January
MeduSoil receives 125’000 CHF from the Swiss Climate Foundation. The funding supports product development and carbon certification until 2022.
February
We present use cases of our projects in the GeoCongress 2020, hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers in Minneapolis, USA. We further travel to Colombia with the St. Gallen business school to exchange with key partners from the Latam cement industry.
March
Our co-founder is included in the 2020 Forbes 30Under30 list of Europe in the manufacturing & industry category.
April
We pioneer key product developments as part of a 280’000 CHF technology transfer plan supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Gebert rüf Stiftung. Check the impact clip below to get insights into 3 key milestones that strengthen our positioning in the construction industry, towards low-carbon bio-cementation applications.
May
MeduSoil is featured in the 2020 Swiss Energy map ecosystem🇨🇭
June & July
MeduSoil is selected by VentureLab to join an acceleration workshop of construction technologies with the Swiss Prime Site aiming at bringing contractors and smart material providers together.
August
Our team executes a new ground stabilization project and marks key results, among which: 250 % increase in soil resistance, 99% capture of nitrogen emissions compared to traditional construction practice and builds a brand new containerised injection unit for its operations.
September
Our team delivers a webinar on bio-cementation and addresses to over 300 contractors, engineering consultants and researchers from over 40 countries.
October
Our co-founder is invited to address a keynote speech at the prestigious lecture series “Advancements in Geotechnical Engineering: From Research to Practice”
A milestone study is published in Nature’s Scientific Reports journal on the use of electric currents in soil stabilization operations, patented earlier in 2019 by our team.
November
We celebrate our new corporate identity and web presence.
December
We secure CHF 2 Million in seed investment to ramp up production and grow further internationally in the fields of construction and geo-environmental applications.
🗞️ Check out how media and our supporters reacted to these news:
- Startupticker.ch
- L’Agefi
- Venture Kick
- EPFL’s Technology Transfer Office
- EPFL Innovation Park
- Swiss Climate Foundation
- SEIF – Driving Impact Innovation
Patent granted: Our patent US201716615369 is issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
It’s been an extraordinary year and we can’t wait to reach new heights in 2021. Best wishes from all of us at MeduSoil for a great new start!