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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synhelion |
2016 TI Growth |
Energy & Power Systems,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Solarthermal, Energy: Storage other than batteries, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid) |
| Synhelion is on a mission to replace fossil fuels by economically viable synthetic fuels, which are compatible with the current global fuel infrastructure and reduce net CO2 emissions by up to 100 percent. Synhelion uses high-temperature solar heat to convert water and CO2 into synthetic fuels – so-called solar fuels. | |||
| TellCo Europe |
2008 TI Established |
[ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Lighting, Energy: Photovoltaics, Smart: Grid, Smart: Home & building |
| TellCo Europe Sagl based in Switzerland is an international company, active in renewable energy systems and design and production of Solar Lighting Solutions and Solar Electricity Solutions. TellCo Europe is a leading organisation with the ability to plan, design, deploy, develop, integrate, and supply products for ECO and SOLAR demands. | |||
| airlite (AM Technology) |
2016 TI Established |
[ Building Technologies ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| Wall colours that clean the air we breathe, remove bacteria from homes, offices and hospitals, and reduce energy consumption. | |||
| XFarm |
2018 TI Growth |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Mobility: Electric, Mobility: Fleet management, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| xFarm is a digital platform helping the farmers to manage their activities. It is composed of a cloud-based field management software, IoT field sensors gathering meteorological and environmental data, and an open app store for decision support services. | |||
| QualityChain |
2019 TI Growth |
Food, Agriculture & Forestry [ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms |
| QualityChain creates special QR Codes for agri-food products, which allow you to communicate everything about your product: people, techniques and values, from the shelf to the table. | |||
| Adventerra Games |
2009 TI Established |
[ Education & Learning ] | IT: Gamification, Other: Low tech |
| Adventerra Games, located in the Italian part of Switzerland, has worked for more than 10 years to create educational games designed for children of different ages on environmental topics. | |||
| Primal Bee Systems (BeeHelpful) |
2017 TI Validation |
[ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| Beehelpful has developed a new patented class of hives (Primalbee) that improve the health of bees, increase pollination capacity and reduce the chemical treatment of hives. | |||
| BioeCacao (BioeSfuso di Rémy Chikhi) |
2017 TI Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards,Health, Wellness & Care [ Energy Efficiency, Food Safety & Quality, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| BioeCacao’s goal is to produce a “life friendly” chocolate in every sense of the word: good for your health by using simple, natural ingredients and no added sugars; sustainable for society and nature by adopting FairTrade resources and compostable packaging; and satisfying to the soul with its delicious flavor! | |||
| DEC Energy |
2024 TI Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | Energy: Photovoltaics, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| DEC runs a renewable Energy Platform where buyers can get Guarantees of Origin directly from producers of green electricity. | |||
| Deutelio |
2024 TI Formation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Nuclear |
| Deutelio is a private initiative exploring an alternative approach to fusion energy. In light of the challenges faced by the Tokamak concept, new magnetic confinement methods like the proprietary Polomac are being investigated. Polomac uses a poloidal magnetic configuration with “magnetic tunnels” that enable stable plasma confinement and access to internal dipole coils. This approach aims to achieve reactor conditions with lower magnetic field strength and may enable Deuterium-Deuterium fusion without the need for Tritium breeding. | |||
| Daxtro Swiss International Engineering Company |
2000 TI Established |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Hydro, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Renewable tech, Energy: Wind, Other: Enabling tech |
| Daxtro Swiss International Engineering Company S.A.R.L.® is a Cleantech Swiss company dedicated to developing, manufacturing, distributing and installing products relating to the environmental sector. They have three divisions: DAXTRO WATERS: Specialized in the field of water purification at any level (waste water treatment for municipalities and industries; also have desalination plants, filtration and drinking water systems). DAXTRO ENERGY: Leader in the field of renewable energy generation (Photovoltaic plants & Eolic systems). DAXTRO TECHNOLOGY: Promotes and commercialize high-tech products for Industrial Applications. | |||
| EnvEve |
2008 TI Growth |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| EnvEve is an high tech company specialised in Internet of Things. It has developed a unique Internet of Things framework for outdoor applications with robust and reliable devices enable sophisticate analytics to support decision in Agriculture and Forests. | |||
| Genuine Way |
2018 TI Growth |
[ Data Platforms & Solutions ] | IT: Blockchain or algorithms, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Genuine Way is a Blockchain company that focuses on environmental sustainability. We support your business in assessing and communicating its carbon-footprint to ethical consumers. | |||
| Paradox Engineering |
2000 TI Sold but still independently active |
Energy & Power Systems,Financials & Information Technology,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes,Mobility & Transport [ Building Technologies ] | IT: Internet of Things IOT, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: City |
| Leveraging our deep technological know-how, we offer Internet of Things platforms to unlock the value of our customers’ data: our solutions enable Cities and companies to collect, transport, store and deliver any kind of data lying in urban objects or industrial plants, transforming information into | |||
| Swissponic |
2021 TI Validation |
[ Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech |
| Swissponic has developed an automated system for growing vegetable hors-sols at home. The system consists of a hydroponic structure, a control unit with dedicated software and a cloud connection for remote culture management at any time. | |||
| UrbanMetrix |
2021 TI Validation |
Energy & Power Systems [ Building Technologies, Data Platforms & Solutions ] | Smart: Measuring & monitoring, Smart: Sensors |
| UrbanMetrix is a 3D site-analysis software that allows inverting the design-process of urban architecture by starting it from the local environmental resources. Our USP is based on an inverted volumetric approach backed by a set of innovative filtering, combination, and transformation features. The generated solutions pre-empt environmental performance producing an economic value increase in the range of 5%. | |||
| Basis 57 Nachhaltige Wassernutzung |
2007 UR Growth |
Energy & Power Systems [ Food Systems & Food Tech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech, Biological: Bio tech |
| The Gotthard-Basis tunnel in Southern Switzerland causes drainage of the drilled-through rock. Basis 57 Nachhaltige Wassernutzung uses the warm and clean mountain water exiting at the north portal as a natural resource for food production. The breeding of edible fish such as the Gotthard pike-perch and the generation of the necessary thermal energy are the main focus here. | |||
| Raptrac |
2024 UR Validation |
None | |
| 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. | |||
| Aitonomi (TeleRetail) |
2014 VS develops elsewhere |
[ Fleet & Mobility Management ] | IT: Data usage, IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Autopilot Software and Autonomous Transport System developer and elf-driving robots to automate logistics and to minimize the ecological footprint of transportation. The company’s award-winning Aito AutoPilot Software platform drives robots of almost any size autonomously while reducing the energy consumption, emissions, and space requirements of transport by up to 90%. Beyond industrial, urban and rural logistics automation, the Aito AutoPilot Software and system is also used for self-driving probe and beacon robots that autonomously monitor 5G networks and infrastructure. | |||
| DePoly |
2020 VS Formation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| DePoly has developed a novel solution allowing the chemical recycling of PET plastic. They won the venture competition in 2019 and are in the process of founding. | |||
| DSPlus |
2003 VS restructuring, on hold, no development |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Efficiency ] | Energy: Lighting, Other: Enabling tech |
| DSPlus designs, develops and markets electronic light dimmers that integrate into public lighting systems. Thus contributes to reducing energy consumption and light pollution. DSPlus is a Swiss high-tech company, founded in 2004 as a spin-off of HES-SO Valais. | |||
| Dufour Aerospace |
2017 VS Growth |
[ Air Transport ] | Mobility: Drone & flight |
| Dufour Aerospace develops efficient and sustainable aircraft for patient and passenger transport, logistics and public safety. It uses distributed electric propulsion and a hybrid module to be able to meet today's helicopter market and Advanced Air Mobility requirements. | |||
| ExerGo |
2018 VS Growth |
[ Energy Management & Use ] | Energy: Cooling tech, Energy: Heating in buildings, IT: Software |
| We develop an innovative concept of smart heating and cooling low temperature thermal network. | |||
| UniqueTrace (FairTrace) |
2013 VS Growth |
[ Trade & Retail Solutions ] | Other: Enabling tech |
| FairTrace developed FairTrace Traceability Tool. It's an effective, innovative and patented computer software solution which ensure traceability of goods, ingredients and guarantee their origin | |||
| Fly & Film |
2015 VS Growth |
[ Air Transport ] | Mobility: Drone & flight |
| The school of drones : UAVs are already indispensable in many companies today and will be one of the 8 technologies that entrepreneurs cannot imagine the year 2020 without. The Fly & Film drone academy offers training programs by professional instructors coming from civil aviation. | |||
| GreenGoWeb |
2012 VS Growth |
Culture, Education & Media,Energy & Power Systems [ Behavioural Change ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| GreenGoWeb® is an app for corporate sustainable behaviour challenges. It makes green team building in the form of gaming. Since 2012, GreenGoWeb® is the pioneer in applying gamification principles in the field of sustainable development. The company fosters innovative climate-mitigation solutions by engaging individuals, non-state and subnational actors. This unique “pledge-and-review” system allows for network creation and dynamic collaboration amongst participants. GreenGoWeb provides a set of comprehensive measures to reach out and engage individuals in efficient, yet feasible, bottom-up actions. | |||
| H55 |
2015 VS Growth |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Air Transport ] | Energy: Battery, Energy: Photovoltaics, Energy: Synthetic fuels (e.g. power to liquid), Mobility: Electric |
| Experts in aviation. Building electric driven aircrafts and Battery management systems for aircrafts and critical applications. Seems to have several patents : https://patents.justia.com/assignee/h55-sa | |||
| HOOC |
2015 VS Growth |
Financials & Information Technology [ Energy Management & Use ] | IT: Communication, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Other: Enabling tech |
| Secure remote access, remote programming, system networking and remote support. Smart Buildings and house technic | |||
| Imperix |
2013 VS Established |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Energy: Grid & Electricity transmission, Smart: Grid |
| Imperix develops high-end control equipment and prototyping hardware for power electronics, drives, smart grids and related topics. Its products are designed to enable cutting-edge innovation in corporate and academic environments. They are especially valued for their ability to accelerate the implementation of laboratory-scale power converters and facilitate the derivation of high quality experimental results. | |||
| Match my Bike |
2019 VS Growth |
[ Road Transport & Vehicles ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Device |
| Match my Bike is a platform for sharing bikes between individuals. Thanks to a smartphone application and a connected padlock, cyclists can book two-wheelers in different cities within the community. In exchange, they make their bikes available when they are parked at the station. | |||