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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottle+ |
2022 SG Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Resource Efficiency ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Bottle+ launches the reusable water bottle that allows you to make sparkling water anytime, anywhere - designed in Switzerland and completely plastic-free. | |||
| Calspak |
2024 ZH Validation |
[ Building Construction, Building Technologies ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, Components: Resource or material optimisation |
| Calspak is a clean-tech startup from ETH Zurich developing ultra-low-carbon cement with exceptionally fast setting times. Their patented material significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions—by up to 50%—and production costs, while boosting productivity by 50%. Calspak’s technology replaces up to 80% of traditional cement, using widely available, low-emission raw materials and custom chemical admixtures. The solution is suitable for diverse construction applications. | |||
| Campunite |
2021 SH Validation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Campunite is a campersharing platform. It is a fair and transparent platform where ultimately all parties benefit. | |||
| Capple |
SZ Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| 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. | |||
| capsule hotel |
2018 LU Validation |
[ Hospitality Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Affordable hotel, with privacy and community. Every single “capsule” can be closed, providing the guest with its own little room. The generously designed interior delivers high-speed internet, electricity, a safe, ventilation and other comforts. | |||
| ccloop |
BS Validation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | None |
| ccloop is committed to decoupling raw material streams used in the production of daily life goods from fossil resources (such as oil, gas, and coal). This process is commonly known as defossilisation. The ccloop association: Supports industrial and research initiatives in the field of defossilisation; Serves as an international information hub for those interested in the topic; Proactively communicates and advocates for defossilisation as a key technology to reduce future CO₂ emissions. | |||
| kooky |
2021 ZH Validation |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality [ Behavioural Change ] | Other: Low tech |
| Kooky is the first reusable system for take-away drinks including its own return infrastructure. | |||
| cellvie |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| When the blood flow to a part of the body is interrupted, cells get damaged or die, even if blood flow is restored. Such cell injuries manifest themselves for example in heart atacks and strokes, killing millions of people every year. cellvie transplants viable mitochondria, the cell's powerhouse, into distressed cells. It's like jump-starting a car, allowing the cells to re-establish their energy metabolism and survive. The Harvard spinoff's mitochondria therapy will first be applied in organ transplant patients. | |||
| CERASUS |
2017 SZ Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, Components: Resource or material optimisation, Energy: Heating in buildings, Smart: Robotic |
| CERASUS builds custom machines and control systems to suit your individual needs from scratch, as well as expanding or upgrading existing machines, for example supplementing your production with robotics or optimising efficiency and energy use. | |||
| CerQlar |
2020 VD Validation |
[ ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| CerQlar is a SaaS platform in the environmental commodities space, which enables teams to collaboratively manage Guarantees of origin (GOs) and other Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs). | |||
| Certa Fides |
2008 ZH Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Smart: Sensors |
| Certa Fides is a Swiss based company offering innovative high quality measurement solutions in the area of food analysis. The Meltdown Analyser TC2 is a complete measurement system to measure the meltdown behavior of ice cream by means of image- and weight analysis. | |||
| Chopf-Nuss |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech, Other: Low tech |
| The vegetable alternative to grated cheese. Nut mesan from Chopf-Nuss is suitable for pasta dishes and more. | |||
| Construct202 (Bavox) |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Building Technologies, Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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. | |||
| DEC Energy |
2024 TI Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| DEC runs a renewable Energy Platform where buyers can get Guarantees of Origin directly from producers of green electricity. | |||
| diePROJEKTFABRIK |
2019 LU Validation |
[ Building Construction ] | None |
| Our passion is the realization of innovative projects. With enthusiasm and a strong sense for what is feasible, we accompany our customers in this process from the analysis of the project idea to the "commissioning" of the project. | |||
| Digi Meals |
2016 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Using state-of-the-art technology, DigiMeals develops user-friendly and easily customisable solutions around digital recipes. We empower consumers to confidently cook their preferred healthy recipes. | |||
| Digit Soil |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Smart: Sensors |
| Digit Soil rents out the worlds first Soil Health Sensor. The sensor measures soil enzyme activity which is a good indicator of soil health. Through soil enzyme activity organic matter and fertilizer are made available to plants. In addition Digit Soil offers a soil measurement service in which they measure the activities of hydrolitic extracellular soil enzymes. These are involved in many important soil processes like for example nutrients cycling. | |||
| Dimarjan |
Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | 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. | |||
| DNAir |
2025 ZH Validation |
None | |
| Companies in land-intensive sectors such as mining, utilities and construction have legal obligations to monitor and manage biodiversity through the lifecycle of operations. Beyond legal requirements, the global trend towards natural capital accounting and nature risk management means companies are also beginning to recognise the strategic value of nature and biodiversity for value chain management, access to capital and market positioning. Still, companies lack access to timely and comprehensive data about biodiversity. Without high-quality data companies cannot measure the exact extent of their biodiversity impact and dependency, and therefore struggle to develop effective strategies to manage it. DNAir has developed a purpose-built air eDNA sampler capable of collecting high-quality air eDNA at scale. Instead of sending a team of ecological experts into the field, DNAir sensors continuously and reliably collect high-quality air eDNA, which after a standard laboratory extraction process is converted into granular biodiversity data. Beyond the clear use case of biodiversity monitoring, the same data that DNAir collects can eventually be leveraged across other sectors e.g. for managing agricultural pests and invasive species, protecting rare and threatened species, as well as tracking antibiotic resistance genes. It also has potential applications in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, such as novel protein discovery from the genetic sequences of newly detected species. | |||
| 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. | |||
| lalana |
2021 SO Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | Other: Low tech |
| High quality and 100% recycled textile yarn for your next project. Inspiration for #knitting #crochet or #macramé. | |||
| eightinks |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery |
| Eightinks manufactures and designs lithium ion solid-state batteries. By regarding industrial production at an industrial scale their technology is suitable for large scale productions. By implementing a recyclable fast-charging cell design the batteries are more efficient to produce and more eco-friendly. | |||
| Emissium |
2023 VD Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| Emissium brings reliable, transparent and actionable electricity emissions data | |||
| Empti.Me |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | None |
| Empti is Swiss environment focused startup. It helps to reduce single use plastics by incentivizing using reusable containers. | |||
| Enchar |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | Biological: Material based on biomass, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Enchar is the first comprehensive B2B biochar market platform. With the help of their expertise and their biochar database Enchar helps customers pick the right form of biochar for their endeavor. For suppliers the platform offers an easy and risk free way to sell their produce. | |||
| Energy Web |
2019 ZG Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Building operation systems for energy grids, based on open-source, decentralized technologies to enable development and deployment of decentralized applications for the energy sector and beyond. | |||
| Enlightra |
2017 VD Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | Components: Optic devices |
| Optical microresonator offer a unique solution to the ever increasing demand for more telecommunications bandwidth and many other areas of use like Optical References, Low Noise Microwave .. | |||
| Aquazoom |
2015 ZG Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | Energy: Hydro |
| AquaZoom removes barriers to fish migration while producing power - economically restoring rivers everywhere. We strive for electricity production in complete harmony with nature. Therefore, we grew to leading pioneers in micro hydropower and aim to share our patented water vortex technology worldwide. | |||
| Entomos |
2009 VD Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| the world's first 50/50 flexi-burger made with 50% organic Swiss mealworms and 50% Swiss beef | |||
| eRevo |
2020 LU Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Combustion tech & combined heat and power, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Storage other than batteries |
| eRevo AG is dedicated to the energy revolution of building energy by means of H₂ and thus contributes an approach to the decarbonization of our living spaces. | |||