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 What phase are you currently in? | Areas of Activity [Subareas] | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Va-loo.ch |
2021 ZH Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, Components: Resource or material optimisation, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use, Environment: Water conservation |
| The VaLoo association was founded on World Toilet Day 2021 with the aim "to create value from what ends up in the Loo". Our 44 founding members from 18 different organisations are a heterogeneous group of start-up entrepreneurs, associations, researchers, students and other interested parties. | |||
| Vegipack |
2021 VD Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| An ecological water bottle made from sugar cane, which is also compostable at the end of its life. Veganbottle is a positive alternative to global plastic pollution. | |||
| Voltiris |
2022 VD Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Energy Production & Supply, Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech |
| Voltiris enables double-use of large agricultural greenhouses surfaces to produce electricity without impacting their high agricultural yield, with a solar panel design to generate electricity from the part of sunlight's spectrum that is unused for crop growth. | |||
| Yoordi |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| Digital self-ordering solution: Yoordi's web app can be used to digitally handle ordering and payment services at events with multiple food and beverage providers. | |||
| Zélo |
2021 VD Growth |
Financials & Information Technology [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Zélo is a zero-waste supermarket that offers a home delivery service by cargo bike, with the particularity that all products are delivered with the “zero waste” concept, i.e., packed in reusable containers. | |||
| Züroship |
2021 ZH Formation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Maritime & Waterway Transport ] | Energy: Hydro |
| At Zeroship, we help barge operators become emission-free without having to buy a new ship. We do this with a retrofit solution that is based on our hydrogen energy pack. The hydrogen energy pack is a standard 20-foot container that delivers reliable, emission-free electric power to the ship’s electric motor. Our business model consists of two offerings: we replace the barge’s diesel engine with an electric motor, and then lease the energy packs to the barge operator – refueling with green hydrogen included. | |||
| Agrinorm |
2020 ZH Formation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Data usage |
| AgriNorm is a Swiss based deep-tech startup leveraging scientific advances in plant genetics, biochemistry and machine learning techniques for the optimization of perishable fruits supply chain. AgriNorm is developing an AI-powered cloud-based system for predicting the expected quality properties and shelf-life of perishable fruits at the farm gate. This will allow our customers to: 1. Improve margins through optimization of sales channels via smart allocation of the right products to the right clients. 2. Save costs via waste reduction, prevention of claims and avoidance of freights expenditures. | |||
| Bloocks |
2020 VD unknown |
[ Building Construction ] | None |
| The mission of the company is to decrease the energy consumption of new constructions (buildings etc.), construction-related air and soil pollution as well as to decrease the cost and time of building new constructions. We will achieve this goal by using factory-based manufacturing and fabricating unique and specially designed Building Blocks. The costumers will use an online platform to design their own constructions, receive a particular amount of Blocks and build the desired type of constructions. | |||
| Carbon Removed (Climacrux) |
2020 LU Growth |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Environment: Carbon capture and storage, Environment: Climate tech |
| Helps individuals to become carbon neutral and climate friendly by compensating their carbon footprint through carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. | |||
| Codingmind AG |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Building Technologies ] | IT: Software |
| Coding Mind AG develops and programs solutions for a more efficient, resource-saving and customer-friendly marketing of real estate. --- In addition to SAM - the world's first inspection robot for the real estate industry, Coding Mind also offers products such as REMOTELY360°, which adds new functions to existing 360° tours, exploiting the full potential for digital inspections in a scalable way. | |||
| deskbird |
2020 SG Validation |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| deskbird is the most flexible solution to use inspiring workspaces - where and when you need them. Find relevant workspaces around you and use them fully flexible. You are only charged for the time effectively used, e.g. two hours. Our goal is to support freelancers, startups and established companies on their journey towards the new way of working #NWOW | |||
| Solarbalkon (Direct Coffee) |
2016 BS Growth |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Fight climate change from your balcony with a super-light solar panel that can be plugged into the socket. | |||
| drivemycar |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | Mobility: Fleet management |
| The innovative automated Swiss Vehicle Sharing Platform for P2P, B2B and B2C for private and companies. | |||
| EnCoTEc Innovation |
2020 SH Formation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Renewable tech |
| EnCoTec Innovation develops and markets sector-coupling energy systems simultaneously providing electricity, heat and operating reserve. The use of climate-neutral fuels (biogas, power2X) ensures future oriented plant operation. Flexible plant operation contributes to energy security and enables the increase of solar and wind based electricity production. | |||
| enerdrape |
2021 VD Formation |
Buildings & Construction,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Building Technologies ] | Energy: Geothermal |
| We turn underground infrastructures into renewable heat sources. We develop the first modular geothermal panel-like technology that allows to capture renewable heat from new or existing underground environments. With our solution we offer a new way to source renewable heat for your buildings. | |||
| ENERGIE HUB Buttisholz |
2020 LU Formation |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | None |
| As a clever combination of electricity, heat and mobility, sector coupling is the answer to the challenges of the energy transition. Find solutions in local implementation at Buttisholz. | |||
| Entracers |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Environmental Monitoring ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| It's an Eawag-Spinoff that provides services with a focus on the consulting for gas monitoring/screening strategies as well as on the implementation of such strategies. Additionally, the company performs gas sampling in the field and conducts measurements within the frame of its own analytical capabilities. The services provided by Entracers GmbH are mainly (but not exclusively) addressed to private associations/companies and to research organizations. | |||
| Equigy |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| A SWISSGRID Project. The «crowd balancing platform» is an innovative solution in the control energy market. The shift in electricity generation towards a large number of smaller generators with volatile production is presenting new challenges for transmission system operators. | |||
| Green-Y Energy |
2020 BE Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Cooling tech, Energy: Heat industrial usage, Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Storage other than batteries |
| Green-Y revolutionizes the energy sector: The combination of an electricity storage together with a heating and cooling unit in one decentralized device makes the integration of renewable energy on a large scale possible. An affordable and efficient system with unrivalled low amortization periods below 4 years results. Besides that, Green-Y is eco-friendly by using only air and water as working fluids. | |||
| Helvitek Labs |
2020 VD Formation |
[ Wearable Devices ] | None |
| The goal of the company is to create the next generation of urban life anti-pollution masks combining state-of-the-art protection with a revolutionary design. | |||
| Hivoduct |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Components: Geophysical |
| Hivoduct transmits electric power with less environmental impact | |||
| HopVrac |
2020 NE Growth |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| A local, organic, circular economy and zero waste products, with packaging in reusable containers in Neuchatel! | |||
| iCEEP (Innovopolis) |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Innovopolis offers a decentralized waste management service that contains waste within the built areas of the community and turns it into energy at the point where it is generated: a self-sufficient service which eliminates the need for waste collection, waste incineration and waste landfilling. Our solution can be applied to any community, from rural communities like islands to large multi-complex properties such as high-rise buildings and by doing so we reduce the annual carbon footprint of every inhabitant by 1 tonnes of CO2. | |||
| IRISgo (previously ConceptIris) |
2020 LU Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | Other: Low tech |
| They developed and created the best and most convenient reusable cup. | |||
| Kolbev |
2020 ZH Formation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Kolbev offers an on-demand charging service that makes all aspects of EV charging seamless, safe, reliable and convenient. | |||
| lowimpact food |
2021 VD Validation |
[ Alternative Proteins ] | None |
| Lowimpact food provides a concrete solution to the problem of feeding the planet in 2050. We revalue co-products from various local beer and fruit juice producers through the breeding of edible insects. Thanks to its low ecological impact and high bioconversion, insect breeding is part of sustainable production. The breeding is carried out in a controlled environment and devoid of invasive treatment. These insects are then transformed into an ultra protein flour which can be easily integrated into different foods (eg: cereal bars or protein pastes). | |||
| Methanology |
2020 SH Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Energy: Renewable tech |
| METHANOLOGY's technology liberates from fossil fuels. The use of this technology is the key to creating an independent, decentralized energy system. METHANOLOGY's Willpower system converts carbon dioxide from ambient air into high quality methanol, which is easy to store and can be used as fuel for heating purposes. | |||
| MyOldtimer |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| MyOldtimer.fun is the sharing platform that allows you to share classic cars, modern classic and other unique vehicles. | |||
| COCOBOARDS (NaturLoop) |
2020 BE Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Building Technologies ] | Biological: Material based on biomass |
| Cocoboards is a novel, complete natural product, designed in Switzerland and manufactured in the Philippines. It allows to transform agricultural byproducts into sustainable and affordable bio-based materials, replace wood-based panels in the furniture and construction industry, make sustainability available and affordable to everyone, and integrate the local rural communities in the value chain. | |||
| Netto Null Kollektiv |
2020 BE Validation |
[ Building Technologies ] | Smart: Home & building |
| We are aiming for zero. When you think of building renovation, do you also think of solar power, heat pumps and the energy future? Then we should get to know each other: we are Netto Null, the collective that makes building renovation efficient, ecological and profitable. We work together towards a big zero: zero emissions. Ready? | |||