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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Allocation Systems |
2016 VD growth |
[ Waste & recycling ] | |
| Manual waste compactor (reduces 60 liters of waste in 17 liters) named e-crush for households and SMEs. Can be used for all types of waste: household, PET bottles, aluminum or cardboard. | |||
| WeGaw |
2016 VD growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Environmental monitoring, Information technology, Natural hazards & catastrophe prevention & protection ] | IT data usage, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| Our satellite data powered product DeFROST monitors terrain status daily to make outdoors safer and enjoyable for anyone, anytime. Supported by the European Space Agency, we build & operate a technology and product stack enabling the digital outdoors tourism industry. Participation: Wegaw SA | |||
| Wingtra |
2016 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | Drone & flight, Robotic, Video and Film |
| Headquartered in Switzerland, Wingtra is the world’s leading VTOL drone producer for mapping, survey and mining industry professionals. Since its market entry in early 2017, Wingtra has partnered with more than 70 of the biggest equipment dealers and has been selling mapping drones globally ever since. | |||
| WinJi |
2016 ZH growth |
[ Energy Production, Financing and financial services ] | IT blockchain or algorithms, IT data usage, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, IT Software, Photovoltaics, Wind energy |
| WinJi uniquely combines interdisciplinary knowledge and experience in the global megatrends of decarbonised energy transformation and "Big Data". We offer a solution for the digital asset management of renewable assets that uses state-of-the-art data analytics in a user-friendly way. With our built-in Artificial Intelligence, we have identified actionable production efficiency improvements with our "TruePower Platform" solution for over 30 asset owners. | |||
| Workspace2go |
2016 ZH established |
[ Building technology, Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Workspace2go is a platform for meeting rooms, workstations and seminar rooms that can be booked by the hour or by the day. Suppliers can use the platform to provide unused workspace, which guests can book for their meeting or workshop. | |||
| Zaphiro Technologies |
2016 VD growth |
[ Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Electricity grids & flexibility ] | Sensors, Smart device, Smartgrid |
| SynchroGuard is a new smart solution for electrical grid monitoring and automation. Thanks to its advanced sensing infrastructure, SynchroGuard has the outstanding feature to combine in a single solution real-time grid monitoring, optimal control of grid resources, and smart fault management. | |||
| Acodis (turicode) |
2016 ZH growth |
IT data usage | |
| turicode is a young technology company located in Winterthur. We are experts in extracting unstructured information from documents, and making it available for analytics or use in further automated processing. | |||
| Axino |
2016 SO growth |
[ Food production & retail, Resource efficiency ] | Internet of Things, Smart device |
| Axino offers its grocery customers the ability to make faster and easier product safety decisions .This is done through a system that uses IoT sensor technology in combination with AI algorithms. This allows companies to prevent product loss due to power issues and save on energy costs for refrigeration. | |||
| Primal Bee Systems (BeeHelpful) |
2017 TI validation |
[ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Farming & agriculture ] | agricultural technologies |
| Beehelpful has developed a new patented class of hives (Primalbee) that improve the health of bees, increase pollination capacity and reduce the chemical treatment of hives. | |||
| Digi Meals |
2016 ZH validation |
[ Trade and Retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Using state-of-the-art technology, DigiMeals develops user-friendly and easily customisable solutions around digital recipes. We empower consumers to confidently cook their preferred healthy recipes. | |||
| Edapro |
2016 LU |
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| Our compost tea brewing systems are made in Switzerland and meet the highest quality standards for the self-production of highly active EDAPRO compost tea. Easy cleaning and guaranteed high oxygen levels throughout the compost tea manufacturing process. | |||
| Haelixa |
2016 ZH validation |
Bio technologies | |
| Our DNA based technology creates a unique and traceable fingerprint for different materials. Pursuing a commitment to sustainability and transparency, we foster the development of next generation tools to ensure consumer good supply chain integrity and traceability. | |||
| magnes |
2016 ZH stagnant |
[ Many fields ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Magnes has extensive know-how and engineering capabilities to develop tailor-made magnetic materials that meet the highest customer-specific requirements. The scalability of the manufacturing process enables small series up to mass production. | |||
| Kaex |
2016 ZH established |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Trade and Retail ] | food tech |
| KAEX reload provides the energy you need to give you the best possible recovery through targeted replenishment of nutrient stores. | |||
| Procsea |
2016 VD established |
[ Food production & retail, Trade and Retail ] | Low technology |
| Business-to-business seafood marketplace. We specalise in the trade of traceable wild and farmed seafood, connecting buyers and sellers together in real time. You have access to a multitude of carefully selected suppliers, directly from the European ports, without the middle man. | |||
| Salat.ch |
2016 TG growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| From the farm directly to your home - thus we guarantee first-class quality and fair prices for you as a consumer. | |||
| Seervision |
2016 ZH growth |
[ Information technology, Media ] | Video and Film |
| Seervison has combined computer vision, machine learning, control, and cinematography. The result is their adaptive motion control technology. It transforms any camera into an autonomous camera. Their computer vision pipeline relies on the newest and most advanced neural networks to analyze every single frame captured by any production camera in order to detect objects of interest, the background and the overall scenery. | |||
| SwissFleet Services (Velobility) |
2016 ZH growth |
[ Mobility & Fleet management ] | e-bike, e-mobility |
| Velobility is your partner for Bike-Sharing. Thanks to our bike and e-bike models which are engineered to be shared. And thanks to our tried-and-tested Ridebox® technology. The result is a triple benefit: higher efficiency, better security, longer durability. | |||
| velocorner |
2016 FR established |
[ Bike, E-Bike, Trade and Retail ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The biggest online market place in switzerland for bikes, e-bikes and bike equipment. Specialized as well as private dealers can sell their products on the platform. Since January 2023 the TCS ist the majority stakeholder and velocorner has been integrated into the TCS world. | |||
| VRM Switzerland |
2016 ZH growth |
[ Airplanes & transport, Information technology ] | IT data usage, Robotic |
| VRMotion designs and develops simulators that give prospective pilots the impression of sitting in a real helicopter while training. The simulation software features realistic flight physics with real-time multi-body simulation and flight data validation, which offers an exact replication of flight behaviour. The simulation is also tailored to the needs of trainees, right from introductory training on a turbine helicopter to demanding scenario-based training, mountain flying and emergency training | |||
| yamo |
2016 ZG growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Ecological, healthy baby food sterilized with a new pressure method to keep vitamines, color etc. | |||
| Akenza (former Hivemind) |
2017 ZH growth |
[ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Akenza IoT Platform, provides all key middleware capabilities needed to build sophisticated End-2-End IoT application ecosystems. | |||
| Archilyse |
2017 ZH validation |
[ Building technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Archilyse makes architecture and real estate quality measurable, comparable and understandable for everybody – what gets measured will be improved. We provide qualitative insights and empower decisions based on data analytics and objective, measurable performance indicators. | |||
| Barto |
2017 BE validation |
[ Farming & agriculture ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Barto is a portal for digital collection and networking of farm and production data all in one portal. The farmer saves time and maintains an overview of the company's documentation and planning at all times. | |||
| Battronics |
2017 ZH validation |
[ Energy storage ] | Battery |
| Battronics is an innovative start-up that markets the knowledge and technology to charge Li-ion batteries also below 15°C sufficiently fast. Battronics provides knowledge, consulting and research for Li-ion batteries and their electronics and management system. | |||
| beesolar |
2017 VD validation |
[ Electricity ] | Photovoltaics |
| BeeSolar offers a new type of impact investment by installing solar panels on residential buildings in Switzerland. BeeSolar tries to start photovoltaic projects on residential buildings by transforming them into a profitable investment for the owner. | |||
| BIM Facility |
2017 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Building technology, Construction of buildings, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
| BIM Facility AG specialises in the digitisation of real estate and brings existing digital planning models up to date: Asset Information Modelling (AIM) comprises the acquisition and construction of all relevant data and information to improve the performance and optimum maintenance of existing properties. | |||
| BioTruck |
2017 VD growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Food production & retail, Resource sufficiency, Restaurants, Waste & recycling ] | |
| BioTruck is a home-grown organic food company that promotes short supply chains, local and seasonal producers. | |||
| engytec |
2017 SO growth |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Construction of buildings, Energy efficiency, Energy management solutions ] | IT data usage, Renewable technologies |
| Energy costs can be read out more easily and billed at the touch of a button. engytec concentrates on the measurement, processing and billing of all energy flows and offers property managers a billing system that is divided among the individual tenants and is consumer-oriented. Our vision is "everything under one roof". We accompany property owners and managers on the way to sustainable energy use: simplified, safe, transparent. | |||
| Blockstrom |
2017 BE growth |
[ Electricity efficiency ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Photovoltaics |
| Blockstrom enables real estate investors to supply rooftop solar power to the inhabitants of their buildings. We measure the electricity consumption and supply complete metering and billing data to property managers. Our web portal makes the management of energy consumption communities easy and efficient. We support self consumption communities. | |||