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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouMo |
2013 SG growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Engineering ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| More than just an E-bike. | |||
| Zenna |
2012 SG established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| Services for solar power supply chain. | |||
| AgriCircle |
2012 SG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail, Forestry ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| AgriCircle is a leading provider of digital agronomy and precision farming solutions to agricultural companies and farmers. AgriCircle is also a network brining together research and businesses to create novel, innovative products for the food value chain | |||
| catch-e |
2019 SG validation |
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. | |||
| Clesana |
2015 SG growth |
Health & House & Body Care [ Healthcare ] | Low technology |
| We work every day on continuous technological progress and create physical, emotional and ecological well-being through our waterless toilet solutions. The Clesana toilet does not require a single drop of water. Also no chemicals or other pollutants, which are used in other camper toilets and pollute the environment. The Clesana toilet seals all waste after each use, odourless and leakproof. Through this consistent waterless solution we protect rivers, lakes and seas from unnecessary pollution. | |||
| Evatec |
2004 SG established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ 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. | |||
| Mastercoldbrewer (re-coffee) |
2017 SG formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Coffee - Drinks that are manufactured without the effects of heat. This lead to preserved aromas and vitamines. The products are fair and mostly organic. | |||
| meonet GmbH |
2019 SG validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT Software |
| Open source software provider for market communication according to industry recommendation SDAT-CH. | |||
| MycoSolutions |
2016 SG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Forestry ] | Bio technologies |
| Custom made biological fungi products to enhance growth for trees and other plants. | |||
| OekoSolve |
2014 SG growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Filters & Membranes |
| OekoSolve produces electrostatic precipitators that offers technical solutions in the area of micro-dust emission reduction. They also develop custom made solutions. | |||
| smartYes |
2015 SG growth |
Communication, Media, Education or Games | Low technology |
| smartYes, as a regional supplier specialized in POS Communication and Live-Marketing. We provide customers with quality displays and marketing tools. We ensure that your company or brand promotion stands out where it really matters. We have the right and unique solution for every Point-Of-Sale, event or exhibition. | |||
| Liot (VOLTEX) |
2018 TG formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Electric batteries, e-mobility, IT blockchain or algorithms, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies, Smartgrid, Solarthermal energy, Wind energy |
| VOLTEX has a peer to peer it-plattform and produces modules that measure, control and regulate the power grid. Stable voltages, reactive power blackouts and grid overcapacities can be avoided. | |||
| Smart Visions |
2015 TG growth |
Construction & buildings, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| We design and develop digital and fully automated services for real estate companies. Analysing existing processes, significantly optimising known procedures and saving time and costs at the same time. | |||
| Renergon International |
2010 TG growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Bio technologies, Renewable technologies |
| RENERGON extracts value from organic waste in creating valuable, sustainable products such as biofuel, biogas, renewable energy, compost, fertilizer, & biochar - always combineRenergon International AG with global social and environmental responsibility. | |||
| airlite (AM Technology) |
2016 TI growth |
Construction & buildings [ Building technology ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Wall colours that clean the air we breathe, remove bacteria from homes, offices and hospitals, and reduce energy consumption. | |||
| BePooler |
2015 TI growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| BePooler was born in Switzerland in 2015 from the simple but innovative idea of providing companies and individual users with a fast and safe way to share the trip to their workplace, thus reducing traffic, expenses, the use of private vehicles and urban pollution. The Lugano-based startup company has developed an innovative system for carpooling through a web platform and related app and has managed to entice none other than the Italian city of Milan. | |||
| CLARA Swiss Tech |
2015 TI formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Functional clothes, Healthcare, Road vehicles and transport, Sport ] | e-bike, LED, Wearable devices or apps |
| Urban traffic is a constant danger for cyclists, particularly in low light conditions. Every day, cyclists around the world are involved in accidents caused by the lack of attention from other road users. CLARA is the revolutionary smart jacket that thanks to the integration of directional arrows and braking sensors increases the visibility of the cyclists and makes their movements safer. | |||
| Energy Vault |
2017 TI formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy storage ] | Energy storage other than batteries |
| The Energy Vault storage solution operates with bricks that are lifted to create a tower causing the energy to be stored in the elevation gain, when the bricks are then returned to the ground the kinetic energy from the falling brick is turned back into electricity. Specially engineered control software is used to ensure the bricks are placed in exactly the right location each time. The system is modular and flexible with each plant having a capacity of between 10 and 35MWh and a power output of between 2 and 5MW. The system is ideally suited to longer duration storage but with very fast response times can also be used to deliver short and medium term. | |||
| FlatMan |
2018 TI growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| FlatMan is a web platform with a dedicated smartphone application that allows real estate agencies and property owners to communicate with tenants and craftsmen faster and more efficiently, eliminating redundancies and optimizing the whole process of property management. | |||
| FutureThinking (Regalo) |
2017 TI validation |
Communication, Media, Education or Games, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| REGALO, property of FutureThinking Sagl, provides online resources, including but not limited to a platform to post or to collect items that other users give away for free, as well as various messaging and board posting services. | |||
| gr3n |
2013 TI formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| gr3n developed an innovative process, based on a new application of microwave technology to a well known chemical reaction which provides for the first time with an economically efficient chemical recycling process of PET (Polyethylene Terephtalate) and allows an industrial implementation of this recycling method. This new process can potentially change how PET is recycled worldwide with a huge financial benefit for the recycling industry. | |||
| heatneutral |
2016 TI formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Energy Production ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..) |
| HeatNeutral produces the worlds most efficient, cost effective and scalable heating system for homes and industry. We also produce and supply the CO2 neutral fuels with these two technologies we help users meet their climate neutrality ambitions. | |||
| Hive Power |
2019 TI formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy efficiency, Information technology ] | IT blockchain or algorithms |
| Hive Power provides a SaaS for Smart Grid Analytics, to help Energy Suppliers and Grid Operators in optimising their operations and asset management. The solution includes tools for the forecasting of energy demand, scheduling of hydropower plant, designing new tariff schemes, and optimal management of energy communities and aggregated flexible loads. | |||
| Innovida Swiss Technology |
2016 TI validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Innovida produces high efficiency and silent heat pumps for pools and building heating, based on an innovative Platform, patented worldwide.Innovida Swiss Technology SA mission is to develop new ideas and innovative technologies to create products that effectively meet these heating needs, while respecting the environment. | |||
| iWin |
2019 TI validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Construction & buildings, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy Production ] | Photovoltaics |
| We patented an innovative window solution to integrate flexible thin film photovoltaic cells into windows blinds without compromising the design and the operation of the system. With iWin you can first protect your house from overheating in summer, reducing the energy bill and second it produces renewable electricity. iWin has reached the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage and now we are building the large size prototype. Participation: iWin turns high-rise and fully glazed buildings into power plants through an innovative window solution that integrate flexible thin film photovoltaic cells into windows blinds without compromising the design and the operation of the system. | |||
| onlog |
2007 TI established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity efficiency, Many fields ] | LED, Lighting |
| Onlog (Switzerland) Ltd, located in Gordola - Ticino - Switzerland, has been founded in 2006 with the purpose to provide professionally outsourced Supply-Chain- and Logistics-Services with totally integrated processes and structures. www.onlog.eu The "Onlux"-Section within Onlog is dedicated to LED-Lighting solutions for Households, Building decoration, Commercial lighting, Hotels/Restaurants, Public lighting/Street-lighting and LED-Electronics and Auxiliaries. Onlux is a multiple test-winner. www.onlux.ch | |||
| SEAS SOCIÉTÉ DE L'EAU AÉRIENNE SUISSE |
2013 TI established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency ] | Filters & Membranes, Hydro energy, Renewable technologies |
| SEAS manufactures integrated systems and machines of air to water machines in order to produce high-quality drinking water for human consumption. A by-product of the above systems is thermal energy, which can be reused for heating, ventilation, conditioning, and dehumidification purposes. | |||
| Skypull |
2013 TI formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | Drone & flight, Wind energy |
| Skypull is developing an altitude wind power system based on a fully autonomous drone that captures the energy from the strong, abundant and constant altitude winds through a ground-based generator. Skypull has proprietary, high-efficiency and resilient airframe that makes it more deployable and versatile than its competitors. | |||
| SmartPantry |
2021 TI formation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| SmartPantry is a Swiss startup creating an innovative virtual kitchen assistant app aiming to help families reduce food waste. An easy to use smartphone app to track purchase and use of household groceries for families, shared households and individuals. According to the Federal Office for the Environment in Switzerland, every year a total of 494’000 tonnes of food is unnecessarily wasted in households in Switzerland alone. In addition to unnecessary financial expenses, food waste also has a major impact on the environment. | |||
| Solar Retrofit |
2013 TI growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) | Photovoltaics |
| The Solar Retrofit System for triangle mounting is a wall mounting system for photovoltaic, thermal and hybrid solar modules , arranged on horizontal or vertical rows, and inclined at 30 °. The main advantage of the Solar Retrofit triangle photovoltaic solar module mounting system is the increase in energy efficiency. | |||