# EMPA

> EMPA is a VC fund in Dubendorf backing Renewable Energy and Energy. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubendorf, Switzerland
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/empa
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Empa_CH
- Website: http://empa.ch/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Empa-Swiss-Federal-Laboratories-for-Materials-Science-and-Technology/227604993916414

Empa is an interdisciplinary research institute of the ETH Domain for materials science and technology development. It conducts materials and technology research to develop customized solutions for its partners.The institute’s research priorities are structured in five Research Focus Areas (RFA) with the following topics: nanostructuredmaterials, sustainable built environment, health and performance, natural resources and pollutants, and energy.The "Empa Portal" is the contact point for clients and partners who seek solutions to specific problems or who wish to undertake research projects in cooperation with Empa.Empa is headquartered in Dübendorf, Switzerland.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for EMPA. Shizune tracks 5 team members at EMPA. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/empa?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 60% |
| Energy | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Solar | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 40% |
| Grant | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ayodhya Tiwari | Head of the Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ayodhya-tiwari |
| Frank Clemens | Group Leader | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-clemens |
| Ludwig von Tetmajer | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ludwig-von-tetmajer |
| Ruben-Simon Kühnel | Project Leader-Materials for Energy Conversion | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruben-simon-kuhnel |
| Tanja Zimmermann | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tanja-zimmermann-f947 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| kuafu | kuafu is committed to accelerating grid decarbonization and driving the energy transition to net zero. | $721.4K | Grant | Jun 22, 2025 |  |
| Perovskia | Perovskia digitally prints custom solar cells based on patent-protected technology, operating at the intersection of printed electronics, photovoltaics, and material science. | $2.4M | Seed | Sep 18, 2024 |  |
| Sympheny | Sympheny empowers the planners and managers of buildings and areas to drive the global energy transition. Our SaaS solutions and energy planning services support optimized, sector-coupled energy systems design for sites from building via neighborhood to city level. With our unique synthesis of digital twin technology and powerful optimizationalgorithms, energy performance objectives which previously seemed unthinkable become practical design solutions. And analyses which previously took days can be completed in hours. For our customers, this means better energy performance, de-risked investment decisions in the drive towards sustainability objectives, improved buy-in from stakeholders, and less time and money wasted along the way. |  | Seed | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| TwingTec | TwingTec is developing the next generation of mobile wind energy system, being able to harvest the strongest winds at higher altitudes in remote places to produce clean energy cheaper than fossil fuels.TwingTec develops an incredible energy harvesting kite that collects wind power while sailing the skies. Resembling the vintage box kite madefamous by the Wright Brothers, the kite is connected to a ground station, which collects the wind energy through tension reels. |  |  | Dec 28, 2015 |  |
| Compliant Concept | Compliant Concept is a spinoff of the Empa and the ETH Zurich. They develop intelligent bed systems for the treatment and prevention of pressure ulcers.compliant concept is a spin-off of ETH Zurich and Empa, with its roots in Empa's Laboratory for Mechanics for Modeling and Simulation.Their goal is to make the care of hospital patientsand nursing home residents safer, more efficient and more comfortable. |  |  | Jan 17, 2013 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Venture Kick](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturekick) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Debiopharm Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debiopharm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [D&FG Elements](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d-fg-elements) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epfl) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ETH Zurich](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eth-zurich) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FHNW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fhnw) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does EMPA invest in?

EMPA invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Energy and Software startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact EMPA?

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### Who are the partners at EMPA?

The team at EMPA includes Ayodhya Tiwari (Head of the Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics), Frank Clemens (Group Leader) and Ludwig von Tetmajer (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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