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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecospeed |
2002 ZH Established |
[ Climate Technologies ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| ECOSPEED provides web-based software solutions and consulting services for the energy and climate accounting of public authorities, companies and private individuals. Since 2002 they develop Software programs for energy balance, energy efficiency, and energy use. | |||
| eMonitor |
2014 SG Established |
[ Building Construction ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Digitise rental processes simply and efficiently. We make your letting process simple and efficient and help you to find the right tenant for your flat. Our comprehensive data supports you in developing the right projects at the right location. | |||
| enersis suisse |
2011 BE Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Grid |
| Enersis focuses on Visual Energy Analytics, with special competences in the areas of energy / utilities, Big Data, Data Science and Analytics. They offer a cloud-based software platform and applications along the complete energy value chain to utilities, smart cities and energy-intense companies. The solution turns data into assets by connecting and visualizing existing customer and additional external data leading to the information platform vision of the Digital Energy Boardroom. | |||
| eSMART Technologies |
2011 VD Established |
[ Building Technologies ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Home & building |
| eSMART develops intelligent systems for building automation. It can manage building functions like heating, lighting, electricity or videophone systems with a touchscreen in the living room or a smartphone app. The screen can also display the current use of electricity and water in real-time, informing occupants about energy consumption. | |||
| Essento |
2015 ZH Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Essento is a company that specializes in edible insects. We develop, produce and market various specialities based on edible insects for the retail trade as well as the catering trade. Essento is a food-tech startup that provides the European and Swiss market with a locally produced, delicious and sustainable source of animal protein in the form of insects. | |||
| Eturnity |
2012 GR Established |
Financials & Information Technology [ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Eturnity provides a SaaS-platform for consultation & sales, dimensioning, simulation and implementation of building energy technologies. The platform covers the whole process from lead generation to individual offers and even the automated creation of administrative documents. | |||
| Explosion Power |
2009 AG Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Components: Filters & membranes, Energy: Heat industrial usage, Other: Enabling tech |
| Small explosion generator to clean heat pump tubes of industrial processes Participation: Online cleaning technology with Shock Pulse Technology to remove deposits on heat exchanger surfaces, e.g. membrane walls and tube bundles for large boiler plants (waste to energy, biomass, industrial heat recovery eg.) | |||
| Fairwalter |
2017 ZH Established |
Financials & Information Technology [ Building Technologies ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We are the platform for digital rental. Fairwalter is an innovative B2B2C platform that enables landlords, owners, tenants and service providers to work together smoothly. Our customers can more than double their productivity thanks to automated processes without media discontinuity, make better decisions based on data and have more satisfied employees and customers thanks to intuitive usability. | |||
| Farmy |
2014 ZH Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Farmy is the online shop for regional and organic products. | |||
| Fluence (Nispera) |
2015 ZH Established |
Energy & Power Systems [ Energy Efficiency ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Nispera provides renewable energy solutions with management tool and support. The performed monitoring systems, asset management, wind power forecast and audit. | |||
| Flyability |
2014 VD Established |
Buildings & Construction,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Engineering & Industrial Design ] | Mobility: Drone & flight, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Sensors |
| Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones for inaccessible places. By allowing drones to be used safely inside cities, inside buildings, and in contact with people, it enables new interactions and services with UAVs and solving the two most critical issues of one of the fastest growing industries: collision and injury risks. The company’s first market is in industrial inspection where it avoids sending people in dangerous and confined spaces for the inspection of Energy, Oil & Gas or transport infrastructure. It is also active in Search & Rescue and security to assess emergency situations without putting humans at risk. | |||
| TasteLab (FoodLab) |
2016 ZH Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Here, innovative and effortless cuisine is served with the Hows and Whys behind the simplest but also the most elaborate cooking techniques to improve peoples knowledge about food and preservation. | |||
| Geoazimut |
2011 FR Established |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Environmental Monitoring ] | Components: Geophysical, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| GeoAzimut Sàrl is a company active in the fields of geosciences, geographical information systems and electronics. | |||
| Glice (Innovational) |
2012 LU Established |
[ Sports & Recreation ] | Components: New chemical materials |
| Glice® synthetic ice brings skating anywhere, to any climate, any time! Glice® is the world leader for premium synthetic ice rinks that works without electricity or water. | |||
| Go Electric |
2013 FR Established |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Electric |
| Go Electric offers advice on clean mobility and selling/ retail of electric vehicles of all brands and at the lowest prices in Switzerland. The vehicles offered benefit from a manufacturer's warranty and are generally recent or even very recent vehicles. | |||
| Greenastic |
2016 VD Established |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Greenastic is the first eco-friendly digital gardening platform based on the principles of permaculture. Greenastic provide you tools to design your perfect biologic and durable garden, balcony, or terrace. From your couch, you can create the best dynamic between plants and vegetables that you like with a web application that caters to your needs. | |||
| greenmatch |
2013 BL Established |
[ Financial Services ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Finance modelling tool for renewable energy projects and matchmaking plattform to find investors for green projects. Assess and structure renewable energy projects reliabily. | |||
| Green Motion |
2009 VD Established |
Energy & Power Systems [ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Green Motion is an independent company founded in Lausanne in 2009, which locally designs and produces charging systems for electric vehicles. The Swiss company is among pioneers of the charging infrastructure market, and has been successfully installing its charging stations throughout the country for more than 10 years. The Green Motion line includes private and public charging stations, quick chargers as well as centralized charging management systems for public parking. All Green Motion stations are designed to operate in network and include state-of-the-art functions such as multi-channel payment, vehicle charging regulation as a function of usage of the electric network as well as roaming between national and international operators. | |||
| greenTEG |
2009 ZH Established |
Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Heating in buildings, IT: Internet of Things IOT, Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| U-value, R-value, humidity, and surface temperature measurements made easy. We produce heat flux sensors as a ETH Spin off (patented technology, production in Switzerland). We developed a unique U-value measurement tool for usage by energy consultants and building physics. | |||
| Grove Boats |
2010 VD Established |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Maritime & Waterway Transport ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Mobility: Electric |
| Grove Boats SA designs, builds and commercializes electro-solar and hybrid boats intended for passenger transportation, for capacities ranging from 12 to 100 passengers. Our products are designed in Switzerland, built in Europe and used throughout the world; they combine nautical know-how and solar technology. Our experienced technical team is also available for engineering and consulting mandates related to “clean navigation” and the development of prototypes. Such developments enabled us for example to recently launch the “Solar SeaCleaner”, first st “zero emission” boat to clean port and swimming areas Participation: Grove Boats SA designs, builds and commercialises electric and solar boats. Our products are designed in Switzerland, built in Europe and used throughout the world; they combine nautical know-how and solar technology. Our experienced technical team is also available for engineering and consulting mandates related to “clean navigation” and the development of “zero emission” crafts to clean port and swimming areas | |||
| Huxley Design (Elephbo) |
2016 ZH Established |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Fashion & Apparel ] | Other: Low tech |
| We recycle cement bags in Cambodia in order to assemble them to high quality fashion products and create thereby sustainable working environments. | |||
| Imperix |
2013 VS Established |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Smart: Grid |
| Imperix develops high-end control equipment and prototyping hardware for power electronics, drives, smart grids and related topics. Its products are designed to enable cutting-edge innovation in corporate and academic environments. They are especially valued for their ability to accelerate the implementation of laboratory-scale power converters and facilitate the derivation of high quality experimental results. | |||
| Innovenergy |
2013 BE Established |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery |
| innovenergy's compact and robust salt battery storage systems enable a future-oriented energy supply. The product portfolio ranges from 7 kWh to well into the megawatt range. | |||
| Joulia |
2010 BE Established |
Health, Wellness & Care [ Building Technologies ] | Energy: Heating in buildings, Other: Enabling tech |
| Invisibly integrated in a slim shower channel, Joulia-Inline recovers heat efficiently from the warm used shower water as it goes down the drain. Thanks to simple cold water diversion, the heat recovery unit saves up to 42% energy. Participation: Invisibly integrated in a slim shower channel, Joulia-Inline and Joulia-Twinline recover heat efficiently from the warm used shower water as it goes down the drain. Thanks to simple cold water diversion, the heat recovery unit saves up to 60% energy. | |||
| Juice Technology |
2014 ZG Established |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Battery, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Development and manufacture of charging infrastructure, charging stations, chargers, charging cables and electrical components for e-mobility. | |||
| LEDsafari |
2016 VD Established |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: LED, Energy: Photovoltaics, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Sensors |
| LEDsafari is a clean-tech social start-up based in Lausanne, Switzerland that develops innovative digital products to help solar companies and organisations to manage their staff and assets. LEDsafari addresses three types market: Innovative solar kits for education in schools, Online digital platform for staff and channel partner (HelioLearn©) and Low cost & Plug and Play IoT sensor for online monitoring of the solar devices (HelioHealth©). | |||
| L.E.S.S. |
2012 VD Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Lighting |
| Our goal is to design and develop effective and innovative lighting solutions to ensure reliable, sustainable and competitive systems. LED small scale lighting systems. | |||
| Misurio (energyon) |
2008 VS Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Hydro, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Grid |
| Software and consulting for optimizing economic decisions around utility investments in capacity, storage and grid. | |||
| Mr. Green Recycling-Service |
2010 ZH Established |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Other: Low tech |
| The start-up company Mr. Green spares people in Zurich the walk to the collection point: they pick up glass, aluminum cans, pet and batteries from home and dispose of them | |||
| myCamper |
2015 BS Established |
Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality [ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| MyCamper - the sharing platform for camping vehicles in Switzerland | |||