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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairpower |
2013 ZH stagnant |
Behavioural change,Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption,Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Renewable technologies |
| Fairpower is an independent electricity supplier and service provider with a focus on renewable energies.They provide an online platform for selling green certificates and the electricity label "Fair Power". | |||
| Fairwalter |
2017 ZH established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Building technology, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| We are the platform for digital rental. Fairwalter is an innovative B2B2C platform that enables landlords, owners, tenants and service providers to work together smoothly. Our customers can more than double their productivity thanks to automated processes without media discontinuity, make better decisions based on data and have more satisfied employees and customers thanks to intuitive usability. | |||
| Farmy |
2014 ZH established |
[ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Farmy is the online shop for regional and organic products. | |||
| FenX |
2019 ZH formation |
[ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Waste & recycling ] | insulation, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| FenX is designing and developing foam products and foam formulations made from available waste or natural materials and addressed to real estate developers, construction companies and architects. The product: Non-flammable, non-toxic insulation foam causing zero CO2 emission. | |||
| Fidectus |
2019 ZH validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy Production, Financing and financial services, Information technology ] | Communication, IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Optimising working capital in OTC energy trading. | |||
| Fixposition |
2017 ZH growth |
[ Information technology ] | Geophysical & technical, IT Software, Sensors |
| Fixposition offers its high-precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology and computer vision-based navigation devices to customers in the market segments of professional Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), ground robotics and automotive. | |||
| Fleco Power |
2020 ZH growth |
[ Electricity, Media ] | Enabling technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| data from 2021 survey: phase growth | |||
| Flisom |
2005 ZH growth |
[ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | New chemical materials, Photovoltaics |
| Flisom’s products are based on an innovative thin film solar technology developed in Switzerland. High efficiency, flexible CIGS solar panels, ultra light weight and unique product features open a completely new dimension in solar energy. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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. | |||
| Hades Technologies |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Environmental monitoring, Information technology, Waste & recycling ] | IT data usage |
| Automatically detecting defects in sewer inspection videos - not only much faster, but also objective and less error-prone. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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 |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Energy sufficiency ] | e-vehicle charging, Renewable technologies |
| Kolbev is a stealth mode startup, established to provide consumers our planet's environmentally friendly energy and make it universally accessible and useful. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Microlino |
2015 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. | |||