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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ennos |
2006 BE growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity efficiency ] | Pump, Water conservation |
| Ennos develops pumping technologies that are affordable and appropriate for farmers and communities. ennos promotes the use of CO2-free, economic solar pumps that combine income, productivity and labor-saving benefits and a more sustainable use of the resources energy and water. | |||
| Hexis |
2006 ZH sold but still independently active |
[ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Heating and cooling energy ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| Leading competence in unit electricity and heat system for houses and buildings from innovative fuel cell design; The Swiss company HEXIS is one of the world's leading companies in the field of high-temperature fuel cell technology (SOFC - Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) for stationary applications | |||
| Saniswiss |
2006 GE established |
[ Cleaning ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Ecological alternative to disinfectants and chemical antimicrobial cleaners. | |||
| Selfrag |
2006 FR growth |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Selfrag aims to reduce the CO2 emissions on our planet by transforming waste to value. They do this by processing slag from waste incineration using high-voltage machines to extract resources such as heavy metals. This way up to 50% of the treated slag can be recovered. | |||
| Energie Zukunft Schweiz |
2006 BS established |
[ Electricity efficiency, Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions, Energy storage ] | Battery, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Heating in buildings, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Smartcity, Smart device, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building, Solarthermal energy |
| As one of the driving forces we are commited to a sustainable energy future in Switzerland. | |||
| Aginova |
2005 VD established |
[ Electricity efficiency, Information technology ] | Smart device |
| Aginova Inc. provides affordable, low power Wi-Fi sensor network solutions that make a ubiquitous sensing world come alive by providing customers actionable feedback. Aginova’s products bring the sensor world to the internet using web services. The company has 3 lines of product including (i) Temperature and Humidity monitoring in the health care and cold chain applications, (ii) Energy monitoring in a myriad of application and (iii) Infrastructure monitoring with emphasis on condition based maintenance applications in industrial and the defense markets. | |||
| e-covoiturage.ch |
2005 VD established |
[ Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-mobility |
| The e-covoiturage.ch association aims to put users in contact with each other, in order to develop carpooling as an alternative way of transport. The association is non-profit and exists thanks to subsidies and support of its partners. Personalized carpooling solutions are offered to companies and administrations at the best rates. Contact us for further information about our made-to-measure service. | |||
| Flisom |
2005 ZH growth |
[ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | New chemical materials, Photovoltaics |
| Flisom’s products are based on an innovative thin film solar technology developed in Switzerland. High efficiency, flexible CIGS solar panels, ultra light weight and unique product features open a completely new dimension in solar energy. | |||
| Nereid |
2005 GE formation |
[ Electricity efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | Filters & Membranes, Photovoltaics |
| Nereid SA is a Swiss company involved in innovative technologies for the production of seawater desalination and water treatment systems. | |||
| Riedo Networks |
2005 FR established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Information technology, Resource efficiency ] | Smart device, Smartgrid |
| Riedo Networks Ltd develops, manufactures and distributes energy monitoring & control solutions that help customers to reduce costs for electricity and maintenance while improving monitoring and security of installations in Datacenters, buildings and large facilities. The E3METER® intelligent power distribution units measure energy consumption on all stages within a datacenter and communicate over extremely robust narrowband Powerline communication (PLC) which minimizes installation time and cost. | |||
| bs2 |
2004 ZH established |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Construction & buildings,Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Construction of buildings, Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Heating and cooling energy ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building, Solarthermal energy |
| New components for buildings, focusing on zero emission, lowEx (saving high quality energy). | |||
| Planet Horizons Technologies (Aqua4D Water Solutions) |
2004 VS established |
Food, Farming or Forestry,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Farming & agriculture, Resource sufficiency, Water Management ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Aqua-4D® Water Solutions, based in Switzerland, offers a cutting-edge technology which maximizes irrigation efficiency while solving several common problems. A Swiss Cleantech company present in over 40 countries, Aqua-4D® has developed an innovative system which subtly alters the structure of water. Whatever your specific needs, the Aqua-4D® system adapts to your specific needs to bring solutions to your problems. | |||
| Solar Impulse |
2004 VD established |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | e-mobility, Photovoltaics |
| Using spectacular events, like a solar flight around the world to spread new technology and support solutions. | |||
| BioApply |
2004 VD established |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Waste management technologies, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| BioApply, enabling biodegradable and biobased alternatives to plastic. Since 2006, BioApply develops biobased, compostable and biodegradable packaging solutions. BioApply solutions address the needs of both retail and waste management sectors. BioApply is based in Switzerland and is also present in Lisbon, Portugal. | |||
| Evatec |
2004 SG established |
[ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Enabling technologies |
| Evatec offers a range of platform architectures equipped with evaporation, sputter , etch and PECVD source technologies according to application, substrate format and throughput requirements, due to thin film deposition systems enable manufacture of the worlds highest performance optical, optoelectronic and semiconductor devices. Our Advanced Process Control ( APC) technologies enables new level of thin film performance and production yield. | |||
| HeiQ Materials |
2005 ZH established |
New chemical materials | |
| HeiQ is three-in-one company: scientific research, specialty materials manufacturing and consumer ingredient branding, all for improving the lives of billions of people by perfecting the every day product of textile. HeiQ is a leader in textile innovation creating some of the most effective, durable and high-performance textile effects in the market today. | |||
| megasol |
2004 SO established |
[ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solar modules are produced with robots and on fully automated production plants. | |||
| Neo Technologies |
2004 VD established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption,Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| Market leader in consulting and solutions for Energy and Public Sectors in Switzerland, neo technologies carries out information technology development and integration projects. From consultancy to completion, operation to maintenance, neo takes on all aspects of a project according to the needs of its clients. Our approach: build bridges between technology and business. Each project is unique and must incorporate technological and functional factors whilst maintaining the greatest possible pragmatism. | |||
| SwissGEL |
2004 ZH established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Material & Products based on biomass, New chemical materials |
| swissGEL is a plastics development company. We offer partnerships to commercialise additives and bioplastic products and make plastic biodegradable | |||
| DSPlus |
2003 VS restructuring, on hold, no development |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, Lighting |
| DSPlus designs, develops and markets electronic light dimmers that integrate into public lighting systems. Thus contributes to reducing energy consumption and light pollution. DSPlus is a Swiss high-tech company, founded in 2004 as a spin-off of HES-SO Valais. | |||
| RINO Electronics (Eisspeicher) |
2003 ZH validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Energy storage, Heating and cooling energy ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Heating in buildings, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Storage other than batteries |
| New energy storage technologies are developed and tested like combination of hybrid solar modules with earth register and ice storage or recycling of old batteries. | |||
| EcoWaste |
2003 VD established |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Smartcity |
| EcoWaste SA offers a complete range of ecological products and services for optimizing the management of all types of waste. | |||
| Ganser CRS |
2003 ZH established |
[ Energy efficiency ] | Enabling technologies |
| The Common Rail injection technology has contributed significantly to the new era of the modern diesel engine. The diesel engine became more powerful, runs quietly and produces far less emissions than in the past. | |||
| Solar21 |
2003 ZH |
[ Energy efficiency, Energy Production, Energy sufficiency ] | e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Photovoltaics |
| Solar21 is an independent energy and utility supplies company solely focusing on renewable energy sources. In particular we cooperate with real estate owners, analyse the solar energy potential and take charge from planning the PV-installation all the way to managing the energy supply to the end users in the buildings. The real estate owner gets a gull service PV-roll-out with guaranteed double digit returns and the the end user of the electricity gets clean energy to lower prices! | |||
| myclimate |
2003 ZH established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | Climate technologies, IT data usage |
| myclimate is a partner for effective climate protection – both locally and globally. The Swiss Non-Profit Organisation wants to shape the future together with its partners through consultation, education and climate protection projects. myclimate pursues this as a science-based and business-orientated non-profit organisation. | |||
| Ecospeed |
2002 ZH established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ECOSPEED provides web-based software solutions and consulting services for the energy and climate accounting of public authorities, companies and private individuals. Since 2002 they develop Software programs for energy balance, energy efficiency, and energy use. | |||
| Silent-Power |
2002 ZG growth |
[ Electricity, Energy storage, Engineering, Heating and cooling energy ] | Renewable technologies, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| The innovative energy system of Silent-Power is based on the liquid heating and automotive fuel, methanol. In a CO2-neutral cycle, first methanol can be obtained from clean energy.This allows the Econimo mini power plant of Silent-Power to generate electricity and hot and cold water. | |||
| Beaver Schutzsysteme |
2002 LU established |
[ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Geophysical & technical |
| eaver® flood preparedness systems have been successfully deployed in emergency situations more than a thousand times over the years, in Switzerland and elsewhere. The Beaver storm and flood preparedness system is composed of two adjacent inflatable dam elements (bladders) that are filled with water. | |||
| Geo2X |
2012 VD established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Geophysical & technical |
| Geo2X is a Swiss Company based near Geneva. It was founded 12 years ago by experienced geologists and geophysicists who have complementary areas of expertise in the petroleum, geotechnical, geophysical and geological domain. This allows Geo2X offer a wide range of services that meet all the demands of its customers.Our global experience is key to find specific solutions for varied issues (hydrogeology, natural resources, landslides, pollution, etc.) in many environments. A particular effort is put into research and development of new hardware and software, allowing us to have innovative answers to complex situations. | |||
| Miromico |
2002 ZH established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Information technology ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Internet of Things |
| Miromico is an innovative high-tech company that focuses on development services in the areas of integrated circuits, electronic systems and software. Our clients include international corporations such as IBM, Infineon, Roche and Credit Suisse, but also SMEs | |||