# Swiss Federal Office of Environment

> Swiss Federal Office of Environment is a VC fund backing Water, Battery and Recycling. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Swiss Federal Office of Environment is a VC fund focused on Water and Battery. Swiss Federal Office of Environment

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 1 | 33% |
| Battery | 1 | 33% |
| Recycling | 1 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Waste Management | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Grant | 1 | 33% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Librec | Librec provides technology for “closed-loop” recycling of large lithium-ion batteries from e-mobility, with all components recoverable by more than 90% and re-used in new batteries. Besides Cobalt, Lithium, Nickel, Copper, Aluminium, Manganese, electrolyte, separator, and all housing components. | $433.3K | Debt Financing | Aug 12, 2021 |  |
| Librec | Librec provides technology for “closed-loop” recycling of large lithium-ion batteries from e-mobility, with all components recoverable by more than 90% and re-used in new batteries. Besides Cobalt, Lithium, Nickel, Copper, Aluminium, Manganese, electrolyte, separator, and all housing components. | $2.8M | Seed | Aug 12, 2021 |  |
| TreaTech | TreaTech is a Swiss Cleantech company founded in 2015 by EPFL engineers. We are developing a ground-breaking treatment technology that will enable an eco-friendly treatment of the ever-increasing quantities of wastewater while recycling its valuable by-products and most notably, clean water. Our catalytic hydrothermal gasification (HTG) systemhas been developed for the disposal of different types of liquid wastes (such as sewage sludge) that are usually incinerated or landfilled and instead, turns them into by-products such as biogas, clean water, and mineral salts that can further be upgraded into phosphorus products (e.g. fertilizers). | $191.1K | Grant | Apr 04, 2021 | http://trea-tech.com/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Swiss Federal Office of Environment invest in?

Swiss Federal Office of Environment invests primarily in Water, Battery and Recycling startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Swiss Federal Office of Environment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Swiss Federal Office of Environment closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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