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).
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| Company Name | Founding year Canton Phase | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
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| Planted |
2019 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
| Planted produces food products from plants, that replace meat, taste good an contain healthy ingrediants. Only a handful of carefully selected ingredients go into Planted: pea protein, pea fiber, sunflower oil and water. | |||
| Plutinsus |
2019 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Environmental monitoring ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smartgrid |
| Plutinsus creates smart grids, smart utilities, smart districts and cities, and smart buildings in order to gain efficiencies that have not been possible before. The growing complexity that results from an ever tighter integration of the various technical components and business partners and an ever smarter coordination among them can easily turn into a risk. Those who find the appropriate ways to manage these risks can take advantage of these new opportunities from the envisioned efficiency gains. Plutinsus provides the tools to help businesses understand their current and future risks that arise from these complexities. | |||
| Ponera |
2019 TI validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logisticsof goods ] | Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use. |
| Ponera Group has developed a unique logistic solution based on an innovative design of pallets’ system which decreases packing costs by minimizing the transport inefficiencies. The flexibility of this innovation makes it applicable to wide range of industries. | |||
| Klode (previously up green recycling) |
2019 GE growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Pump, Waste management technologies |
| With its unique system for sorting organic waste, Mint combines elegance and innovation. A few presses on the upper part of the bin are enough to eliminate the bad odors generated by the decomposition of waste. It's as simple as that. Result: no smells, no midges, no disgust. | |||
| Remotely Green |
2021 GE validation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Many fields ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Working for a better, greener connected world, where collaborating remotely is the obvious choice. | |||
| ReoR20 |
2019 ZH formation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Environmental monitoring, Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| REOR20 provides the latest technology for the most precise and efficient mitigation of natural and man made catastrophes. | |||
| ResiLi |
2021 FR validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | Filters & Membranes |
| ResiLi takes the slaughtherhouses wastewater and filter it with high-tech filtration so this water can go back to the process using less energy than normal. | |||
| Roll2Go |
2019 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management, Recreation ] | e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter, IT data usage |
| Roll2Go is an integrator of micro-mobility. We build on top of recent international success of free-floating rental schemes with e-scooters and bicycles and aim to foster their long-term potential for urban mobility. The data-centric platform for mobility data fusion and predictive analytics | |||
| sim2sustain (scaling4good) |
2019 ZH validation |
Behavioural change, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Financing and financial services, Information technology, Insurance ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation, IT blockchain or algorithms, IT data usage, IT Software, Smartcity |
| We aim for a sustainable economy and society where decisions and transformation strategies of societal relevance will be reached through open collaboration, based on facts, stated goals, and declared values. Decisions, interventions, strategies, and investments reflect the ecological and societal urgency we are facing and contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). | |||
| SmartHelio |
2019 VD validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) | Internet of Things, Solarthermal energy |
| SmartHelio is a clean-tech start-up based in Lausanne, Switzerland. We optimise the return on investment for both solar roof-top companies and their clients using our IoT sensor and AI-based data analytics. | |||
| Swisspod Technologies |
2019 VS formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Rail transport, Road vehicles and transport ] | Battery, Renewable technologies |
| Building the next mode of transportation: Hyperloop With a virtually non-existent environmental footprint, our vision of the Hyperloop has limitless potential to enrich our lives as well as our planet. | |||
| terrabiom |
2019 ZH formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Bio technologies |
| Terrabiom is on a mission to create sustainable agriculture and community through nature, by improving soil with microbiobes | |||
| Transmutex SA |
2019 GE validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy Production ] | Nuclear energy |
| Transmutex is pioneering an entirely new type of nuclear energy that promises scalable carbon-free energy without the traditional challenges of existing nuclear plants. Today’s issues with nuclear energy are safety, long-lived waste, and proliferation. Transmutex will allow significant improvements on all these matters while delivering cost-competitive carbon-free electricity. | |||
| Unisers |
2019 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering ] | Photovoltaics, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Detection of trace-impurities in ultrapure water UNISERS created a fully-automated universal chemical sensor capable of identifying multiple and different impurities in water. This technology will help the semiconductors industry to maintain the purity level of the rinsing water in the chip production, eventually improving the reliability and the manufacturing yield of the chips. | |||
| v-locker |
2019 ZH validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Road vehicles and transport ] | e-bike |
| V-Locker is a very compact, automatic parking and storage system that allows e-bikes and bicycles to be parked on the smallest possible space requirements. | |||
| CARIFY |
2019 |
Transport & Mobility | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Your favourite car as a monthly subscription. Includes insurance, coverage, maintenance and more all in one fixed monthly price. | |||
| catch-e |
2019 SG stagnant |
Transport & Mobility [ Energy management solutions, Mobility & Fleet management, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-car, e-mobility |
| catch-e offers test drives with electric vehicles over several days to test how suitable an electric car is. catch-e stands not only for test drives with electric cars and two-wheelers, but above all for stable information and professional help in the field of electric mobility and a well-rounded project for all employee levels. Based on the infrastructure, catch-e will work out a recommendation for the appropriate investment program in the company. | |||
| cine.equipment |
2019 BE validation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Media ] | Video and Film |
| CINE.EQUIPMENT is an online marketplace where you can offer film and photo equipment and / or rent it from other users. | |||
| E2S Power |
2019 growth |
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| The company is set to develop a Long Duration Energy Storage using innovative travelling wave energy storage technology, a joint venture between SS&A power development AG and WIKA AG. Main aim is to repurpose and decarbonize fossil fuel power plants globally. | |||
| Farmer Connect |
2019 GE growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Trade and Retail ] | |
| farmer connect is an innovative supply chain technology provider, driven to empower and grow the entire supply chain. farmer connect works with government, industry, technology companies, and service providers to help farmers, consumers, and everyone in between live better, more profitable, and more informed lives. | |||
| foodroots. |
2019 SZ stagnant |
Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Catering, Food production & retail, Restaurants ] | Low technology |
| foodroots stimulates your employees’ culinary skills in order to create social and ecological values within your organisation. Our common mission consists in promoting responsible human action through food culture. With a balanced diet, we create added value for your company and our society. | |||
| Help'n'Trade |
2019 BS validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Help’n’Trade is a technology startup, which builds next generation marketplace application for small local businesses and consumers. We build solutions so that we can help local economy, communities and the environment. | |||
| Green Mountain (Hilcona AG) |
2019 GR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
| Swiss vegetarian food production with tasty products without meat. | |||
| Hydrospider |
2019 growth |
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| Hydrospider produces, trades and distributes green hydrogen for the mobility | |||
| Légumes Perchés |
2020 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Farming & agriculture, Gardening, Resource sufficiency ] | |
| The purpose of the company is to design, carry out and support urban and peri-urban agriculture projects | |||
| Lyfa Innovations |
2020 BS validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Zero-waste: Online store and delivery service for plastic-free groceries. | |||
| matriq |
2019 SG validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) | Enabling technologies, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| matriq offers innovative solutions for the part-indiviual marking of plastic components of all kinds. With the DynamicMold technology, marking takes place directly in the manufacturing machine, whether in injection molding, blow molding or thermo forming. Besides the application for traceability, the DynamicMold technology also offers the possibility to integrate anticounterfeiting features for brand protection. | |||
| Previse Systems |
2019 growth |
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| We offer a highly performant SaaS solution for electricity, natural gas and certificates trading – combining modern software architecture with the latest available tools and technology. | |||
| SmartBreed |
2019 AG validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies |
| SmartBreed offers insect breeders a local and complete breeding solution. We want to make the advantages of insects industrially usable and accessible for everyone. Therefore we offer stackable, fully automated breeding boxes, in which insects can be bred cost-effectively, resource-saving and hygienically - locally directly at the customer's site. | |||
| taketray |
2004 ZH validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| The most functional pocket ashtray solves litterling. | |||