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 Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluid Solids |
2011 ZH growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of buildings, Engineering, Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass |
| FluidSolids Ltd. is a leader in developing custom-made biocomposites that do not compete with the production of food since the material is made from organic waste and by-products. | |||
| Fluxim |
2007 ZH growth |
[ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Information technology, Many fields ] | Battery, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, LED, Lighting, Photovoltaics |
| Provide R&D tools for the OLED display, lighting and photovoltaic industries. Our software product setfos is designed to simulate light-outcoupling from OLEDs and light-absorption in thin film solar cells. Moreover, offer an all-in-one measurement platform paios with integrated analysis software | |||
| Fotokite (Perspective Robotics) |
2014 ZH growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Drone & flight |
| Fotokite designs, manufactures, and supports tethered aerial video streaming systems for Public Safety teams to gain situational awareness in firefighters and first responder teams. | |||
| Gilytics |
2017 ZH growth |
[ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Gilytics is committed to provide a fast computing and 3D visualization technology for complex planning of transportation and energy infrastructures and to increase the public participation and social acceptance between public authorities and local communities involved in a project. | |||
| Go Solar (energiemoebel.ch) |
2007 ZH validation |
[ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| The goal is to support electric grid with energy produced from garden furniture as solar tables, sheds, etc.. | |||
| greenTEG |
2009 ZH established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Heating and cooling energy ] | Heating in buildings, Internet of Things, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Sensors |
| U-value, R-value, humidity, and surface temperature measurements made easy. We produce heat flux sensors as a ETH Spin off (patented technology, production in Switzerland). We developed a unique U-value measurement tool for usage by energy consultants and building physics. | |||
| H2 ENERGY |
2014 ZH stagnant |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logistics of goods ] | Renewable technologies |
| H2 Energy wants to make hydrogen a cornerstone of the energy system. They see themselves as business innovators for renewable energies. Refining electricity into hydrogen enables the power companies to stand out from the crowd and regulate their production. Hydrogen can be used in a variety of ways, offering consumers some relevant and enhanced alternatives. | |||
| Hegias |
2017 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The world’s first automated and browser-based content management system (CMS) solution for visualizing and communicating with virtual reality (VR) for the construction and real estate industry. HEGIAS VR lets your customer walk thru an unbuilt house, re-furniture it by his touch and buy it having seen and felt it. | |||
| Hivoduct |
2020 ZH formation |
[ Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Geophysical & technical |
| Hivoduct transmits electric power with less environmental impact | |||
| Houzy |
2017 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Houzy is a young PropTech start-up and offers innovative tools and a strong network of experts for homeowners on its open MyHouzy platform. | |||
| Huxley Design (Elephbo) |
2016 ZH established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Functional clothes, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| We recycle cement bags in Cambodia in order to assemble them to high quality fashion products and create thereby sustainable working environments. | |||
| iCEEP (Innovopolis) |
2020 ZH formation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Innovopolis offers a decentralized waste management service that contains waste within the built areas of the community and turns it into energy at the point where it is generated: a self-sufficient service which eliminates the need for waste collection, waste incineration and waste landfilling. Our solution can be applied to any community, from rural communities like islands to large multi-complex properties such as high-rise buildings and by doing so we reduce the annual carbon footprint of every inhabitant by 1 tonnes of CO2. | |||
| InstaHeat |
2019 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption,Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity efficiency, Food production & retail, Heating and cooling energy ] | Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| InstaHeat is a technology-based Company located in Zürich. We develope a new kind of heating device being able to heat any conductive fluid instantly and precisely to the desired temperature with very high efficiency. The device generates the heat directly within the fluid, eliminating the need for a heating element. The technology allows a compact design so that it fits into various machines, like food heating systems. | |||
| Yova |
2017 ZH growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Financing and financial services ] | Low technology |
| Yova is a digital platform for investing with a sustainability impact. Yova customers invest directly into companies that help solve global challenges and make a difference in topics they care about. Renewable energies, gender equality, circular economy – they can decide which topics they want to invest in. All investments are tailored to the customer’s needs and values. At the same time, they are professionally diversified and designed for long-term returns. The customers get both: sustainability impact and financial return. With the Yova platform, everyone can become an impact investo. | |||
| Koa-Impact |
2017 ZH growth |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail, Resource efficiency ] | Low technology |
| At Koa, we redefine the perception of value creation in the cocoa value chain of rural West Africa. By utilising the so far discarded cocoa pulp, we increase the farmer’s income by 30% and reduce food waste by 40%. The new technology is carbon neutral and solar powered. Thanks to the decentral extraction, we can directly work with more than 1’000 farmers. Koa’s 100% traceable and modularly scalable operations enhance livelihood in rural communities significantly while carrying a delicious and exotic flavour into the world. | |||
| Kolbev |
2020 ZH formation |
[ Road vehicles and transport ] | e-vehicle charging |
| Kolbev offers an on-demand charging service that makes all aspects of EV charging seamless, safe, reliable and convenient. | |||
| Kompotoi |
2016 ZH growth |
Construction & buildings [ Waste & recycling ] | |
| Kompotoi rents, designs and sells composting toilets. Kompotoi toilets not only look good, they are environmentally friendly and absolutely odorless. We turn "human output" into a soil conditioner, closing an important natural cycle. | |||
| LEDCity |
2017 ZH growth |
[ Construction of buildings, Electricity efficiency ] | LED, Lighting |
| LEDCity develops autonomous lights with various integrated sensors to let them decide by itself if and how much light is needed. Savings up to 90% are possible. | |||
| Libattion |
2018 ZH validation |
[ Energy storage ] | |
| Libattion is an innovative lithium battery provider accelerating the global shift to a more sustainable energy storage technology. | |||
| LINIA |
2018 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings [ Electricity ] | Drone & flight |
| Our software LINIAair enables power grid operators to acquire a huge amount of data of infrastructure fast and autonomous with drones. Our cloud based platform LINIAgrid processes, visualizes and analyzes data with AI-algorithms, to find damage or threats to power lines. Benefits: The reliable data base and sophisticated analytics result in increased security of supply and less power outage for customers. | |||
| Locatee |
2014 ZH validation |
[ Construction of buildings ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Locatee is the leading workplace analytics solution that empowers workplace leaders to make fact-based decisions about their real estate portfolio by transforming complex data into space utilization insights. By leveraging various IT data sources, Locatee transforms information into actionable insight, thereby shaping the way employees interact with the workplace and making office buildings truly human-centric. | |||
| Loriot |
2015 ZH growth |
IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals | |
| Internet platform for hosting IoT solution, focus can be on energy efficiency in buildings | |||
| Cook Eat |
2021 ZH validation |
[ Food production & retail, Healthcare ] | Communication, Low technology |
| Cook Eat mediates home-cooked food from private to private on the online community marketplace. It closes the gap between expensive restaurants and time-consuming self-catering. Wherever our members register, culinary diversity is created around the clock. | |||
| Microlino |
2017 ZH validation |
[ Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-car |
| Realization of small and light cars that are at the same time protected from the weather and that have enough space for groceries shopping. Production is scheduled to start in 2021. | |||
| Mirai Foods |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
| We are developing real meat - cultivated directly from animal cells | |||
| MIRO Analytical Technologies |
2018 ZH growth |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Resource efficiency ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Sensors |
| MIRO Analytical Technologies has been founded as an Empa spinoff to bring the latest mid-infrared gas sensing technology based on quantum cascade lasers (QCL) to the market. Measures simultaneously up to 10 most important green-house gases and pollutants and allows easy use through an intuitive interface on a 7 " touch screen display. | |||
| Mondays |
2018 ZH growth |
[ Healthcare ] | Low technology |
| Mondays is a Femtech company, an online subscription for environmentally friendly, plastic free period products. At Mondays we know shopping for periods products is a hassle no one needs. And making environmentally friendly choices when buying period products, simply takes up too much time for most people to bother. Mondays allows women to purchase sustainable, 100% plastic free period products, have none of the guilt and save time in the process. A one-time registration and your period products will arrive on your doorstep in time every month. | |||
| MPower Ventures AG |
2017 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity, Energy storage, Financing and financial services, Information technology ] | Battery, Photovoltaics |
| MPower Ventures finances and distributes affordable solar systems to a market of 1.3 bn potential customers in emerging markets. MPower enables them to power their homes and businesses independently from the electricity grid or fossil fuel-based electricity production systems. | |||
| Mr. Green Recycling-Service |
2010 ZH established |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| The start-up company Mr. Green spares people in Zurich the walk to the collection point: they pick up glass, aluminum cans, pet and batteries from home and dispose of them | |||
| myNewEnergy |
2013 ZH validation |
IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals | |
| Internet platform for buying ecological added value of electricity products or switching to high quality products with the own provider. | |||