Energy Startup Day

The Energy Startup Day 2025 was a great success, with 230 participants and 36 startups. Save the date for the next event on November 19, 2026, once again at the Kultur- und Kongresshaus Aarau, held together with the Electrosuisse Energiezukunft Forum. Let’s connect ground-breaking energy and cleantech startups with Swiss incumbent companies, public institutions, and investors to foster relationships, collaboration, and investment.

"Energiezukunft meets Energy Startup Day" connects

Startups & SME in the areas of energy, cleantech, mobility and smart buildings that are looking for strategic partnerships.

Corporates & public institutions (tech companies, utilities, municipalities) who seek innovative solutions in the energy, cleantech, mobility and/or smart buildings sector.

Investors aiming to support the transition of the energy industry and capture promising new opportunities.

The Energy Startup Day took place November 19

The new startup selection process will start in March. You will then find all the information on this website. The Energy Startup Day took place together with Electrosuisse under the motto "Energiezukunfts meets Energy Startup Day" giving it even greater reach. Just as the Energy Startup Day always promotes collaborations between Startups and Industry, we are also seaking meaningful collaborations ourself to make energy startups even more visible. And never have there been more reasons to invest in new partnerships. The Energy Startup Day is Switzerland’s most important event for connecting startups & innovators with corporates and investors. We showcase the most promising solutions that aim to increase energy efficiency, decarbonize the industry and push forward the energy transformation via digitalization and the use of artificial intelligence. The program is packed with inputs, pitches, networking opportunities and a startup exhibition.

For startup selection we can rely on our excellent Jury:

Sabine Perch-Nielsen (Ernst Basler und Partner), Georg Schumacher (Axpo), David Galeuchet (Electrosuisse), Loris von Allmen (Swisspower), Matthias Egli (Swissolar), Melanie Binggeli (Startup Campus, ZHAW) and Christina Marchand (ZHAW)

It was great to meet so many of you at the Energy Startup Day 2025 and we look forward to seeing you again next November 19 at the  Kultur & Kongresshaus Aarau.