qCella

Car Electronics
1open role
$1.5Mlatest round · Pre-Seed · Jan 2025 · 21 mo ago
1backers · Blue Lion
Growinghiring pace, 67 of 100

Overview

Extending EV range through. electric vehicles lose 15–30% of driving range in winter from inefficient cabin heating.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$1.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$1.5M
Pre-Seed · Jan 2025 · 21 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Blue Lion
The money's age
Due for its next round
21 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
13/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 21, 2025 Raised a round Pre-Seed $1.5M May 2021 Website went live first capture in the Wayback Machine
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Pre-Seed Jan 2025 $1.5M — qcella.com
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs

In office · Internship · Zurich
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
67/100
Growing
Open positions
1
1 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
84 days
faster than 14% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Early Careers
100% ▲

Financials

Total raised
$1.5M
Latest round
Pre-Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Pre-Seed 2025 $1.5M Details

Connections

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Shared investors1
Blue LionVia a fund
208 portfolio companies: Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Wenger Vieli Ltd., Baugarten Zuerich and 205 more

News

Blog 5 months ago
qCella will exhibit at ZELLCHEMING-Expo in Wiesbaden
From June 16 to 18, 2026, qCella will exhibit at the ZELLCHEMING-Expo in the RheinMain CongressCenter (RMCC) in Wiesbaden and showcase our cellulose fiber innovation and paper-thin surface heating technology. We will have a booth at the startup area in Ha
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Blog 8 months ago
qCella will exhibit at Techtextil in Frankfurt
From April 21 to 24, 2026, qCella will exhibit at Techtextil in Frankfurt and showcase our cellulose fiber innovation and paper-thin surface heating technology. We will have a booth at the startup area in Hall 9.1, A35B. Visit us there and check out our t
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Blog 12 months ago
qCella is going to Munich as part of the Venture Leaders Cleantech
qCella has been selected as one of ten Swiss cleantech startups to join the Venture Leaders Cleantech 2025 program, representing Switzerland's National Startup Team on an exclusive business and investor roadshow in Munich this November. The initiative, or
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News finance.sina.com.cn 1 year ago
瑞士工程科技公司qCella研发以铜-纤维素纤维复合材料为原材料的加热垫重塑电加热产品市场
转自:复材网瑞士工程科技公司qCella成立于2023年公司致力于研发以铜-纤维素纤维复合材料为原材料的加热垫该复合材料自带适当电阻由其制成的加热垫能够实现整体均匀加热与灵活剪裁并能直接贴肤使用无需额外隔离层可广泛应用于汽车...
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Blog 1 year ago
qCella secures a CHF 1 Million Innosuisse grant to accelerate the market-entry of our innovative product heating technology
qCella has been awarded CHF 1 million in non-dilutive funding from Innosuisse through the Startup Innovation Project. This 24-month grant will accelerate the scaling of our copper-cellulose hybrid fiber production, support the transition to roll-to-roll m
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Press release 1 year ago
qCella announces the closing of its CHF 1.3 million pre-seed financing round
qCella, a spinoff from ETH Zurich, announces the successful completion of its CHF 1.3 million pre-seed funding round. This funding will accelerate the development of the company's breakthrough heating technology, enabling testing in customers' products by
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Blog 2 years ago
qCella at ETH Industry Day @ Open-i
qCella was exhibitor at the ETH Industry Day 2024 within the framework of Open-i at the Zurich Convention Center. The ETH Industry Day @ Open-i 2024, held on November 21-22, united academia and industry to delve into emerging technologies. The event featu
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Blog 2 years ago
Winti Ventures
qCella had the opportunity to pitch in front of esteemed business angels and experienced VCs at the Winti Ventures 2024 event. Winti Ventures was established to support early-stage startups and connect them with potential investors. Twice a year, Winti Ve
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Blog 2 years ago
DeepTech Alliance Advanced Manufacturing Program 2024
qCella is pleased to announce that we have been selected to participate in the DeepTech Alliance Advanced Manufacturing Program 2024. CEO and Co-Founder Murielle Schreck presented our innovative heating technology to over 10 leading corporations at the ki
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Award 2 years ago
qCella Ranked Among Top Swiss Startups in 2024
qCella is proud to announce that we have been recognized as one of the 41 newcomers in the prestigious TOP 100 Swiss Startup Awards for 2024. In our first year of participation, we secured the 91st position, a significant achievement in a highly competiti
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Zurich
Zurich Switzerland
HQ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Early Careers
seen since Jun 2026 job postings