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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blueyellow |
2019 ZH stagnant |
[ Electricity ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Blueyellow provides a platform facilitating Renewable Energy (RE) financial transactions and contributes to making the industry more efficient. Efficiently buy or sell renewable energy assets. We connect renewable energy projects with capital through digital platform and sophisticated fintech solutions. | |||
| BNL Clean Energy |
2009 ZG stagnant |
Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Renewable technologies |
| The BNL Clean Energy Group provides standardised modular Zero Emission Zero Residue Clean Energy plants for biomass and waste-to-energy solutions. It also helps with financing the solutions. | |||
| b-science.net |
2018 AI stagnant |
[ Energy storage ] | Battery, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| We improve decision making quality in the energy storage community based on patent literature analysis, which allows for the anticipation of future technology trends. | |||
| Cymmersion |
2016 AG stagnant |
[ Information technology ] | Gamification, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Our main focus is on the development of immersive applications, especially Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. | |||
| EATbyalex |
2018 ZH stagnant |
[ Food production & retail, Healthcare, Recreation ] | Low technology |
| We empower people to clean eating with weekly ready-to-eat meal plans. There is no need to plan, cook or shop, all our freshly prepared and balanced meals are delivered to you once a day. We only use organic and whole food ingredients. | |||
| Edison |
2019 ZH stagnant |
[ Information technology ] | IT network, Wind energy |
| Management and engineering consultancy, in particular in the area of project management, contract management, operational excellence, sales, patents, product certification, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, as well as research and development of new products and processes mainly in the power industry and in renewable and marine renewable energy industry. | |||
| E-Man |
2018 NW stagnant |
[ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity efficiency, Energy sufficiency, Engineering ] | Battery, e-mobility, Smart device, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| Consulting, sale of HW and SW for Energy Metering (Smart Meter, electric, heat, cold, water, gas) for whole house of area (micro grid). Taking the whole system in operation and optionally also doing maintenance and prepare Energy invoice for all tenants. | |||
| ENSY |
2010 GR stagnant |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Hydro energy (small scale) |
| ENSY AG manifactures plans, installs and manages Drinking Water Turbines to produce electricity in small communities. | |||
| Fairpower |
2013 ZH stagnant |
Behavioural change,Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption,Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Electricity ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Renewable technologies |
| Fairpower is an independent electricity supplier and service provider with a focus on renewable energies.They provide an online platform for selling green certificates and the electricity label "Fair Power". | |||
| Gartengold |
2013 SG stagnant |
[ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| Use of apples from private gardens in Switzerland for the manufacturing of apple juice and cider, creating jobs for people with disabilities involved in juice production and harvesting. | |||
| gateway.uno |
2016 SG stagnant |
[ Electricity efficiency, Energy management solutions, Environmental monitoring ] | Heating in buildings, Photovoltaics |
| Gateway.uno is an easy-to-use online tool for energy accounting. With gateway.uno, energy and water consumption can be recorded and evaluated. The comprehensible evaluation supports the presentation of the consumption values, the systematic analysis of the energy data, the planning of measures and the success control. The energy accounting with gateway.uno can be used for a single building as well as for entire building parks, for example for municipal buildings. | |||
| H2 ENERGY |
2014 ZH stagnant |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction,Transport & Mobility [ Transport & logistics of goods ] | Renewable technologies |
| H2 Energy wants to make hydrogen a cornerstone of the energy system. They see themselves as business innovators for renewable energies. Refining electricity into hydrogen enables the power companies to stand out from the crowd and regulate their production. Hydrogen can be used in a variety of ways, offering consumers some relevant and enhanced alternatives. | |||
| HQ Energie |
2012 BS stagnant |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency ] | Photovoltaics |
| HQ Energie AG is an engineering company in the energy sector with a focus on renewable energies and efficient building technology. They create turnkey photovoltaic systems. | |||
| LavaConcept Switzerland |
2013 AI stagnant |
[ Engineering, Resource sufficiency ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Geothermal energy |
| Construction materials made from volcanic lava residues, with very good heat properties. | |||
| OHANA Move |
2018 ZH stagnant |
[ Functional clothes, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| OHANA Move is an environmentally friendly active wear label from Switzerland. We produce sportswear that consists of almost 80% recycled PET bottles. For one leggings from our production 25 PET bottles are needed. It is OHANA Move's highest concern to design trendy clothing that breaks new and environmentally conscious ground. Our reversible two-in-one clothing can be worn on both sides and is therefore doubly individual. | |||
| Power-Blox |
2015 AG stagnant |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| Power-Blox develops and distributes an innovative solar battery system for off-grid applications that allows to easily build up decentralized energy systems based on a swarm" principle." Easy to scale. | |||
| Quartierstrom |
2017 ZH stagnant |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity efficiency, Energy storage, Many fields ] | IT blockchain or algorithms, Smartcity |
| blockchain based peer to peer energy (physical and Go) community (www.quartier-strom.ch) | |||
| reech |
2012 GR stagnant |
Construction & buildings,Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Engineering ] | Photovoltaics, Renewable technologies |
| Renewable energy engeineering, with main focus on photovoltaics; As an innovative Company for Photovoltaic, they combine R&D, analytics, maintenance and consulting | |||
| rSupply Solutions |
2014 ZG stagnant |
[ Waste & recycling ] | |
| rSupply specializes in streamlining the recycling flow between recycling plants and suppliers at every step of the recycling chain. Contacts are peer to peer based, ensuring direct transactions whenever possible. rSupply allows recycling plants to outsource their complete supply management, gives expanded sales opportunities to suppliers and assists investors as they enter the recycling market. | |||
| SIGMAtools |
2018 ZH stagnant |
[ Electricity efficiency ] | Low technology |
| SIGMAtools GmbH is a high-tech Startup. With the special measuring technique, analytic process and improvement-knowhow we have majored in Energy- and Resourceefficiency in the production. | |||
| Social Fabric |
2016 ZH stagnant |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Social Fabric is a ecological and social sustainable textile center based in Zurich. We use textiles with a small ecological and positive social footprint. We run a program that aims to empower refugees in our local community through textile work. | |||
| SRM Swiss Renewables Marketplace |
2013 ZH stagnant |
[ Electricity ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| SRM Swiss Renewables Marketplace AG specialises in increasing the competitiveness of natural power plants. We reduce their operating costs, secure electricity marketing and thus make them competitive in the low-price electricity market in the long term. We offer suitable services and workshops for power plant-owners and -operators throughout Switzerland. Every year, we also identify, bundle and sell entire plant packages if you want to sell your plants and maximise the proceeds and probability of sale. | |||
| Swisspreneur |
2020 ZH stagnant |
Low technology | |
| We are a nonprofit on a mission to promote and advance entrepreneurship in Switzerland. | |||
| TwistOut |
2017 SG stagnant |
[ Cleaning ] | Low technology |
| TwistOut is an innovative drain rod made of 100% beech wood. The rough, spiral surface texture of the wooden stick in combination with the manual rotation allows the blockage (mostly hair) to adhere to the stick. The TwistOut can be easily pulled out of the siphon and disposed of. Why complicated when it's easy? With TwistOut we solve a common drainage problem in a functional and simple way - without chemicals, completely natural and hygienical. | |||
| varionix |
2012 ZG stagnant |
Filters & Membranes | |
| Manufacturer and supplier of precision instruments for the measurement of air ions and electrostatics for the environmental analysis, process-engineering and science. Apps: odor neutralisation, degradation of pollutans, sterilisation and refreshment of air and water. | |||
| Wafe Technology (chili feet) |
2011 ZH stagnant |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps [ Functional clothes ] | Wearable devices or apps |
| Chili-feet warming soles convert pressure directly in heat when walking. They are suitable for men and women and give a pleasant wearing comfort thanks to microfiber surface. chili-feet is the combination of Swiss inventive talent, engineering performance and high-tech material for pleasantly warm feet. | |||
| wick upcycling (wiederverwerkle) |
2018 ZH stagnant |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| The aim of the Wiederverwerkle association is to reuse residual materials for something new. It collects residual wood and metal from local industrial and craft enterprises. The material is processed, sorted and offered for sale at a reasonable price. | |||
| Zenna |
2012 SG stagnant |
[ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics |
| Services for solar power supply chain. | |||
| catch-e |
2019 SG stagnant |
[ 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. | |||
| Emovemotorstore (Emove) |
2012 ZH stagnant |
e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals | |
| Emovemotorstore GmbH was founded in 2012 with the aim of offering clean, efficient, reliable and affordable mobility in the high-end field of electric mobility. | |||