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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMP IT |
2021 GE Growth |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Software, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| AMP IT offers tenants of multi-residential buildings, as well as to employees in commercial buildings the possibility of charging their electric vehicles in their parking space. We offer a turnkey service and attractive monthly subscriptions to facilitate the adoption of electric vehicles. AMP IT Hub mobile application and charge point management system offers users a pleasant and efficient charging experience. Available in white label, it allows operators of similar services to manage their charging systems efficiently at scale. | |||
| AxessImpact |
2021 VS Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Network, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| At AxessImpact, we position ourselves as a gateway to the regenerative economy, driving the shift towards activities that foster environmental restoration and sustainability. As a green fintech, we leverage technology and collective intelligence to develop and fund innovative climate-focused projects. Our unique risk-return-impact model aims for financial returns alongside ecological and social benefits. Introducing Habitat, our groundbreaking OS for managing the impact value chain. Habitat offers bespoke solutions for ecosystem builders, creating a traceable, transparent ecosystem. Our network of Habitats cultivates trust, enabling effective collaboration to measure, monitor, and manage impacts, paving the way for a sustainable future where impact is the cornerstone of the economy. | |||
| Azra Advanced Materials |
2021 TI Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Carbon Removal & Storage, Climate Technologies, Maritime & Waterway Transport ] | Components: New chemical materials, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Environment: Climate tech |
| Azra Advanced Materials AG develops durable, ultra-low-friction, biocide-free nanotechnology-based hull coatings for ships. The patented coating system reduces hull friction, lowers fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions, and eliminates the release of toxic substances into the marine environment. Since 2021, the technology has contributed to saving over 20,000 tonnes of CO₂ on commercial fleets worldwide. The company is a Swiss subsidiary of Azra Tech Inc. (USA), an industrial IP and technology holding with global presence | |||
| Boum |
2021 BE Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Boum supports urban gardening with innovative solutions, combining ecology and technology to empower people to grow plants successfully in cities. Their products address key challenges such as poor watering practices and limited green spaces, offering nature-inspired irrigation solutions, sustainable substrates, and customized plant options supported by an intuitive app. | |||
| Cirkel Supply |
2021 VS Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel, Sports & Recreation, Tourism Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Cirkel Supply offers an online rental service for premium ski and snowboard clothing, delivering directly to guests' accommodations across the Swiss Alps to enable a more sustainable and convenient approach to winter sports tourism. | |||
| Composite Recycling |
2021 VD Growth |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Composite Recycling has developed a unique process to recover glass fibers from composite material in an economically viable way. Together with the Laboratory of Advanced Composites of EPFL, we are scaling up our process to treat composite waste that is piling up: boats, wind turbine blades etc. | |||
| Cultivated Biosciences |
2021 FR Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Creamy dairy free solutions from yeast for animal free food products. | |||
| Cosaic |
2021 FR Validation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Alternative Proteins, Food Systems & Food Tech, Precision Fermentation & Nutrition ] | Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Fertilizers from wastewater, waste or other sources, Biological: Food tech |
| Cosaic develops a unique natural multifunctional emulsion from yeast fermentation to enhance the texture, stability, and creaminess of dairy and dairy-free products. Their flagship ingredient, Cosaic Neo, combines fats, proteins, and fibers in a patented emulsion that provides eight key functionalities, replacing additives while improving taste, mouthfeel, and nutritional load capacity. | |||
| Digit Soil |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Smart: Sensors |
| Digit Soil rents out the worlds first Soil Health Sensor. The sensor measures soil enzyme activity which is a good indicator of soil health. Through soil enzyme activity organic matter and fertilizer are made available to plants. In addition Digit Soil offers a soil measurement service in which they measure the activities of hydrolitic extracellular soil enzymes. These are involved in many important soil processes like for example nutrients cycling. | |||
| duramon |
2021 ZH Formation |
[ Infrastructure Construction ] | Smart: Sensors |
| Structural health corrosion monitoring solutions. To build and maintain smarter, cost-effective, safer, and more sustainably. Our solution is an embeddable multifunctional sensors in selected representative locations in concrete structures. | |||
| eMobilityLab |
2021 BE Formation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| Advice and transfer of practical knowledge in the areas of electromobility and charging infrastructure | |||
| Ensoy |
2021 TG Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| We produce sustainable tofu for your kitchen from organic soy from Thurgau. With the use of Thurgau organic soy, our tofu becomes even more regional. A sign of a Swiss quality product. | |||
| Chichery |
2021 ZH Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| Chickpeas are a superfood - rich in protein, fiber, and essential vitamins and minerals. Chichery produces various snacks from chickpeas. Their products do not contain any artificial ingredients. Because the chickpeas are roasted extremely gently, they are already very tasty by themselves. | |||
| Fabas (fyn foods) |
2021 ZH Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| We produce the first 101% Swiss organic hummus in close cooperation with our farmers: vegetable, protein-rich, healthy and super tasty! | |||
| fairpicture |
2021 BE Growth |
[ Media & Communications ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Photographs, video footage, fully-produced videos - all fairly produced by local visual creators. Fairpicture delivers you fair and outstanding content and offers consulting services for innovative visual communication. | |||
| Flux Mobility |
2021 ZH Formation |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Mobility: E-cargo, Mobility: Electric |
| The start-up develops and builds high-quality e-transporters based on a modular platform concept. | |||
| Food Brewer |
2021 ZH Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Alternative Proteins, Food Systems & Food Tech, Precision Fermentation & Nutrition ] | Biological: Agricultural tech, Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Food tech |
| Food Brewer produces cultivated cocoa and coffee. Expert in plant cellular agriculture, the vision is to secure food resources by providing food companies an alternative supply to tropical crops using plant cell culture in bioreactors. | |||
| Fresh Cube |
2014 VD Formation |
[ Food Packaging Distribution & Access ] | Other: Low tech |
| Fresh Cube SA operates local points of sale offering a diverse range of fresh, artisanal products, including fruits, vegetables, dairy, meats, bakery items, beverages, and ready-to-eat foods. Committed to promoting healthy, local, and seasonal eating, Fresh Cube emphasizes sustainability through short supply chains and biodiversity. Their mission is to provide gourmet, eco-friendly food options that benefit both consumers and the planet. | |||
| Fuchs & Igel |
2021 ZH Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Behavioural Change, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection, Landscape & Habitat Conservation ] | Biological: Agricultural tech, Environment: Climate tech, Other: Low tech |
| Fuchs & Igel GmbH is a Zurich-based nature-friendly garden design and maintenance company that promotes local biodiversity by combining clients' needs with ecological principles. Using cargo bikes and emission-free equipment, they minimise environmental impact while offering services to private households, companies and institutions. | |||
| fungi futuri |
2021 BE Validation |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Growing and researching edible mushrooms and fungi | |||
| Gaia Tech |
2021 BE Validation |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Biological: Material based on biomass |
| Gaia Tech upcycles ingredients from agricultural sidestreams. By sourcing the waste of those sidestreams and processing them, they deliver natural compounds for cosmetics, food and feed industries. This way agricultural producers and local communities profit by not having to get rid of the waste in a often environmentally harmful and costly way. | |||
| GreenState |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| GreenState AG specializes in indoor cultivation in modular and vertical farms with which resources and costs are to be saved. They plan plan on operating several farms in Switzerland, the USA and the EU. In addition, they offer for sale the necessary hardware and software solutions to build and operate modular and vertical farms. | |||
| Grensol |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Circular Economy, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Climate tech, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Grensol AG, a Zurich-based cleantech startup founded in 2021, is revolutionizing waste management by transforming mixed waste from end-of-life vehicles, appliances, electronic scrap, and demolition into valuable raw materials for a circular economy. Its patented photolysis technology uses high-intensity light powered by renewable energy to break down hydrocarbons in seconds, recovering emissions-free hydrogen and carbon black—key feedstocks for new polymers—while avoiding toxic emissions. | |||
| Honest Monday |
2021 BE Validation |
[ Financial Services ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| We connect and network entrepreneurs with investors, financial intermediaries and public institutions with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship in a sustainable way. This matchmaking is facilitated by a digital, smart and intuitive business plan that focuses on the people behind the business idea. At its heart is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) solution based on state-of-the-art technology, which in future will also use artificial intelligence (AI) to find the perfect match. | |||
| Hyphen |
2021 BS Growth |
Financials & Information Technology [ Carbon Removal & Storage, Climate Technologies, Data Platforms & Solutions, Environmental Monitoring, Financial Services ] | Components: Filters & membranes, Environment: Climate tech, IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Data usage, IT: IOT Internet of Things, IT: Software, Smart: Sensors |
| Hyphen’s atmospheric-based Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (aMRV) solution delivers precision, real-time quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and removals for carbon projects. By leveraging on-site eddy covariance flux instrumentation, advanced data analytics, and seamless integration with carbon registries, Hyphen enables project developers to generate high-quality carbon credits or insetting emissions claims backed by hard data on real measured impact. | |||
| Intiyo |
2021 VD Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Sensors |
| intiyo, a patented photovoltaic (PV) monitoring and soiling platform, provides a wide range of advantages: integrated, web based analytics solutions optimized for all browsers and mobile and hardware sensors. | |||
| Investerra AG |
2021 SG Growth |
[ Financial Services ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Investerra – Financing Renewable Energy Made Simple: Investerra is a Swiss FinTech startup on a clear mission: to make financing for renewable energy projects easy, fast, and attractive. We empower homeowners, businesses, and communities to invest in technologies like solar panels, heat pumps, battery storage, and EV charging stations – without the need for large upfront capital. Investerra is the first platform in Switzerland fully focused on financing renewable energy projects – independent of the installer. Customers remain in control, choosing their preferred installation partner, while benefiting from long-term energy savings and environmental impact. | |||
| Kern |
2021 BE Validation |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | Components: Resource or material optimisation |
| The patented shape of the corrugated cardboard box enables securely transport of content, space-saving storage, and simple handling during sorting and stacking. | |||
| kleandrop |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ Cleaning Services ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Other: Low tech |
| Cleaning products in tab or power form, without water to save transport energy and packing plastic materials. | |||
| Leafs |
2021 BS Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Data Platforms & Solutions, ESG Reporting & Compliance, Financial Services ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Leafs is a Basel-based web application for ESG and sustainability portfolio monitoring, targeting small and mid-sized wealth managers. Founded in 2021 as Lean Financial Solutions GmbH, the platform combines sustainability metrics with risk analysis across all asset classes, offering automated reporting, portfolio optimization, and API integration. | |||