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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swistor |
2022 VD Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery |
| Sustainable. longlasting Energy Storage: By coating dense nanocarbon electrodes with nanoscale active materials we achieve high performance Supercapacitors that can operate both at very low and very high currents. | |||
| taketray |
2004 ZH Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Other: Low tech |
| The most functional pocket ashtray solves litterling. | |||
| TEIL.style |
2020 BE Validation |
[ Fashion & Apparel ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| TEIL - the open closet in Bern and alternative to todays clothing consumption. Sustainability, variety and style are possible when we borrow more and own less. | |||
| Terapet |
2019 GE Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Smart: Measuring & monitoring |
| Proton therapy is the most precise radiotherapy for cancer treatment. However, monitoring the doses during treatments remains a guessing game based on simulations. Terapet SA, a CERN startup, develops a novel medical device which enables medical doctors for the first time to monitor the delivered proton dose inside the patients during cancer treatment: in-vivo, non-invasive, in 3D and real-time. This solution ensures that every patient receives the right dose, every time. | |||
| testmate |
2020 VD Validation |
[ Health Solutions ] | Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, IT: Platforms or networking solutions, Smart: Wearable devices or apps |
| The wait-time for test results identifying the four most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is three to seven days. Testmate Health is the first rapid at home self-test that provides results in minutes, in an anonymous, convenient and easy manner. Results are scanned and uploaded to a paired app that guides patients towards appropriate follow-up if necessary. | |||
| Texup |
2024 Validation |
Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Circular Economy, Efficiency Solutions, Waste Management & Recycling ] | Biological: Material based on biomass, Components: Acoustic materials & tech, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Texup develops acoustic panels from 100% recycled Swiss textiles. End-of-life cotton clothing is transformed into panels with natural sound-absorbing properties for offices and public spaces, reducing textile waste while improving indoor acoustics. | |||
| Thermal Transformer |
2025 SZ Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Energy Efficiency, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Cooling tech |
| Thermal Transformer develops advanced thermal energy systems that significantly improve cooling efficiency for data centers and industrial applications. Using innovative adsorption-based technologies, the company enables highly energy-efficient cooling solutions that reduce electricity consumption, operating costs, and environmental impact. Thermal Transformer aims to transform thermal management by providing sustainable, next-generation cooling systems for energy-intensive sectors. | |||
| Loopia |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Circular Economy ] | Smart: 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 | |||
| topGrid |
2024 LU Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| TopGrid is a user-friendly online tool for thermal energy planning and for the development and planning of thermal grids. It accompanies you step by step, from the area analysis to the planning of thermal grids, from the strategy to the preliminary project. | |||
| MODUVO (TROBART) |
2022 TG Validation |
[ Building Construction, Waste Management & Recycling ] | None |
| Room separation in transition: Separate for the future, think circularly. | |||
| Unbound Potential |
2023 ZH Validation |
[ Energy Storage ] | Energy: Battery, Smart: Grid |
| We are developing the fastest scalable battery technology. It is a membrane-less flow battery platform solving the key bottlenecks of current flow battery technology and thus filling the technology gap for large scale stationary storage. Relevant use cases include behind and in front of the meter applications. We have been contacted by major energy producers, AI data center operators, as well as Amazon, all looking for the breakthrough technology enabling stationary storage at TWh-scale. | |||
| Under Industries |
2026 Validation |
Energy & Power Systems,Mobility & Transport [ Building Technologies, Engineering & Industrial Design, Infrastructure Construction ] | Components: Construction - Advanced materials & energy optimization, IT: Software, Smart: Robotic |
| Under Industries develops micro tunnel boring robots (MTBRs) to automate underground utility pipe installation. Reduces road closures and surface disruptions, lowering costs and environmental impact of urban infrastructure work. https://www.underindustries.com/ | |||
| UNIWASTEC |
2021 ZG Validation |
[ Waste Management & Recycling ] | Components: Filters & membranes, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech, Energy: Hydrogen tech and fuel cells |
| 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. | |||
| UpCircle Technology |
2024 ZH Validation |
[ Resource Efficiency, Waste Management & Recycling ] | IT: Artificial intelligence AI |
| UpCircle's AI technology helps collectors, sorters, and recyclers manage baled waste. Don't waste your waste, work with us! We analyze waste bales with cutting-edge computer vision technology developed at ETH Zurich. | |||
| UpGrid |
2024 ZG Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Management & Use, Energy Sufficiency ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions, IT: Software, Smart: Grid |
| UpGrid is building the platform infrastructure for local energy communities. We enable private households, SMEs, and municipalities to co-own, share, and consume renewable electricity, even if they can’t install solar themselves. Our marketplace connects producers of solar energy with nearby consumers, allowing for direct sales at lower prices while producers earn more than from traditional feed-in tariffs. With the 2025 regulatory shift in Switzerland, local electricity communities (LEGs) can share electricity via the public grid and benefit from reduced grid tariffs. UpGrid provides a fully digital onboarding, billing, and visualization solution for LEGs, integrating smart metering and dynamic tariffing. Our USP is a plug and play platform tailored to the Swiss legal framework and optimized for multi-actor settings such as producers, tenants, energy utilities, and landlords. Unlike traditional utilities or isolated rooftop solutions, UpGrid offers end to end tools for transparent, fair, and profitable local energy exchange. | |||
| 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%. | |||
| use again (sumami) |
2021 SO Validation |
Components: Resource or material optimisation | |
| Sumami records materials in buildings and uses them to create component catalogs for its customers. In this way, they record which components can be reused economically and ecologically in a construction project. With the USEAGAIN app, Sumami also offers a marketplace that connects reuse stakeholders. | |||
| Valibiotics |
2018 LU Validation |
Circular Economy, Waste & Resources,Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection, Regenerative Agriculture & Soil, Smart Farming & Agritech ] | Biological: Agricultural tech, Biological: Bio tech, Biological: Fertilizers from wastewater, waste or other sources |
| Valibiotics is a pioneer in utilizing microorganisms for agriculture. Since 2010, experts have been researching the optimal composition of microorganism strains in laboratories. The Swiss company Valibiotics AG and Austrian company Valibiotics GmbH specialize in implementing regenerative agriculture principles. Products include natural biostimulants and biofungicides that reduce chemical pesticide use while maintaining yields. Products are tested in scientifically monitored field trials in Europe, Asia, America and Australia. | |||
| ValTech Lifesciences |
2025 Validation |
None | |
| ValTech Lifesciences develops next-generation prosthetic heart valves with patented hemodynamic designs that reduce thrombogenicity in mechanical valves and prolong the lifespan of biological valves. Offers technology licensing to valve manufacturers. https://www.valtechlifesciences.com/ | |||
| VEIU Tech |
2022 ZH Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility ] | Mobility: E-vehicle charging, Mobility: Fleet management, Smart: Grid |
| Charge management solution that leverages E-Fleet operation data to unleash full flexibility potential and create value to grids and EV owners | |||
| Verdant Data |
2023 ZH Validation |
Climate, Sustainability & Hazards [ Data Platforms & Solutions, Efficiency Solutions, ESG Reporting & Compliance ] | IT: Artificial intelligence AI, IT: Data usage, IT: Software |
| Verdant Data leverages advanced process mining technologies to convert ESG metrics into tangible process improvements, enabling organizations to achieve their net-zero ambitions with precision and accountability. The company dissects the process landscape to spotlight inefficiencies, prioritize high-impact sustainability gaps, and implement data-driven optimizations. By integrating sustainability metrics into daily operations, Verdant Data helps businesses reduce their carbon footprints, enhance compliance with environmental regulations, and streamline resource management. The company also provides due diligence services, empowering strategic acquisitions with operational transparency. Selected for the Tenity Zurich Fintech Accelerator (Batch 13, 2024). | |||
| Voliro |
2019 ZH Validation |
[ Building Technologies ] | Mobility: Drone & flight, Smart: 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 |
[ Health Solutions ] | Components: New chemical materials, Components: Physical & chemical & nano tech |
| 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 Services ] | None |
| Washo is the environmentally friendly alternative to conventional detergents: Ecologically clean, practical and pre-dosed. | |||
| watch4green |
2022 JU Validation |
Fashion, Lifestyle & Wearables,Manufacturing & Industrial Processes [ Circular Economy, Fashion & Apparel, Resource Efficiency ] | Biological: Material based on biomass, Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| Watch4Green offers sustainable material solutions for the watch, jewellery and other industries, including products made from ocean-bound plastic, recycled fishing nets, used rubber tyres, apple skin, bio-plastic and recycled steel. The company also provides material research, homologation, testing and sustainability consulting. | |||
| WAYNERR |
Validation |
[ Furniture & Interior Solutions ] | Environment: Waste recovery, recycling and re-use |
| WAYNERR stands for sustainable innovation in the construction and interior design sectors. By merging functionality, aesthetics, and environmental responsibility, the company partners with leading architectural firms and scientific institutions shape the future of interior design. WAYNERR leads the way in environmental responsibility. Manufactured from recycled materials sourced from the leather industry, the panels contribute to waste reduction and CO2 mitigation. With an estimated carbon footprint of nearly 0 kg CO2 equivalent per m², WAYNERR is among the most eco-friendly solutions on the market. | |||
| WeNurse |
2022 TG Validation |
[ Efficiency Solutions, Health Solutions ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| Specialist service redefined - with entrepreneurial spirit and passion for sustainable quality! | |||
| Windworks |
2025 VD Validation |
[ Electricity Grids & Flexibility, Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Wind |
| Windworks installs compact, quiet, and wildlife-safe wind turbines directly on customer sites. Our adaptive blade control performs in low-height, turbulent winds and delivers electricity at ~€0.10/kWh—well under half the all-in grid cost. On-site wind power is 20× cleaner than EU grid electricity and shields clients from price volatility. | |||
| Circulago (WWZ) |
2016 ZG Validation |
[ Energy Production & Supply ] | Energy: Cooling tech, Energy: Heat Exchanger, Energy: 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 |
[ Carbon Removal & Storage ] | IT: Platforms or networking solutions |
| 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. | |||