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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| eqlosion |
2018 VD growth |
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| eqlosion is a service based company, active in the setting and piloting of entrepreneurship projects in the field of sustainability. eqlosion creates new activities and define itself as a company factory focused on sustainability. | |||
| Fleco Power |
2020 ZH growth |
[ Electricity, Media ] | Enabling technologies, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| data from 2021 survey: phase growth | |||
| NISPERA |
2015 ZH established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Nispera provides renewable energy solutions with management tool and support. The performed monitoring systems, asset management, wind power forecast and audit. | |||
| Fly & Film |
2015 VS growth |
[ Airplanes & transport ] | Drone & flight |
| The school of drones : UAVs are already indispensable in many companies today and will be one of the 8 technologies that entrepreneurs cannot imagine the year 2020 without. The Fly & Film drone academy offers training programs by professional instructors coming from civil aviation. | |||
| Gamaya |
2015 VD growth |
[ Farming & agriculture, Forestry, Resource sufficiency, Water Management ] | Smart device |
| Gamaya addresses the need to increase efficiency and sustainability of large industrial farming, as well as the productivity and scalability of small-holder farming, by deploying the world’s most advanced solution for mapping and diagnostics of farmland. Gamaya helps farmers to use water, fertilisers, chemicals and fuel more efficiently; improve the quality and quantity of their production; minimise the impact on the environment; as well as reduce risks associated with drought, extreme weather conditions and climate change. | |||
| Greenastic |
2016 VD established |
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| Greenastic is the first eco-friendly digital gardening platform based on the principles of permaculture. Greenastic provide you tools to design your perfect biologic and durable garden, balcony, or terrace. From your couch, you can create the best dynamic between plants and vegetables that you like with a web application that caters to your needs. | |||
| 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. | |||
| H55 |
2015 VS growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Airplanes & transport, Engineering ] | Battery, e-mobility, Photovoltaics, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Experts in aviation. Building electric driven aircrafts and Battery management systems for aircrafts and critical applications. Seems to have several patents : https://patents.justia.com/assignee/h55-sa | |||
| HOOC |
2015 VS growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology, Service pooling ] | Communication, Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Secure remote access, remote programming, system networking and remote support. Smart Buildings and house technic | |||
| Albedo |
2015 ZG stagnant |
LED, Lighting | |
| Albedolight produces LED lamps that are made in Switzerland and highly innovative and flexible.They use durable components and manufactures exclusively energy-efficient lights. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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 |
2017 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. | |||
| myCamper |
2015 BS established |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| MyCamper - the sharing platform for camping vehicles in Switzerland | |||
| NewGreenTec |
2015 ZH validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Wind energy |
| Small wind and photovoltaic tower for homes or farms, easy to use and scalable. Bike-Parking Systems (V-Locker) and consulting on the installation of renewables, like wind and PV. | |||
| Power-Blox |
2015 AG stagnant |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| Power-Blox develops and distributes an innovative solar battery system for off-grid applications that allows to easily build up decentralized energy systems based on a swarm" principle." Easy to scale. | |||
| reCIRCLE |
2015 BE growth |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Catering, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| RECIRCLE is a national take-away network that uses washable containers with RECIRCLE lids to prevent waste. | |||
| ReWinner |
2016 ZH growth |
Construction & buildings [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ReWinner maximizes product and material reuse with an online plattform. All business goods, like furniture and kitchen or bath item or windows, etc. can be traded via the plattform rewinner.ch. | |||
| Room Estate |
2014 AG growth |
IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals | |
| Room Estate is an established and rapidly growing provider of furnished rooms in shared flats throughout Switzerland. The company now offers a wide range of furnished rooms in the main Swiss cities. The offer is tailored to the fast and independent lifestyle of young and ambitious people. All rental processes are fully digitalised and make life easier for tenants. | |||
| ROOMZ |
2015 FR established |
Construction & buildings [ Unknown ] | Smarthome & building |
| ROOMZ SA is developing and promoting unique tools to better manage the agile workplaces of tomorrow. We are a rapidly growing Start-up based in Fribourg, Switzerland. Our award-winning product ROOMZ is the most scalable and easiest-to-install room signage solution in the Marketplace. | |||
| SKYFORCE |
2015 SH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Energy efficiency, Engineering ] | Drone & flight, e-mobility, Low technology |
| SKYFORCE is a Swiss based company which aims to introduce the latest type-certified gyroplane and ecological light aircraft solutions to professional users around the world. We provide information about highly efficient, ecological and cost effective light aviation technology and provide the best aerial solutions for law enforcement, homeland security, emergency services, environmental monitoring and metropolitan traffic authorities. | |||
| Smart Visions |
2015 TG growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| We design and develop digital and fully automated services for real estate companies. Analysing existing processes, significantly optimising known procedures and saving time and costs at the same time. | |||
| SoFlow (Lou Skateboard) |
2015 SG growth |
[ Road vehicles and transport ] | Battery, e-bike, e-mobility |
| „Green energy is the future!“ So-Flow stands for innovative high-quality e-mobility products and developed the electric skateboard Lou and many other small electric vehicles | |||
| Solaxess |
2015 NE established |
[ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solaxess provides a nano technology film to produce colored or white photovoltaic solar panels. They support architects, promoters, installers, and planners in their projects. | |||
| SUNCAR HK |
2015 ZH growth |
Construction & buildings,Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Energy storage, Engineering, Mobility & Fleet management ] | Automated or self driving, Battery, Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use., e-cargo, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Smartcity |
| We are a start-up company of the ETH Zurich and a subsidiary of Huppenkothen. SUNCAR HK specializes in the electrification of construction machines, utility and municipal vehicles. Electrical machines and vehicles which are powered by solar or another renewable energy have significant ecological and economic advantages compared to machines and vehicles powered with diesel. | |||
| Swiss Eco Line |
2015 GR restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Resource efficiency ] | Enabling technologies |
| Swiss Eco Line AG develops and markets water efficient, energy sustainable bathroom products designed to maximize the use of water, energy and other natural resources. | |||
| SWISS PV |
2015 SO validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Construction of buildings, Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Planning and implementation of complex solar projects, to integer the solar technology not only in buildings, but also in the living environment and people's awareness. | |||
| technis |
2016 VD growth |
[ Energy efficiency, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Sensors, Smartcity, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| Control your flow of visitors, Simplify people flow management with a reassuring, easy to install solution for both shops and consumers. Installed easily at entry points of your infrastructure, our solution allows you to monitor your visitor’s flow in real-time, optimize your ressources’ management, comply with your safety standards. The solution brings also a discreet, innovative and reassuring solution for elderly people in medical houses to bring them comfort and security. | |||
| TreaTech |
2015 VD growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Waste management technologies, Water conservation |
| Treatech's mission is to address the increasing problem of clean water availability in all regions of the world by creating a low-cost, environmentally friendly liquid waste solution resulting in fresh-water production. Current liquid waste solution rely on landfill and incineration, which are expensive, polluting and do not allow for the recycling of the valuable products contained in the liquid waste such as fresh water, biogas and salts. Treatech is developing a ground-breaking treatment technology that will enable an eco-friendly treatment of the ever-incre | |||
| Eat-Umami |
2015 ZH growth |
[ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | agricultural technologies |
| The seedlings, the so-called microgreens of Umami, thrive in an ecosystem that also includes cichlids, shrimps, mushrooms and countless small animals and microorganisms. The production process is resource-efficient and works without pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics or artificial fertilizers. | |||