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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Codingmind AG |
2020 ZH validation |
[ Building technology ] | IT Software |
| Coding Mind AG develops and programs solutions for a more efficient, resource-saving and customer-friendly marketing of real estate. --- In addition to SAM - the world's first inspection robot for the real estate industry, Coding Mind also offers products such as REMOTELY360°, which adds new functions to existing 360° tours, exploiting the full potential for digital inspections in a scalable way. | |||
| CompPair |
2020 VD validation |
[ Airplanes & transport, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Maritime and waterways transport, Rail transport, Sport, Waste & recycling ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| CompPair is a forthcoming university spin-off solving damage issues for the composite materials industry. They develop the next generation of smart and sustainable material products to overcome damages.The new materials enable repeated damage healing after a moderate heat trigger. Their technology is the first competitive one with extremely high commercial potential in terms of multiple repair ability and recycling, while preserving mechanical properties, cost and processing methods as in many industrial systems. By extending their product portfolio to other fibres and resins, they have the ability to disrupt the industry; bringing repair and recycling functionalities to composites while matching current requirements. | |||
| CO-OBJECTIFS 21 |
2017 GE validation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Supporting Businesses and Communities of Switzerland in optimizing their performance ENVIRONMENTAL material in waste management and reduction of costs associated with it. To propose innovative solutions. | |||
| Corintis |
2022 VD validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Heating and cooling energy ] | Cooling technology |
| We are a provider of breakthrough semiconductor cooling solutions. Our solution utilizes a network of microscopically small cooling channels embedded inside the chip, which enables us to extract 10 times more heat compared to the current leading market alternatives, and extract this heat over 50x more energy efficiently. This enables the powerful integrated circuits of the future to break thermal limitations in a sustainable manner. | |||
| Cowa Thermal Solutions |
2019 LU validation |
[ Energy storage ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies, Storage other than batteries |
| We develop compact thermal energy storage systems based on phase change materials for building services engineering and industrial plants. Our technology can be ideally combined with renewable energy sources and increases their own consumption by linking supply and demand of energy through our storage systems. COWA-Caps increase the storage capacity of water-based thermal energy storage systems by exploiting the melting and solidification processes of the filling material (phase change material PCM). COWA-Caps filled with PCM can be easily inserted into existing or new hot water, buffer or cold storage tanks. By selecting the PCM, the storage tank temperature can be ideally adapted to the application. | |||
| Daphne Technology |
2017 VD validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction [ Maritime and waterways transport, Transport & logistics of goods ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Daphne Technology SA is developing a catalyst-free scrubber technology to help the petrochemical, power and transportation industries to reduce air emissions to the levels required by international and national regulations. Daphne Technology’s patented nanotechnology based solutions can be miniaturized and is especially well-suited to meet the requirements of marine vessels. | |||
| deskbird |
2020 SG validation |
Behavioural change [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| deskbird is the most flexible solution to use inspiring workspaces - where and when you need them. Find relevant workspaces around you and use them fully flexible. You are only charged for the time effectively used, e.g. two hours. Our goal is to support freelancers, startups and established companies on their journey towards the new way of working #NWOW | |||
| dimpora AG |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Engineering, Functional clothes, Resource sufficiency, Sport, Waste & recycling ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation, Enabling technologies, Filters & Membranes, Material & Products based on biomass, New chemical materials, Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| We produce eco-friendly functional membranes for the outdoor textile industry. Our 2D products involve a conventional lamination of the dimpora membrane onto a textile. The waterproof fluorine-free membrane is mainly based on polyurethane and undergoes our template removal approach to create the necessary porosity, thus achieving an excellent breathability. We are also currently scaling up our first biodegradable membrane. | |||
| Direct Coffee |
2016 BS validation |
[ Food production & retail ] | Low technology |
| We want to build bridges: between coffee drinkers here in Switzerland and coffee farmers in Ethiopia. With coffee that represents your values. Better than organic. More than fair. CO2 neutral. | |||
| DM-Green |
2017 VD validation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| We are a company specialized in the marketing and distribution of innovative solutions in the fields of recovery, sorting and recycling of waste, such as presses, interior and exterior containers or automated sorting robots. Our desire is to optimize resources in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as reducing waste and CO2 emissions. | |||
| e-Durable |
2016 VD validation |
[ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| e-Durable is the leading IT service provider in French-speaking Switzerland which places Sustainable Development at the heart of its activities. | |||
| Embion Technologies |
2019 VD validation |
[ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies, New chemical materials |
| EMBION catalyzes the future of #nutrition by introducing a portfolio of sophisticated, complex EMBION-BIOACTIVES with expanded prebiotic properties. EMBION innovates with brilliant #plant-based technologies that customize unique nutrition in exceptional speed and are surprisingly affordable. | |||
| Enairys Powertech |
2008 VD validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Electricity efficiency ] | Battery, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Renewable technologies |
| Enairys offers a wide range of innovative and clean energy storage & management solutions, based on its proprietary hydro-pneumatic and power electronic technologies. These solutions enhance the exploitation of intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar sources, and enable electricity consumers and producers to improve their energy efficiency or autonomy while preserving the environment. | |||
| Energy Vault |
2017 TI validation |
[ Energy storage ] | 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. | |||
| Enoki |
2018 FR validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Construction of buildings, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | Renewable technologies |
| We are a start-up of architects and engineers which aims to imagine, build and activate the sustainable city of tomorrow. | |||
| enviBee |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Environmental monitoring, Water Management ] | IT data usage |
| The company develops software solutions for data analysis for mass spectrometric long-term monitoring of organic micropollutants in aquatic systems. | |||
| ethec |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Road vehicles and transport ] | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| We are a team consisting of 10 students and 5 supervisors of ETH Zurich and ZHdK. As part of a focus-project, we are developing a prototype of an electric motorcycle with two-wheel drive. Our main goal is to have a driving range of 250 km using braking energy recuperation at both wheels and latest battery technologies. | |||
| exnaton |
2020 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Photovoltaics |
| We drive the Energy Transition using Real-time Smart Meter Data | |||
| ExoLabs |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Environmental monitoring ] | IT blockchain or algorithms, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Hydropower operators need accurate water inflow predictions to generate energy most profitably. In snowmelt dominated catchments (1/4 of the world’s hydropower), uncertain snowmelt quantities deteriorate inflow predictions resulting in overall losses of 7-10%, annually. Our solution to this problem includes data from multiple satellite constellations, ground station networks and numerical weather forecasts to derive real-time snow quantities as well as forecasts in a 20 m spatial resolution for entire mountain ranges. Using scalable cloud processing and innovative machine learning algorithms, we are capable to serve hydropower stations globally. | |||
| Exomotion |
2018 GE validation |
e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter | |
| At Exomotion we are re-imagining transportation and creating a more inclusive approach for mobility services. Our mission to enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities and provide inclusion to simply enable users to have equal chance for enjoying their lives on the go. | |||
| Fidectus |
2019 ZH validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy Production, Financing and financial services, Information technology ] | Communication, IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Optimising working capital in OTC energy trading. | |||
| Fireforce Technology |
2018 VD validation |
[ Heating and cooling energy ] | Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| Fireforce Technology develops clean and effective biomass combustion processes that emits ultra-low pollutant levels. We develop our own models of wood burners adapted to your application. | |||
| Floating Robotics |
2023 ZH validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering, Farming & agriculture, Information technology, Resource efficiency ] | Robotic |
| We automate harvesting and de-leafing in greenhouses with an integrated robotic and AI solution that easily adapts to existing standards. | |||
| Flybotix |
2019 VD validation |
[ Mobility & Fleet management ] | Drone & flight |
| FlybotiX technology aims to double the flight time of compact drones. We use our technology as a building block to create a 350mm, dual rotor, collision tolerant drone. The system is suitable for in-structure and indoor inspection. The technology is usable in virtually any drone application. | |||
| Food-Wear |
2014 NE validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Transport & logistics of goods ] | Low technology |
| By using 3 of our bags for your weekly purchases of fruit, vegetables and bread, instead of disposable plastic bags, the pollution of 150 plastic bags will be avoided thanks to you. | |||
| Freesuns |
2019 VD validation |
[ Energy Production ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solar Tiles - Designed in Switzerland and individually hand-crafted to the highest industry quality standards, Freesuns solar tiles have been developed to last. As a result, they are more robust than normal roof tiles and much stronger than ordinary solar panels. Our tiles can be adapted to any roof with variations in shape, colour, and size. | |||
| GBY (Go By Yourself) |
2016 FR validation |
Health & House & Body Care [ Recreation, Road vehicles and transport, Sport ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| For people with limited mobility who want to independently expand their physical capabilities in their daily and family activities, GBY improves their mobility with the GO-TRYKE®, an electric tricycle that does amazing things while bringing relief to their disability. | |||
| GEOEG |
2018 VD validation |
[ Energy management solutions, Engineering, Environmental monitoring ] | Communication, Low technology |
| At GEOEG, we foster the multiple roles of the underground, a spatial, material and resourceful medium that can support and host structures and infrastructures, as well as provide renewable energy. From this perspective, we developed a multidisciplinary approach allowing to plan, design, and manage it in the most integrated way. | |||
| Go Solar (energiemoebel.ch) |
2007 ZH validation |
[ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| The goal is to support electric grid with energy produced from garden furniture as solar tables, sheds, etc.. | |||
| gr3n |
2013 TI validation |
[ 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. | |||