This database includes high potential projects and companies in the agrifood sectors based and working primarily in Switzerland, founded or active since 2000 and still operational. The maturity phase ranges from initial concept (formation or validation) up to those that are trying to capture a larger market space (growth and then established). Discover the companies by using the search filters. Sort the list by clicking on the arrows next to founding year, canton and phase. If your innovation is missing, please add your project here .
| Company Name | Founding year Canton Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eat-Umami |
2015 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | agricultural technologies |
| The seedlings, the so-called microgreens of Umami, thrive in an ecosystem that also includes cichlids, shrimps, mushrooms and countless small animals and microorganisms. The production process is resource-efficient and works without pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics or artificial fertilizers. | |||
| Vatorex |
2020 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Engineering, Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail, Forestry ] | Bio technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| We help beekeepers in the fight against the Varroa mite. The company develops a system against the Valora Mite without acids and automatically. | |||
| Veganaut |
2014 BE growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Bodycare, Catering, Food production & retail, Hotel, Information technology, Restaurants ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Veganaut.net is a project started by two brothers, Toby and Sebu, from Bern, Switzerland. We wanted there to be an open-source, open-data world map on which everybody can share their vegan discoveries. | |||
| WormUp |
2017 ZH growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Recycle your kitchen scraps at home, Compact. Odorless. Elegant. WormUp HOME is the first ceramic Worm Bin that produces compost from kitchen waste. | |||
| XFarm |
2018 TI growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Farming & agriculture ] | e-mobility, Fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Wearable devices or apps |
| xFarm is a digital platform helping the farmers to manage their activities. It is composed of a cloud-based field management software, IoT field sensors gathering meteorological and environmental data, and an open app store for decision support services. | |||
| Yaksha |
2018 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Yaksha is an organic and fair trade spice from a single source, and together we are starting an innovative concept based on ethical values. | |||
| QualityChain |
2019 TI growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Trade and Retail ] | IT blockchain or algorithms |
| QualityChain creates special QR Codes for agri-food products, which allow you to communicate everything about your product: people, techniques and values, from the shelf to the table. | |||
| AgriCircle |
2012 SG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail, Forestry ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| AgriCircle is a leading provider of digital agronomy and precision farming solutions to agricultural companies and farmers. AgriCircle is also a network brining together research and businesses to create novel, innovative products for the food value chain | |||
| AlpenPionier |
2017 GR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| HempFood. We are implementing our vision "to recultivate food hemp in Switzerland and put it back on the plate". Anyone who thinks that the hemp plant is a new fad is missing the point. Hemp - as an old European cultivated plant - is considered to be one of the greatest sources of nutrients that nature has to offer and holds potentials that have not yet been exhausted. | |||
| Apizoom |
2016 FR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Farming & agriculture ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| A beekeeper teamed up with the Signal Processing Laboratory 5 and a group of EPFL students to develop an app that counts the number of Varroa mites in beehives. This parasite is one of the two main threats – along with pesticides – to bees’ long-term survival. Knowing the extent of the mites’ infestation will allow beekeepers to protect their bees more effectively. | |||
| Ässbar |
2013 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Catering, Food production & retail, Resource efficiency ] | Low technology |
| It all began as a simple idea. Yesterday's bread and baked goods were to be given a second life. And instead of ending up in the garbage can, they were to be consumed. The Äss-Bar project is still considered a pioneer in the field of the anti-foodwaste movement in Switzerland. | |||
| Basis 57 Nachhaltige Wassernutzung |
2007 UR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Electricity, Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies, Bio technologies |
| The Gotthard-Basis tunnel in Southern Switzerland causes drainage of the drilled-through rock. Basis 57 Nachhaltige Wassernutzung uses the warm and clean mountain water exiting at the north portal as a natural resource for food production. The breeding of edible fish such as the Gotthard pike-perch and the generation of the necessary thermal energy are the main focus here. | |||
| Chipeno |
2018 LU growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | |
| Chipeño is the smoky, racy salsa with its own character. The combination of the smoky flavour and the salty, mild spiciness makes this sauce unique. It is not a modification of existing sauces, but a new taste experience that has never been experienced before. In addition, the sauce comes without any artificial flavour enhancers or colourings. It is gluten- and lactose-free. Chipeño™ supports TooGoodToGo with their concern and will integrate a reference in the label of every product in the future. www.toogoodtogo.ch | |||
| Cormo |
2013 VS growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Waste & recycling ] | Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass |
| Cormo AG offers new sustainable solutions from Corn. The company developed and patented the process for turning corn-field waste into a 100% sustainable peat moss substitute (TEFA) for the agricultural industry and foam products (BABS) for material science use such as air filters. | |||
| Crowd Container |
2018 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail, Trade and Retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Crowd Container orders food from diverse, climate-friendly, and pesticide-free cultivation directly from producers they trust. | |||
| DasPure |
2011 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | food tech, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Behind the name DasPure are more than just selected delicacies and fine food. For us, organic production is synonymous with high quality, gentle and traditional processing, and animal welfare. Thus, all of our carefully selected products meet the high requirements for a responsible approach to nature. | |||
| Earlybird |
2017 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Catering ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Earlybird is the local delivery service for workplace catering. We deliver seasonal & organic menus, fruits, meeting catering and gifts for the office. | |||
| Ecocafe |
2012 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail, Restaurants ] | Low technology |
| Our mission is to offer the most delicious, natural, ethical and healthy caffeine experience. To achieve that, we focus our developments on consumer-oriented products, to be enjoyed on the go or at our new engaging and stimulating retail and café environments. | |||
| Ensoy |
2021 TG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | food tech |
| We produce sustainable tofu for your kitchen from organic soy from Thurgau. With the use of Thurgau organic soy, our tofu becomes even more regional. A sign of a Swiss quality product. | |||
| EnvEve |
2008 TI growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Farming & agriculture, Forestry ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| EnvEve is an high tech company specialised in Internet of Things. It has developed a unique Internet of Things framework for outdoor applications with robust and reliable devices enable sophisticate analytics to support decision in Agriculture and Forests. | |||
| Chichery |
2021 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Chickpeas are a superfood - rich in protein, fiber, and essential vitamins and minerals. Chichery produces various snacks from chickpeas. Their products do not contain any artificial ingredients. Because the chickpeas are roasted extremely gently, they are already very tasty by themselves. | |||
| Fabas (fyn foods) |
2021 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | food tech |
| We produce the first 101% Swiss organic hummus in close cooperation with our farmers: vegetable, protein-rich, healthy and super tasty! | |||
| Farmer Connect |
2019 GE growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Trade and Retail ] | |
| farmer connect is an innovative supply chain technology provider, driven to empower and grow the entire supply chain. farmer connect works with government, industry, technology companies, and service providers to help farmers, consumers, and everyone in between live better, more profitable, and more informed lives. | |||
| Felfel |
2013 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Catering ] | Low technology |
| Felfel provides the right catering for every company. | |||
| Hofladen Express |
2009 FL growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Save time and choose a bag already prepared by us. With one click you can then customize it to your needs, removing products from the bag and adding new ones, just as you need. We will then deliver your order. | |||
| Green Mountain (Hilcona AG) |
2019 GR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
| Swiss vegetarian food production with tasty products without meat. | |||
| Kokojoo |
2020 BS growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| With KOKOJOO, we make two important contributions: On the one hand, we contribute to a reduction of resource waste. On the other hand, we contribute to the creation of value in Africa (Ivory Coast). | |||
| Légumes Perchés |
2020 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Farming & agriculture, Gardening, Resource sufficiency ] | |
| The purpose of the company is to design, carry out and support urban and peri-urban agriculture projects | |||
| Leibacher Biber-Manufaktur |
2015 growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| The traditional Swiss Biber with lokal and fresh ingredients and also vegan alternatives. | |||
| Lieferdienst Seetal |
2020 LU growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, [ Food production & retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| As a delivery service Seetal we run the webshop with mostly regional products. Since many markets were canceled in the last two years, there were few opportunities for producers and manufacturers, including many family businesses, to sell their products. Therefore we decided to expand our webshop for beeswax cloths with high quality, fresh food from the region and to offer a delivery service. The region of Seetal and its surroundings has many innovative producers, whose products are made with the greatest care, and who are often not known. The delivery service Seetal wants to make these producers better known and act as a distribution channel for family businesses. We offer our customers a wide range of products, delivered fresh to your doorstep by our own delivery service. With every order you make an important contribution to the added value in the region. | |||