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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaex |
2016 ZH established |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Trade and Retail ] | food tech |
| KAEX reload provides the energy you need to give you the best possible recovery through targeted replenishment of nutrient stores. | |||
| Pingen |
2010 ZH growth |
Enabling technologies | |
| Pingen is a web based service to automate the process of sending electronic documents as postal letters. By partnering with professional print companies distributed across various markets, Pingen achieves faster deliveries, cheaper prizes while even reducing the carbon footprint. | |||
| Pleasant Plants |
2021 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ air quality, Farming & agriculture, Gardening ] | LED, Lighting |
| Grow your own organic herbs and vegetables at home, with little work and little waste! Our automated systems save you time, water, nutrients and pesticides, and deliver fresh ingredients every day. | |||
| Power Plant and Marine emission control |
2011 ZH restructuring, on hold, no development |
[ Energy efficiency ] | |
| Competence and competitiveness in emission control for diesel engines is that we focus only on marine and power plant applications. | |||
| prelovedREVOLUTION (Flowconverter Energy) |
2018 ZH growth |
[ Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| prelovedREVOLUTION is the first green marketplace to buy and sell vintage, preloved and socio-ecofriendly, high quality fashion and design articles. Both individuals and firms can use ithe platform. | |||
| Project Circleg |
ZH growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Bodycare ] | |
| Project Circleg is a Swiss-East African social enterprise endorsing a holistic approach in the development of appropriate lower-limb prosthetic systems for people living in low- to middle-income countries. Locally and readily available plastics are transformed into affordable high-quality prosthetics through innovative circular manufacturing processes. | |||
| property captain |
2016 ZH established |
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| Property Captain Tech AG is a proptech of the real estate and financing specialist Avobis Group AG. On its Property Captain® platform, which is open to third-party providers, the company offers tenants and owners products and services related to housing and home financing. At the heart of Property Captain is an intelligent property search engine based on the DreamScore® matchmaking technology, which matches users with properties that are optimally suited to their needs and financial possibilities. | |||
| QWSTION |
2011 ZH established |
Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass | |
| Swiss backpack brand QWSTION is known for combining design and functionality with sustainability. Since 2008 the design studio has been developing versatile carry solutions for everyday use – with an understated look and a low environmental footprint. | |||
| Ranas Mosler |
2020 ZH validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Energy management solutions, Water Management ] | |
| RanasMosler's vision as pioneers in behavior change is good health and a sustainable environment for all. RANAS stands for Risks, Attitudes, Norms, Abilities, and Self-regulation. It’s a scientifically proven method that enables you to understand and measure the psychosocial factors underlying behavior. | |||
| Regli Energy Systems |
2017 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings [ Heating and cooling energy ] | Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use., Smarthome & building |
| Regli Energy Systems wants to make the traditional heating market sustainable and ecologically oriented by ensuring that heat pumps deliver top values in terms of sustainability. After a long period of research and development, the first product, "NovaAir", was tested at the heat pump test center at the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland. Switzerland University of Applied Sciences. In several test series, it achieved top values in terms of performance and efficiency. The fact that this result is also due to the use of natural refrigerants, which are 700 times more more environmentally friendly than conventional refrigerants, which are still used in most heat refrigerants, which are still used in most heat pumps. | |||
| SAGANÀ |
2014 ZH validation |
[ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| SAGANÀ offers high quality, Swiss-EU certified organic, sustainable, fair and 100% natural ingredients in retail or bulk from the Philippines into Switzerland whilst directly supporting rural community livelihoods of our partner farmers. Products are coconut blossom nectar, single-origin Trinitario cacao beans and nibs with low cadmium levels and cold-pressed Virgin Coconut Oil as a healthier and sustainable natural oil alternative. | |||
| Seefeld Style (YARN-TO-YARN) |
2017 ZH validation |
[ clothes ] | New chemical materials, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Seefeld Style produces trousers from the fabric made out of recycled yarn. YARN-TO-YARN® developed the extraction method to produce recycled yarn and lifts the fashion industry into the Circular Economy with "the infinite yarn". | |||
| Seervision |
2016 ZH growth |
[ Information technology, Media ] | Video and Film |
| Seervison has combined computer vision, machine learning, control, and cinematography. The result is their adaptive motion control technology. It transforms any camera into an autonomous camera. Their computer vision pipeline relies on the newest and most advanced neural networks to analyze every single frame captured by any production camera in order to detect objects of interest, the background and the overall scenery. | |||
| SERA Intelligence |
2020 ZH established |
[ Farming & agriculture ] | Low technology |
| Our digital concierge service gives you access to a horticulture consultant when you need them. Empowered by data analytics, our experts make sure you get the best results from your greenhouse. | |||
| Share.P |
2022 ZH validation |
Construction & buildings,Transport & Mobility [ Electricity efficiency, Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-vehicle charging |
| Share.P is an innovative plug-and-play system that digitizes existing parking infrastructure and solves car parking and electric vehicle charging problems. Share.P solutions reduce traffic and air pollution by enabling building owners to rent out parking spaces and charging stations for electric vehicles in a convenient, fully automated and customizable way. | |||
| siloxene |
2020 ZH validation |
Physical & chemical & nano technologies | |
| Siloxene supports the Performance and Renewable Raw Material Sectors, to be able, to provide better products and enhance their processes, in order to reach market leading excellence and act on their environmental Responsibility. | |||
| SNAQ |
2017 ZH growth |
[ Healthcare ] | Wearable devices or apps |
| SNAQ helps estimate the carbohydrate, protein and fat content of meals and shows the impact on blood glucose progression. SNAQ connects to popular blood glucose sensors. First, take a picture of your meal to record the nutritional values. second, learn how different meals affect your blood sugar. third, recognize patterns from past meals to improve your blood sugar. | |||
| snäx |
2019 ZH growth |
[ Catering ] | Low technology |
| We supply our Smart Fridges with exciting dishes, made from natural ingredients and prepared by hand. And because we love our food, we gather daily in our own break room to test the latest creations from our chefs. | |||
| somebodyelse |
2021 ZH formation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Games ] | Gamification |
| Somebodyelse creates embodied experiences in VR to help people to understand an issue in an immersive, educational and playful way to raise awareness and enable positive behavioural change. In 2015, the United Nations all agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. But social, cultural, and environmental problems still seem to be accumulating worldwide; sustainable cities and communities, access to health and therapy, or social wellbeing are still huge problems to tackle. People are still not sufficiently aware of the underlying problems, cannot understand, imagine, or relate to them, and therefore, will not change them either. Digital technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR) allow a wide range of people to experience abstract content appealingly. And, today we know that people can better understand and emphasize through a self-made bodily experience. | |||
| Sonnenpool |
2017 ZH validation |
[ Energy Production ] | Battery, Photovoltaics |
| We finance and build solar systems, smart meters, and everything else to get clean power from your roof and the grid. | |||
| MILKIT (Sport Components) |
2015 ZH established |
[ Recreation, Sport ] | Pump |
| The founder, product development engineer and mountain biker Pius Kobler decided to solve this problem and invented milKit. Together with a team of biking enthusiasts and experienced entrepreneurs Pius founded the company Sport Components Ltd. Their aim is to ease the everyday lives of mountain bikers, cyclists and other athletes with innovative products, and to become a leading provider of smart bicycle solutions. Not content to rest on their laurels, the next product, the milKit Booster for more efficient tire inflation, won a Eurobike Award in September 2019. In 2020 milKit was crowned the Test Winner in sealants by Mountain Bike Magazin. milKit products make your tubeless life easier.A Swiss precision designed product, with the customary Swiss cleanliness and effectiveness, using the highest quality materials. To guarantee a high product quality and offer short delivery times milKit products are manufactured in Germany – right in the heart of Europe | |||
| Stash |
2020 ZH growth |
[ Trade and Retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Wearable devices or apps |
| STASH delivers everything you need by bike: groceries, beverages, tobacco, household products, etc. in less than 10 minutes. | |||
| Fair Recycling (fondation) |
2008 ZH stagnant |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Fair Recycling is the first organisation worldwide to combine climate protection with recycling. In Brazil, where the Swiss foundation's pioneering project is located, it recycles old refrigerators containing CFCs in cooperation with its local partner Indústria Fox, thus making an important contribution to climate protection. On the basis of this verification report, an independent registration body issues climate protection certificates, which the Foundation offers to Swiss partners. Fair Recycling is proud to be the climate partner of numerous companies that reduce a large part of their CO2 emissions with their own measures and only offset unavoidable emissions with climate protection certificates. | |||
| 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. | |||
| streamwise |
2010 ZH established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),Transport & Mobility [ Engineering ] | Enabling technologies, IT data usage, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Fluid sensor: innovation and problem-tailored advice in thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. Data analytics is the logical consequence of our work as engineers. Wireless sensor solutions. | |||
| SUIND |
2020 ZH formation |
[ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | Drone & flight, Internet of Things |
| Enabling drone companies to unlock the full potential of drones by providing them with state of the art safety solution. | |||
| Swiss Alpine Fish (swisslachs) |
2020 ZH established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Catering, Food production & retail, Resource efficiency, Restaurants ] | Enabling technologies, Hydro energy (small scale) |
| Swiss Alpine Fish AG sustainably breeds salmon in an indoor facility in Lostallo, using the latest technology, making it the cleanest and most sustainable fish farm in the world. | |||
| SwissFleet Services (Velobility) |
2016 ZH growth |
[ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| Velobility is your partner for Bike-Sharing. Thanks to our bike and e-bike models which are engineered to be shared. And thanks to our tried-and-tested Ridebox® technology. The result is a triple benefit: higher efficiency, better security, longer durability. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Switzerlend (LEND) |
2015 ZH established |
[ Financing and financial services ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The crowdlending platform LEND matches investors with borrowers. Both benefit from our fair and transparent business model. | |||