UniSCool

uniscool.tech ↗ ·Lleida ·Seed

UniSCool (Universal Smart Cooling) is a deeptech spin-off of the Universitat de Lleida and the Université de Sherbrooke that develops patented adaptive direct-to-chip (DTC) liquid cooling for high-power electronics, cooling only where and when heat appears. Its systems dissipate up to ~2000W and cut cooling energy consumption by up to 50-70%, targeting data centres, AI compute and electric vehicles. Founded in 2022 and based at Parc de Gardeny in Lleida, it won the global Bupa/Sanitas Eco-Disruptive final (£200k + Plug and Play support), the 2025 Spanish National Research Prize for creating a science-based company, and in 2025 secured a €2.5M EIC Accelerator grant plus up to €2.5M of EIC Fund co-investment; management has said it plans to raise around €14M over 18 months to expand into Europe, the US and Canada.

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2022

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SectorsDeeptech & Hardware, Energy & Climate, Data Centers / Thermal Management, Semiconductors, Cleantech Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Semiconductors, compute & AI infrastructure

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Founders

Jérôme Barrau

Co-founder & CTO

Luc G. Fréchette

Co-founder & CSO

Montse Vilarrubí Porta

Co-founder & COO

Ramón Jiménez Serrano

Co-founder & CEO

Global models 5

Accelsius

United States · accelsius.com ↗

Sells two-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling hardware for high-power AI and data-centre processors, focused on energy-efficient heat removal at the chip.

$90MComparable

ZutaCore

United States · zutacore.com ↗

Makes waterless two-phase direct-on-chip cooling systems for high-density AI servers and sells them to data-centre operators and server makers.

$80MComparable

Iceotope

United Kingdom · www.iceotope.com ↗

Deep-tech liquid cooling vendor that targets heat at the component level in servers to cut data-centre cooling energy, sold through OEM and hyperscaler channels.

$70MComparable

Corintis

Switzerland · www.corintis.com ↗

University spin-off (EPFL) designing microfluidic chip coolers that send coolant only where hotspots appear, the closest technical match to UniSCool's adaptive direct-to-chip approach.

$33MComparable

JetCool

United States · jetcool.com ↗

Spin-off from MIT Lincoln Laboratory selling microconvective direct-to-chip liquid cooling modules that target processor hotspots, for data centres and high-power electronics; later acquired by Flex.

$25MComparable

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Investors 4

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Bupa / Sanitas (Eco-Disruptive)

www.bupa.com ↗

Investor United Kingdom

The Collider (Mobile World Capital Barcelona)

thecollider.tech ↗

Investor Spain

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Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2026-02-22	Grant	€2.5M	EIC Fund (EIC Accelerator)

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Published	Article
2026-06-18	The UdL wins a national award in Barcelona for converting applied research into a company ↗ APD Notícies 2026-06-18
2026-03-19	UnisCool gana en el II Foro de Inversión de RETECH Madrid ↗ El Referente 2026-03-19
2026-03-01	Lleida-based UniSCool Secures €2.5 Million EU Grant for Data Center Innovation ↗ Diari de Catalunya 2026-03-01
2025-10-21	2025 OCP Global Summit, By the Numbers! ↗ Open Compute Project 2025-10-21
2025-08-28	Uniscool prevé captar 14 millones en año y medio para saltar a Europa, EEUU y Canadá ↗ El Economista 2025-08-28
2023-12-12	Bupa's sustainability and innovation programme sees UniSCool voted overall winner from over 1,000 start-ups ↗ Bupa Group (press release) 2023-12-12