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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SwissGeoPower Engineering |
2010 AG Formation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Geothermal |
| SwissGeoPower Engineering AG constructs, operates, rents and sells power plants nationally and internationally for the production of primarily electricity and secondarily heat from deep geothermal energy. These are closed petro-geo-energy power plants, which produce electricity and heat in a clean, sustainable and self-sufficient manner, which guarantees autonomy. | |||
| AquAero GmbH |
2015 AG Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources [ Energy Efficiency ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Heat industrial usage |
| AquAero has developed a drying technology able to reduce energy consumption by up to 70% and to eliminate the CO2 emissions almost completely while maintaining high product quality and productivity. The green technology is scalable to any size and can be adapted for all materials not sensitive to temperatures above 100°C, e.g. food, pet food, ceramics, and biomass. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Electrojoule |
2017 AG Growth |
[ Building Technologies ] | Energy: Geothermal, Energy: Heating in buildings, Energy: Renewable tech, Smart: Home & building |
| We plan, install and maintain sofisticated renewable heating and cooling systems für mid-sized buildings, all out of one hand, including continuous optimization. | |||
| e-netz |
2010 AG Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Communication |
| e-Netz AG is an independent planning, engineering and consulting company specialising in technical and energy issues in the energy sector. e-Netz AG unites independent experts for networks, engineering and the energy industry under one roof. | |||
| Equigy |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| A SWISSGRID Project. The «crowd balancing platform» is an innovative solution in the control energy market. The shift in electricity generation towards a large number of smaller generators with volatile production is presenting new challenges for transmission system operators. | |||
| Explosion Power |
2009 AG Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Components: Filters & membranes, Energy: Heat industrial usage, Other: Enabling tech |
| Small explosion generator to clean heat pump tubes of industrial processes Participation: Online cleaning technology with Shock Pulse Technology to remove deposits on heat exchanger surfaces, e.g. membrane walls and tube bundles for large boiler plants (waste to energy, biomass, industrial heat recovery eg.) | |||
| mygrid |
2023 AG Growth |
Buildings & Construction [ Energy Management & Use, Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Mobility: E-vehicle charging |
| mygrid offers a modular platform for operating and billing charging infrastructure, (v)ZEV and energy solutions in buildings. Whether for rental properties, building owners, corporate sites, or operator models, mygrid automates processes, ensures transparency, and integrates seamlessly into existing systems. The platform is hardware-agnostic, scalable, and available as a white-label solution. Our target market includes energy utilities, installation companies, and real estate managers with multi-site portfolios. These stakeholders face rising complexity and demand for digital energy services. mygrid helps manage and monetize infrastructure across charging, metering, and production assets all on one platform. What sets us apart: mygrid combines the depth of a full-featured backend for EV charging with the flexibility to support ZEV billing and energy communities. Our focus is on simplicity and automation. The system supports dynamic pricing, real-time data, and ERP/EDM integration. Customers can run operations autonomously or outsource onboarding, billing or support. Well-known clients like SBB, SWL, Pestalozzi, Thomson Reuters and leading housing cooperatives already rely on our platform. mygrid simplifies energy operations – simple, automated, and flexible. | |||
| MyOldtimer |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| MyOldtimer.fun is the sharing platform that allows you to share classic cars, modern classic and other unique vehicles. | |||
| Neuron |
2013 AG Growth |
Financials & Information Technology [ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Lighting, IT: Communication, IT: Network, Other: Enabling tech, Smart: City, Smart: Device, Smart: Grid, Smart: Home & building |
| Neuron offers innovative products, platforms and services to facilitate last-mile (EDGE) IoT using powerline communication technology. With customer spread across 19 countries and 4 continents, our technologies are most used in SmartGrid and SmartCity domains.. | |||
| NIKIN GmbH |
2017 AG Growth |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | Biological: Wood or forest tech |
| NIKIN is a sustainable clothing brand from Switzerland that plants a tree for each product. Our mission: We want to support global reforestation by planting one tree for every product sold. Here on our Linkedin page you will find regular information about NIKIN, inspiration for a sustainable lifestyle or how the NIKIN family works every day. Join us on our journey and help to make the world a greener place. | |||
| Olanga ( previously myFoodWaste ) |
2020 AG Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT |
| Olanga is the Swiss solution for sustainable food consumption and Food Waste reduction in the gastronomy. It allows to preorder food with an app at company retaurants et university to personalize the diet plan and gives planning security to the restaurants. Olanga leads to sustainable cost savings and Food Waste reduction and helps to protect natural resources. Olanga can reduce the costs in canteens by up to 3% and significantly increase customers satisfaction. | |||
| Oxoia (former myFacility) |
2020 AG Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT |
| Oxoia offers automated energy optimization and simple building control for public, commercial and industrial buildings | |||
| Power-Blox |
2015 AG Stagnant |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Energy: 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. | |||
| Room Estate |
2014 AG Growth |
[ Building Construction ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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. | |||
| swiss chips (BanChips) |
2018 AG Growth |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Low tech |
| swiss banana chips | |||
| Virtual Global Trading AG |
2018 AG Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Solarthermal, IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Mobility: Electric, Smart: Grid |
| We are a digital Energy Supplying Company and we build the power market of tomorrow. We build the biggest P2P Energy Trading Platform on the World. | |||
| Webmodus (SUN-D) |
2008 AG Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Lighting |
| We design and produce an exclusive, flexible and naturally adapting lighting system beyond comparison. The backbone of all our products is the same basic principle of redirecting light. SUN-Displays find their use as high standard, aesthetic eye catchers in foyers and entrance halls as well as part of exhibitions and events providing high flexibility for utilisation and a unique fusion of information and light. Whenever the backside of the screen is illuminated the frontside starts to shine. It doesn’t matter what light source you use. | |||
| Younergy |
2013 AG Established |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Solar power subscription for homes with no up-front cost.Solar installation. Financing of solar ans battery installations. | |||
| Caminada Energy Technologies |
2008 AG Formation |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | None |
| The environmentally friendly vegetable oil (Pöl) burner makes your oil heating CO2 neutral. Manly used oil should be used. | |||
| Crosstown H2R |
2022 AG Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Climate Technologies, Energy Efficiency ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Combustion tech & combined heat and power, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells |
| Crosstown H2R develops patented zero-carbon burner technology (H2R® Burner) enabling existing and new gas turbines to operate on any fuel blend from 100% natural gas to 100% hydrogen, eliminating CO₂ emissions and reducing NOx by up to 85%. The retrofit solution is designed to decarbonise gas turbine infrastructure without costly full-system replacement. | |||
| E2S Power |
2019 AG Growth |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Storage other than batteries |
| The company is set to develop a Long Duration Energy Storage using innovative travelling wave energy storage technology, a joint venture between SS&A power development AG and WIKA AG. Main aim is to repurpose and decarbonize fossil fuel power plants globally. | |||
| Grüniger PLUS |
2011 AG Established |
Culture, Education & Media [ Energy Efficiency ] | IT: Communication |
| Grüniger Plus GmbH is an expert in the field of energy and process optimisation of industrial processes as well as thermal systems and plants. The focus is on holistic considerations of systems and processes as well as their energetic and economic optimization. | |||
| iNovitas |
2011 AG Growth |
Mobility & Transport [ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Network, IT: Software, Smart: Sensors |
| infra3D Service by iNovitas brings the roads, the railway corridor and other infrastructure facilities digitally in high resolution and three-dimensionally directly to the user's workplace or screen. This enables processes to be digitised and redesigned | |||
| 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. | |||
| miniloop |
2023 AG Growth |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | None |
| Remretech |
2021 AG Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: New chemical materials |
| REMRETEch exploits the unique know-how in rare metals characterization, process developments from primary, secondary, e-waste resources, market and circular economy-related prospects | |||
| SmartBreed |
2019 AG Validation |
[ Regenerative Agriculture & Soil ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| SmartBreed offers insect breeders a local and complete breeding solution, with stackable, fully automated breeding boxes, in which insects can be bred cost-effectively, resource-saving and hygienically - locally directly at the customer's site. | |||
| Solar Manager |
2020 AG Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Software, Mobility: E-car, Mobility: Electric, Smart: Device, Smart: Grid, Smart: Home & building |
| With rising electricity prices and higher electricity usage (heat pumps, e-mobility) it became a need of each owner of a photovoltaic (PV) system to optimally distribute the produced PV power. Therefore, we developed Solar Manager – a system that is simple to install and fun to use through a beautiful app. We are a software company building an internet of energy platform. We are using a B2B2C model. Solar Manager is sold and installed by photovoltaic installers with the option of white labeling. | |||
| Solergy |
2021 AG Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Photovoltaics |
| Solergy brings together real estate owners, tenants and investors and provide a model where everybody benefits from new solar installation. So you become part of the fight against the climate change, by investing in roof solar, or providing a roof or buying solar electricity from the roof. | |||