decarb KICK
Scale Your Innovation. Decarbonize the Future.
The Belimo Climate Foundation empowers change-makers with funding, expertise, and visibility to turn breakthrough ideas into scalable solutions. Together, we advance efficient buildings, empower communities, and climate impact at scale.
Offering
We help you grow your idea through three powerful levers:
Financial support to accelerate your next steps.
Real-world testing and visibility in our decarbonization projects.
Access to BCF’s network and industry expertise to scale your solution.
NEXT VENUE
March 25 – 26, 2026, in Zurich, Switzerland
Coaching Sessions
decarb KICK returns in March 2026. Selected startups will share their solutions for building decarbonization,
get coaching from domain experts, and gain the visibility and access needed to scale their impact.
Before the live event, selected startups join our Coaching Sessions in Zurich.
Professional coaches guide ventures through:
- Product-market fit
- Carbon impact claims
- Business model refinement
- Value proposition and pitch training
At the end of the coaching sessions, a customized support package is assembled for you.
Coaching Team
The coaches for the safari are highly experienced and renowned professionals in their fields of expertise
Amr Alaaeldin Elesawy —>Client Needs & Design
Nadège Vetterli (anex) —> Climate Impact Case
Roman Kappeler (Belimo) —> Industrialization
Adrian Bührer & Alexander Langguth (ÜBERMORGEN) —> Venturing
Jasmine Amini (Ami & I) —> Marketing
Procedure
Belimo Climate Foundation nominates participants through a curated selection process.
Categories
The expert panel selects startups, spin-offs, and business ideas in the following categories:
Planning Tools – Assessment, recommendation & implementation solutions
Smart Building Solutions – Monitoring, control, transparency and optimization
Component Innovations – Improvements to generation, storage, distribution, or consumption.
System Innovations – Intelligent combinations or novel solutions at the system level
Scouting
The following experts are involved in the scouting, evaluation, and nomination of the ventures to decarb KICK.
Reto Wälchli – Managing director of the Belimo Climate Foundation
Martin Meier – Independent venturing consultant
Dennis Johannesen – Group strategy, digital business development manager, principal VC at Belimo
The expert panel receives recommendations from the Belimo network and partners and uses a professional market intelligence tool.
Selection
The expert panel selects ventures based on the following criteria:
Greenhouse gas reduction potential
Early stage
Company size: 2–10 employees
Can benefit from BCF’s network and pilot opportunities
Scalability towards industrial production