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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Coffee |
2016 BS validation |
[ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| We want to build bridges: between coffee drinkers here in Switzerland and coffee farmers in Ethiopia. With coffee that represents your values. Better than organic. More than fair. CO2 neutral. | |||
| DM-Green |
2017 VD validation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| We are a company specialized in the marketing and distribution of innovative solutions in the fields of recovery, sorting and recycling of waste, such as presses, interior and exterior containers or automated sorting robots. Our desire is to optimize resources in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as reducing waste and CO2 emissions. | |||
| e-Durable |
2016 VD validation |
[ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| e-Durable is the leading IT service provider in French-speaking Switzerland which places Sustainable Development at the heart of its activities. | |||
| Embion Technologies |
2019 VD validation |
[ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies, New chemical materials |
| EMBION catalyzes the future of #nutrition by introducing a portfolio of sophisticated, complex EMBION-BIOACTIVES with expanded prebiotic properties. EMBION innovates with brilliant #plant-based technologies that customize unique nutrition in exceptional speed and are surprisingly affordable. | |||
| Enairys Powertech |
2008 VD validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | Battery, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Renewable technologies |
| Enairys offers a wide range of innovative and clean energy storage & management solutions, based on its proprietary hydro-pneumatic and power electronic technologies. These solutions enhance the exploitation of intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar sources, and enable electricity consumers and producers to improve their energy efficiency or autonomy while preserving the environment. | |||
| Energy Vault |
2017 TI validation |
[ Energy storage ] | Storage other than batteries |
| The Energy Vault storage solution operates with bricks that are lifted to create a tower causing the energy to be stored in the elevation gain, when the bricks are then returned to the ground the kinetic energy from the falling brick is turned back into electricity. Specially engineered control software is used to ensure the bricks are placed in exactly the right location each time. The system is modular and flexible with each plant having a capacity of between 10 and 35MWh and a power output of between 2 and 5MW. The system is ideally suited to longer duration storage but with very fast response times can also be used to deliver short and medium term. | |||
| Enoki |
2018 FR validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of buildings, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | Renewable technologies |
| We are a start-up of architects and engineers which aims to imagine, build and activate the sustainable city of tomorrow. | |||
| enviBee |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Environmental monitoring, Water Management ] | IT data usage |
| The company develops software solutions for data analysis for mass spectrometric long-term monitoring of organic micropollutants in aquatic systems. | |||
| ethec |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| We are a team consisting of 10 students and 5 supervisors of ETH Zurich and ZHdK. As part of a focus-project, we are developing a prototype of an electric motorcycle with two-wheel drive. Our main goal is to have a driving range of 250 km using braking energy recuperation at both wheels and latest battery technologies. | |||
| exnaton |
2019 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Photovoltaics |
| We drive the Energy Transition using Real-time Smart Meter Data | |||
| ExoLabs |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Environmental monitoring ] | IT blockchain or algorithms, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Hydropower operators need accurate water inflow predictions to generate energy most profitably. In snowmelt dominated catchments (1/4 of the world’s hydropower), uncertain snowmelt quantities deteriorate inflow predictions resulting in overall losses of 7-10%, annually. Our solution to this problem includes data from multiple satellite constellations, ground station networks and numerical weather forecasts to derive real-time snow quantities as well as forecasts in a 20 m spatial resolution for entire mountain ranges. Using scalable cloud processing and innovative machine learning algorithms, we are capable to serve hydropower stations globally. | |||
| Exomotion |
2018 GE validation |
e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter | |
| At Exomotion we are re-imagining transportation and creating a more inclusive approach for mobility services. Our mission to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities and provide inclusion to simply enable users to have equal chance for enjoying their lives on the go. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Fireforce Technology |
2018 VD validation |
[ Heating and cooling energy ] | Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| Fireforce Technology develops clean and effective biomass combustion processes that emits ultra-low pollutant levels. We develop our own models of wood burners adapted to your application. | |||
| Floating Robotics |
2023 ZH validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering, Farming & agriculture, Information technology, Resource efficiency ] | Robotic |
| We automate harvesting and de-leafing in greenhouses with an integrated robotic and AI solution that easily adapts to existing standards. | |||
| Flybotix |
2019 VD validation |
[ Mobility & Fleet management ] | Drone & flight |
| FlybotiX technology aims to double the flight time of compact drones. We use our technology as a building block to create a 350mm, dual rotor, collision tolerant drone. The system is suitable for in-structure and indoor inspection. The technology is usable in virtually any drone application. | |||
| Food-Wear |
2014 NE validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Transport & logistics of goods ] | Low technology |
| By using 3 of our bags for your weekly purchases of fruit, vegetables and bread, instead of disposable plastic bags, the pollution of 150 plastic bags will be avoided thanks to you. | |||
| Freesuns |
2019 VD validation |
[ Energy Production ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solar Tiles - Designed in Switzerland and individually hand-crafted to the highest industry quality standards, Freesuns solar tiles have been developed to last. As a result, they are more robust than normal roof tiles and much stronger than ordinary solar panels. Our tiles can be adapted to any roof with variations in shape, colour, and size. | |||
| GBY (Go By Yourself) |
2016 FR validation |
Health & House & Body Care [ Recreation, Road vehicles and transport, Sport ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| For people with limited mobility who want to independently expand their physical capabilities in their daily and family activities, GBY improves their mobility with the GO-TRYKE®, an electric tricycle that does amazing things while bringing relief to their disability. | |||
| GEOEG |
2018 VD validation |
[ Energy management solutions, Engineering, Environmental monitoring ] | Communication, Low technology |
| At GEOEG, we foster the multiple roles of the underground, a spatial, material and resourceful medium that can support and host structures and infrastructures, as well as provide renewable energy. From this perspective, we developed a multidisciplinary approach allowing to plan, design, and manage it in the most integrated way. | |||
| 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.. | |||
| gr3n |
2013 TI validation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| gr3n developed an innovative process, based on a new application of microwave technology to a well known chemical reaction which provides for the first time with an economically efficient chemical recycling process of PET (Polyethylene Terephtalate) and allows an industrial implementation of this recycling method. This new process can potentially change how PET is recycled worldwide with a huge financial benefit for the recycling industry. | |||
| Green-Y Energy |
2020 BE validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions, Energy Production, Energy storage, Heating and cooling energy ] | Cooling technology, Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings, Storage other than batteries |
| Green-Y revolutionizes the energy sector: The combination of an electricity storage together with a heating and cooling unit in one decentralized device makes the integration of renewable energy on a large scale possible. An affordable and efficient system with unrivalled low amortization periods below 4 years results. Besides that, Green-Y is eco-friendly by using only air and water as working fluids. | |||
| GRINX (TwentyGreen) |
2015 LU validation |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | |
| Production of natural probiotics to feed farm animals. This is a sustainable solution since the integration of probiotics means less food is needed and it also means lower costs related to disease and pollution treatment. | |||
| GRZ Technologies |
2017 FR validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy storage ] | Battery, Enabling technologies, Hydrogen technology and fuel cells, Renewable technologies, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| GRZ Technologies Ltd. is a company active in the field of renewable energy storage. Two products were released in 2017: a Hydrogen Compressor (HyCo) and an Advanced Gas Analysing System (AGAS). Both are laboratory equipment for the scientific community as well as for quality control in industry | |||
| eTriBike (HCP SWISS) |
2018 SG validation |
[ Mobility & Fleet management, Transport & logistics of goods ] | e-bike |
| We engineer high-quality eTriBikes for different applications, such as: transportation of handicapped people, with or without wheelchair, cargo bikes, special custom designs. | |||
| Hive Power |
2019 TI validation |
[ Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy efficiency, Information technology ] | IT blockchain or algorithms |
| Hive Power provides a SaaS for Smart Grid Analytics, to help Energy Suppliers and Grid Operators in optimising their operations and asset management. The solution includes tools for the forecasting of energy demand, scheduling of hydropower plant, designing new tariff schemes, and optimal management of energy communities and aggregated flexible loads. | |||
| Hydromea |
2014 VD validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Environmental monitoring ] | Drone & flight, Enabling technologies |
| Hydromea SA is a deeptech start-up from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, with the goal to bring the latest advanced technology from microengineering and robotics to the environmental water quality market. By leveraging automation, data management and multi-robot systems with AI, Hydromea aims to provide high-resolution in-situ data (which to date cannot be obtained by other means), cost-effectively and fast. The high-resolution and real-time data obtained simultaneously across a defined volume of water brings unparalleled value to numerous industries – from mapping the extent of an oil spill or turbidity profiles during delta works and port construction to nitrate plume detection, closed space surveys and management of bath and potable water | |||
| HYDROTHERMA Swiss Ecological Technologies |
2012 FR validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Energy efficiency, Engineering, Waste & recycling ] | Climate technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Hydro energy, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| HYDROTHERMA Swiss Ecological Technologies SA - is a swiss development stage company specializing in research, development, creation and implementation in the sphere of clean energy production, production of boehmite nanopowders & maintenance of ecological safety of industrial enterprises. | |||
| Insolight |
2015 VD validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption,Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Farming & agriculture, Resource efficiency ] | agricultural technologies, Photovoltaics |
| Insolight aims to simplify sunlight concentration for photovoltaic systems (CPV) by drastically changing the way of tracking the sun throughout the year. We combine the advantages of standard solar panels mounting structure, with the high efficiency of concentrated photovoltaics. | |||