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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| quh-energie (Haral) |
2014 BE Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..) |
| Biogas from farmyard manure to generate heat and electricity. A sustainable, environmentally friendly and cost-effective energy production. We advise, plan and execute up to the finished plant, including clarifications with authorities. We are currently working on various projects in the Oberland to Jura region. | |||
| Heartful Hoops |
2024 ZH Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | Components: 3D Printing, Other: Low tech |
| At Heartful Hoops I create animal-shaped jewellery that shows the beauty of nature while supporting NGO’s dedicated to wildlife conservation. 10% of the profit gets donated. | |||
| Help'n'Trade |
2019 BS Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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. | |||
| HERA organics |
SZ Validation |
[ Health Solutions, Wellness & Preventive Care ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| HERA menstrual sponge: 100% natural & as comfortable as a second skin, paired with the unique absorbency of a sponge. | |||
| Honest Monday |
2021 BE Validation |
[ Financial Services ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We connect and network entrepreneurs with investors, financial intermediaries and public institutions with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship in a sustainable way. This matchmaking is facilitated by a digital, smart and intuitive business plan that focuses on the people behind the business idea. At its heart is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) solution based on state-of-the-art technology, which in future will also use artificial intelligence (AI) to find the perfect match. | |||
| hoyou |
2022 ZG Validation |
[ Building Technologies ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The first Swiss real estate exchange platform. House against house, flat against flat, small against large, country against city: hoyou offers searchers a simple platform where they can present their current home and find a new home at the same time. | |||
| ID Technologies |
2019 FR Validation |
Health, Wellness & Care [ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Smart: Device, Smart: Sensors |
| ID Technologies is a Swiss engineering & R&D company specializing in clean energy, smart sensors and advanced technological solutions. They deliver tailored development services, manage intellectual property, and build high-tech prototypes ready for industrialization — with a portfolio ranging from renewable energy systems and precision sensors to medical devices and mobility solutions.” | |||
| IDUN Technologies |
2017 ZH Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | IT: Data usage, Smart: Sensors |
| IDUN Technologies Ltd. is a biosensor company based in Zurich, Switzerland. Coming from a stretchable electronics research group from ETH Zurich, IDUN is developing and producing soft and dry conductive electrodes for biopotential monitoring (ECG, EEG, EMG). With a unique and patented surface structure these electrodes provide high quality signals with skin-friendly materials without electrolyte gel. | |||
| innolith |
2018 BS Validation |
Energy: Battery | |
| New batteries for electric vehicles with new technology, safety and a lower price. | |||
| Crick (Insekterei GmbH) |
2017 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Crick produces insect-based foods like snacks or crispbread | |||
| Iron Energy AG |
2024 ZH Validation |
None | |
| ron Energy, a Swiss spin-off from ETH Zurich and HSG, is developing a patented, hydrogen-based energy storage technology. The system enables safe, efficient, and cost-effective long-term energy storage using abundant iron ore—ideal for bridging the winter electricity gap (Winterflaute). In doing so, Iron Energy makes a significant contribution to a stable, renewable energy future. The solution is manufactured and delivered as a modular, containerized unit in collaboration with industrial partners. | |||
| iSense |
2018 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software |
| iSense is a food tech start-up from Switzerland that created the first flavor management software supported by an open and independent taste language. It allows companies to describe, search,compare, choose and exchange flavors based on taste attributes. | |||
| kaiosID |
2019 VD Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| Counterfeiting and grey markets pose two growing challenges for brands. kaiosID fights counterfeiting and illicit trade by covering the product's packaging with invisible patterns that can be easily identified by an intuitive smartphone app. Once printed on the packaging, the random patterns become the fingerprint of the product and allow for product authentication (genuine/fake) and identification (traceability), thus restoring trust in brands and logistics. | |||
| Karibou |
2015 GE Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| karibou.ch strengthens the local stationary trade with its online deployment! Find the service and diversity of a market by finding the best products at the same price as at the market! What makes the strength of a market is the diversity of products, the quality of products, and the personalized customer service. With all our passion, we have created a technology that enhances the existing stationary infrastructure and deploys it in the digital world. Because what you eat matters! | |||
| Kern |
2021 BE Validation |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Components: Resource or material optimisation |
| The patented shape of the corrugated cardboard box enables securely transport of content, space-saving storage, and simple handling during sorting and stacking. | |||
| kickbag |
2020 SG Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Other: Low tech |
| Online shopping without packaging waste. The foldable shipping bag made of recycled PET is a first in Switzerland: reusable up to 30 times and 100% climate-neutral. | |||
| KLARK |
2025 GR Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Building Construction, Climate Technologies ] | Environment: Carbon capture and storage |
| KLARK develops Switzerland's first CO₂-neutral concrete for the construction industry. The company captures and permanently stores CO₂ in concrete, turning buildings into carbon sinks. Their technology can store up to 250 kg of CO₂ per cubic meter of concrete while maintaining comparable technical properties to conventional concrete. KLARK's solution is industrially available, fully recyclable, and externally verified according to ICROA-recognized standards, enabling immediate climate impact through long-term carbon storage in construction projects. | |||
| kleandrop |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Cleaning Services ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Other: Low tech |
| Cleaning products in tab or power form, without water to save transport energy and packing plastic materials. | |||
| Klepsydra |
2018 ZH Validation |
[ Information Technology ] | IT: Software |
| Klepsydra is a professional software engineering and cloud computing tool for computationally intensive intelligent devices and embedded systems applications. It has a two-fold purpose: accelerate the development of complex embedded software, and optimise, or increase, the computational performance of the on-board software for complex tasks like sensor fusion or image processing. | |||
| KnowS IT |
2017 ZH Validation |
[ Media & Communications ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Job portal & community. The safe way to find people with the right skills. | |||
| KoraLabs |
2024 ZH Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection, Regenerative Agriculture & Soil, Smart Farming & Agritech ] | IT: Artificial intelligence AI, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| KoraLabs enables smarter, more sustainable agriculture through digital twin and AI-powered solutions. The company supports input providers and certification bodies by integrating diverse data sources—such as soil maps, satellite imagery, and weather forecasts—into dynamic agronomic models. These models deliver predictive insights, scenario analyses, and real-time recommendations to accelerate product development, enhance advisory services, and streamline certification processes. By fostering data-driven decision-making, KoraLabs helps reduce environmental impact and increase the adoption of innovative farming practices. | |||
| loopi |
2021 NW Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| "We’re pioneering stroller design to last well beyond the needs of one user. Committed to the circular economy, our concept is repairable, refurbishable and recyclable. By offering our strollers as a subscription, it‘s given back to us at the end of its use so we can give it a new life with another family." | |||
| CookEat |
2014 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Your marketplace for home-cooked food. You can find delicious offers from your neighborhood and offer your food for sale yourself. | |||
| matriq |
2019 SG Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Other: Enabling tech |
| 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. | |||
| metafuels |
2021 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Air Transport, Climate Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Metafuels is focused on advancing sustainable aviation through its proprietary aerobrew technology, which converts green methanol into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Developed in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute, aerobrew aims to produce e-SAF at scale with higher efficiency and lower costs than traditional methods. The technology supports both synthetic and biogenic methanol sources, avoiding food-based feedstocks. With the SAF market projected to grow significantly by 2030, Metafuels positions aerobrew as a key solution for reducing aviation’s carbon footprint and helping the industry meet net-zero targets by 2050. | |||
| Micropow |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| MicroPow encapsulates valuable ingredients enabling timed release and preservation, which allows to drastically reduce losses during production and adding value to end products. microPow powders can be tailored to a broad range of food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications, without relying on any added artificial ingredients. | |||
| MobyFly |
2020 VS Validation |
[ Maritime & Waterway Transport ] | Mobility: Shipping |
| MobyFly produces zero-emission hydrofoil boats which make use of computer controlled flight systems. These boat are made for passenger transports at speeds of up to over 70 km/h while using 70% less energy than existing diesel ferries. | |||
| Mondaic |
2018 ZH Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | IT: Software |
| Mondaic provides proprietary software and services for high-resolution 3-D imaging using ultrasonic or geophysical waves. It offers scalable end-to-end solutions for all (visco)acoustic, (visco)elastic, and coupled waveform modeling and inversion needs. | |||
| moveable.ch |
ZH Validation |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The first step towards sustainable mobility and liveable public spaces is to promote active mobility. With their platforms, we help to shape the infrastructure for this. | |||
| Mycostrat |
2023 LU Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Food tech, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Fungi and fungal mycelia are their specialty. Mycostrat analyzes, researchs, develops, processes and tests how building materials can be produced from fungi. They use various fungal threads, known as mycelia, as well as other natural, rapidly renewable raw materials. These can be returned to the raw material cycle for building materials in various upcycling processes. | |||