The ecosystem supporting BTRY
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Academic foundations
Born from research at ETH Zürich and Empa
BTRY was founded as a spin-off from Empa. Today, we have our offices and labs at the Empa campus in Dübendorf.
Since July 2025, BTRY is an official spin-off from ETH Zurich.
advisory Board
Supported by industry experts
Bettina Charrière (Founder and CEO at Charrière Management), has advised BTRY since the beginning and is the Core Coach from Innossuisse. She supports BTRY on strategy, business model and financial planning.
Bettina Charrière
Strategy
Dr. Yaroslav Romanyuk (Head of Thin-Films Lab at Empa, >130 publications), is BTRY’s scientific advisor, supporting research topics and strengthening the relationship with Empa.
Yaroslav Romanyuk
Technology
Tilman Eberle (Marketing Executive, ex-Doodle and Anybotics), is BTRY’s advisor for marketing and communication, supporting projects such as branding for the seed funding round.
Tilman Eberle
Marketing & Commuincations
Torge Thönnessen (Co-founder of CustomCells, former Founder and Managing Director of PORSCHE AG's lithium battery cell supplier CELLFORCE with 200+ employees), advises BTRY with regards to technological and commercial scaling.
Torge Thönnessen
Industrialization
Investors
Backed by leading deep-tech investors
Redstone VC is a European VC with strong sector expertise and industrial networks.
Linear Capital is an investor in Shanghai and Hong Kong focusing on materials, semiconductors, and energy systems.
Bloomhaus Ventures is a Swiss VC backing breakthrough tech startups in Central Europe.
HTGF is a leading European early-stage investor backing deep-tech startups.
Zürcher Kantonalbank is a Zurich-based universal bank with international reach and top ratings.
Kickfund is a Swiss VC investing in early-stage spin-offs from Swiss universities with capital and mentorship.
Venture Kick is a Swiss startup initiative supporting early-stage founders with funding and acceleration.
Innovation ecosystems
Powered by incubators, accelerators, and global innovation partners
Since April 2024, BTRY has been part of the ESA Business Incubation Centre.
BTRY was a finalist of Masschallenge Switzerland 2025, selected out of a pool of 1000+ applicants.
BTRY was awarded Innosuisse Initial and Core Coaching, the flagship Swiss program supporting high-potential startups.
BTRY is part of iBAT, a platform for industry and research partners that accelerates battery-based innovations in Switzerland.
BTRY CEO Moritz Futscher was supported by the BRIDGE Proof of Concept Fellowship.
BTRY won 1 year of free office space at Büro Züri Innovationspark, sponsored by ZKB.
BTRY received CHF 150,000 in funding through the InnoBooster program by the Gebert Rüf Foundation.
BTRY is part of the Onshape Startup Program.