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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NISPERA |
2015 ZH established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Energy efficiency, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Nispera provides renewable energy solutions with management tool and support. The performed monitoring systems, asset management, wind power forecast and audit. | |||
| OpenStratosphere (Solar.Aero) |
2015 VD formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | |
| OpenStratosphere is an independent pure play company. We operate flexible Near Space platforms with the highest safety and efficiency. We offer rapid mission deployment for your earth observation applications, environmental intelligence or communication infrastructure. | |||
| Power-Blox |
2015 AG stagnant |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), 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. | |||
| reCIRCLE |
2015 BE growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management, Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Catering, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| RECIRCLE is a national take-away network that uses washable containers with RECIRCLE lids to prevent waste. | |||
| ReWinner Atlman |
2016 ZH growth |
Construction & buildings, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| ReWinner maximizes product and material reuse with an online plattform. All business goods, like furniture and kitchen or bath item or windows, etc. can be traded via the plattform rewinner.ch. | |||
| Room Estate |
2015 AG growth |
Construction & buildings | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Room Estate is an established and rapidly growing provider of furnished rooms in shared flats throughout Switzerland. The company now offers a wide range of furnished rooms in the main Swiss cities. The offer is tailored to the fast and independent lifestyle of young and ambitious people. All rental processes are fully digitalised and make life easier for tenants. | |||
| ROOMZ |
2015 FR established |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Unknown ] | Smarthome & building |
| ROOMZ SA is developing and promoting unique tools to better manage the agile workplaces of tomorrow. We are a rapidly growing Start-up based in Fribourg, Switzerland. Our award-winning product ROOMZ is the most scalable and easiest-to-install room signage solution in the Marketplace. | |||
| Securaxis |
2015 GE growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Transport & Mobility [ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT data usage |
| Securaxis provides people travelling and working in hostile or volatile environments with geo-localised and mapped security information in real time. It has all the necessary features for the security management of people in at-risk contexts: headcount, alerts, geofencing, on demand tracking, group management, documentation for duty of care. | |||
| SKYFORCE |
2015 SH restructuring, on hold, no development |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Engineering ] | Drone & flight, e-mobility, Low technology |
| SKYFORCE is a Swiss based company which aims to introduce the latest type-certified gyroplane and ecological light aircraft solutions to professional users around the world. We provide information about highly efficient, ecological and cost effective light aviation technology and provide the best aerial solutions for law enforcement, homeland security, emergency services, environmental monitoring and metropolitan traffic authorities. | |||
| 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. | |||
| SoFlow (Lou Skateboard) |
2015 SG growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Road vehicles and transport ] | Battery, e-bike, e-mobility |
| „Green energy is the future!“ So-Flow stands for innovative high-quality e-mobility products and developed the electric skateboard Lou and many other small electric vehicles | |||
| Solaxess |
2015 NE established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solaxess provides a nano technology film to produce colored or white photovoltaic solar panels. They support architects, promoters, installers, and planners in their projects. | |||
| SUNCAR HK |
2015 ZH growth |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Transport & Mobility [ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Energy storage, Engineering, Mobility & Fleet management ] | Automated or self driving, Battery, Construction : Increase efficiency or renewable energy use., e-cargo, e-mobility, e-vehicle charging, Smartcity |
| We are a start-up company of the ETH Zurich and a subsidiary of Huppenkothen. SUNCAR HK specializes in the electrification of construction machines, utility and municipal vehicles. Electrical machines and vehicles which are powered by solar or another renewable energy have significant ecological and economic advantages compared to machines and vehicles powered with diesel. | |||
| Swiss Eco Line |
2015 GR restructuring, on hold, no development |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency ] | Enabling technologies |
| Swiss Eco Line AG develops and markets water efficient, energy sustainable bathroom products designed to maximize the use of water, energy and other natural resources. | |||
| SWISS PV |
2015 SO validation |
Construction & buildings, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Construction of buildings, Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Planning and implementation of complex solar projects, to integer the solar technology not only in buildings, but also in the living environment and people's awareness. | |||
| technis |
2016 VD growth |
Construction & buildings [ Energy efficiency, Engineering, Resource efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Sensors, Smartcity, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| Control your flow of visitors, Simplify people flow management with a reassuring, easy to install solution for both shops and consumers. Installed easily at entry points of your infrastructure, our solution allows you to monitor your visitor’s flow in real-time, optimize your ressources’ management, comply with your safety standards. The solution brings also a discreet, innovative and reassuring solution for elderly people in medical houses to bring them comfort and security. | |||
| TreaTech |
2015 VD growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Waste management technologies, Water conservation |
| Treatech's mission is to address the increasing problem of clean water availability in all regions of the world by creating a low-cost, environmentally friendly liquid waste solution resulting in fresh-water production. Current liquid waste solution rely on landfill and incineration, which are expensive, polluting and do not allow for the recycling of the valuable products contained in the liquid waste such as fresh water, biogas and salts. Treatech is developing a ground-breaking treatment technology that will enable an eco-friendly treatment of the ever-incre | |||
| UMAMI |
2015 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail, Waste & recycling ] | agricultural technologies |
| The seedlings, the so-called microgreens of Umami, thrive in an ecosystem that also includes cichlids, shrimps, mushrooms and countless small animals and microorganisms. The production process is resource-efficient and works without pesticides, herbicides, antibiotics or artificial fertilizers. | |||
| VIRVE |
2015 TI formation |
Behavioural change, Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Transport & Mobility [ Energy efficiency, Engineering ] | e-car, e-mobility |
| VirVe aims to support the transition to clean and fuel efficient transportation technologies through intelligent analysis of the best available data and implementation of accurate vehicle simulation. | |||
| adultimum |
2015 SG validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management | Construction: Resource or material optimisation |
| Adultimum develops technically sophisticated carbon components. The precise design enables lightweight construction under static and dynamic loads - even for complex structures. Design and function go hand in hand: the components impress with high series fidelity and brilliant surfaces. | |||
| Aquazoom |
2015 ZG validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Electricity ] | Hydro energy |
| AquaZoom removes barriers to fish migration while producing power - economically restoring rivers everywhere. We strive for electricity production in complete harmony with nature. Therefore, we grew to leading pioneers in micro hydropower and aim to share our patented water vortex technology worldwide. | |||
| Clesana |
2015 SG formation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling, Water Management ] | Enabling technologies |
| 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. | |||
| Arve.swiss (Dragonback Innovation) |
2019 validation |
Construction & buildings [ air quality ] | IT data usage, Sensors |
| ARVE is your digital toolkit to actively manage your air quality challenges. ARVE delivers sustainable business advantage and measurable value for your building | |||
| Inventsys |
2017 AG established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Software solution, designed to enable the digitalization of governments, authorities, and municipal utilities to create smart processes. It helps digitalize the business of other verticals including facility management, utility management, security, trade marketing, and outdoor media, and any other operation that requires the geolocated real-time management of assets or field workers. | |||
| MycoSolutions |
2016 SG stagnant |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Forestry ] | Bio technologies |
| Custom made biological fungi products to enhance growth for trees and other plants. | |||
| Nexxiot |
2015 ZH established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT Software |
| Nexiot, the Swiss logistics digitalization and TradeTech pioneer, offers an integrated digitization solution for all companies concerned with the movement of physical goods, who want to increase efficiencies and unlock additional revenue potential. | |||
| Panier local |
2015 FR growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail, Trade and Retail, Transport & logisticsof goods ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The aim of panier local is the marketing and transport of consumer goods from regional producers. 70% of the product price goes to the producer, like a digital local marketplace. | |||
| smartYes |
2015 SG restructuring, on hold, no development |
Communication, Media, Education or Games, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy Production ] | Photovoltaics |
| 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. | |||
| Swissponic |
2021 TI validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies |
| Swissponic has developed an automated system for growing vegetable hors-sols at home. The system consists of a hydroponic structure, a control unit with dedicated software and a cloud connection for remote culture management at any time. | |||
| Switzerlend (LEND) |
2015 ZH established |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Financing and financial services ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The crowdlending platform LEND matches investors with borrowers. Both benefit from our fair and transparent business model. | |||