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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 What phase are you currently in? Areas of Activity [Subareas] Technology
TaoTree 2022
ZH
Formation
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Behavioural Change ] IT: Platforms or networking solutions
TaoTree has the goal to build an online community focused on more environmentally conscious behavior. Ecological behavior earns you points and allows you to compete with others. The platform is also about the exchange with other environmentally conscious users. It is also intended that Taotree can be used in companies to encourage employees to behave positively with regard to the environment.
Teralytics 2012
ZH
Established
Mobility & Transport [ Fleet & Mobility Management ] IT: Platforms or networking solutions
Teralytics offers the most advanced insights on human mobility based on cutting edge data science, proprietary machine learning algorithms and deep technology, capturing billions of signals every day from cell towers and other unique sources.
Loopia 2019
ZH
Validation
[ Circular Economy ] Smart: Wearable devices or apps
We are Thingsy, a young start-up with a big vision: to move away from the throwaway society towards the circular economy. Thingsy is here to help you manage your warranty receipts, when one of your products breaks down, or when you want to donate, share or resell a device. In order to develop the best app for you, we are expanding and optimizing our offer step by step. You can find out more about us on our website. Thingsy - Extending the life of Things
Topten 2000
ZH
Established
[ Energy Efficiency ] IT: Platforms or networking solutions
Web portal highlighting the most energy efficient consumer products: domestic appliances, office electronics, consumer electronics, lighting, building components and vehicles.
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.
VEIU Tech 2022
ZH
Validation
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] Mobility: E-vehicle charging, Mobility: Fleet management, Smart: Grid
Charge management solution that leverages E-Fleet operation data to unleash full flexibility potential and create value to grids and EV owners
Verity 2014
ZH
Established
Mobility & Transport [ Efficiency Solutions ] Mobility: Drone & flight
Autonomous Inventory Tracking Powered by Self-Flying Drones. Optimize your supply chain & create a zero-error warehouse!
viboo 2022
ZH
[ Building Technologies ] IT: Software
Reduce building energy consumption by 20-40% with self-learning predictive control. viboo offers self-learning predictive control on the basis of physics-informed Machine Learning as a cloud service to smart-thermostat and building automation companies.
Voliro 2019
ZH
Validation
[ Building Technologies ] Mobility: Drone & flight, Smart: Sensors
Drones as flying inspection robot The robots are capable of performing in-depth structural integrity assessments using advanced inspection technologies.
VortexPower 2011
ZH
Stagnant
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources,Health, Wellness & Care [ Water Management ] Energy: Hydro
VortexPower AG is specialized in the development and the sales of highly efficient products for water recovery thru natural swirling.
Wildbiene + Partner 2013
ZH
Established
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] Other: Low tech
Wildbiene + Partner aims at the promotion of wild bees by developing and offering bee-promoting products, planning and implementing large-scale wild bee habitats and educational work at public and private events. In addition, specific wild bees are actively propagated by society and offered for pollination in agriculture.
Xilva 2021
ZH
Validation
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] IT: Platforms or networking solutions
Xilva is a digital platform where one can invest in regenerative forests. Sourcing, screening and funding are all part of the process through which Xilva enables the support of forest projects all around the globe.
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.
Yuxi 2022
ZH
Validation
[ Energy Efficiency ] IT: Data usage, IT: Software, Other: Enabling tech
Yuxi leverages data from Building Management Systems to optimize the building's energy consumption and indoor quality.
Zum guten Heinrich 2020
ZH
Stagnant
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] Other: Low tech
Sustainable catering delivered by Food-Bike fight Food-Wast; uses high quality and shapeless fruit and vegetables that cannot be sold - because they are not of the standard size. This reduces the amount of fruit and vegetables that remain in the fields with the farmers or end up in the biogas plant.
Zurich Soft Robotics 2022
ZH
Formation
[ Building Technologies ] Energy: Photovoltaics
Zurich Soft Robotics produces a novel adaptive solar façade named Solskin. It increases photovoltaic energy production compared to conventional methods. Furthermore, the façade offers additional solar protection through AI-controlled shading.
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.
RemoteScout 2021

Validation
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] IT: Software
RemoteScout creates software solutions for remote and hybrid companies.
CARIFY 2019

[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] IT: Platforms or networking solutions
Your favourite car as a monthly subscription. Includes insurance, coverage, maintenance and more all in one fixed monthly price.
catchfree

Formation
None
Catchfree develops ecologically sustainable and nutritionally beneficial seafood alternatives using a scalable technological platform. Their focus is on co-creating recipes and applications with specialty restaurants in Switzerland before expanding to the broader European market and eventually retail and online sales channels.
ccloop

Validation
None
ccloop is committed to decoupling raw material streams used in the production of daily life goods from fossil resources (such as oil, gas, and coal). This process is commonly known as defossilisation. The ccloop association: Supports industrial and research initiatives in the field of defossilisation; Serves as an international information hub for those interested in the topic; Proactively communicates and advocates for defossilisation as a key technology to reduce future CO₂ emissions.
CerQlar 2020

Validation
None
CerQlar is a SaaS platform in the environmental commodities space, which enables teams to collaboratively manage Guarantees of origin (GOs) and other Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs).
Climartis 2023

Growth
None
Climartis is building in Switzerland the most attractive and customer-friendly portfolio of SME companies for the implementation and acceleration of the Energy Strategy 2050 and the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies.
de Cavis 2009

Established
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Building Technologies ] Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech
De Cavis supports customers in the development and marketing of patented foaming technology for the production of highly porous mineral materials with air contents between 50 and 95vol%, on the development of ceramic buoyancy bodies for underwater vehicles as well as on the production of high-purity and ultra-high-purity magnesium.
DNAir 2024

Formation
None
Measuring DNA in the air to assess biodiversity. DNAir provides biodiversity monitoring using state-of the art measurement technology to give a comprehensive picture of the presence of species and overall biodiversity around us.
duramon 2021

Formation
[ Infrastructure Construction ] Smart: 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.
Dyneo Technologies 2023

Validation
[ Energy Efficiency ] IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Data usage, IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Smart: Home & building, Smart: Sensors
Dyneo develops data acquisition, processing and analysis technologies to support the energy transition of thermal networks.
lalana 2021

Validation
[ Fashion & Apparel ] Other: Low tech
High quality and 100% recycled textile yarn for your next project. Inspiration for #knitting #crochet or #macramé.
Energy Web 2019

Validation
[ Energy Management & Use ] IT: Platforms or networking solutions
Building operation systems for energy grids, based on open-source, decentralized technologies to enable development and deployment of decentralized applications for the energy sector and beyond.
fungi futuri 2021

Validation
None
Growing and researching edible mushrooms and fungi
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