peltier, Alessandro Rotta Loria and Lyesse Laloui as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne(EPFL), the company intends to strategically utilise this fresh injection of capital to drive forward the development and commercialisation of its geothermal panel technology. These panels act as heat exchangers. They absorb both geothermal and ambient energy. A heat pump circulates this energy throughout the building. In principle, these wall panels are also suitable for tunnels and underground stations, for example.
“This financial injection of CHF 1.3 million is proof of our investors’ confidence in enerdrape’s mission and potential. It will allow the company to expand its operations, improve its product range and strengthen its team with new talent,” said Margaux Peltier, CEO and co-founder of enerdrape.
“With its innovative geothermal panel technology, enerdrape has the potential to revolutionise the energy sector and we congratulate Margaux on her ground-breaking invention,” Thierry Mauvernay, President and shareholder of Apres-demain SA, the leading investor in the seed round, is quoted as saying.