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 |
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Sun-Ways |
2023 VD validation |
[ Energy Production ] | Photovoltaics |
Sun-Ways develops, manufactures and sells technical devices that enable the installation of removable solar power plants between the rails of a railroad track. | |||
Unbound Potential |
2023 validation |
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Designing and building a new type of redox flow battery | |||
batterylog |
2022 BE formation |
[ Energy management solutions, Energy storage ] | Battery, Internet of Things |
Batterylog provides data and software driven solutions for the monitoring of electrical batteries. Based on a digital twin, our customers get an insight in the state of each individual battery and a quick overview to the whole battery fleet. We build customer specific dashboards or integrate our backend to an existing IT system. | |||
CalandaAir |
2023 GR growth |
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ARVE helps you monitor the risk of virus transmission in your space by measuring key air quality factors such as CO2, PM, VOCs, temperature, and humidity. It calculates the concentration of airborne viruses and tracks your cumulative exposure over time. | |||
alphornventures |
2022 TG formation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Financing and financial services, Food production & retail ] | food tech |
Alphorn Venture Partners is a global growth equity food tech company that combines the advantages of PE stability and VC growth to enable food tech innovators to develop breakthrough technologies. This is to be achieved through "the Forge". A scale-up space and innovation center in the north of Zurich, Switzerland. | |||
AMP IT |
2021 GE growth |
[ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | e-vehicle charging, IT Software |
AMP IT offers tenants of multi-residential buildings, as well as to employees in commercial buildings the possibility of charging their electric vehicles in their parking space. We offer a turnkey service and attractive monthly subscriptions to facilitate the adoption of electric vehicles. AMP IT Hub mobile application and charge point management system offers users a pleasant and efficient charging experience. Available in white label, it allows operators of similar services to manage their charging systems efficiently at scale. | |||
Biosimo |
2022 ZH validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
We are a chemical engineering start-up aiming to develop and operate processes to produce bio-based platform chemicals. Our customers are chemical, industrial and consumer goods producers looking for ways to manufacture their products without using oil-based materials. With our bio-based chemicals, every-day products like textiles, glues, and films can become greener without changing design, supply chain, or market price. | |||
Bottle+ |
2022 SG validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Resource efficiency ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
Bottle+ launches the reusable water bottle that allows you to make sparkling water anytime, anywhere - designed in Switzerland and completely plastic-free. | |||
CLIMADA |
2022 ZH growth |
[ Environmental monitoring ] | IT Software |
Using state-of-the-art probabilistic modelling, CLIMADA allows to estimate the expected economic damage as a measure of risk today, the incremental increase from economic growth and the further incremental increase due to climate change. | |||
cluster food & nutrition |
2022 FR formation |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
The Food & Nutrition Cluster is an association that has been active in the food sector since 2015. As a networking and intermediary platform at regional and national level, the Food & Nutrition Cluster aims to strengthen cooperation between the various players in the food ecosystem and support them in their innovation efforts. It combines food processing expertise with know-how on nutrition, health and new technologies, always taking into account sustainability and the principle of the circular economy. More than 80 members and partners from the food, agriculture, packaging and distribution sectors, as well as research and educational institutions, the public sector and trade associations are currently part of the Food & Nutrition Cluster network. | |||
Doppl |
2022 VD growth |
Health & House & Body Care [ Healthcare ] | |
Doppl SA is a Swiss biotech company specializing in the development of standardized organoids for disease modeling and personalized medicine. Founded in 2022 as an ETH Zurich spin-off, it is headquartered in the EPFL Innovation Park in Lausanne. The company focuses on creating organoid-based solutions for oncology, inflammatory diseases, rare diseases, and drug testing. | |||
eightinks |
2022 ZH validation |
[ Energy storage ] | 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. | |||
Enchar |
2022 ZH validation |
[ Trade and Retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Material & Products based on biomass |
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. | |||
GridSteer |
1018 VD validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | Battery |
Gridsteer's main goal is to facilitate the energy transition. We aim at helping the grid cope with the growth of intermittent renewables coupled with the electrification of both mobility and heating. To do so, we dimension and control stationary batteries in industrial sites. Our proprietary control software allows industrials to have an energy backup which reduces their electricity bill and generates revenues by providing flexibility to the grid. | |||
Hängry |
2022 ZH formation |
[ Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
Ready to eat dishes from food waste, delivered to you. | |||
hoyou |
2022 ZG validation |
[ Building technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
The first Swiss real estate exchange platform. House against house, flat against flat, small against large, country against city: hoyou offers searchers a simple platform where they can present their current home and find a new home at the same time. | |||
mycosuisse |
2022 validation |
Construction & buildings,Food, Farming or Forestry [ Construction of buildings, Farming & agriculture, Waste & recycling ] | Bio technologies |
Mycosuisse develops various applications based on different fungal mycelia, e.g. insulation & packaging material, cleaning agents based on mycoremediation, fungal mycelia-based auxiliaries for plant cultivation | |||
neuraVOLT |
2022 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Battery, e-mobility, IT Software, Smartgrid |
euraVOLT enables EV Charging infrastructure to become a key component of an interconnected energy world backed by it’s AI-driven digital ecosystem with data-driven intelligence. | |||
Nutrai |
2016 ZH formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Healthcare ] | Smart device |
We discover the how, when, & why of food consumption patterns that are affecting patients health | |||
OPTIML |
2022 ZH validation |
[ Construction of buildings, Energy management solutions, ESG Reporting, Information technology ] | IT Software |
OPTIML is the next generation of AI-based software for intelligent cost and CO₂-conscious decision support and asset management in the building sector. | |||
qCella |
2023 ZH formation |
[ Electricity efficiency ] | Material & Products based on biomass |
By impregnating natural fibers with copper qCella developped a more energy-efficient heating mats compared to commercially available heating wires. By having a proper electical resistance across the entire structure the heating mats heat homogenously and can be cut into any desired form. By eliminating the need for a heat-losing upholstering layer energy consumption can be reduced. | |||
Resilio |
2022 VD formation |
[ Resource efficiency ] | IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, IT Software |
Resilio is a Swiss company founded in 2022 that helps organizations reduce the environmental impact of their IT infrastructure, websites, and digital services. They offer a SaaS platform, Resilio Tech, for assessing the ecological footprint of IT products and services, alongside consulting, training, and sustainability strategies. Targeting both private and public organizations, Resilio is committed to promoting sustainable digital practices and supporting clients like LVMH, ABB, and the European Commission. | |||
Rheiazymes |
2022 validation |
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Rheiazymes is a Swiss biotech company on a mission to keep fashion’s high-value polymers in a YARN-TO-YARN® loop using its proprietary Molecular Bio-Recycling. By harnessing natural enzymes, we separate materials at the molecular level back into their main raw components. This reclaimed raw material can then be sold back to industry to make new products. Our first industry application is developing the technology to recover Polyamide from Polyamide-Elastane (PA/EA) blends. | |||
Share.P |
2022 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings,Transport & Mobility [ Electricity efficiency, Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-vehicle charging |
Share.P is an innovative plug-and-play system that digitizes existing parking infrastructure and solves car parking and electric vehicle charging problems. Share.P solutions reduce traffic and air pollution by enabling building owners to rent out parking spaces and charging stations for electric vehicles in a convenient, fully automated and customizable way. | |||
Airfix |
2022 ZH formation |
[ climate carbon removal ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Building a Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage market. Airfix, a new subsidiary of South Pole, combines decades of climate finance and carbon project development expertise with a vision for a scalable Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage market in Switzerland and beyond. | |||
TaoTree |
2022 ZH formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource sufficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
TaoTree has the goal to build an online community focused on more environmentally conscious behavior. Ecological behavior earns you points and allows you to compete with others. The platform is also about the exchange with other environmentally conscious users. It is also intended that Taotree can be used in companies to encourage employees to behave positively with regard to the environment. | |||
Too Good To Go |
2022 growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Catering, Food production & retail, Restaurants, Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Too Good To Go is a social impact company on a mission to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together with an APP, which is the world's largest marketplace for surplus food. It helps users rescue good food from going to waste, offering great value for money at local stores, cafes and restaurants. | |||
Vege'tables |
2022 NE growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Vege’tables is a Smart Food consulting company offering concrete solutions to organisations, collective and commercial catering and individuals enabling them unlock their full potential and perform better, while doing their part for the planet. | |||
VEIU Tech |
2022 ZH validation |
[ Electricity grids & flexibility, Resource efficiency ] | e-vehicle charging, Fleet management, Smartgrid |
Charge management solution that leverages E-Fleet operation data to unleash full flexibility potential and create value to grids and EV owners | |||
viboo |
2022 ZH |
[ Building technology, Heating and cooling energy ] | IT Software |
Reduce building energy consumption by 20-40% with self-learning predictive control. viboo offers self-learning predictive control on the basis of physics-informed Machine Learning as a cloud service to smart-thermostat and building automation companies. |