Viboo raises 1.5 million Swiss francs
Dübendorf ZH - Viboo hat in einer Seed-Runde insgesamt 1,5 Millionen Franken von Investoren erhalten. Das Jungunternehmen hat eine Plattform zur energieeffizienten Steuerung des Raumklimas von Gebäuden entwickelt. Die Mittel sollen zu deren Kommerzialisierung verwendet werden.
Viboo has successfully completed a seed financing round. A total of 1.5 million was raised from investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Swisscom Ventures and Rainmaking Impact, the spin-off of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) informs in a statement. “The round was oversubscribed, reflecting the strong investor confidence and interest in the company’s potential to decarbonise buildings,” it says.
Viboo has developed a platform for optimal energy use in buildings. The predictive-control-as-a-service platform works with self-learning algorithms that use weather and building data, as well as occupant preferences, to optimise indoor energy use. The funds raised in the financing round will be used to commercialise the platform. Here, viboo plans to focus on commercial buildings during the upcoming heating season.
“The platform and the algorithms are a real revolution for existing and also older buildings,” Gregor Haidl, Senior Investment Manager at High-Tech Gründerfonds, is quoted as saying in the announcement. “The results of the last heating season show that viboo can make a significant contribution to the decarbonisation of buildings.”