This database includes high potential projects and companies in the environment and energy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sasit Lab |
2021 ZG Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Storage other than batteries |
| Advanced Solid State Hydrogen Storage Materials | |||
| Scandens |
2021 ZH Growth |
Buildings & Construction, Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies, Climate Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Engineering & Industrial Design ] | Energy: Heating in buildings, IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Software, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Scandens is an ETH Zurich spin-off providing AI-powered software for building renovation planning and decarbonization. The platform enables real estate consultants and owners to create feasible, profitable and 1.5°C-compliant renovation plans using digital twins, energy modeling, and life cycle cost calculations. Scandens has analyzed over 6,000 properties, optimizing more than 700 structures. Supported by the Migros Pioneer Fund, Scandens is expanding into Germany and Austria. | |||
| Scrimber CSC |
2022 BE Validation |
Buildings & Construction, [ Building Construction ] | Biological: Wood or forest tech |
| Building products made of wood store around one ton of CO₂ per cubic meter, as whole trees - from trunk to crown - are processed into building products. Scrimber is the solution for completely dispensing with steel and concrete in building construction. This is an important contribution to climate protection. | |||
| Seasoncell |
2023 LU Formation |
Energy & Power Systems, Buildings & Construction [ Energy Storage, Energy Sufficiency ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Heat Exchanger, Energy: Heating in buildings, IT: AI Artificial intelligence, Smart: Robotic |
| Our organization develops energy solutions for a sustainable future. The expertise of SeasonCell lies in the research and development of thermal energy processes. Combining this with an in-depth knowledge of robotics, autonomous systems and machine learning allows us to break new ground. Consisting of a team of young engineers, SeasonCell is in close cooperation with leading research groups in the field of energy technology throughout Europe. We stand for intelligent, safe and sustainable solutions in the energy sector. | |||
| Serbot |
2009 NW Sold but still independently active |
Energy & Power Systems, Buildings & Construction [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Smart: Robotic |
| SERBOT AG is a leading Swiss technology company in the field of advanced service robots and moving systems. Its innovations have achieved several rewards. Serbot develops and produces intelligent robot systems to clean sophisticated surfaces such as photovoltaic solar panels, large glass facades. | |||
| Share.P |
2022 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, Buildings & Construction,Mobility & Transport [ Energy Management & Use ] | Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Share.P is an innovative plug-and-play system that digitizes existing parking infrastructure and solves car parking and electric vehicle charging problems. Share.P solutions reduce traffic and air pollution by enabling building owners to rent out parking spaces and charging stations for electric vehicles in a convenient, fully automated and customizable way. | |||
| SimpleTrain |
2020 ZH Growth |
Mobility & Transport, [ Rail Transport ] | IT: Data usage |
| SimpleTrain GmbH specializes in international train travel with a user-friendly booking platform that makes European train journeys easy and affordable. The company promotes sustainable travel by offering personalized customer support and accommodating special requests like group trips, bike transport, and train-ferry combinations. | |||
| Sintio |
2020 SZ Growth |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Management & Use ] | Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Sintio ensures that charging stations for electric vehicles in properties run smoothly – reliably, flexibly, throughout Switzerland. Our software not only takes care of the operation of the charging infrastructure, but also invoices the charging energy directly to the users and offers fast and competent support in the event of technical problems. | |||
| Siren |
2009 VD Established |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| SI-REN SA is a Swiss public limited company founded in 2009 and fully owned by the City of Lausanne. Its mission is to develop and operate renewable energy production facilities, including solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal energy, aiming to produce 100 GWh annually by 2050. The company collaborates closely with the Lausanne Industrial Services (SiL) to achieve these goals. | |||
| smartYes |
2015 SG Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| smartYes, as a regional supplier specialized in POS Communication and Live-Marketing. We provide customers with quality displays and marketing tools. We ensure that your company or brand promotion stands out where it really matters. We have the right and unique solution for every Point-Of-Sale, event or exhibition. | |||
| Solar21 |
2003 ZH |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Solar21 is an independent energy and utility supplies company solely focusing on renewable energy sources. In particular we cooperate with real estate owners, analyse the solar energy potential and take charge from planning the PV-installation all the way to managing the energy supply to the end users in the buildings. The real estate owner gets a gull service PV-roll-out with guaranteed double digit returns and the the end user of the electricity gets clean energy to lower prices! | |||
| Solarfreeze |
2012 BS Growth |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Production & Supply ] | None |
| The Solarfreeze association supports projects, feasibility studies, demand analyses, etc. on how to use the sun as an energy source for ecological and affordable cooling in developing and emerging countries. We promote technologies and system availability in the low-tech/low-cost sector, which also have a chance for widespread use in countries with lower incomes, and also specifically promote the specialised training of young people on site with additional added value. | |||
| Solar Manager |
2020 AG Growth |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, IT: IOT Internet of Things, IT: Software, Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric, Smart: Device, Smart: Grid, Smart: Home & building |
| With rising electricity prices and higher electricity usage (heat pumps, e-mobility) it became a need of each owner of a photovoltaic (PV) system to optimally distribute the produced PV power. Therefore, we developed Solar Manager – a system that is simple to install and fun to use through a beautiful app. We are a software company building an internet of energy platform. We are using a B2B2C model. Solar Manager is sold and installed by photovoltaic installers with the option of white labeling. | |||
| Ecotoilet (Solarmobility) |
2019 VD Validation |
Buildings & Construction, [ unknown ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Sanisphère - eco-responsible public toilets. Self-contained - odorless - waterless - easy to maintain. | |||
| Solarspar |
1991 BL Established |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Solarthermal |
| In 1991, the year it was founded, Solarspar came up with a brilliant idea to help the sun achieve a breakthrough in Switzerland: By subscribing to share certificates, everyone could participate in the construction of solar power plants. The idea was well received. In the meantime, more than 100 photovoltaic plants in villages and towns, in the mountains and on farms harvest sunshine and supply enough electricity for more than 4000 households. | |||
| Soleco |
2018 ZH Growth |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Storage other than batteries, Mobility: E-vehicle charging, Smart: Device, Smart: Home & building |
| Energy management System of the next Generation considering the building as storage, weather forecast and a powerful optimisation algorithm including machine learning. This leads to a saving of energy and lower cost. We control and optimize heat pumps, heating distribution, charging stations, battery storage and household appliances in conjunction with the electricity generated by the photovoltaic system and have implemented and successfully tested variable grid tariffs. | |||
| Solergy |
2021 AG Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Solergy brings together real estate owners, tenants and investors and provide a model where everybody benefits from new solar installation. So you become part of the fight against the climate change, by investing in roof solar, or providing a roof or buying solar electricity from the roof. | |||
| SolidWatts |
2022 VD Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Efficiency ] | Environment: Climate tech |
| SolidWatts is a Swiss cleantech startup developing high-efficiency solid-state radio frequency heating systems that electrify industrial process heat. Their modular RF generators enable industries to replace fossil fuel-based heating with cleaner, more efficient electric solutions, helping reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions across industrial sectors | |||
| Sonnenpool |
2017 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics |
| We finance and build solar systems, smart meters, and everything else to get clean power from your roof and the grid. | |||
| Spacetek |
2018 BE Validation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes, [ Efficiency Solutions, Engineering & Industrial Design, Environmental Monitoring, Resource Efficiency ] | Components: Optic devices, IT: Software, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| Spacetek Technology AG is a 2018 spin-off from the University of Bern's Institute of Space Research and Planetary Sciences. The team combines 50+ years of collective expertise in space exploration and planetary sciences, having developed instruments for ESA/NASA missions (Rosina/Rosetta, IBEX, BELA, JUICE, CaSSIS/Mars). They commercialized compact, robust time-of-flight mass spectrometers originally designed for space missions for industrial applications. The company focuses on semiconductor manufacturing, providing real-time gas analysis for process control, reducing waste, and increasing efficiency. | |||
| MILKIT (Sport Components) |
2016 ZH Established |
Mobility & Transport, [ Bicycles & E-Bikes ] | Components: Pump |
| The founder, product development engineer and mountain biker Pius Kobler decided to solve this problem and invented milKit. Together with a team of biking enthusiasts and experienced entrepreneurs Pius founded the company Sport Components Ltd. Their aim is to ease the everyday lives of mountain bikers, cyclists and other athletes with innovative products, and to become a leading provider of smart bicycle solutions. Not content to rest on their laurels, the next product, the milKit Booster for more efficient tire inflation, won a Eurobike Award in September 2019. In 2020 milKit was crowned the Test Winner in sealants by Mountain Bike Magazin. milKit products make your tubeless life easier.A Swiss precision designed product, with the customary Swiss cleanliness and effectiveness, using the highest quality materials. To guarantee a high product quality and offer short delivery times milKit products are manufactured in Germany – right in the heart of Europe | |||
| storra |
2025 ZH Formation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Carbon Removal & Storage, Energy Storage ] | Environment: Climate tech, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| storra develops cost-effective software for real-time monitoring of subsurface processes in environmental projects. The solution combines geomechanical simulation, probabilistic inversion, and geological modeling to track pressure and temperature in reservoirs—particularly for hydrogen and CO₂ storage—helping reduce the high costs and risks of gas leakage. | |||
| streamwise |
2010 ZH Established |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes, Energy & Power Systems,Mobility & Transport [ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | IT: Data usage, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Fluid sensor: innovation and problem-tailored advice in thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Data analytics is the logical consequence of our work as engineers. Wireless sensor solutions. | |||
| SUIND |
2020 ZH Formation |
Mobility & Transport, [ Air Transport ] | IT: IOT Internet of Things, Mobility: Drone & flight |
| Enabling drone companies to unlock the full potential of drones by providing them with state of the art safety solution. | |||
| Sunaxer (Solaxer) |
2023 VD Formation |
Energy & Power Systems, Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage ] | Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Solarthermal |
| Solaxer helps industries cut reliance on fossil fuels by delivering a new method of heat harvesting. This next generation technology delivers solar receivers with high performance but with significantly reduced environmental impact and at lower cost. | |||
| Sundust |
2017 ZG Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Building Technologies, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics |
| The company offers solar, battery, and charging station contracting with a comprehensive, worry-free package: from planning and financing to installation, maintenance, operation, and dismantling. All investments and risks are covered. Customers benefit from lower energy costs and the option to purchase their system at any time. | |||
| SunFlower Grid |
2025 VD Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Management & Use, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software |
| SunFlower Grid is a digital platform that helps property owners, municipalities, and energy professionals create and manage collective self-consumption groups (RCP – Regroupements à Consommation Propre) to share locally produced solar energy across Switzerland. https://www.sunflowergrid.ch/en | |||
| Sunstyle |
2012 BE Established |
Energy & Power Systems, Buildings & Construction [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Produces solar roof shingles / tiles in different colors. With the SUNSTYLE® solar roof we have developed a versatile solution that is both a roofing material and a power plant. Thanks to the new color technology, SUNSTYLE® photovoltaic shingles can be produced in a variety of colors and surface structures. The roof as an architectural design element makes optimum use of the built-up areas for the production of valuable solar power. | |||
| sustainaccount |
2021 ZH Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards, Buildings & Construction [ Data Platforms & Solutions, ESG Reporting & Compliance, Risk Prevention ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Sustainaccount is a Swiss provider of digital solutions to make the built environment more resilient to climate change. Their cutting-edge technology analyzes climate risks, performs scenario analysis and provides optimization pathways to real estate developers, investors, and businesses. This helps reduce consequences of climate risks, increase resilience and preserve asset value. Leveraging advanced data analytics and AI, the SaaS solution performs forward-looking scenario analysis aligned with EU Taxonomy, TCFD, and CSRD frameworks. | |||
| Swiss Battery |
2018 AG Validation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery |
| The young company Swiss Battery develops products in the field of renewable batteries & energy-storage for aerial vehicles, electric cars and stationary storage. Swiss Battery produces electrodes and separators for solid-state batteries and special key-components for redox-flow batteries. The company is focused on international battery research and collaborates with multiple global industries in US/Asia and Europe. Focus: Increase of energy density in Lithium-based batteries, enable recycling of the Li-Ion battery cathodes, improve the electrode-processing, and the manufacturing of high-performance composites. | |||