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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| beesolar |
2017 VD validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ 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. | |||
| Bestmile |
2014 VD established |
Transport & Mobility [ Engineering ] | e-mobility, Fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Bestmile empowers mobility providers to deploy, manage and optimize autonomous and conventional driven vehicle fleets. Bestmile’s cloud platform enables the intelligent operation and optimization of autonomous mobility services, managing fixed-route and on-demand services, regardless of the vehicle brand or type. Bestmile’s on-demand autonomous mobility services platform is being used daily in city centers on four continents on both pedestrian areas and open roads. | |||
| Biocom Energy |
2009 VD established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..) |
| Limited liability company for the development and the promotion of new renewables energies, in particular the production and the distribution of biomass. Biocom Energy is specialized in the recycling of vegetables waste in biofuels mainly coming from shells and stones. | |||
| Bionomous |
2019 VD validation |
Health & House & Body Care [ Biodiversity and ecosystem protection, Engineering, Healthcare ] | IT data usage |
| Bionomous combines innovative micro-engineering design and machine learning methods to automatically inspect and sort miniature biological entities, in particular the egg of zebrafish Danio rerio, which is a common model for studies in genetics, development and behavioral biology, toxicology. | |||
| BioTruck |
2017 VD validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry, 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. | |||
| Bloom Biorenewables |
2019 VD validation |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Resource efficiency, Resource sufficiency, Waste & recycling ] | Biomass based energy (biofuels, biogas ..), Bio technologies, Material & Products based on biomass |
| At Bloom, we excel in deconstructing biomass. With our groundbreaking process, we provide a novel, cost-competitive route to source molecules from plants. This technology is the first of its kind and offers an unprecedented alternative for many petroleum-based products. From fragrances to polyurethanes, Bloom is committed to offer tailored solutions to our customers and help companies around the Globe in reducing their carbon footprint. Bloom products are cost-competitive bio-based building blocks for the chemical industry. The patented mild lignin extraction method uses stabilizing molecules (so-called “protection groups”) that prevent the lignin from condensing during extraction. | |||
| bNovate Technologies |
2011 VD established |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas), Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Engineering, Healthcare, Water Management ] | Bio technologies, Optic devices |
| Fully automated online detection of bacteria in drinking water in 20 minutes. | |||
| Caulys |
2019 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| The Caulys Farm brings fresh and healthy products into the city, with cultivation methods suitable for the urban environment. Our project falls within a perspective of a sustainalbe production and consumption and is like an urban greenhouse. | |||
| CleanGreens |
2013 VD growth |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Farming & agriculture, Food production & retail ] | Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| CleanGreens (previously CombaGroup) is an award-winning Swiss agro-tech company that provides innovative farming solutions in mobile aeroponics. Our patented technology greatly reduces water consumption and contamination risks while offering maximum productivity per square meter. Our efficient and mechanised irrigation and spacing systems produce clean, fresh and pesticide-free lettuce and aromatic plants all year round. | |||
| ClimatePlace |
2009 VD growth |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Service pooling ] | Climate technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| The platform Climat Place seeks to highlight pre-due-diligenced, bankable climate-related projects in order to raise a blend of public and private capital required to make such green development projects a reality. | |||
| CompPair |
2020 VD validation |
Construction & buildings [ Airplanes & transport, Maritime and waterways transport, Rail transport, Road vehicles and transport, Sport, Waste & recycling ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| CompPair is a forthcoming university spin-off solving damage issues for the composite materials industry. They develop the next generation of smart and sustainable material products to overcome damages.The new materials enable repeated damage healing after a moderate heat trigger. Their technology is the first competitive one with extremely high commercial potential in terms of multiple repair ability and recycling, while preserving mechanical properties, cost and processing methods as in many industrial systems. By extending their product portfolio to other fibres and resins, they have the ability to disrupt the industry; bringing repair and recycling functionalities to composites while matching current requirements. | |||
| Daphne Technology |
2017 VD validation |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Maritime and waterways transport, Transport & logisticsof goods ] | Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
| Daphne Technology SA is developing a catalyst-free scrubber technology to help the petrochemical, power and transportation industries to reduce air emissions to the levels required by international and national regulations. Daphne Technology’s patented nanotechnology based solutions can be miniaturized and is especially well-suited to meet the requirements of marine vessels. | |||
| DEPsys |
2012 VD established |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity, Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy efficiency ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Renewable technologies, Smartgrid |
| DEPsys is a leading Swiss technology company establishing thought leadership in the energy market. It provides evolutive solutions based on GridEye platform enabling traditional power distribution networks to cope with the new constraints of decentralized production from renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic systems and electromobility technologies. GridEye provides an innovative technology solution for distribution system operators (DSO). Uniquely positioned with its deployment simplicity, it is the only solution that can make a grid smart in ONE day, avoiding all installation hassles with true plug & play functionality. | |||
| DM-Green |
2017 VD validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Waste & recycling ] | Low technology |
| We are a company specialized in the marketing and distribution of innovative solutions in the fields of recovery, sorting and recycling of waste, such as presses, interior and exterior containers or automated sorting robots. Our desire is to optimize resources in a sustainable and responsible manner, as well as reducing waste and CO2 emissions. | |||
| droople |
2018 VD validation |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Water Management ] | Internet of Things, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data |
| We provide businesses with retrofit solution to efficiently manage their fleet of water-driven assets and buildings. | |||
| ecoRobotix |
2011 VD validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture ] | Automated or self driving, Measuring & monitoring e.g. environemental data, Photovoltaics, Resource saving agricultural technologies |
| ecorobotix develops, produces and sells innovative farming machines that require low energy and that reduce the negative ecological impact of modern agriculture, while keeping costs competitive. | |||
| Ecosapin |
2012 VD established |
Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Forestry ] | Low technology |
| EcoSapin delivers a Christmas tree in a pot for Christmas. After the end of the year holidays, the professionals of the company come to recover the tree which is then brought back to nature or the tree nursery. | |||
| e-Durable |
2016 VD validation |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| e-Durable is the leading IT service provider in French-speaking Switzerland which places Sustainable Development at the heart of its activities. | |||
| EH Group Engineering |
2017 VD growth |
Climate technologies & mitigation & CO2-reduction, Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity, Energy management solutions, Energy storage, Engineering ] | Energy storage other than batteries, Hydrogen technology and fuel cells |
| Develops a new fuels cell and is an engineering and consulting firm based in Switzerland. We offer a unique strategic, technical and business consulting service in the area of energy with a focus on fuel cells, system management, engineering, prototype development and the application of various methodologies such as Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and Design for Excellence (DfX).d | |||
| Embion Technologies |
2019 VD validation |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies, New chemical materials |
| EMBION catalyzes the future of #nutrition by introducing a portfolio of sophisticated, complex EMBION-BIOACTIVES with expanded prebiotic properties. EMBION innovates with brilliant #plant-based technologies that customize unique nutrition in exceptional speed and are surprisingly affordable. | |||
| Enairys Powertech |
2008 VD formation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production), Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity, Energy efficiency ] | Electric batteries, Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Renewable technologies |
| Enairys offers a wide range of innovative and clean energy storage & management solutions, based on its proprietary hydro-pneumatic and power electronic technologies. These solutions enhance the exploitation of intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar sources, and enable electricity consumers and producers to improve their energy efficiency or autonomy while preserving the environment. | |||
| eqlosion |
2018 VD growth |
Behavioural change, Communication, Media, Education or Games, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Food, Farming or Forestry [ Many fields ] | |
| eqlosion is a service based company, active in the setting and piloting of entrepreneurship projects in the field of sustainability. eqlosion creates new activities and define itself as a company factory focused on sustainability. | |||
| eSMART Technologies |
2011 VD established |
Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption [ Electricity efficiency, Information technology ] | Enabling technologies, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Smarthome & building |
| eSMART develops intelligent systems for building automation. It can manage building functions like heating, lighting, electricity or videophone systems with a touchscreen in the living room or a smartphone app. The screen can also display the current use of electricity and water in real-time, informing occupants about energy consumption. | |||
| Ewattch |
2017 VD established |
Construction & buildings, Energy usage, efficiency & prosumption, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Building technology, Construction of buildings, Electricity, Electricity efficiency, Energy efficiency, Engineering, Heating and cooling energy, Many fields, Resource efficiency ] | Electric batteries, IT data usage, Optic devices, Smartcity, Smart device, Smartgrid, Smarthome & building |
| An IoT expert, Ewattch offers innovative connected solutions for Smart Building and Smart Industry projects. They develop wireless sensors and innovative services mainly dedicated to energy control, intended for industry, office buildings and Smart building projects. | |||
| Fireforce Technology |
2018 VD validation |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Heating and cooling energy ] | Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings |
| Fireforce Technology develops clean and effective biomass combustion processes that emits ultra-low pollutant levels. We develop our own models of wood burners adapted to your application. | |||
| Flyability |
2014 VD established |
Construction & buildings, Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management, Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering, Prevention of or protection from technical risks ] | Drone & flight, Enabling technologies, Sensors |
| Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones for inaccessible places. By allowing drones to be used safely inside cities, inside buildings, and in contact with people, it enables new interactions and services with UAVs and solving the two most critical issues of one of the fastest growing industries: collision and injury risks. The company’s first market is in industrial inspection where it avoids sending people in dangerous and confined spaces for the inspection of Energy, Oil & Gas or transport infrastructure. It is also active in Search & Rescue and security to assess emergency situations without putting humans at risk. | |||
| Gamaya |
2015 VD growth |
Food, Farming or Forestry [ Farming & agriculture, Forestry, Resource sufficiency, Water Management ] | Smart device |
| Gamaya addresses the need to increase efficiency and sustainability of large industrial farming, as well as the productivity and scalability of small-holder farming, by deploying the world’s most advanced solution for mapping and diagnostics of farmland. Gamaya helps farmers to use water, fertilisers, chemicals and fuel more efficiently; improve the quality and quantity of their production; minimise the impact on the environment; as well as reduce risks associated with drought, extreme weather conditions and climate change. | |||
| GEOEG |
2018 VD growth |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Energy management solutions, Engineering, Environmental monitoring ] | Communication, Low technology |
| At GEOEG, we foster the multiple roles of the underground, a spatial, material and resourceful medium that can support and host structures and infrastructures, as well as provide renewable energy. From this perspective, we developed a multidisciplinary approach allowing to plan, design, and manage it in the most integrated way. | |||
| Greenastic |
2016 VD established |
Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management [ Farming & agriculture, Gardening ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
| Greenastic is the first eco-friendly digital gardening platform based on the principles of permaculture. Greenastic provide you tools to design your perfect biologic and durable garden, balcony, or terrace. From your couch, you can create the best dynamic between plants and vegetables that you like with a web application that caters to your needs. | |||
| GreenGT |
2008 VD growth |
Transport & Mobility [ Electricity efficiency, Engineering ] | e-car, e-mobility, Hydro energy, Renewable technologies, Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| GreenGT is an independent Swiss company that has designed and developed high-performance clean and durable electric-hydrogen propulsion systems since 2008. GreenGT technology is based on the use of the hydrogen-powered electric motor through the use of the fuel cell. | |||