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 |
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Loopia |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Information technology ] | Wearable devices or apps |
We are Thingsy, a young start-up with a big vision: to move away from the throwaway society towards the circular economy. Thingsy is here to help you manage your warranty receipts, when one of your products breaks down, or when you want to donate, share or resell a device. In order to develop the best app for you, we are expanding and optimizing our offer step by step. You can find out more about us on our website. Thingsy - Extending the life of Things | |||
tropfbox |
2022 SO validation |
Production of eco friendly products [ Bodycare, Trade and Retail ] | |
Tropfbox is an online platform for all things to do with periods. It offers access to sustainable menstrual products that can be purchased by subscription. | |||
Unbound Potential |
2023 validation |
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Designing and building a new type of redox flow battery | |||
UNIWASTEC |
2021 ZG validation |
[ climate carbon removal, Waste & recycling ] | Filters & Membranes, Hydrogen technology and fuel cells, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
UNIWASTEC is a technology company that operates in the field of waste-to-energy production. We have combined the most innovative and greenest waste-to-energy technologies to produce Green Hydrogen, Synthetic liquids and gases, electricity and drinking water. | |||
Vegipack |
2021 VD validation |
[ Waste & recycling ] | Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
An ecological water bottle made from sugar cane, which is also compostable at the end of its life. Veganbottle is a positive alternative to global plastic pollution. | |||
Voliro |
2019 ZH validation |
[ Construction of buildings, Construction of infrastructure (roads, bridges ..), Energy Production ] | Drone & flight, Sensors |
Drones as flying inspection robot The robots are capable of performing in-depth structural integrity assessments using advanced inspection technologies. | |||
Volumina Medical |
2018 VD validation |
[ Healthcare ] | New chemical materials, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
Reconstructive surgery after breast cancer is currently costly, risky, highly invasive and results are temporary or don't look natural. EPFL spinoff Volumina Medical created AdiPearl, an injectable implant with the capacity to regenerate damaged tissues for breast reconstruction in a single minimally invasive procedure. AdiPearl will improve the quality of life by bringing to breast cancer survivors a safe, effective, quality, and cost efficient breast reconstruction solution. | |||
washo |
2022 ZG validation |
[ Cleaning ] | |
Washo is the environmentally friendly alternative to conventional detergents: Ecologically clean, practical and pre-dosed. | |||
Circulago (WWZ) |
2016 ZG validation |
[ Electricity, Energy Production ] | Cooling technology, Heat Exchanger, Heating in buildings |
Circulago is a WWZ AG project for the supply of Zug and Baar-Süd with environmentally friendly heating and cooling energy. It is obtained from the water of the Zugersee. | |||
Xilva |
2021 ZH validation |
[ climate carbon removal, Forestry ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Xilva is a digital platform where one can invest in regenerative forests. Sourcing, screening and funding are all part of the process through which Xilva enables the support of forest projects all around the globe. | |||
Yoordi |
2021 ZH validation |
[ Information technology ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals, Wearable devices or apps |
Digital self-ordering solution: Yoordi's web app can be used to digitally handle ordering and payment services at events with multiple food and beverage providers. | |||
Yuxi |
2022 ZH validation |
[ Energy efficiency ] | Enabling technologies, IT data usage, IT Software |
Yuxi leverages data from Building Management Systems to optimize the building's energy consumption and indoor quality. | |||
1H2O3 |
2018 LU growth |
[ Water Management ] | Water pollution abatement |
Water Treatment Package - All in one package that makes wastewater treatment affordable and easy. | |||
2em |
2014 FR growth |
[ Road vehicles and transport ] | Fleet management, IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
2EM wurde 2012 in Freiburg gegründet. Mit einer Flotte von über 2000 Fahrzeugen ist 2EM die führende private Autovermietungsplattform der Schweiz und ermöglicht Tausenden von Mitgliedern die Teilnahme an der kooperativen Wirtschaft. Die Wahl einer alternativen Art des Konsums bedeutet, Teil der Generation des Social Car Sharing zu sein! | |||
agrarpiloten |
2018 BE growth |
[ Farming & agriculture ] | Drone & flight |
Agrarpiloten GmbH has set itself the goal of revolutionising work in agriculture in a targeted manner. We have a large pool of different pilots from all over Switzerland. Our multicopters can be used in a variety of ways and are fast and efficient in their execution. Through a mobile charging system, we are able to recharge the mobile batteries and thus do our work quickly and efficiently. | |||
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. | |||
Alera energies AG |
2015 LU growth |
Construction & buildings [ Energy efficiency, Engineering, Heating and cooling energy ] | Heat industrial usage, Heating in buildings, Smarthome & building |
Our customers rank from private households to large companies for whom we have successfully accompanied and supported projects like the optimisation of heat pumps in family homes to the development of power plants and energy centres. | |||
Alver (Golden Chlorella) |
2015 VD growth |
[ Food production & retail ] | Bio technologies |
Alver is a new food company producing everyday foods that are based on Golden ChlorellaTM. This nutrient-dense micro-algae is a truly sustainable source of protein, something which the planet needs if we are to be able to feed the ever-increasing world population. We have launched with our 100% natural EASY PROTEIN powder and three different Golden Chlorella packed biscuits. We are developing soups and sauces. | |||
Amphasys |
2012 LU growth |
[ Farming & agriculture ] | Bio technologies |
Amphasys provides a label-free solution for analysis of single cell characteristics such as cell size and morphology, viability (apoptosis), or cell differentiation. The patented, chip-based technology eliminates time-consuming, complex sample preparation steps like cell labelling and the need of expensive laboratory infrastructure. | |||
Amphiro |
2009 ZH growth |
Behavioural change,Environment, sustainability & hazard prevention management,Natural resources, Material efficiency or Recycling & Waste Management [ Electricity efficiency, Resource sufficiency ] | Enabling technologies, Hydro energy (small scale), IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
Amphiro develops intelligent systems that indicate the energy consumption when using hot water - and motivate a conscious use of energy. amphiro displays the water and energy consumption directly when showering and thus promotes a conscious use of hot water. | |||
Assaia International |
2018 ZH growth |
Finance, Insurance, IT or Data Analysis [ Airplanes & transport, Information technology ] | IT data usage |
We provide an Artificial Intelligence solution that watches turnarounds in real time to understand what is happening and offers predictive analysis to better manage operations. | |||
Aurora's Grid |
2016 VD growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production) [ Electricity grids & flexibility, Energy storage ] | Smartgrid |
Aurora's Grid develops an ageing-aware and eco-friendly energy management software for electrochemical batteries in smart building and/or electric vehicle reducing the ageing of the battery up to 45% compared to non ageing aware management batteries. | |||
Avantama (nanograde) |
2008 ZH growth |
Energy production & distribution & storage (incl.tool production),Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ Engineering ] | Grid: Efficient power transmission or distribution, Photovoltaics, Physical & chemical & nano technologies |
Avantama develops and produces nanomaterials for electronics. Avantama’s material innovations enable the fabrication of high quality optical and electronic coatings by established printing and coating techniques. | |||
BePooler |
2015 TI growth |
[ Information technology, Mobility & Fleet management ] | IT-platforms or networking solutions, e.g. portals |
BePooler was born in Switzerland in 2015 from the simple but innovative idea of providing companies and individual users with a fast and safe way to share the trip to their workplace, thus reducing traffic, expenses, the use of private vehicles and urban pollution. The Lugano-based startup company has developed an innovative system for carpooling through a web platform and related app and has managed to entice none other than the Italian city of Milan. | |||
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. | |||
Bloom Biorenewables |
2019 VD growth |
Industrial process & manufacture (technology usefull for many areas) [ 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. | |||
carpasus |
2014 ZH growth |
Low technology | |
CARPASUS combines sustainability with quality, style and coolness. Our mission is to provide you with quality shirts that will make you feel good, accompany you for a long time, and underline your individual style. The CARPASUS shirts are now available in stores in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Sweden and are enjoying growing popularity. CARPASUS will continue to work for a more resource-efficient fashion industry in the future. The journey continues. |