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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Voyage |
2017 ZH Stagnant |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality, [ Tourism Services ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Fair Voyage helps you find and customize your best conscious travel experience in Africa and developing regions. They are building an ethical and sustainable booking platform that exclusively promotes verified responsible tour operators. Through their direct relationships with local leaders in sustainability, they can offer you highest quality at best prices. | |||
| 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, Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality [ Restaurants ] | Other: Low tech |
| Felfel provides the right catering for every company. | |||
| fgen |
2011 BS Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources, [ Circular Economy ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| FGen is a Swiss start-up company founded 2011 in Basel as a spin-off from the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of the ETH Zurich. As a contract research organization we collaborate with partners from Biotech, Life Sciences, Agribusiness, and Pharma in order to develop microbes, cells, chemicals, and proteins for various applications. | |||
| Fiaxell |
2018 VD Established |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Other: Enabling tech |
| A global solution for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), electrolyser (SOEC) & high temperature electrochemical devices Over the past nine years, Fiaxell has developed processes for cell fabrication, specialty screen printing inks, flexible testing devices for high temperature measurements and has now provided customers worldwide. To complement our core competences, we identified highly skilled manufacturers of electronics (power supply & EIS), kilns, gas control, liquid management, gas detection, hydrogen generators and are working closely with them. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Flowconverter Energy |
2007 ZH Formation |
Energy & Power Systems, [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Hydro (small scale) |
| The company aims to develop, manufacture and operate innovative environmental technologies. The main produkt is the FLOWCONVERTER™, an innovative flow generator for the generation of electric current. The fields of application of FLOWCONVERTER™ are brooks, rivers, canals and ocean currents, where it can be installed without a negative impact on fish or the waters natural behaviour. | |||
| Flux Mobility |
2021 ZH Formation |
Mobility & Transport, [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: E-cargo, Mobility: Electric |
| The start-up develops and builds high-quality e-transporters based on a modular platform concept. | |||
| 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. | |||
| foodroots. |
2019 SZ Stagnant |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality, [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| foodroots stimulates your employees’ culinary skills in order to create social and ecological values within your organisation. Our common mission consists in promoting responsible human action through food culture. With a balanced diet, we create added value for your company and our society. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Fountain |
2023 ZH Formation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Fountain created a zero-waste beverage vending machine. The drinks are made out of natural essences which the machine directly adds to tap water. The beverages can be personalized and poured directly into a reusable bottle or a glass. | |||
| Barney (F&P Robotics AG) |
2014 ZH Growth |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality, [ Hospitality Services ] | Smart: Robotic, Smart: Sensors |
| Barney Bar is a fully autonomous robotic bar that serves cocktails, soft drinks, mocktails, beer and prosecco in a very efficient and entertaining way. Barney Bar can run a bar by himself or work together with a human barkeeper. | |||
| fungi futuri |
2021 Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, | None |
| Growing and researching edible mushrooms and fungi | |||
| Fungusto |
2023 Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry, | None |
| fungusto specialises in the development, trade and production of fungal food and nutritional supplements as well as the management of a mycotheque. | |||
| Gaiasens Technologies |
2010 VS Established |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards, Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Environmental Monitoring ] | IT: Data usage, Smart: Device, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| GAIASENS Technologies is an innovative company at the service of the environment. It offers real-time measurement solutions, environmental studies and modelling services as well as the implementation of operational solutions for the management of natural hazards. | |||
| Gaia Tech |
2021 BE Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources, [ Resource Efficiency ] | Biological: Material based on biomass |
| Gaia Tech upcycles ingredients from agricultural sidestreams. By sourcing the waste of those sidestreams and processing them, they deliver natural compounds for cosmetics, food and feed industries. This way agricultural producers and local communities profit by not having to get rid of the waste in a often environmentally harmful and costly way. | |||
| Ganser CRS |
2003 ZH Established |
Mobility & Transport, [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Other: Enabling tech |
| The Common Rail injection technology has contributed significantly to the new era of the modern diesel engine. The diesel engine became more powerful, runs quietly and produces far less emissions than in the past. | |||
| Ganzohni |
2019 SG Growth |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality, [ Hospitality Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Ganzohni is a store that avoids packaging. | |||
| Gastros Switzerland |
2022 ZH Established |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes, [ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | Energy: Heat Exchanger, Energy: Heat industrial usage |
| Gastros Switzerland redefines the way of how food can be kept warm. We offer a genuine alternative for professionals from the catering industry who like to feed their guests at modern, multi-functional and individually designed buffets. | |||
| Genknowme |
2019 VD Growth |
Health, Wellness & Care, [ Health Solutions ] | Biological: Bio tech, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| We provide a novel blood test to support healthcare professionals while they coach their patients into making healthy lifestyle changes. Genknowme measures the impact of your lifestyle at DNA level by determining your biological age with epigenetic assessment. | |||
| posmo |
2020 ZH Validation |
Financials & Information Technology, | None |
| Posmo is a data cooperative for mobility data. Through the self-determined collection of mobility data, the basis for sustainable mobility is to be created. | |||
| Genuine Way |
2018 TI Growth |
Financials & Information Technology, [ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Genuine Way is a Blockchain company that focuses on environmental sustainability. We support your business in assessing and communicating its carbon-footprint to ethical consumers. | |||
| Geo2X |
2012 VD Established |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources, Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Resource Efficiency ] | Components: Geophysical |
| Geo2X is a Swiss Company based near Geneva. It was founded 12 years ago by experienced geologists and geophysicists who have complementary areas of expertise in the petroleum, geotechnical, geophysical and geological domain. This allows Geo2X offer a wide range of services that meet all the demands of its customers.Our global experience is key to find specific solutions for varied issues (hydrogeology, natural resources, landslides, pollution, etc.) in many environments. A particular effort is put into research and development of new hardware and software, allowing us to have innovative answers to complex situations. | |||
| Geopraevent |
2012 ZH Established |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards, Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Disaster Risk & Hazard Prevention ] | Components: Geophysical, IT: Data usage |
| Geopraevent develops, installs and operates premium alarm and monitoring systems for natural hazards. We focus on customer-specific and highly reliable solutions. | |||
| go clear |
2020 BL Validation |
Mobility & Transport, Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Other: Low tech |
| go clear makes it easy for you to fill up your car with wiper water. Fill up your car with the required amount of wipe water without spilling, directly from the go clear petrol pump. Afterwards, pay for the filled up wipe cleaner directly at the cash register. | |||
| Good Soaps |
2011 LU Established |
Health, Wellness & Care, [ Cleaning Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Since 2011, we have been developing and producing ecological, sustainable cleaning agents based on european plants. | |||
| Graphene filter carbon capture |
2021 VS Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards, [ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Environment: Climate tech |
| Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a graphene filter for carbon capture that surpasses the efficiency of commercial capture technologies, and can reduce the cost carbon capture substantially. | |||