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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sim2sustain (scaling4good) |
2019 ZH validation |
Behavioural change [ Financing and financial services, Information technology, Insurance ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation, IT blockchain or algorithms, IT data usage, IT Software, Smartcity |
| We aim for a sustainable economy and society where decisions and transformation strategies of societal relevance will be reached through open collaboration, based on facts, stated goals, and declared values. Decisions, interventions, strategies, and investments reflect the ecological and societal urgency we are facing and contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). | |||
| SmartHelio |
2019 VD validation |
Internet of Things, Solarthermal energy | |
| SmartHelio is a clean-tech start-up based in Lausanne, Switzerland. We optimise the return on investment for both solar roof-top companies and their clients using our IoT sensor and AI-based data analytics. | |||
| Swisspod Technologies |
2019 VS formation |
[ Rail transport, Road vehicles and transport ] | Battery, Renewable technologies |
| Building the next mode of transportation: Hyperloop With a virtually non-existent environmental footprint, our vision of the Hyperloop has limitless potential to enrich our lives as well as our planet. | |||
| terrabiom |
2019 ZH formation |
[ Farming & agriculture ] | Bio technologies |
| Terrabiom is on a mission to create sustainable agriculture and community through nature, by improving soil with microbiobes | |||
| Transmutex SA |
2019 GE validation |
[ Energy Production ] | Nuclear energy |
| 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. | |||
| Unisers |
2019 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Engineering ] | Photovoltaics, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Detection of trace-impurities in ultrapure water UNISERS created a fully-automated universal chemical sensor capable of identifying multiple and different impurities in water. This technology will help the semiconductors industry to maintain the purity level of the rinsing water in the chip production, eventually improving the reliability and the manufacturing yield of the chips. | |||
| v-locker |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Road vehicles and transport ] | e-bike |
| V-Locker is a very compact, automatic parking and storage system that allows e-bikes and bicycles to be parked on the smallest possible space requirements. | |||
| QualityChain |
2019 TI growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Trade and Retail ] | IT blockchain or algorithms |
| QualityChain creates special QR Codes for agri-food products, which allow you to communicate everything about your product: people, techniques and values, from the shelf to the table. | |||
| AI Retailer Systems |
2019 BE formation |
[ Trade and Retail ] | Automated or self driving, IT network, Smartcity |
| Our deep tech turns points-of-sale (POS) into Autonomous Store with a superior shopping experience that makes people come back. Our promise to retailers is a solution with minimal POS retrofitting & highest accuracy. | |||
| Apolo |
2019 VD growth |
None | |
| We help design, build and scale digital startups. | |||
| CARIFY |
2019 |
IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals | |
| Your favourite car as a monthly subscription. Includes insurance, coverage, maintenance and more all in one fixed monthly price. | |||
| catch-e |
2019 SG stagnant |
[ Energy management solutions, Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-car, e-mobility |
| catch-e offers test drives with electric vehicles over several days to test how suitable an electric car is. catch-e stands not only for test drives with electric cars and two-wheelers, but above all for stable information and professional help in the field of electric mobility and a well-rounded project for all employee levels. Based on the infrastructure, catch-e will work out a recommendation for the appropriate investment program in the company. | |||
| Circleg |
2022 ZH growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Bodycare ] | None |
| Project Circleg is a Swiss-East African social enterprise endorsing a holistic approach in the development of appropriate lower-limb prosthetic systems for people living in low- to middle-income countries. Locally and readily available plastics are transformed into affordable high-quality prosthetics through innovative circular manufacturing processes. | |||
| diePROJEKTFABRIK |
2019 LU validation |
[ Engineering ] | 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. | |||
| E2S Power |
2019 AG growth |
[ Energy storage ] | Storage other than batteries |
| The company is set to develop a Long Duration Energy Storage using innovative travelling wave energy storage technology, a joint venture between SS&A power development AG and WIKA AG. Main aim is to repurpose and decarbonize fossil fuel power plants globally. | |||
| Energy Web |
2019 validation |
[ Trade and Retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| 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. | |||
| cine.equipment |
2019 BE validation |
[ Media ] | Video and Film |
| CINE.EQUIPMENT is an online marketplace where you can offer film and photo equipment and / or rent it from other users. | |||
| Farmer Connect |
2019 GE growth |
[ Trade and Retail ] | 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. | |||
| Field Food AG (eggfield) |
2022 ZH validation |
[ Food production & retail ] | food tech |
| EggField produces a new generation of natural, plant-based egg alternatives. EggField Basic Aquafaba, EggField One and EggField Plus replace Whole Egg, Egg White and Egg Yellow out of natural ingredients without additives. | |||
| foodroots. |
2019 SZ stagnant |
[ Catering, Food production & retail, Restaurants ] | Low technology |
| foodroots stimulates your employees’ culinary skills in order to create social and ecological values within your organisation. Our common mission consists in promoting responsible human action through food culture. With a balanced diet, we create added value for your company and our society. | |||
| Ganzohni |
2019 SG growth |
[ Restaurants, Trade and Retail ] | Low technology |
| Ganzohni is a store that avoids packaging. | |||
| Genknowme |
2019 VD growth |
[ Healthcare ] | Bio technologies, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| We provide a novel blood test to support healthcare professionals while they coach their patients into making healthy lifestyle changes. Genknowme measures the impact of your lifestyle at DNA level by determining your biological age with epigenetic assessment. | |||
| Grassrooted |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Restaurants ] | Low technology |
| food cooperative - a counter-model to the supermarket. | |||
| greenmodul.ch |
2019 SH validation |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | agricultural technologies |
| Container with hydroponic plant growth and with a potentiated light well, daylight is reflected and distributed into the interior of the greenmodul, allowing vegetables and plants to grow on multiple levels. With additional LED light during the night, the seedlings grow in the hydroponic method (substrate-free cultivation with nutrient solution) under ideal conditions and without stress. The plants grow 24 hours, 365 days, with about 90% less water and free of any micro-civilization residues in water and air. | |||
| Help'n'Trade |
2019 BS validation |
[ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Help’n’Trade is a technology startup, which builds next generation marketplace application for small local businesses and consumers. We build solutions so that we can help local economy, communities and the environment. | |||
| Green Mountain (Hilcona AG) |
2019 GR growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
| Swiss vegetarian food production with tasty products without meat. | |||
| Hydrospider |
2019 SO growth |
[ Energy Production, Energy storage, Road vehicles and transport ] | Hydrogen technology and fuel cells, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Hydrospider produces, trades and distributes green hydrogen for the mobility | |||
| Impact Acoustic |
2019 LU established |
Health & House & Body Care [ Engineering, Waste & recycling ] | Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| We are firmly convinced that we humans can only be successful if we also care for the environment. That's why we develop not only beautiful and functional, but also environmentally compatible acoustic solutions in the heart of Switzerland. Always with an eye on global trends and a focus on the requirements of the ever-changing architecture and design industry. | |||
| kaiosID |
2019 VD validation |
[ Information technology ] | IT blockchain or algorithms |
| Counterfeiting and grey markets pose two growing challenges for brands. kaiosID fights counterfeiting and illicit trade by covering the product's packaging with invisible patterns that can be easily identified by an intuitive smartphone app. Once printed on the packaging, the random patterns become the fingerprint of the product and allow for product authentication (genuine/fake) and identification (traceability), thus restoring trust in brands and logistics. | |||
| Légumes Perchés |
2020 VD growth |
[ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Farming & agriculture, Gardening, Resource sufficiency ] | None |
| The purpose of the company is to design, carry out and support urban and peri-urban agriculture projects | |||