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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RemoteScout |
2021 Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Software |
| RemoteScout creates software solutions for remote and hybrid companies. | |||
| AITHON |
Validation |
None | |
| Access worksites like never before. Get close with your asset while keeping workers safe. Whatever needs to be done. | |||
| Alligator |
2021 Validation |
None | |
| Alligator offers the world's first scalable solution for charging trucks during the journey from their trailer, by connecting high-voltage lines between the semi tractor unit and the trailer. So while loading the trailer with goods at the same time fully charged batteries can be placed on the trailer. This energy can then be transferred to the semi tractor unit through the expanded energy network while driving. | |||
| Capple |
Validation |
None | |
| Despite their potential, cashew apples are thrown away when cashew nuts are harvested because there are no processing options, they are perishable and seasonal. This is where Capple comes in. They transform this underrated fruit into delicious, sustainable products that help reduce food waste. Using it leads to 80% less food waste and thus to a responsible use of resources. | |||
| catchfree |
Formation |
None | |
| Catchfree develops ecologically sustainable and nutritionally beneficial seafood alternatives using a scalable technological platform. Their focus is on co-creating recipes and applications with specialty restaurants in Switzerland before expanding to the broader European market and eventually retail and online sales channels. | |||
| Circea |
2024 |
None | |
| Circea upcycles biogenic CO2 side-streams from industrial processes into valuable products. | |||
| Cirkel Supply |
2021 unknown |
None | |
| Cirkel Supply rents out ski clothing, delivered to the customers accommodation in Switzerland. | |||
| Climartis |
2023 Growth |
None | |
| Climartis is building in Switzerland the most attractive and customer-friendly portfolio of SME companies for the implementation and acceleration of the Energy Strategy 2050 and the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies. | |||
| Construct202 (Bavox) |
2022 Validation |
None | |
| Bavox is the pioneering construction management tool for architects, construction and specialist site managers and tradespeople. Bavox relies on intelligent voice assistants to record and assign tasks at lightning speed. | |||
| Dimarjan |
Validation |
None | |
| Dimarjan is not just about planting trees, it’s about regenerative agroforestry, a model that restores degraded land, enhances biodiversity, and provides long-term benefits for both the planet and the people who depend on it. | |||
| e-swissolar |
2006 Established |
None | |
| Firefly Fusion |
Formation |
None | |
| Firefly Fusion aims to accelerate the commercialization of fusion energy by building a compact tokamak using proven technologies. Leveraging 60 years of tokamak science and supported by a network of global experts and institutions, the company focuses on rapid, cost-effective deployment. Its team includes leading figures from CERN, IRFM, and ITER, and it operates in the heart of Europe's fusion ecosystem. | |||
| Kaleio |
2020 Validation |
None | |
| We encourage girls to go their own way. According to their personal interests and strengths. And we are committed to a society without restrictive gender stereotypes. So that girls can grow up without making themselves small. | |||
| Grensol |
2021 Validation |
None | |
| Grensol AG, a Zurich-based cleantech startup founded in 2021, is revolutionizing waste management by transforming mixed waste from end-of-life vehicles, appliances, electronic scrap, and demolition into valuable raw materials for a circular economy. Its patented photolysis technology uses high-intensity light powered by renewable energy to break down hydrocarbons in seconds, recovering emissions-free hydrogen and carbon black—key feedstocks for new polymers—while avoiding toxic emissions. | |||
| HERA organics |
Validation |
None | |
| HERA menstrual sponge: 100% natural & as comfortable as a second skin, paired with the unique absorbency of a sponge. | |||
| irmos |
2023 |
None | |
| Maximize the value and safe life of your assets. Irmos enables owners of buildings, bridges and critical infrastructure to manage risks, optimize costs, and minimize carbon emissions for structural maintenance. | |||
| moveable.ch |
Validation |
None | |
| The first step towards sustainable mobility and liveable public spaces is to promote active mobility. With their platforms, we help to shape the infrastructure for this. | |||
| Mycostrat |
2023 Validation |
None | |
| Fungi and fungal mycelia are their specialty. Mycostrat analyzes, researchs, develops, processes and tests how building materials can be produced from fungi. They use various fungal threads, known as mycelia, as well as other natural, rapidly renewable raw materials. These can be returned to the raw material cycle for building materials in various upcycling processes. | |||
| mycosuisse |
2022 Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Mycosuisse develops various applications based on different fungal mycelia, e.g. insulation & packaging material, cleaning agents based on mycoremediation, fungal mycelia-based auxiliaries for plant cultivation | |||
| Nanas Lunchbox |
Validation |
None | |
| Nana's Lunchbox gives families in difficult times a moment of normality with a delicious family meal. In this way, we make their everyday lives easier and allow their worries and fears to fade into the background for a moment. | |||
| narrowin |
2020 Validation |
None | |
| With digital twin-based platforms narrowin provides solutions to energy providers and helps to design, document, and maintain their Operational Technology (OT) Wide Area Networks. | |||
| NEUNOI |
2025 Validation |
None | |
| When it comes to our materials, we rely on clever recycling. Available by subscription or with a buy-back guarantee. For a more conscious approach to children's clothing. Designed to be efficiently repaired again and again. | |||
| niatsu |
2023 Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Biological: Food tech, Environment: Climate tech, IT: Software |
| Niatsu provides a carbon footprint framework to enable their customers to automate the CO2-Calculation of their food products. | |||
| Night Ride |
2024 Validation |
None | |
| Plan your night trip through Europe. Find an alternative to the plane and travel relaxed by night train or night bus. | |||
| Nuré Nutrition |
Validation |
None | |
| Nuré Nutrition is the first natural kids' supplement brand, free from controversial additives. Crafted with premium bioavailable ingredients, their supplements fill nutritional gaps to support the child's immunity, growth, and well-being. | |||
| Opendata.ch |
|
[ Financial Services ] | None |
| PanGeo |
2025 Validation |
None | |
| Science-based nature risk intelligence for a resilient future. PanGeo enables financial institutions and companies to reduce their biodiversity and water footprints. | |||
| Red drop LAB |
2024 |
None | |
| Stay informed about your health with our convenient and non-invasive menstrual blood screening. Access lab reports and personalized health data from home. | |||
| REEcover |
2024 Formation |
None | |
| At REEcover, we take advantage of a unique patented technology which allows us to recover these elements from electronic waste. Our first proof of concept concerns the recycling of Europium and Yttrium from energy saving lamps, with a separation factor 10 times superior to existing technologies. We want to take advantage of the well-established recycling scheme to decrease this dependance on minerals which are mined thousands of kilometers away. | |||
| Remotecoders |
2023 Growth |
None | |
| Remotecoders is revolutionizing how European companies access tech talent. At the heart of their impact initiative, they handpick Egypt’s most skilled developers to serve their clients and to guide their training programs. As their talents complete their career-entry internships, they are presented with dual opportunities: to either advance within their remote teams serving European companies or transition into roles with local Egyptian firms. | |||