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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planeto |
2023 GE Growth |
None | |
| Our software as a service (SaaS) digitalises the design of district heating and cooling networks (DHC) for energy utilities, engineering consultancies and municipalities, using innovative artificial intelligence algorithms to slash engineering time and cost and accelerate the energy transition. Our software puts together more than 20 person/year of research in the field. In terms of market potential, recent developments in climate policy as well as geopolitics have spurred interest in transition away from fossil fuels in heating. Globally the DHC market is expected to grow by $40billion in the next 5 years, while in Switzerland the heat supplied by DHC must grow 10x to meet the Energy Strategy 2050 targets. Our goal is for our SaaS (TESSA) to be the go-to B2B SaaS for energy utilities and engineering consultancies developing DHC projects. The total project investments for DHC vary greatly between 1million and >1billion CHF. In our P&D project, the contribution of TESSA was valued at 1% of the total project cost of 7million. The unique value proposition of TESSA is to allow DHC projects to be developed in less time, requiring less specialist knowledge, with little/no data collection, and producing more reliable results. Moreover, TESSA allows to go from feasibility study to detailed design, all in one tool and also allows the design of DHC integrating renewable energy sources. | |||
| Klode (pull up) |
2019 GE Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Pump, Environment: Waste management tech |
| With its unique system for sorting organic waste, Mint combines elegance and innovation. A few presses on the upper part of the bin are enough to eliminate the bad odors generated by the decomposition of waste. It's as simple as that. Result: no smells, no midges, no disgust. | |||
| Pvsyst |
2011 GE Established |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Energy: Photovoltaics |
| PVsyst design, develop and sale software or other products to promote responsible energy management, more particularly in the field of photovoltaics. They also do consulting and training activities. PVsyst also support renewable energy projects, especially in developing countries. | |||
| Re-Company |
2019 GE Validation |
Health, Wellness & Care [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste management tech |
| Reinvent common products to have a sustainable impact. Starting with a bottle. REBO is the first product from the Re-company, and is a REvolutionary BOttle. It is the first bottle that cleans the planet as you drink. Thanks to a smart cap we are able to measure the water intake (and plastic saving) of the user, send it to the REBO app, convert it through blockchain into a green credit, and use the proceedings to fund the collection of bottles littering the environment. The bottle also offers a customized hydration plan to its users, it is equipped with a unique one hand push cap (developed with Aptar), and has an insulated stainless steel body keeping drinks cold for 24h. | |||
| Remotely Green |
2021 GE Validation |
[ Media & Communications ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Working for a better, greener connected world, where collaborating remotely is the obvious choice. | |||
| Shematic |
2018 GE Validation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Motor & actuator |
| At Shematic, our mission is to provide innovative high performance tailor made electric system to improve power and autonomy of electric vehicles. We offer our clients to take advantage of a new electromobility experience and improve the performance of electric vehicles through innovation and creativity, while benefiting of custom motors. | |||
| Signa-Terre |
2008 GE Growth |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Energy audits and analysis for building energy use; Signa-Terre SA specialises in the energy monitoring of existing buildings and in assisting project owners in renovation/construction projects. Our objective is to identify the potential energy and financial savings of buildings and to propose solutions adapted for this purpose. | |||
| Terrabloc |
2011 GE Established |
[ Building Construction ] | Components: Resource or material optimisation |
| Manufacture and marketing of compressed earth blocks, as well as all activities in the field of architecture, engineering and construction. | |||
| Transmutex SA |
2019 GE Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Nuclear |
| Transmutex is pioneering an entirely new type of nuclear energy that promises scalable carbon-free energy without the traditional challenges of existing nuclear plants. Today’s issues with nuclear energy are safety, long-lived waste, and proliferation. Transmutex will allow significant improvements on all these matters while delivering cost-competitive carbon-free electricity. | |||
| TVP Solar |
2008 GE Established |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Solarthermal |
| TVP Solar SA is a Swiss company which designs, develops, manufactures and markets innovative, high-vacuum flat solar thermal panels based on a proprietary technology for cooling and heating applications. TVP Solar is a game-changer in the solar thermal industry, effectively competing with electricity in the cooling and industrial process heat markets, while introducing new thermal energy-producing roofs for the residential market. | |||
| WATALUX (OOLUX) |
2014 GE Growth |
[ Water Management ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| With only salt and water, WATA technology produces locally and at low cost, active chlorine solution that can be used to treat drinking water or disinfect any objects or surfaces. | |||
| WindShape |
2017 GE Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Drone & flight |
| WindShape pushes forward the limits of innovation by leading drones into a new generation of wind and weather test bench. | |||
| AMP IT |
2021 GE Growth |
None | |
| AMP IT offers tenants of multi-residential buildings, as well as to employees in commercial buildings the possibility of charging their electric vehicles in their parking space. We offer a turnkey service and attractive monthly subscriptions to facilitate the adoption of electric vehicles. AMP IT Hub mobile application and charge point management system offers users a pleasant and efficient charging experience. Available in white label, it allows operators of similar services to manage their charging systems efficiently at scale. | |||
| Atome |
2018 GE Validation |
[ Building Construction ] | Components: Resource or material optimisation |
| Atome's know-how is based on a unique concept combining modularity and green energy production. Our patented wood-frame module allows us to adapt to any kind of request, from industrial buildings to single-family homes and building elevations. | |||
| Dyneo Technologies |
2023 GE Validation |
None | |
| Dyneo provides District Heating and Cooling network operators with a data-driven solution to reduce the carbon footprint of their infrastructures. Its data-driven solution seamlessly integrates with existing networks, reducing heat losses and increasing their share of renewables. Dyneo is already supporting operators with a combined installed capacity of over 300 MW and is determined to reinforce both domestic and international footprint. Dyneo’s unique value proposition is twofold. First, its technology can connect to any thermal network, regardless of their digital maturity and equipment modernity. This provides a unified solution without the need for expensive and time-consuming modernization. Second, its data-driven approach allows for a fully automated modelling of the infrastructures that does not require manual configuration. This enables a fast deployment with minimal client efforts. This allows operators to achieve significant efficiency gains at scale, across large networks with minimal complexity and cost. | |||
| Epios |
2021 GE Formation |
[ 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. | |||
| Farmer Connect |
2019 GE Growth |
[ 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. | |||
| ID Watch |
2020 GE Growth |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | Other: Unknown |
| ID Watches produce customizable watches out of recycled materials. Aditionally the packaging is fully compostable. | |||
| Impaakt |
2018 GE Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: Network |
| Impaakt is a collaborative platform relying on collective intelligence to produce research and assessments of the social and environmental impact of companies. Our mission is to bring impact analysis to the heart of all investment decisions so that capital can be directed to the businesses that have the best possible impact on the planet and society. | |||
| Karibou |
2015 GE Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| karibou.ch strengthens the local stationary trade with its online deployment! Find the service and diversity of a market by finding the best products at the same price as at the market! What makes the strength of a market is the diversity of products, the quality of products, and the personalized customer service. With all our passion, we have created a technology that enhances the existing stationary infrastructure and deploys it in the digital world. Because what you eat matters! | |||
| Norisa |
2021 GE Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Financial Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Norsia helps wealth managers fully integrate their clients’ personal values and vision of sustainability into the investment process. Our ESG profiling tools help leverage investors' sustainability goals and thus develop responsible investment strategies. | |||
| Sqin Tea |
2019 GE Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Our innovative supplements are a powerful combination of active natural ingredients, Swiss organic alpine herbs and selected premium tea leaves to nourish, protect and repair your skin. | |||
| Saniswiss |
2006 GE Established |
[ Cleaning Services ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Ecological alternative to disinfectants and chemical antimicrobial cleaners. | |||
| Cleanea |
2008 GE Established |
[ Cleaning Services ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Cleanea is an innovative company that markets a machine, the Europa V5. By using water, electricity, and the addition of a little salt, our machine produces, In Situ, by electrolysis a detergent and disinfectant to clean the surfaces of an office building and replaces 80% of traditional chemistry. | |||
| Terapet |
2019 GE Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Proton therapy is the most precise radiotherapy for cancer treatment. However, monitoring the doses during treatments remains a guessing game based on simulations. Terapet SA, a CERN startup, develops a novel medical device which enables medical doctors for the first time to monitor the delivered proton dose inside the patients during cancer treatment: in-vivo, non-invasive, in 3D and real-time. This solution ensures that every patient receives the right dose, every time. | |||
| Treasures of Nature |
2019 GE unknown |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Health Solutions ] | Other: Unknown |
| Production and sale of organic, high quality (mainly cosmetic) products and not tested on animals while remaining at affordable prices. Our Elementals brand is also local (Swiss-made) and zero waste, with recyclable packaging. | |||
| 2em |
2014 FR Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Mobility: Fleet management |
| 2EM wurde 2012 in Freiburg gegründet. Mit einer Flotte von über 2000 Fahrzeugen ist 2EM die führende private Autovermietungsplattform der Schweiz und ermöglicht Tausenden von Mitgliedern die Teilnahme an der kooperativen Wirtschaft. Die Wahl einer alternativen Art des Konsums bedeutet, Teil der Generation des Social Car Sharing zu sein! | |||
| Allani Sunlife Holding |
2008 FR Established |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Smart: Home & building |
| Sunlife consists of a group of enterprises, formed into a Holding that promotes and develops original ideas and concepts to evolve solar technology and products into economic structures capable of generating a revenue. E.g. Solar Tourism, Solar agriculture. | |||
| Bcomp |
2011 FR Established |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Biological: Material based on biomass, Components: New chemical materials |
| Under the tagline “play naturally smart”, Bcomp has defined what looks like a paradox at first sight as its mission: designing and marketing sustainable intermediate goods with no compromise on performance. Bcomp replace aluminum, carbon- or glass fibre composites and make structures more efficient in terms of weight, resistance, rigidity, shock absorption, and damping. Bcomp serves different industries such as sports & leisure, motorsports and automotive, as well as aerospace. | |||
| Climate services |
2013 FR Growth |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Environment: Climate tech |
| Climate Services offers tools and support to help companties and other organizations to manage risk and identify opportunities related to climate change. The company owns the online www.CO2-Platform.ch to quantify CO2 emissions and identify the most attractif projects. | |||