Voltiris , an energy company founded by Swiss entrepreneur Nicolas Weber , Jonas Roch , and Dominik Blaser , has raise a CHF 1.4 M Pre - Seed round to speed the development and commercialisation of the company ’s novel solar faculty engineering science for greenhouse by expanding commercial pilots , localize the primer coat for industrial output , and adding key competence to the existing team .
Renowned Swiss investor , let in Serpentine Ventures , Business Angels Switzerland , and SICTIC , joined in the round of golf , in plus to catch support from the Swiss Climate Foundation and the Fondation pour l’Innovation et la Technologie ( FIT ) .
" Voltiris has developed a unique solution for glasshouse cultivator that not only helps save muscularity but increase the resilience of our intellectual nourishment system of rules . This is a major breakthrough , one of the many we will need to take on mood change . I am very impressed by the Voltiris leadership and team and positive of their capacity to deliver on this ambitious vision . " say Ivo Petrov , member of Business Angels Switzerland and advisor at AgFunder .
late steep energy price increases have polish off greenhouse growers , impacting production . Voltiris enables them to make double utilization of their land , helping raise energy independency , increase profitability , and amend sustainability . Crucially , Voltiris ' solar modules do not require installation permits , accelerating deployment and the use of renewable zip .
Nicolas Weber , Co - Founder , and CEO of Voltiris , add together : " We are very emotional to see our solvent taking shape , allow growers to assure their energy terms and focus instead on what matters most - produce their crops . The investiture will go toward refinement and scaling our offer in collaborationism with central nursery partners . make for on control board have investors aligned with our visual sense of the future of gardening will for certain accelerate the momentum . "
In early 2023 , Voltiris will start up multiple solar projects with Lycopersicon esculentum and flower growers in Switzerland and the Netherlands , increasing in scale throughout the year . Further , a one - class agronomical study on tomato crop will be comport jointly with the University of Wageningen , a globe - renowned horticulture research institution , at their examination facilities in Bleiswijk ( NL ) . Together , these projects will take up to the full - shell commercialisation of Voltiris ' solvent in 2024 .
For more information : Nicolas Weber , Co - Founder & CEOVoltirisTel . : +41 78 811 87 49Email:[email protected]www.voltiris.com
