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  • Cowa receives 1 million francs from investors

    Cowa receives 1 million francs from investors

    In a first round of financing, Cowa Thermal Solutions AG has received over CHF 1 million from private investors and its own founders Remo Waser and Simon Maranda. According to an article on the startupticker.ch portal, the young company based in Lucerne’s Technopark wants to use the fresh capital to market its heating storage system for heat pumps on a larger scale.

    The cleantech start-up is developing a heating storage system with capsules that contain environmentally friendly salts as a phase change material. A tank filled with the capsules can absorb three times more energy than a conventional water tank for heat pumps. According to the information, this makes a heating system less dependent on mains electricity. In addition, unlike batteries or rechargeable batteries, it does not use lithium.

    The storage tank filled with Cowa capsules has been available from the building technology company Meier Tobler since April of this year. According to startupticker.ch, the additional costs for the Cowa product compared to conventional storage systems are quickly balanced out due to the energy density and longevity of 20 years.

    In addition to further scaling on the domestic market, the company would like to expand to Germany soon. Initial talks with potential sales partners have already taken place.

  • Kaqtu raises capital from real estate industry

    Kaqtu raises capital from real estate industry

    Kaqtu has successfully completed a first round of external investments, the young company from the Zurich Oberland announced in a press release. According to a corresponding report on startupticker.ch, business angels from the real estate industry are providing Kaqtu with a total of around half a million francs. Kaqtu intends to use the capital to further develop its digital interior design assistant.

    With this, interested parties can digitally search for furniture, decoration, colors and wallpaper for individual rooms or the entire apartment. The digital setup assistant is free to use, but Kaqtu offers a number of paid packages for more personal advice.

    The young company is pursuing the goal of “digitizing the entire furnishing process and thereby enabling individual and beautiful living in every household,” writes Kaqtu in the statement. However, the company does not want to achieve this on its own, but rather in cooperation with partner companies in the furnishing market. The establishment of a corresponding network is therefore to be tackled in the current year. In addition, Kaqtu wants to invest part of the newly raised capital in marketing.