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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
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
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.
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