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Startup Stories: Clean Energy

Feel the startup groove

26. September 2024 12:00 - 13:30

🚀Join us for an engaging Lunch & Learn session focused on the future of Clean Energy entrepreneurship. This online event is designed to provide firsthand insights from successful founders, offering a blend of inspiring stories, lessons learned, and expert advice. Whether you’re considering launching your own venture or seeking to deepen your entrepreneurial knowledge, this session will be packed with valuable takeaways.

Our speakers, Marc Vetter (co-founder of 4QT) and Liliane Ableitner (co-founder and CEO of Exnaton), are leaders in the clean energy and climate tech space. They will share their entrepreneurial journeys, offering unique perspectives on innovation, growth, and navigating the challenges of the industry.

This Lunch & Learn session will be conducted online, allowing you to participate from anywhere. Organized in collaboration with ETH Zurich and Impact Hub Zurich, this event is free of charge!

Don’t miss out on this chance to gain valuable insights, forge new connections, and kickstart your entrepreneurial journey in the clean energy sector. Save the date and join us for an inspiring session filled with innovation and opportunity! 🌟

Speakers

Marc Vetter, Co-Founder 4QT

With over six years of experience in innovation, project management, and intellectual property, Marc is a co-founder of 4QT, a company dedicated to developing electric powertrains for heavy equipment. 4QT’s mission is to transform the construction industry with sustainable and efficient solutions that reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption.

At 4QT, Marc leads the research and development of their products, leveraging skills in data analysis, programming, and IoT. Additionally, Marc manages the company’s intellectual property portfolio, which includes multiple patents in drive arrangement. As a high-level policy speaker on ICT and climate change, Marc has presented at the WSIS in Geneva, showcasing a passion for creating a positive impact through technology and innovation.

Liliane Ableitner, Co-Founder & CEO Exnaton

Liliane is the co-founder and CEO of the climate tech startup Exnaton. In 2019, she graduated with a PhD in information systems from ETH Zurich. In 2020, she co-founded the startup with her two fellow PhD colleagues and was listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for young entrepreneurs. Until today, Exnaton has received Venture Capital from Silicon Valley based True Ventures, Germany’s largest VC GFC, and the Zurich climate tech fund übermorgen. The startup has won numerous awards such as the SAP Innovation Awards 2022 and Liliane was a speaker at TEDxZurich in 2022. Among others, the following media has covered Liliane, her two co-founders and the climate tech startup Exnaton: Handelsblatt, NZZ, SRF, Handelszeitung, VSE, Blick, Energate and PV Magazine.

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