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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Almer Technologies |
2021 BE validation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Engineering, Information technology ] | Enabling technologies, Wearable devices or apps |
Almer is the first company to provide both hardware and software as a service. By developing compact and lightweight Augmented Reality glasses, we deliver efficient technology for frontline workers with excellent image quality and specialized remote assistance software. | |||
Campunite |
2021 SH validation |
[ Road vehicles and transport ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Campunite is a campersharing platform. It is a fair and transparent platform where ultimately all parties benefit. | |||
kooky |
2021 ZH validation |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
Kooky is the first reusable system for take-away drinks including its own return infrastructure. | |||
Composite Recycling |
2021 VD growth |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering, Waste & recycling ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
Composite Recycling has developed a unique process to recover glass fibers from composite material in an economically viable way. Together with the Laboratory of Advanced Composites of EPFL, we are scaling up our process to treat composite waste that is piling up: boats, wind turbine blades etc. | |||
duramon |
2021 formation |
[ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..) ] | Sensors |
Structural health corrosion monitoring solutions. To build and maintain smarter, cost-effective, safer, and more sustainably. Our solution is an embeddable multifunctional sensors in selected representative locations in concrete structures. | |||
lalana |
2021 validation |
[ clothes, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
High quality and 100% recycled textile yarn for your next project. Inspiration for #knitting #crochet or #macramé. | |||
eMobilityLab |
2021 BE formation |
[ Road vehicles and transport ] | e-car, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging |
Advice and transfer of practical knowledge in the areas of electromobility and charging infrastructure | |||
Ensoy |
2021 TG growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | food tech |
We produce sustainable tofu for your kitchen from organic soy from Thurgau. With the use of Thurgau organic soy, our tofu becomes even more regional. A sign of a Swiss quality product. | |||
Epios |
2021 GE formation |
[ Healthcare ] | Sensors, Smart device, Wearable devices or apps |
The Epios system comprises a series of thin leads incorporating sensing electrodes and a miniature implant, inserted beneath the skin. The neural signals are wirelessly transmitted to an external receiver held in place on the skin directly over the implant with a magnet, and from there are conveyed to a wearable data processor and are finally securely stored in the Epios Cloud. | |||
Chichery |
2021 ZH growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
Chickpeas are a superfood - rich in protein, fiber, and essential vitamins and minerals. Chichery produces various snacks from chickpeas. Their products do not contain any artificial ingredients. Because the chickpeas are roasted extremely gently, they are already very tasty by themselves. | |||
Fabas (fyn foods) |
2021 ZH growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | food tech |
We produce the first 101% Swiss organic hummus in close cooperation with our farmers: vegetable, protein-rich, healthy and super tasty! | |||
fairpicture |
2021 BE growth |
[ Service pooling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Photographs, video footage, fully-produced videos - all fairly produced by local visual creators. Fairpicture delivers you fair and outstanding content and offers consulting services for innovative visual communication. | |||
Flux Mobility |
2021 ZH formation |
[ Road vehicles and transport ] | e-cargo, e-mobility |
The start-up develops and builds high-quality e-transporters based on a modular platform concept. | |||
Gaia Tech |
2021 BE validation |
[ Resource efficiency ] | Material & Products based on biomass |
Gaia Tech upcycles ingredients from agricultural sidestreams. By sourcing the waste of those sidestreams and processing them, they deliver natural compounds for cosmetics, food and feed industries. This way agricultural producers and local communities profit by not having to get rid of the waste in a often environmentally harmful and costly way. | |||
Graphene filter carbon capture |
2021 VS formation |
Climate technologies | |
Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a graphene filter for carbon capture that surpasses the efficiency of commercial capture technologies, and can reduce the cost carbon capture substantially. | |||
GreenState |
2021 ZH validation |
[ Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies |
GreenState AG specializes in indoor cultivation in modular and vertical farms with which resources and costs are to be saved. They plan plan on operating several farms in Switzerland, the USA and the EU. In addition, they offer for sale the necessary hardware and software solutions to build and operate modular and vertical farms. | |||
Honest Monday |
2021 BE validation |
[ Financing and financial services, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
We connect and network entrepreneurs with investors, financial intermediaries and public institutions with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship in a sustainable way. This matchmaking is facilitated by a digital, smart and intuitive business plan that focuses on the people behind the business idea. At its heart is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) solution based on state-of-the-art technology, which in future will also use artificial intelligence (AI) to find the perfect match. | |||
Intiyo |
2021 VD growth |
[ Energy management solutions ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Sensors |
intiyo, a patented photovoltaic (PV) monitoring and soiling platform, provides a wide range of advantages: integrated, web based analytics solutions optimized for all browsers and mobile and hardware sensors. | |||
Kern |
2021 BE validation |
[ Trade and Retail, Transport & logistics of goods ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation |
The patented shape of the corrugated cardboard box enables securely transport of content, space-saving storage, and simple handling during sorting and stacking. | |||
kleandrop |
2021 ZH validation |
[ Cleaning ] | Low technology, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
Cleaning products in tab or power form, without water to save transport energy and packing plastic materials. | |||
Local'ice |
2021 FR growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | |
Natural and Local Soft-Ice and Granite | |||
loopi |
2021 NW validation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
"We’re pioneering stroller design to last well beyond the needs of one user. Committed to the circular economy, our concept is repairable, refurbishable and recyclable. By offering our strollers as a subscription, it‘s given back to us at the end of its use so we can give it a new life with another family." | |||
LUUUP |
2021 SG formation |
[ clothes ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
LUUUP is a recycling company that uses a chemical process to dissolve cellulose-based fibres to generate feedstock for yarn production. It is working on improved circularity of textile waste to reduce its ecological impact | |||
Luya Foods |
2021 BE growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | food tech |
Luya is a flavor loaded plant-based alternative to meat taking sustainability to the next level. We rescue organic okara - a by-product of tofu and soymilk production of which more than 1500 tonnes go to waste in Switzerland every year - and turn it into ready-to-cook slices, chunks and patties. | |||
Nature Re |
2021 SZ validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, climate carbon removal, Financing and financial services, Forestry ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
The purpose of the company is to provide consulting and management services, especially in the field of nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss. This is done through mobilizing investments towards projects that focus on restoring nature and biodiversity. | |||
Norisa |
2021 GE validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Financing and financial services ] | Low technology |
Norsia helps wealth managers fully integrate their clients’ personal values and vision of sustainability into the investment process. Our ESG profiling tools help leverage investors' sustainability goals and thus develop responsible investment strategies. | |||
oecogreen |
2020 ZH validation |
[ Cleaning, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-cargo |
Containers repeatedly cause environmental pollution due to improper or inadequate cleaning. Oecogreen sells and rents out containers and cleans and desinfects them regularly. To do this they use a fleet of electric garbage trucks to emit less CO2. In addition they recycle all the dirty water from the cleaning, so that it can not pollute its surroundings. | |||
PAN DATA |
2021 BS validation |
[ Heating and cooling energy ] | Geothermal energy, Heating in buildings, IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, IT Software, Photovoltaics, Pump, Renewable technologies, Smartcity, Solarthermal energy, Water conservation |
We help sustainability actors to make a better use of technologies and knowledge | |||
Pelt8 |
2021 ZH validation |
[ ESG Reporting, Financing and financial services ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Pelt provides organisations with a business intelligence and reporting solution for ESG & sustainability data. We help companies organise all indicators they have to collect, manage and disclose in one tool. | |||
Piss & Love |
2021 VD validation |
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Piss & love design, produce and offers innovating dry toilets which are movable without machines and customizable. Furthermore, we aim to transform human waste into valuable nutrients for plants or energy. |