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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faitron |
2016 SG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Health & House & Body Care [ Food production & retail, Healthcare ] | Enabling technologies |
| Faitron is a Swiss company focusing on mobile food solutions e.g. a heated lunch box or baby bottle. Our goal is to improve health and well-being through our innovative product solutions and become a global influencer in the home appliance industry. | |||
| gateway.uno |
2016 SG validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ 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. | |||
| Gjosa |
2016 BE growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Energy efficiency, Resource efficiency ] | Hydro energy (small scale), Water conservation |
| Gjosa technology, inspired by Icelandic geysers, lies in the patented design of the shower head, which by splitting the flow, increasing the power of the jet and profiling fine droplets, reduces the flow of water to 2 litres per minute, compared to an average of 11 litres with ordinary equipment. | |||
| Goldstroem |
2016 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics, Solarthermal energy |
| Some claim that solar power is expensive. Not true. Our solar systems produce, thanks to efficient construction, more economical to operate than any other Electricity supplier. Because with our Solar systems save you transport costs (network charges) and public charges. | |||
| heatneutral |
2016 TI formation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Energy efficiency, Energy Production ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..) |
| HeatNeutral produces the worlds most efficient, cost effective and scalable heating system for homes and industry. We also produce and supply the CO2 neutral fuels with these two technologies we help users meet their climate neutrality ambitions. | |||
| Huxley Design (Elephbo) |
2016 ZH growth |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Functional clothes, Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| We recycle cement bags in Cambodia in order to assemble them to high quality fashion products and create thereby sustainable working environments. | |||
| Innovida Swiss Technology |
2016 TI validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Innovida produces high efficiency and silent heat pumps for pools and building heating, based on an innovative Platform, patented worldwide.Innovida Swiss Technology SA mission is to develop new ideas and innovative technologies to create products that effectively meet these heating needs, while respecting the environment. | |||
| InstaHeat |
2019 ZH formation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Food, Farming or Forestry, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity efficiency, Food production & retail, Heating and cooling energy ] | Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| InstaHeat is a technology-based Company located in Zürich. We develope a new kind of heating device being able to heat any conductive fluid instantly and precisely to the desired temperature with very high efficiency. The device generates the heat directly within the fluid, eliminating the need for a heating element. The technology allows a compact design so that it fits into various machines, like food heating systems. | |||
| Involi |
2016 VD validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Transport & Mobility [ Airplanes & transport, Information technology, Prevention of or protection from technical risks ] | Drone & flight, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Sensors |
| INVOLI develops and produces air traffic awareness systems for professional drone applications. | |||
| MOOST |
2016 SG validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps, Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions, Heating and cooling energy, Hotel, Information technology, Restaurants ] | Cooling technology, Heating in buildings, Internet of Things, IT data usage, IT Software, LED, Lighting, Sensors, Smart device, Smarthome & building |
| We turn Smart Home data into actionable insights. We make Smart Homes smart. We help our users all around the world save energy, feel more secure, sleep better and save time. We do so by combining smart devices from leading companies into mini-automations. Mini-automations get complex or annoying jobs done for you at your command. MOOST is the world's first solution that does not require any technical expertise nor expensive installations. Our automations are ready-to-use, configured for your individual home and super easy to install and adapt. | |||
| MoSan GmbH |
2016 LU validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| Mosan is a rapid-deployable sanitation solution for challenging environments as slums and refugee camps. It contains a urine-divertig dry toilet and ecological system that consideres human excreta as a valuable ressource. | |||
| nanoleq |
2017 ZH validation |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Electricity ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| By using innovative conductive materials, we can produce cables with a long flex life, flexible cable shields and even stretchable cables. | |||
| ParaTop |
2016 GL validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Road vehicles and transport ] | |
| The ParaTop is rain protection that can be installed quickly on most bikes and keeps you dry during the ride. | |||
| Precision Vine |
2016 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Environmental monitoring, Farming & agriculture, Information technology ] | Drone & flight, IT data usage |
| With a focus on improving wine quality, Precision Vine works with growers and winemakers to collect and analyze remote-sensing data and assist in integrating the information acquired into specific management plans. We offer high-resolution hyper/multispectral aerial imaging and associated vineyard specific data services to address vineyard heterogeneity, vine balance, irrigation management, harvest planning, disease mapping, nutrition needs, maturation curve and more. | |||
| Prognolite |
2016 ZH validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis, Food, Farming or Forestry, Recreation, hotels & restaurants [ Catering, Food production & retail, Hotel, Information technology, Resource efficiency, Restaurants, Waste & recycling ] | |
| Our forcast app tells restaurants how many guests are coming next week on which day. They can reduce food waste and improve their staff planning. | |||
| RethinkResource |
2017 ZH established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Food production & retail, Resource efficiency, Waste & recycling ] | |
| RethinkResource creates an online marketplace where producing and processing companies can trade their side and waste streams. | |||
| rovenso |
2016 VD validation |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | Robotic, Video and Film |
| ROVENSO makes agile robots for security monitoring of industrial sites. Concretely, their robots patrol fully autonomously inside and outside industrial buildings at night, detecting intrusions, thefts but also anomalies such as hot-spot (start of fires), liquid or gas leaks that could be dangerous for humans. | |||
| Rubbish Design |
2016 VD growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Wearable devices or apps |
| Our products are crafted from used sails, kitesurf, paragliding or each kind of toy you could use to fly and play with Nature. They cannot longer be used for their original purpose, but still offer great features. Strenght, colours, graphical design, texture. | |||
| Share your BICAR |
2016 ZH validation |
Transport & Mobility [ Electricity, Engineering ] | e-bike, e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter, Smartcity |
| Electric e-bike vehicle (Production start planned for 2020); "Share Your Bicar" is a spin-off of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Switzerland. | |||
| smart grid solutions |
2016 ZH validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | IT blockchain or algorithms, Smartgrid |
| GridBox, the largest Smart Grid demo project in Switzerland, laid the fundament for smart grid solutions AG. The project partners founded the spin-off in August 2016 to support the network operators on their way into the decentralized & digital age with an innovative network management solution. | |||
| Social Fabric |
2016 ZH validation |
Clothes, Textiles, Wearables devices or apps [ 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. | |||
| Solarify |
2016 BE growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| Solarify sells single solar panels to small investors and puts the panels on rented roofs. Solarify enables small investors to contribute to the energy transition with small amounts and little risk, roof owners to get a free solar installation and to reduce their electricity cost | |||
| Sponti-Car |
2016 ZH formation |
Transport & Mobility [ Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Sponti-Car brings electric mobility to swiss rural communities, by providing a electric car to share and organizing everythings around it, like the neccessary charging stations. | |||
| STRIDE Learning |
2016 ZH growth |
Communication, Media, Education or Games [ Unknown ] | Communication, Low technology |
| Our mission is to support personal, social and environmental transformations that lead us towards more sustainable and equitable societies as well as meaningful and fulfilling lives. Through action research, collaboration as well as STRIDE’s unSchooling approach to learning, we strengthen the capacity of individuals, organizations, cities, and sectors to develop impactful solutions to complex problems. | |||
| Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories |
2018 ZH established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Energy management solutions, Information technology ] | Drone & flight, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Robotic, Video and Film |
| Sulzer Schmid is an independent Swiss technology company and innovator of next-generation technology for the inspection of rotor blades. Our digital end-to-end process employs autonomous drones and incorporates cutting-edge image analysis tools. Reports are generated at the push of a button and are highly customizable. All the data is stored and made accessible via secure cloud services and is available for further analysis and benchmarking. | |||
| SwissDeCode |
2016 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
| SwissDeCode was founded in 2016 to build trust and secure the global food supply chain. Spin-off of the University of Geneva, our patented tools and processes are recognized by the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation (InnoSuisse) and independently validated by Swiss Federal Laboratories. We are based in Renens (Lausanne, VD), Switzerland. | |||
| SwissShrimp |
2016 AG growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| SwissShrimp AG is the first company in Switzerland to implement sustainable shrimp farming at an industrial level. Following successful pilot production, SwissShrimp has found an attractive location partner for large-scale production in the Swiss salt works in Rheinfelden, Aargau, in 2016. | |||
| Swiss Wood Solutions |
2016 ZH growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Forestry, Recreation, Resource sufficiency ] | Construction: Resource or material optimisation, Wood or forest technologies |
| Swiss Wood Solutions refines solid wood and wood veneers to replace endangered tropical species and plastic products. We only use essences of sustainable origin. All our products are biodegradable, made from 100% wood and do not contain any plastic, resin or artificial coloring. | |||
| swizz-e |
2016 SZ validation |
Transport & Mobility | e-mobility, e-motorbike, e-motorcycle, e-scooter |
| swizz-e GmbH designed a new e-scooter (Roller) that is produced completly in switzerland. | |||
| SYNHELION |
2016 TI growth |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Airplanes & transport, Energy storage, Energy sufficiency, Heating and cooling energy, Maritime and waterways transport, Resource efficiency ] | Energy storage other than batteries, Renewable technologies, Solarthermal energy, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Synhelion develops cutting-edge solar technology to reduce global CO2 emissions. We are on a mission to unlock a clean future of transportation. Solar fuels are the key. | |||