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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| technis |
2016 VD Growth |
IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: City, Smart: Device, Smart: Home & building, Smart: Sensors | |
| 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 |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Water Management ] | Energy: From Biomass (e.g. biofuels, biogas ..), Environment: Waste management tech, Environment: 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 | |||
| Eat-Umami |
2015 ZH Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| 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. | |||
| carvelo2go (ACADEMIE MOBILITE) |
2007 BE Validation |
[ Bicycles & E-Bikes ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Mobility: Electric |
| Carvelo2go offers an online sharing platform where you can rent different eCargo bikes via their app or website. The bikes can be rented on an hourly basis and can be picked up from as well as brought back to various hosts. | |||
| adultimum |
2015 SG Validation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Resource Efficiency ] | Components: 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. | |||
| Bring! |
2015 ZH Growth |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software |
| Bring! simplifies grocery shopping for millions of people. With shared shopping lists, integrated recipes, online shopping, local offers and loyalty cards, Bring! app combines every step along the shopping process. | |||
| Clesana |
2015 SG Formation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Other: Enabling tech |
| 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. | |||
| Eeproperty |
2015 VD Growth |
[ Building Technologies, Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software |
| eeproperty SA aims to revolutionize building facility management through digitalization and smart technology. Their purpose is to enhance user experience by providing seamless, efficient solutions for shared laundry facilities and EV charging stations. By optimizing property infrastructure, they contribute to more sustainable and convenient urban living. | |||
| Aquazoom |
2015 ZG Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | Energy: Hydro |
| 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. | |||
| Inventsys |
2017 AG Established |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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. | |||
| 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! | |||
| Leibacher Biber-Manufaktur |
2015 ZH Established |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| The traditional Swiss Biber with lokal and fresh ingredients and also vegan alternatives. | |||
| MycoSolutions |
2016 SG Stagnant |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Development and production of fungal formulations for biological plant protection and plant strengthening | |||
| Nexxiot |
2015 ZH Established |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | 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 Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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 Validation |
Culture, Education & Media [ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: 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. | |||
| MILKIT (Sport Components) |
2016 ZH Established |
[ Bicycles & E-Bikes ] | Components: Pump |
| The founder, product development engineer and mountain biker Pius Kobler decided to solve this problem and invented milKit. Together with a team of biking enthusiasts and experienced entrepreneurs Pius founded the company Sport Components Ltd. Their aim is to ease the everyday lives of mountain bikers, cyclists and other athletes with innovative products, and to become a leading provider of smart bicycle solutions. Not content to rest on their laurels, the next product, the milKit Booster for more efficient tire inflation, won a Eurobike Award in September 2019. In 2020 milKit was crowned the Test Winner in sealants by Mountain Bike Magazin. milKit products make your tubeless life easier.A Swiss precision designed product, with the customary Swiss cleanliness and effectiveness, using the highest quality materials. To guarantee a high product quality and offer short delivery times milKit products are manufactured in Germany – right in the heart of Europe | |||
| Swissponic |
2021 TI Validation |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| 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 |
[ Financial Services ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The crowdlending platform LEND matches investors with borrowers. Both benefit from our fair and transparent business model. | |||
| Tesla Transfers |
2015 VS Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: Electric |
| Providing eco friendly transport for people visiting the ski resort of Verbier. Using Tesla vehicles only. | |||
| Vizcab |
2015 Established |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards | Environment: Carbon capture and storage, Other: Unknown |
| Vizcab, a French leader in the decarbonization of the construction sector, helps construction stakeholders comply with regulations and progress toward carbon neutrality. Founded in 2015, our mission is to accelerate the carbon transition of buildings by offering construction professionals the fastest, most powerful, and most collaborative Building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) service. Today, our SaaS platform enables more than 200 clients and over 1,000 users to manage the energy–carbon performance of their projects. Vizcab is our service designed for developers, landlords, builders, and planners, supporting creativity around shared and qualified energy and carbon objectives. Vizcab redefines and simplifies Building Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) for everyone. | |||
| aQuaTox Solutions |
2016 ZH Formation |
[ Environmental Monitoring ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| aQuaTox-Solutions GmbH, an Eawag spinoff, offers services in the field of aquatic ecotoxicology, in particular the assessment of water quality and environmental risk assessment of chemicals. The main focus is on alternatives to conventional animal tests, using fish cells and fish embryos as test models. | |||
| Arc Power |
2016 ZH Validation |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission |
| ARC-Power performs design and production of custom DC/DC converters, power distribution and switching boards, electronic motor drivers, filters and harness for space application. | |||
| Aurora's Grid |
2016 VD Growth |
[ Energy Storage ] | Smart: Grid |
| Aurora's Grid develops an ageing-aware and eco-friendly energy management software for electrochemical batteries in smart building and/or electric vehicle reducing the ageing of the battery up to 45% compared to non ageing aware management batteries. | |||
| Avalgo |
2016 VD Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Fertilizers from wastewater, waste or other sources |
| Its main activity is to clean the algae of the ports and beaches by means of a system of aspiration and mowing. These algae are then transported by small big-bags submerged to the port. From there, they are discharged in a special machine that separates the water from the seaweed (wringer). The algae thus reduced in volume and mass, are recovered for drying and processed into animal feed, or organic fertilizer. | |||
| Bitlumens |
2016 ZG Stagnant |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: LED, Energy: Lighting, Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: IOT Internet of Things, Smart: Device, Smart: Grid, Smart: Sensors |
| BitLumens distributes solar power devices in areas without a power-grid and connects them to the blockchain. By using the devices, people build up credit scores and investors can view where the machines are located and how much power these generate. Remitters can pay for their family's electricity bills providing transparency and security of transactions. | |||
| BluAct Technologies |
2016 ZH Formation |
[ Water Management ] | Components: Filters & membranes, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| BluAct membranes can be used effectively as an integral step in the purification of drinking water, as well as for the treatment of all types of wastewater. It can also serve as a method of reclaiming valuable metal ions from water such as gold, palladium, and platinum. | |||
| Coat-X SA |
2016 NE Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Coat-X provides unique solutions for protecting high value-added components against moisture penetration and corrosion. | |||
| Cortexia |
2016 FR Growth |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | IT: Data usage, Smart: City, Smart: Device |
| Cortexia's solution allows the cities to monitor urban littering, improving the city's cleanliness while reducing cleansing costs. Our intelligent vision measurement systems provide an objective measurement and detailed mapping of urban litter. Mobile cameras recognise and map the littering according to categories in the whole city and compute a cleanliness index. | |||
| Cymmersion |
2016 AG Stagnant |
[ Media & Communications ] | IT: Gamification, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Our main focus is on the development of immersive applications, especially Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. | |||