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Modern artificial intelligence models are powerful but too large for everyday devices. Ora Computing compresses and optimizes these models so they can run efficiently on phones, cars and edge hardware without loss of performance. 
 The result is faster, private and energy efficient intelligence across industries. 
 Founded by researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, ETH Zurich and Harvard with experience at Apple, Citadel and Pasqal, Ora Computing turns model theory into deployable infrastructure. 

 

The energy transition needs storage that scales without scarcity. Rivus Batteries develops organic flow batteries made from safe and abundant materials that are non flammable, non corrosive and fully recyclable. 
 Their chemistry improves with scale, unlike metal based batteries that grow costlier and less sustainable. 
 Founded by Cedrik Wiberg and Andreas Kölling, the Chalmers University spin off brings years of electrochemistry research to the edge of commercialization. 


 

Below the waterline lies untapped potential for efficiency. Subdron builds autonomous underwater drones that inspect ship hulls and port structures, detecting biofouling and damage through artificial intelligence and precision sensing. 
 Reducing drag means reducing fuel use and emissions. The technology could cut fuel consumption by up to forty percent in a sector responsible for nearly three percent of global carbon output. 
 Built on research from STO CMRE, the University of Oldenburg and Fraunhofer IBMT, Subdron’s team merges robotics and marine engineering to modernize underwater maintenance. 


 

VitreaLab develops photonic light engines that replace conventional LEDs with laser light guided through microscopic waveguides inside glass. This creates brighter, more efficient and more color precise illumination for two dimensional screens, AR and VR devices and emerging three dimensional and holographic displays. 
The technology is based on controlling coherent laser light inside glass without losing polarization or spectral purity, a method inspired by quantum photonics. It offers a compact and stable source that can upgrade current display architectures and unlock entirely new ones. 
VitreaLab began as research at the University of Vienna in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano. The team has since scaled the platform and is bringing its Quantum Light Engine into real world products. 

Fuel cells can decarbonize heavy transport if we reduce their reliance on platinum. ReCatalyst reengineers the catalyst, using intermetallic platinum alloy nanostructures that cut precious metal content while improving performance and lifetime. 
 This platform technology lowers cost barriers and accelerates the scale up of hydrogen powered systems. 
 Founded in 2021 by Tomaž Bizjak and Matija Gatalo as a spin off from the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, ReCatalyst transforms materials science into clean energy impact. 
 

Climate simulation used to be a bottleneck in design. Infrared.city turns it into live feedback. Its artificial intelligence models, trained on thousands of urban simulations, predict light, wind and heat performance directly within design software. 
 The result is faster, evidence based decisions for resilient and low emission cities. 
 Spun out of the City Intelligence Lab at the Austrian Institute of Technology by Angelos Chronis, Oana Taut, Theodoros Galanos and Christos Chatzakis, Infrared.city brings environmental intelligence into the creative process. 

 

We’re currently supporting a pioneering industrial-tech company operating in full stealth mode. While we can’t share details yet, their work has the potential to reshape a key segment of the sector. Once they step out of stealth, you’ll find the full story here.

We’re currently supporting a pioneering industrial-tech company operating in full stealth mode. While we can’t share details yet, their work has the potential to reshape a key segment of the sector. Once they step out of stealth, you’ll find the full story here.