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 What phase are you currently in? | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cormo |
2013 VS Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Material 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. | |||
| Croply |
2020 SZ Formation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Our goal is to empower farmers, food businesses, and local communities around the world with the tools required to develop more sustainable practices, working towards circular economies that can provide viable futures for everyone, everywhere. Our work focuses primarily on open access systems, built to dismantle the inequality that is present in such an economy driven industry. | |||
| Crowd Container |
2018 ZH Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Crowd Container orders food from diverse, climate-friendly, and pesticide-free cultivation directly from producers they trust. | |||
| Cultivated Biosciences |
2021 FR Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Creamy dairy free solutions from yeast for animal free food products. | |||
| DasPure |
2011 ZH Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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. | |||
| databaum |
2022 VD Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Data Platforms & Solutions, Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| Smarter farming through better predictions with disease management tools for successful and healthy farming. Work less, increase your yield and save on pesticides. | |||
| Da Vinci Olivenöl |
2013 TG Established |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Da Vinci offers impeccable, high quality olive oil from selected producers for everyone. Especially for those who care about health aspects in the diet. | |||
| Digi Meals |
2016 ZH Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Using state-of-the-art technology, DigiMeals develops user-friendly and easily customisable solutions around digital recipes. We empower consumers to confidently cook their preferred healthy recipes. | |||
| Digit Soil |
2021 ZH Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Smart: Sensors |
| Digit Soil rents out the worlds first Soil Health Sensor. The sensor measures soil enzyme activity which is a good indicator of soil health. Through soil enzyme activity organic matter and fertilizer are made available to plants. In addition Digit Soil offers a soil measurement service in which they measure the activities of hydrolitic extracellular soil enzymes. These are involved in many important soil processes like for example nutrients cycling. | |||
| Doppl |
2022 VD Growth |
Health, Wellness & Care, [ Health Solutions ] | None |
| Doppl SA is a Swiss biotech company specializing in the development of standardized organoids for disease modeling and personalized medicine. Founded in 2022 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, it is headquartered in the EPFL Innovation Park in Lausanne. The company focuses on creating organoid-based solutions for oncology, inflammatory diseases, rare diseases, and drug testing. | |||
| Earlybird |
2017 ZH Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Restaurants ] | Other: Low tech |
| 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. | |||
| Edapro |
2016 LU |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | None |
| Our compost tea brewing systems are made in Switzerland and meet the highest quality standards for the self-production of highly active EDAPRO compost tea. Easy cleaning and guaranteed high oxygen levels throughout the compost tea manufacturing process. | |||
| Ensoy |
2021 TG Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: 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. | |||
| Entomos |
2009 VD Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| the world's first 50/50 flexi-burger made with 50% organic Swiss mealworms and 50% Swiss beef | |||
| EnvEve |
2008 TI Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| 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. | |||
| Epios |
2021 GE In liquidation or closed |
Health, Wellness & Care, [ Health Solutions ] | Smart: Device, Smart: Sensors, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| The Epios system comprises a series of thin leads incorporating sensing electrodes and a miniature implant, inserted beneath the skin. The neural signals are wirelessly transmitted to an external receiver held in place on the skin directly over the implant with a magnet, and from there are conveyed to a wearable data processor and are finally securely stored in the Epios Cloud. | |||
| Chichery |
2021 ZH Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| 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, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| We produce the first 101% Swiss organic hummus in close cooperation with our farmers: vegetable, protein-rich, healthy and super tasty! | |||
| Faircustomer |
2007 ZH Validation |
Fashion, Lifestyle & Wearables, Health, Wellness & Care [ Circular Economy ] | Other: Low tech |
| Faircustomer.ch is an internet marketplace where traders can independently offer and / or purchase goods and / or services. The dealers are Swiss suppliers who value sustainability: facilities for people with disabilities, designers of ecological solutions, integration projects, cooperatives from the countries of the south and Swiss importers of fairly traded articles. Pictures, texts and videos show where and by whom the articles were made. | |||
| Farmer Connect |
2019 GE Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | None |
| 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, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Restaurants ] | Other: Low tech |
| Felfel provides the right catering for every company. | |||
| Field Food AG (eggfield) |
2022 ZH Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| EggField produces a new generation of natural, plant-based egg alternatives. EggField Basic Aquafaba, EggField One and EggField Plus replace Whole Egg, Egg White and Egg Yellow out of natural ingredients without additives. | |||
| Flatev |
2012 ZH Formation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech, Smart: Robotic |
| Flatev describes itself as a Nespresso machine for flatbreads. The Flatev dough-pods are filled with nothing but natural, whole ingredients, made with the body and brain in mind. | |||
| flowbone |
2020 VD Validation |
Health, Wellness & Care, [ Health Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| In our aging society, fracture prevention in the elderly is an urgent topic. Hip fractures are the most costly and devastating, with a 1-year mortality of a staggering 20%. Drugs are inefficient for the hips and surgical techniques too invasive. EPFL spinoff flowbone developed a new generation of biomaterial that can be injected into the hips in a simple ambulatory procedure to locally restore bone strength in hips before they break. | |||
| Hofladen Express |
2009 FL Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| 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. | |||
| foodward |
2013 ZH Established |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The expert network of the food industry, Academy for industry & company representatives from the agro-food environment. foodward - the food business academy - serves as a platform and interface. | |||
| Fresh Cube |
2014 VD Formation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Packaging Distribution & Access ] | Other: Low tech |
| Fresh Cube SA operates local points of sale offering a diverse range of fresh, artisanal products, including fruits, vegetables, dairy, meats, bakery items, beverages, and ready-to-eat foods. Committed to promoting healthy, local, and seasonal eating, Fresh Cube emphasizes sustainability through short supply chains and biodiversity. Their mission is to provide gourmet, eco-friendly food options that benefit both consumers and the planet. | |||
| fungi futuri |
2021 BE Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Growing and researching edible mushrooms and fungi | |||
| Fungusto |
2023 ZG Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| fungusto specialises in the development, trade and production of fungal food and nutritional supplements as well as the management of a mycotheque. | |||