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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MontaConnect |
2025 LU Validation |
[ Building Technologies ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| MontaConnect is the digital white-label platform for construction management, project owners, and executing trade contractors. It connects everyone involved in a construction project in one shared environment to streamline workflows, document decisions transparently, and deliver projects smoothly—without friction. Everyone works from the same data foundation—your team, your brand, your standards—resulting in fewer delays, less rework, and greater cost certainty. Optional site supervision available as a service. | |||
| moveable.ch |
ZH Validation |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| The first step towards sustainable mobility and liveable public spaces is to promote active mobility. With their platforms, we help to shape the infrastructure for this. | |||
| Mycostrat |
2023 LU Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Food tech, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Fungi and fungal mycelia are their specialty. Mycostrat analyzes, researchs, develops, processes and tests how building materials can be produced from fungi. They use various fungal threads, known as mycelia, as well as other natural, rapidly renewable raw materials. These can be returned to the raw material cycle for building materials in various upcycling processes. | |||
| mycosuisse |
2022 Validation |
Buildings & Construction [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Bio tech |
| Mycosuisse develops various applications based on different fungal mycelia, e.g. insulation & packaging material, cleaning agents based on mycoremediation, fungal mycelia-based auxiliaries for plant cultivation | |||
| MyDIO |
2017 GE Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Mobility & Transport [ Behavioural Change, Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software |
| MyDIO is an innovative digital platform that incentivizes people and businesses to make environmentally conscious decisions. Users earn loyalty points by choosing public transport via SwissPass and spend them at partner businesses. The platform supports a nature-positive regenerative economy by creating green incentives and funding ecological restoration with every eligible transaction. | |||
| Nanas Lunchbox |
Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Other: Unknown |
| Nana's Lunchbox gives families in difficult times a moment of normality with a delicious family meal. In this way, we make their everyday lives easier and allow their worries and fears to fade into the background for a moment. | |||
| Nature Re |
2021 SZ Validation |
Financials & Information Technology [ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| The purpose of the company is to provide consulting and management services, especially in the field of nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss. This is done through mobilizing investments towards projects that focus on restoring nature and biodiversity. | |||
| Neology Hydrogen |
2023 VD Validation |
[ Energy Storage, Road Transport & Vehicles ] | Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells, Energy: Storage other than batteries, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Neology Hydrogen SA develops modular, zero-emission Ammonia Power Generators (APGs) designed to replace diesel generators in off-grid and industrial settings. Our systems convert ammonia into high-purity hydrogen on-site, which is then used in PEM fuel cells to produce electricity. | |||
| NEUNOI |
2025 ZH Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| When it comes to our materials, we rely on clever recycling. Available by subscription or with a buy-back guarantee. For a more conscious approach to children's clothing. Designed to be efficiently repaired again and again. | |||
| neuraVOLT |
2022 ZH Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | Energy: Battery, IT: Software, Mobility: Electric, Smart: Grid |
| euraVOLT enables EV Charging infrastructure to become a key component of an interconnected energy world backed by it’s AI-driven digital ecosystem with data-driven intelligence. | |||
| niatsu |
2023 ZH Validation |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Biological: Food tech, Environment: Climate tech, IT: Software |
| Niatsu provides a carbon footprint framework to enable their customers to automate the CO2-Calculation of their food products. | |||
| Norsia |
2021 GE Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Financial Services ] | Other: Low tech |
| Norsia helps wealth managers fully integrate their clients’ personal values and vision of sustainability into the investment process. Our ESG profiling tools help leverage investors' sustainability goals and thus develop responsible investment strategies. | |||
| Nuré Nutrition |
Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| Nuré Nutrition is the first natural kids' supplement brand, free from controversial additives. Crafted with premium bioavailable ingredients, their supplements fill nutritional gaps to support the child's immunity, growth, and well-being. | |||
| NutriFly |
2020 FL Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Food tech |
| NutriFly produces high quality products for animals and plants from insects. In our production process, we exclusively process regionally available by-products from the agricultural and food industries into high-protein animal feed and nutrient-rich fertilizers. | |||
| Octotronic |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions, Efficiency Solutions, Engineering & Industrial Design ] | IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: IOT Internet of Things, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Octotronic empowers manufacturers to unlock the full potential of their production data. Its platform OctoCore connects machines, sensors, cameras, and IT/OT systems into a unified data foundation, enabling teams to monitor performance, detect anomalies, and scale AI-driven use cases across factories – without coding. Trusted by industry leaders including Nestlé, BMW, VAT, Datwyler, and Biotronik, Octotronic helps manufacturers move from fragmented data to scalable industrial intelligence. | |||
| oecogreen |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Cleaning Services ] | Mobility: E-cargo |
| Containers repeatedly cause environmental pollution due to improper or inadequate cleaning. Oecogreen sells and rents out containers and cleans and desinfects them regularly. To do this they use a fleet of electric garbage trucks to emit less CO2. In addition they recycle all the dirty water from the cleaning, so that it can not pollute its surroundings. | |||
| OPTIML |
2022 ZH Validation |
IT: Software | |
| OPTIML is the next generation of AI-based software for intelligent cost and CO₂-conscious decision support and asset management in the building sector. | |||
| CertCare (Originfood) |
2018 VD Validation |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: IOT Internet of Things, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| At Originfood, we work with our Clients to digitalise processes that help shed light on Supply Chain blind spots. We don't do "consulting", we engage to enhance transparency and reduce operational redundancies. | |||
| PanGeo |
2025 ZH Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection, Data Platforms & Solutions, Environmental Monitoring, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | Environment: Climate tech, IT: AI Artificial intelligence, IT: Data usage, IT: Software, Smart: City |
| Science-based nature risk intelligence for a resilient future. PanGeo enables financial institutions and companies to reduce their biodiversity and water footprints. | |||
| PeelPack |
2025 ZH Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| PeelPack is a pioneering initiative set to transform the fresh produce packaging landscape. By introducing biodegradable and compostable biopolymer punnets, PeelPack aims to replace traditional paper and plastic packaging, significantly reducing the environmental footprint linked to fresh fruit and vegetable distribution and waste management. | |||
| Pelt8 |
2021 ZH Validation |
[ ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Pelt provides organisations with a business intelligence and reporting solution for ESG & sustainability data. We help companies organise all indicators they have to collect, manage and disclose in one tool. | |||
| Piss & Love |
2021 VD Validation |
[ Cleaning Services ] | None |
| Piss & love design, produce and offers innovating dry toilets which are movable without machines and customizable. Furthermore, we aim to transform human waste into valuable nutrients for plants or energy. | |||
| ProSeed |
2023 VS Validation |
[ Food Systems & Food Tech, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Food tech |
| ProSeed's mission is to reduce the negative impact of the food system by preserving wet biomass from Food & Beverage producers and funneling it into the production of innovative new food containing these "waste" products. | |||
| Ranas Mosler |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Behavioural Change ] | None |
| RanasMosler's vision as pioneers in behavior change is good health and a sustainable environment for all. RANAS stands for Risks, Attitudes, Norms, Abilities, and Self-regulation. It’s a scientifically proven method that enables you to understand and measure the psychosocial factors underlying behavior. | |||
| Raptrac |
2024 UR Validation |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Energy: Renewable tech |
| Raptrac is developing a fully electric, lightweight and multifunctional implement carrier that reduces the workload for farmers and protects the soil – whether in organic or conventional vegetable cultivation. | |||
| RealWear Switzerland (Almer Technologies) |
2021 BE Validation |
Culture, Education & Media [ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | Other: Enabling tech, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| Almer is the first company to provide both hardware and software as a service. By developing compact and lightweight Augmented Reality glasses, we deliver efficient technology for frontline workers with excellent image quality and specialized remote assistance software. | |||
| RECOAL |
2023 ZH Validation |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Energy: HTC Hydrothermale Carbonisierung, Energy: Pyrolyse |
| RECOAL AG, a Swiss company, has developed a cutting-edge carbon removal technology that transforms waste biomass into Negative Emission Coal, providing a reliable, permanent and easy-to-scale solution that securely stores CO2 underground. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Resilio |
2022 VD Validation |
[ Resource Efficiency ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software |
| Resilio helps organizations reduce the environmental impact of their IT infrastructure, websites, and digital services. They offer a SaaS platform, Resilio Tech, for assessing the ecological footprint of IT products and services, alongside consulting, training, and sustainability strategies. Targeting both private and public organizations, Resilio is committed to promoting sustainable digital practices and supporting clients like LVMH, ABB, and the European Commission. | |||
| Restor Eco |
2020 ZH Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Restor is the world's largest network of restoration and conservation sites. It aims to connect projects and people with scientific data, financial resources, monitoring tools and each other. This is to accelerate projects and increase the and impact and scale. Restor gives information about projects all around the world. | |||